Mariah Fredericks Knihy

A powerful, propulsive re-imagining of America's most notorious kidnapping, told through the eyes ofthe woman who found herself at the heart of the case.

This YA mystery is a haunting psychological thriller that delves into the complexities of growing up in the digital age, particularly influenced by social media like Facebook. It offers profound and provocative commentary on the challenges faced by today's youth, exploring themes of identity, connection, and the impact of online interactions.

Mariah Fredericks' mesmerizing novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton in the twilight years of the Gilded Age in New York as she tracks a killer. New York City, 1911. Edith Wharton, almost equally famed for her novels and her sharp tongue, is bone-tired of Manhattan. Finding herself at a crossroads with both her marriage and her writing, she makes the decision to leave America, her publisher, and her loveless marriage. And then, dashing novelist David Graham Phillips—a writer with often notorious ideas about society and women’s place in it—is shot to death outside the Princeton Club. Edith herself met the man only once, when the two formed a mutual distaste over tea in the Palm Court of the Belmont hotel. When Phillips is killed, Edith's life takes another turn. His sister is convinced Graham was killed by someone determined to stop the publication of his next book, which promised to uncover secrets that powerful people would rather stayed hidden. Though unconvinced, Edith is curious. What kind of book could push someone to kill? Inspired by a true story, The Wharton Plot follows Edith Wharton through the fading years of the Gilded Age in a city she once loved so well, telling a taut tale of fame, love, and murder, as she becomes obsessed with solving a crime.

„Die Realität wird überbewertet“, findet die 15-jährige Judith. Denn Realität, das ist ihre ehemals beste Freundin, die nicht mehr mit ihr redet. Realität ist ihr Vater, der am anderen Ende des Landes lebt. Realität ist das, was an einem Sommerabend vor dem Haus 158 in der Seventy-first Street geschah. Für Judith zählt inzwischen vor allem eins: das Fantasy-Rollenspiel, das sie online mit ein paar Leuten spielt, die sie nur als Ola die Hexe, Fester der Trunkenbold und Irgan der Krieger kennt. Denn in dieser Welt haben alle eine zweite Identität. Niemand weiß, wer der andere wirklich ist. Niemand kommt einem zu nahe. Doch einer der Spieler hat es auf Judith abgesehen - und er ist ihr viel näher, als sie glaubt. Nahe genug, sie zu sehen, nahe genug, mit ihr zu reden. Nahe genug, um sie zu mögen.