The Cleaner - A gripping thriller with a dark secret at its heart
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| Verlag | Bonnier Books UK |
| Auflage | 2017 |
| Seiten | 464 |
| Format | 18,0 x 19,8 x 2,9 cm |
| B-Format | |
| Gewicht | 372 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Judith Kepler 1 |
| ISBN-10 | 1786580209 |
| EAN | 9781786580207 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78658020UA |
An unforgettable heroine hiding an unforgivable past.
A remarkable thriller from multi-award winning international bestseller Elisabeth Herrmann.
Dare you enter the world of . . . The Cleaner?
An unforgettable heroine. An unforgivable past.
For fans of Child 44, The Lives of Others and Stasi Child, The Cleaner is a gripping thriller that will chill and intrigue as the sins of the past catch up with the secrets of the present.
Pools of blood, scenes of carnage, signs of agonising death - who deals with the aftermath of violence once the bodies have been taken away?
Judith Kepler has seen it all. She is a crime scene specialist. She turns crime scenes back into habitable spaces. She is a cleaner.
It is at the home of a woman who has been brutally murdered that she is suddenly confronted with her own past. The murder victim knew Judith's secret: as a child Judith was sent to an orphanage under mysterious circumstances - parentage unknown. And the East German secret police were always there, in the background. . . .
When Judith begins to ask questions, she becomes the target of some powerful enemies.
And nothing will ever be t he same again.
Rezension:
Herrmann has created a modern classic with this absorbing, exciting literary thriller which combines the addictive lure of a page-turner with a weightier, terrifying back story. Anyone interested in the Cold War, spy stories, or crime fiction in general will find something to love here. Judith Kepler - the cleaner of the title - is a wonderful creation, fighting for her own personal truth in a life trashed by East v West in-fighting and subterfuge. At times, it reminded me of Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin - and that's high praise indeed. One of my books of the year David Young, award-winning author of STASI CHILD
