Вручение 2014 г. — стр. 2
Страна: Великобритания
Дата проведения: 2014 г.
Стальной Кинжал Яна Флемминга
Лауреат
Роберт Харрис
4.3
Франция, 1890-е годы. Сотрудник французской спецслужбы капитан Альфред Дрейфус объявлен особо опасным преступником, подвергнут гражданской казни и сослан на тропический остров в Атлантическом океане. Официальное обвинение — шпионаж в пользу Германии. Жорж Пикар, бывший наставник Дрейфуса, а затем начальник одного из отделов департамента разведки, ведет собственное расследование этого противоречивого дела, к тому же откровенно окрашенного в националистические тона. Главный обвинительный материал против Дрейфуса — таинственная «секретная папка», якобы содержащая все необходимые доказательства. Вот ее-то и надо найти Пикару, чтобы показать миру невиновность своего подопечного.
Луиза Даути
4.1
Роман зрелой уравновешенной замужней женщины с загадочным незнакомцем, начавшийся в результате случайной встречи, приводит их обоих на скамью подсудимых по обвинению в убийстве. Как это могло произойти с Ивонн Кармайкл, известным ученым и матерью двух детей?
«Это история о том, как мы создаем себе иллюзорные представления о незнакомых людях, а затем упорно следуем этим представлениям, игнорируя реальные обстоятельства.»
Independent.
Терри Хейз
4.1
Пилигрим. Такого человека не существует. Есть Скотт Мердок, возглавлявший когда-то одно из секретных подразделений американской разведки, а затем выбывший из игры и ведущий уединенную жизнь в Париже. Но мир спецслужб никогда не отпускает своих агентов. И когда в нью-йоркском отеле находят мертвую женщину, а след выводит полицию на маньяка, задумавшего совершить массовое убийство, Скотт Мердок снова вступает в дело. Тогда-то он и становится Пилигримом.
Книга, достигшая первых строчек рейтингов престижных изданий, вызвавшая лавину читательских отзывов в Интернете, права на ее издание приобретены более чем в тридцати странах мира, а Голливуд прибрел права на экранизацию! И, что самое удивительное, «Я Пилигрим» — первая книга у Терри Хейза, успешного сценариста, на счету у которого работа в ведущих студиях Голливуда, а за плечами участие в написании сценариев таких культовых фильмов, как «Расплата» с Мелом Гибсоном в главной роли, «Из ада» с Джонни Деппом и многих других.
«Повествование волнующее, напряженное, затягивающее... Отличный триллер. Для первого романа – просто замечательно».
Literary Review
Greg Iles
3.5
‘Extraordinarily entertaining and fiendishly suspenseful’ (Stephen King). The stunning new Penn Cage thriller in which a shocking murder from the 1960s finds new life - and victims - in the present.
Penn Cage is facing a son's worst nightmare - having his father stand accused of murder. Worse, each effort to defend the legendary Dr Tom Cage unearths new, shocking secrets, leaving Penn to question whether he ever really knew his father at all.
At issue is the murder of Viola Turner, once Tom Cage's nurse, before being transferred to Chicago, now back in Natchez and a corpse in her sister's house.
What was the relationship between Tom, Viola, and the ‘Double Eagle Club’, an ultra-violent group of hardened men who considered themselves smarter, tougher, and more elite than their peers in the FBI-infiltrated Ku Klux Klan?
In Natchez, where the past is never truly ‘past’, long-buried secrets turn lethal when exposed to the light of day. For Penn Cage, the cost of solving this case will be no exception.
Кинжал Джона Кризи - Новая кровь
Лауреат
Рэй Целестин
0.0
New Orleans, 1919. As a dark serial killer – The Axeman – stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask him…
Though every citizen of the ‘Big Easy’ thinks they know who could be behind the terrifying murders, Detective Lieutenant Michael Talbot, heading up the official investigation, is struggling to find leads. But Michael has a grave secret – and if he doesn’t find himself on the right track fast – it could be exposed…
Former detective Luca d’Andrea has spent the last six years in Angola state penitentiary, after Michael, his protégée, blew the whistle on his corrupt behaviour. Now a newly freed man, Luca finds himself working with the mafia, whose need to solve the mystery of the Axeman is every bit as urgent as the authorities’.
