Ripper: A Novel - Couverture souple

Allende, Isabel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062325922 ISBN 13 : 9780062325921

Editeur : Harper, 2014

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

“Allende’s tightly plotted tale of crimes obvious and masked is sharply perceptive, utterly charming, and intensely suspenseful.” (Booklist, starred review)

“The novelist’s charming first murder mystery features an irresistible teenage sleuth.” (New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice)

“[A] rip-roaring, entertaining crime novel... Allende remains a remarkable spinner of stories. Her prose is sparkling and graceful... her ability to portray passion and action undimmed. “Ripper” grabs you, toys with you, amuses you...” (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

“Thoroughly charming book... [A] lot of fun to read.” (New York Times Book Review)

“Literary icon Isabel Allende mesmerizes with her first crime novel...this race-against-the-clock thriller is pure magic.” (People Magazine, Four Stars)

“Appealing characters, a fast-paced plot, and a successfully imagined killer add up to great entertainment.” (Library Journal)

“[Allende’s] facility with plotting and pacing will keep readers turning the pages.” (Publishers Weekly)

“It must have been surprising to discover that [Allende’s] particular literary strengths - a talent for dramatization, a delight in world-building and a passion for investigating relationships between family members - lend themselves so well to a genre she’s never bothered with before. I am hoping she’ll continue her killings.” (San Francisco Chronicle)

“There are deliciously creepy elements in ‘Ripper,’ much like those in the dark Scandinavian crime novels one of its characters loves.” (Seattle Times)

“Allende doesn’t miss a beat, smoothly exposing the underbelly of the city and the shenanigans of its wealthy elite. You might guess the identity of the killer before the last pages, but you won’t care-the shocks and unexpected twists will keep you riveted until the end.” (More Magazine)

Quatrième de couverture :

Indiana and Amanda Jackson have always had each other. Though their bond is strong, mother and daughter are as different as night and day. Indiana, a beautiful holistic healer, is a free-spirited bohemian. Teenage Amanda is fascinated by the dark side of human nature—as is her father, the SFPD's deputy chief of homicide. Brilliant and introverted, Amanda is a natural-born sleuth addicted to Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.

When a string of strange murders occurs across the city, Amanda plunges into her own investigation, probing hints and deductions that elude the police department. But the case becomes all too ­personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mother's disappearance have something to do with the series of deaths? Now, with her mother's life on the line, the young detective must solve the most complex mystery she's ever faced before it's too late.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0062325922
• ISBN 13: 9780062325921
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496