The Bodies Left Behind - Couverture souple

Deaver, Jeffery

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340977892 ISBN 13 : 9780340977897

Editeur : Hodder Paperbacks, 2009

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning author of two collections of short stories and 29 internationally bestselling novels, including the latest James Bond novel Carte Blanche. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellers The Vanished Man, The Twelfth Card and The Cold Moon, as well as The Bone Collector which was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The first Kathryn Dance novel, The Sleeping Doll, was published in 2007 to enormous acclaim.

A three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the year, he has been nominated for an Anthony Award and six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller with Garden of Beasts, and their Short Story Dagger for The Weekender from Twisted.

Jeffery Deaver lives in North Carolina and California.

Visit his website, www.jefferydeaver.com, Facebook page, www.facebook.com/JefferyDeaver, and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JefferyDeaver.

Revue de presse

Confirms his status as one of the finest crime writers in the world . . . grabs the reader by the throat from the beginning. Superb. (Independent on Sunday)

The pace is terrific, the suspense inexorable, and there is an excellent climax . . . If you want thrills, Deaver is your man' (Guardian)

'This is not just an adrenaline-charged manhunt but a game of deception and multiple double-cross that keeps the reader guessing right up to the final page' (The Times)

Full of his trademark misdirections, bluffs and double-bluffs . . . It'll be snapped up and devoured by Deaver's legions of loyal fans (News of the World)

A head-spinning, clever cat-and-mouse tale that hurtles along at 100mph . . . Full of twists, turns, bluffs and double bluffs, it's an edge-of-the-seat read from beginning to end (Sunday Express)

The plot twists are sudden, dazzling and unexpected, and climax in a breathtaking finale. (Scotsman)

'A thrill-a-minute wilderness adventure' (New York Times)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hodder Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0340977892
• ISBN 13: 9780340977897
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 512