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Gillian Flynn

    February 24, 1971

    Gillian Flynn is an American author whose works delve into the darker aspects of the human psyche and relationships. Her suspenseful narratives often explore dysfunctional families, violence, and self-harm, drawing readers into intricate mysteries. Flynn excels at building tension and crafting memorable, albeit unsettling, characters that resonate with audiences through their raw realism. Her style is sharp and incisive, marking her as a significant voice in contemporary fiction.

    Gillian Flynn
    The Grownup
    Dark Places
    Gone Girl
    Sharp Objects
    Gone Girl. Gone Girl - Das perfekte Opfer, englische Ausgabe
    The Gillian Flynn Collection
    • 2018
    • 2018

      I'll Be Gone in the Dark

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.3(2396)Add rating

      WINNER OF THE GOOD READS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 THE NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2018 The masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer - the serial rapist turned murderer who terrorised California for over a decade - from the late Michelle McNamara. I'll Be Gone in the Dark offers a unique snapshot of suburban West Coast America in the 1980s, and a chilling account of the wreckage left behind by a criminal mastermind. It is also a portrait of one woman's obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth, three decades later, in spite of the personal cost. Updated with material which takes in the extraordinary events that followed its initial publication, Michelle McNamara's first and last book is a contemporary classic - humane, haunting and heroic.

      I'll Be Gone in the Dark
    • 2018

      Woman in the window

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.9(113528)Add rating

      Soon to be a major film starring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore and Gary Oldman. It's been ten months since Anna last left her home. Her lifeline to the real world is her window, where she sits all day watching her neighbours. When the Russells move in, Anna is instantly drawn to them. But one evening, a frenzied scream rips across the silence.

      Woman in the window
    • 2015

      Teerbemind / druk 3

      • 301 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Een Amerikaanse journaliste wordt naar haar geboortedorp in het zuiden van de Verenigde Staten gezonden om een onderzoek in te stellen naar de moorden op twee jonge meisjes. Tijdens haar nasporingen wordt ze gedwongen haar eigen leven en verleden onder de loep te nemen en doet, na geconfronteerd te zijn met haar neurotische moeder en wrede halfzusje, verschrikkelijke ontdekkingen omtrent de gruwelijke moorden. Een uitstekend geschreven, psychologisch terdege onderbouwde thriller - een debuut - vol onheilspellende gebeurtenissen die de lezer volkomen in de ban houden. Een intelligent plot, verrassende ontknoping en strakke verteltrant staan borg voor enkele uurtjes ontspanning. Paperback met normale druk

      Teerbemind / druk 3
    • 2015

      Von der Mega-Bestsellerautorin Gillian Flynn (»Gone Girl«), die für diese Story den Edgar Award für die beste Kurzgeschichte 2015 gewonnen hat. Die junge Nerdy hatte es bislang nicht leicht im Leben und bestreitet ihren Lebensunterhalt mit Wahrsagerei und sexuellen Dienstleistungen. Sie verdient nicht schlecht – meistens erzählt sie den Leuten genau das, was sie hören wollen. Bis sie Susan Burke trifft. Susan lebt in Carterhook Manor, einem alten viktorianischen Haus aus dem Jahr 1893, zusammen mit ihrem Mann, ihrem Sohn und ihrem Stiefsohn Miles. Susan ist völlig verängstigt, denn sie ist davon überzeugt, dass ein böser Geist von Haus und Stiefsohn Besitz ergriffen hat. Nerdy soll kommen und das Haus davon befreien. Die junge Frau glaubt weder an Geister noch an sonstige übernatürliche Dinge, aber hier bietet sich die Chance, sehr viel Geld zu verdienen. Aber als sie das Haus zum ersten Mal betritt und auch Miles trifft, fühlt sie es auch: Hier spukt kein Geist, hier lauert etwas Anderes. Etwas absolut Böses. Etwas, das töten will.

      Broken House
    • 2014

      Камилла Прикер, не особо удачливый репортер одной из не особо успешных газет Чикаго, мечтает о блестящей карьере. И вот девушке выпадает счастливый шанс, способный резко повысить ее журналистский статус, - Камиллу посылают корреспондентом в маленький городок, где жертвой маньяка стали несколько малолетних девочек. Ее задача выдать читателям сенсационное сообщение с места событий. Дело в том, что Камилла в этом городе родилась и выросла, а потому кому, как не ей, легче других найти общий язык с жителями и выяснить нюансы расследования. Но погружение в страшную реальность провинциальной жизни оборачивается для нее цепью кошмаров, достойных кисти Иеронима Босха…

      Звезды мирового детектива: Острые предметы
    • 2014

      L'amore bugiardo

      Gone Girl

      • 462 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Amy e Nick si incontrano a una festa in una gelida sera di gennaio. È subito amore. Lui la conquista con il sorriso sornione e l’accento ondulato del Missouri. Lei è la ragazza perfetta, bella e spigliata. Sono felici, pieni di futuro. Qualche anno dopo però tutto è cambiato. Da Brooklyn a North Carthage, Missouri. Da giovani in carriera a coppia alla deriva. Amy e Nick hanno perso il lavoro e sono costretti a reinventarsi: lui proprietario di un bar accanto alla sorella Margo, lei casalinga in una città di provincia. Fino a che, la mattina del loro quinto anniversario, Amy scompare. È in quel momento, con le tracce di sangue e i segni di colluttazione a sfregiare la simmetria del salotto, che la vera storia del matrimonio di Amy e Nick ha inizio. Che fine ha fatto Amy? Quale segreto nasconde il diario che teneva con cura? Chi è davvero Nick Dunne? Un marito devoto schiacciato dall’angoscia, o un cinico mentitore e violento, forse addirittura un assassino? Raccontato dalle voci alternate di Nick e Amy, L’amore bugiardo è una vertiginosa incursione nel lato oscuro del matrimonio. Un romanzo, costruito su rovesciamenti e colpi di scena, che vi costringerà a domandarvi se conoscete davvero la persona che vi dorme accanto.

      L'amore bugiardo
    • 2014

      The Grownup

      • 79 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      3.6(106303)Add rating

      A young woman is making a living faking it as a cut-price psychic (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15-year-old stepson Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor. Susan has become convinced that some malevolent spirit is inhabiting their home. The young woman doesn't believe in exorcism or the supernatural. However when she enters the house for the first time, she begins to feel it too, as if the very house is watching her, waiting, biding its time . . . The Grownup, which originally appeared as 'What Do You Do?' in George R. R. Martin's Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world's most original and skilled voices in fiction.

      The Grownup