Meanwhile, Ida is a secretary at the Pinkerton Detective Agency.Obsessed with Sherlock Holmes and dreaming of a better life, Ida stumbles across a clue which lures her and her trumpet-playing friend, Lewis ‘Louis’ Armstrong, to the case and into terrible danger…
As Michael, Luca and Ida each draw closer to discovering the killer’s identity, the Axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of New Orleans: play jazz or risk becoming the next victim. And as the case builds to its crescendo, the sky will darken and a great storm will loom over the city…
Антония Ходжсон
0.0
London, 1727. Tom Hawkins refuses to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a country parson. His preference is for wine, women, and cards. But there’s honor there too, and Tom won’t pull family strings to get himself out of debt—not even when faced with London’s notorious debtors’ prison.
The Marshalsea Gaol is a world of its own, with simple rules: Those with family or friends who can lend them a little money may survive in relative comfort. Those with none will starve in squalor and disease. And those who try to escape will suffer a gruesome fate at the hands of its ruthless governor and his cronies. The trouble is, Tom has never been good at following rules, even simple ones. And the recent grisly murder of a debtor, Captain Roberts, has brought further terror to the gaol. While the captain's beautiful widow cries for justice, the finger of suspicion points only one way: do the sly, enigmatic figure of Samuel Fleet.
Some call Fleet a devil, a man to avoid at all costs. But Tom Hawkins is sharing his cell. Soon Tom’s choice is clear: get to the truth of the murder—or be the next to die.
A dazzling evocation of a startlingly modern era, The Devil in the Marshalsea is a thrilling debut novel full of intrigue and suspense.
A.S.A. Harrison
3.5
A chilling psychological thriller about a marriage, a way of life, and how far one woman will go to keep what is rightfully hers
Jodi and Todd are at a bad place in their marriage. Much is at stake, including the affluent life they lead in their beautiful waterfront condo in Chicago, as she, the killer, and he, the victim, rush haplessly toward the main event. He is a committed cheater. She lives and breathes denial. He exists in dual worlds. She likes to settle scores. He decides to play for keeps. She has nothing left to lose. Told in alternating voices, The Silent Wife is about a marriage in the throes of dissolution, a couple headed for catastrophe, concessions that can’t be made, and promises that won’t be kept. Expertly plotted and reminiscent of Gone Girl and These Things Hidden, The Silent Wife ensnares the reader from page one and does not let go.
М. Дж. Картер
0.0
Calcutta 1837. The East India Company rules India - or most of it; and its most notorious and celebrated son, Xavier Mountstuart, has gone missing.
William Avery, a down-at-heel junior officer in the Company's army, is sent to find him, in the unlikely company of the enigmatic and uncouth Jeremiah Blake. A more mismatched duo couldn't be imagined, but they must bury their differences as they are caught up in a search that turns up too many unanswered questions and seems bound to end in failure.
What was it that so captivated Mountstuart about the Thugs, the murderous sect of Kali-worshippers who strangle innocent travellers by the roadside? Who is Jeremiah Blake and can he be trusted? And why is the whole enterprise shrouded in such secrecy?
In the dark heart of Company India, Avery will have to fight for his very life, and in defence of a truth he will wish he had never learned.
M. J. Carter is a former journalist and the author of two acclaimed works of non-fiction: Anthony Blunt: His Lives and The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One.
Кинжал Дебютанта
Лауреат
Jody Sabral
0.0
A routine assignment covering protests in Turkey turns deadly for American reporter Kate Roberts, when a young dissident is viciously murdered in Istanbul. As rioting grips the city, Kate's camerawoman discovers she has an unexpected connection to the victim, and that there are forces who will stop at nothing to prevent them uncovering the truth.
Tom O. Keenan
0.0
Set in Glasgow, The Father is the critically acclaimed debut novel of Tom O. Keenan featuring forensic profiler Sean Rooney.
