Belinda Bauer: Blacklands, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

Tagtäglich steht Steven Lamb's Großmutter am Fenster und wartet auf ihren vermeintlich ermordeten Sohn, dessen Leiche jedoch nie gefunden wurde. Also sucht der Zwölfjährige seinen Onkel: Jeden Tag nach der Schule gräbt er Löcher in Exmoor. In letzter Verzweiflung schreibt der Junge einen Brief an Arnold Avery, den Serienkiller, der auch den damals Elfjährigen auf dem Gewissen haben soll. Ein gefährliches Katz-und-Maus-Spiel entspinnt sich zwischen Steven und dem gelangweilten Massenmörder. CWA GOLD DAGGER WINNER FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2010! A chilling psychological debut, Blacklands introduces an extraordinary new author reminiscent of the best of Minette Walters and Barbara Vine.

Beschreibung

Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. Every day after school, while his classmates swap football stickers, Steven goes digging to lay to rest the ghost of the uncle he never knew, who disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery.

Only Steven's Nan is not convinced her son is dead. She still waits for him to come home, standing bitter guard at the front window while her family fragments around her. Steven is determined to heal the widening cracks between them before it's too late. And if that means presenting his grandmother with the bones of her murdered son, he'll do it.

So the boy takes the next logical step, carefully crafting a letter to Arnold Avery in prison. And there begins a dangerous cat-and-mouse game between a desperate child and a bored serial killer . . .

Rezension

"With this extraordinarily powerful and provocative debut, Belinda Bauer has shifted the boundaries of what makes a truly gripping, terrifying thriller. Imagine Thomas Harris crossed with Kate Atkinson and you still won't be close... Right from the start you know you are reading something both new and with real guts... will leave you breathless" HENRY SUTTON Daily Mirror

Klappentext

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP'Extraordinarily powerful and evocative .