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| Verlag | Penguin Random House |
| Auflage | 2023 |
| Seiten | 320 |
| Format | 13,9 x 21,0 x 1,6 cm |
| Gewicht | 261 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780593600528 |
| Bestell-Nr | 59360052EA |
In this dark coming-of-age noir, a Patricia Highsmith-like tale of grifts and con artists (Crime Time), a young woman becomes embroiled in a web of lies and deceit with potentially deadly consequences from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night
"Untamed Shore is a fever dream of a thriller, a coming-of-age tale set amidst disturbing and dangerous circumstances." Book Page
Baja California, 1979: Viridiana spends her days under the harsh sun, watching the fishermen pulling in their nets and the dead sharks piled beside the seashore. Her head is filled with dreams of romance, travel, and a future beyond this drab town where her only option is to marry and have children.
When a wealthy American writer arrives with his wife and brother-in-law, Viridiana jumps at the offer of a job as his assistant, and she s soon entangled in the glamorous foreigners lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from her humdrum e xistence. When one of them dies, Viridiana, eager to protect her new friends, lies but soon enough, someone s asking questions. It s not long before Viridiana has questions of her own about the identities of her new acquaintances.
Sharks may be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour a naïve young woman unwittingly entangled in a net of deceit.
Rezension:
The Great Gatsby meets Night of the Iguana in this elegantly spare and darkly twisted story of undercurrents, deception, and colliding cultures. Rich in atmosphere and sinister in tone . . . a haunting lesson in the dangers of desire and the illusion of glamour and how dreams can be devoured by deceit. Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of The Murder List
Set in a small Baja town in the seedy 1970s, Silvia Moreno-Garcia s latest takes us into a world soaked in sunshine and secrets, where everyone is working an angle and the looming sense of menace builds with nearly each page-turn. A shrewd, exciting thriller. Julia Dahl, author of the award-winning Rebekah Roberts series