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Sanctuary (Hardcover)
Luca D'Andrea; Translated by Katherine Gregor, Howard Curtis
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THE NEW AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF THE
MOUNTAIN "Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen
King and Jo Nesbo" - Massimo Vincenz, La Repubblica. "D'Andrea
piles on the action and the atmosphere with the panache of a
seasoned writer" Marcel Berlins, The Times. Marlene Wegener is on
the run. She has stolen something from her husband, something
priceless, irreplaceable. But she doesn't get very far. When her
car veers off a bleak midwinter road she takes refuge in the remote
home of Simon Keller, a tough mountain man who lives alone with his
demons. Here in her high mountain sanctuary, she begins to rekindle
a sense of herself: tough, capable, no longer the trophy on a
gangster's arm. But Herr Wegener does not know how to forgive, and
in his rage he makes a pact with the devil. The Trusted Man. He
cannot be called off, he cannot be reasoned with and one way or
another he will get the job done. Unless, of course, he's beaten to
it . . . Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis and Katherine
Gregor
"A beguiling read . . . A cold-case whodunnit [and] a Shadow of the
Wind-style quest" - John Dugdale, Sunday Times "Bestselling writer
Luca D'Andrea has concocted a fearsome witches' brew of myth,
memory and mayhem" Sunday Times Crime Club A haunting thriller
drawing on myths, legends and fairy tales, set in a mysterious
Italian valley - from Italy's bestselling answer to Stephen King.
"D'Andrea piles on the action and the atmosphere with the panache
of a seasoned writer" Marcel Berlins, The Times It begins with a
slap in the face. Out walking his St Bernard, Tony Carcano is
confronted by a girl on a motorbike who shows him a photograph from
his past. Of him posing with the body of a young woman. Smiling.
"Why were you laughing?" It's not the last Tony sees of Sybille
Knapp, an orphan whose mother drowned herself in Kreuzwirt lake in
1999. That was the official verdict. Before long, Tony, a
bestselling writer, is turning his imagination to working out what
really happened. But Kreuzwirt is a sullen, silent community, loyal
to the powerful Perkman family, who will stop at nothing to keep
the truth buried. And there are other forces at work in this
valley. Stories of an ancient evil. Whispers of a figure who stands
between this world and the next. The Wanderer sings and his song is
the wind. Translated from the Italian by Katherine Gregor
"A beguiling read . . . A cold-case whodunnit [and] a Shadow of the
Wind-style quest" - John Dugdale, Sunday Times "Bestselling writer
Luca D'Andrea has concocted a fearsome witches' brew of myth,
memory and mayhem" Sunday Times Crime Club A haunting thriller
drawing on myths, legends and fairy tales, set in a mysterious
Italian valley - from Italy's bestselling answer to Stephen King.
"D'Andrea piles on the action and the atmosphere with the panache
of a seasoned writer" Marcel Berlins, The Times It begins with a
slap in the face. Out walking his St Bernard, Tony Carcano is
confronted by a girl on a motorbike who shows him a photograph from
his past. Of him posing with the body of a young woman. Smiling.
"Why were you laughing?" It's not the last Tony sees of Sybille
Knapp, an orphan whose mother drowned herself in Kreuzwirt lake in
1999. That was the official verdict. Before long, Tony, a
bestselling writer, is turning his imagination to working out what
really happened. But Kreuzwirt is a sullen, silent community, loyal
to the powerful Perkman family, who will stop at nothing to keep
the truth buried. And there are other forces at work in this
valley. Stories of an ancient evil. Whispers of a figure who stands
between this world and the next. The Wanderer sings and his song is
the wind. Translated from the Italian by Katherine Gregor
"A beguiling read . . . A cold-case whodunnit [and] a Shadow of the
Wind-style quest" - John Dugdale, Sunday Times "Bestselling writer
Luca D'Andrea has concocted a fearsome witches' brew of myth,
memory and mayhem" Sunday Times Crime Club A haunting thriller
drawing on myths, legends and fairy tales, set in a mysterious
Italian valley - from Italy's bestselling answer to Stephen King.
"D'Andrea piles on the action and the atmosphere with the panache
of a seasoned writer" Marcel Berlins, The Times It begins with a
slap in the face. Out walking his St Bernard, Tony Carcano is
confronted by a girl on a motorbike who shows him a photograph from
his past. Of him posing with the body of a young woman. Smiling.
"Why were you laughing?" It's not the last Tony sees of Sybille
Knapp, an orphan whose mother drowned herself in Kreuzwirt lake in
1999. That was the official verdict. Before long, Tony, a
bestselling writer, is turning his imagination to working out what
really happened. But Kreuzwirt is a sullen, silent community, loyal
to the powerful Perkman family, who will stop at nothing to keep
the truth buried. And there are other forces at work in this
valley. Stories of an ancient evil. Whispers of a figure who stands
between this world and the next. The Wanderer sings and his song is
the wind. Translated from the Italian by Katherine Gregor
A CURSED PLACE. A COLD CASE. A KILLER WHO LEFT NO TRACE. The huge
International bestseller. Gripping, unputdownable and packed with
twists, The Mountain is a thriller that you will never forget. "Can
be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo
Nesbo" - Massimo Vincenz, La Repubblica. Jeremiah Salinger blames
himself. The crash was his fault. He was the only survivor. Now the
depression and the nightmares are closing in. Only his daughter
Clara can put a smile on his face. But when he takes Clara to the
Bletterbach - a canyon in the Dolomites rich in fossil remains - he
overhears by chance a conversation that gives his life renewed
focus. In 1985 three students were murdered there, their bodies
savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer who was never found.
Salinger, a New Yorker, is far from home, and these Italian
mountains, where his wife was born, harbour a close-knit,
tight-lipped community whose mistrust of outsiders can turn ugly.
All the same, solving this mystery might be the only thing that can
keep him sane. Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis
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Sanctuary (Paperback)
Luca D'Andrea; Translated by Katherine Gregor, Howard Curtis
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R338
R278
Discovery Miles 2 780
Save R60 (18%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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THE NEW AWARD-WINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF THE
MOUNTAIN "Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen
King and Jo Nesbo" - Massimo Vincenz, La Repubblica. "D'Andrea
piles on the action and the atmosphere with the panache of a
seasoned writer" Marcel Berlins, The Times. Marlene Wegener is on
the run. She has stolen something from her husband, something
priceless, irreplaceable. But she doesn't get very far. When her
car veers off a bleak midwinter road she takes refuge in the remote
home of Simon Keller, a tough mountain man who lives alone with his
demons. Here in her high mountain sanctuary, she begins to rekindle
a sense of herself: tough, capable, no longer the trophy on a
gangster's arm. But Herr Wegener does not know how to forgive, and
in his rage he makes a pact with the devil. The Trusted Man. He
cannot be called off, he cannot be reasoned with and one way or
another he will get the job done. Unless, of course, he's beaten to
it . . . Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis and Katherine
Gregor
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