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The Lonely Witness
eBook
ISBN/EAN: 9780857302434
Umbreit-Nr.: 5146228
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 256 S., 1.72 MB
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 24.10.2018
Auflage: 1/2018
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
- Zusatztext
- Amy was once a party girl, but now she lives a lonely life. Helping the house-bound to receive communion in the Gravesend neighbourhood of Brooklyn, she knows the community well. When a local woman goes missing, Amy senses something isn't right.Tailing the woman's suspicious son, she winds her way through Brooklyn's streets. But before she can act, he is dead.Captivated by the crime she's witnessed and the murderer himself, Amy doesn't call the cops. Instead, she collects the weapon from the sidewalk and soon finds herself on the trail of a killer.Powerful and evocative, The Lonely Witness brings Brooklyn to life and exposes the harsh realities of crime and punishment on the city streets.
- Kurztext
- From the author of Gravesend, shortlisted for the 2018 CWA John Creasey New Blood DaggerAmy was once a party girl, but now she lives a lonely life. Helping the house-bound to receive communion in the Gravesend neighbourhood of Brooklyn, she knows the community well.When a local woman goes missing, Amy senses something isn't right.Tailing the woman's suspicious son, she winds her way through Brooklyn's streets. But before she can act, he is dead.Captivated by the crime she's witnessed and the murderer himself, Amy doesn't call the cops. Instead, she collects the weapon from the sidewalk and soon finds herself on the trail of a killer.Powerful and evocative, The Lonely Witness brings Brooklyn to life and exposes the harsh realities of crime and punishment on the city streets.'The Lonely Witness is a map of Brooklyn's genome. Amy Falconetti is that rarest of noir characters, a woman redeemed and a redeemer. Walking in her shoes for only a few blocks is worth the price of admission' - Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of What You Break'In true noir fashion, William Boyle gives us an intimate portrait of a neighborhood in vivid, evocative prose, and explores how place and the past make us who we are.The Lonely Witness moves with unstoppable momentum, powered by Amy Falconetti's impulsive human heart. I would gladly follow her anywhere' - Melissa Ginsburg, author of Sunset City'The Lonely Witness is a tense, and, at times, darkly funny, thriller' - Woody Haut, CrimeTime'A gritty and realistic thriller. Subtle and tense with a hint of black humour. Fans of American noir will love this novel' - Nudge Books
- Autorenportrait
- William Boyle is from Brooklyn, New York. His debut novel, Gravesend, was published as #1,000 in the Rivages/Noir collection in France, shortlisted for the Prix Polar SNCF, nominated for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere and shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger. Boyle is also the author of the Hammett Prize-nominated The Lonely Witness (No Exit Press), a book of short stories, Death Don't Have No Mercy and another novel, Tout est Brise, released in France by Gallmeister. A Friend is a Gift You Give Yourself was published to enormous praise, it was an Amazon Best Book in 2019. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.