The Ghosts of Altona - Couverture rigide

Russell, Craig

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1780874928 ISBN 13 : 9781780874920

Editeur : Quercus, 2015

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Russell scores highly with his atmospheric portrayal of Hamburg and its dark river Elbe, as well as with the intelligence of his plots (The Times)

Craig Russell is a great writer at the top of his game (Peter James)

Russell remains one of the more intelligent and sophisticated proponents of the genre (Herald)

The Ghosts Of Altona is a confidently unsettling crime novel that subverts expectations with a joyful intelligence. (The National)

In Jan Fabel Russell has created one of the better drawn versions of the thinking man with a badge (Shots Magazine)

He's (Jan Fabel's) become one of the most interesting detectives around; his seventh appearance is his best. (Marcel Berlins The Times)

This is an excellent read. (Literary Review)

Craig Russell writes intelligently and with sensitivity . . . The Ghosts of Altona is an absorbing above average crime thriller . . . absolutely not one to miss (SJ2B House of Books)

There are many layers to be had here and Craig Russell brings them all together over time in indomitable fashion - clever construction and a real feel for character development means this comes highly recommended from me. (Liz Loves Books)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Jan Fabel is a haunted man.

Head of the Polizei Hamburg's Murder Commission, Fabel has dealt with the dead for nearly two decades, but when a routine enquiry becomes a life-threatening - and life-changing - experience, he finds himself on much closer terms with death than ever before.

Two years later, Fabel's first case at the Murder Commission comes back to haunt him: Monika Krone's body is found at last, fifteen years after she went missing. Monika - ethereally beautiful, intelligent, cruel - was the centre of a group of students obsessed with the gothic. Fabel re-opens the case. What happened that night, when Monika left a party and disappeared into thin air?

When men involved with Monika start turning up dead, Fabel realizes he is looking for a killer with both a hunger for revenge and a taste for the gothic. What he doesn't know is that someone has been aiding and grooming a deranged escapee as his own, personal tool for revenge.

A truly gothic monster to be let loose on the world.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Quercus
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1780874928
• ISBN 13: 9781780874920
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432