Simon Beckett Knihy

V Norfolku nedaleko zapadlé vesničky Manham je nalezeno znetvořené ženské tělo. Doktora Davida Huntera, který se v těchto odlehlých končinách snaží zapomenout na tragickou smrt svých blízkých, se tento nález dotkne i proto, že oběť – Sally Palmerovou – znal osobně. Když ho osloví místní policie s prosbou o pomoc při pátrání po vrahovi, nejprve odmítne. Poté co se začnou objevovat v okolí další znetvořená těla, lidská i zvířecí, zasáhne vesnici vlna paniky a nikdo už nevěří nikomu. Podezření padne i na Huntera, jedině on však má dostatek znalostí na to, aby brutálního vraha odhalil a zastavil. Napínavý debut, který dovedně kombinuje metody forenzního vyšetřování ve stylu Patricie Cornwellové a žánr psychothrilleru. Autor už vydal dvě pokračování.

Na odlehlém hebridském ostrově Runa čeká na forenzního antropologa Davida Huntera (známého z titulu Chemie smrti,Knižní klub 2010) hrůzný objev: z mrtvoly,která byla téměř celá spálena, zbyla pouze chodidla a jedna ruka. Místní policie je přesvědčena, že šlo o nešťastnou náhodu, ale instinkty i profesionální zkušenost napovídají doktoru Hunterovi něco jiného. Navíc Runa není zdaleka onou poklidnou komunitou, jakou se jeví na první pohled - a ohořelé tělo neznámé ženy je pouze jedním z jejich temných tajemství. V následné větrné bouři, která přeruší dodávku proudu a odřízne ostrov od kontaktů s pevninou, teprve naplno propukne vrahovo běsnění...

1) Nelson DeMille - Lev: Obávaný terorista Asád Chálil řečený Lev, jinak též stroj na zabíjení, je zpátky. Proklouzl do Spojených států, aby dokonal svůj zvrhlý akt pomsty. Jako první se v jeho smrtícím hledáčku ocitá agent Federální protiteroristické zvláštní služby John Corey a jeho žena Kate. 2) Patrick Taylor - Námluvy na irském venkově: Mladý doktor Barry Laverty z irské vesničky Ballybucklebo se souží láskou. Jeho starší kolega, staromládenecký doktor O’Reilly, naopak prožívá druhé jaro. Ani jeden z doktorů však nemá čas pitvat své srdce, neboť venkovská ordinace je rušné místo. 3) Simon Beckett - Volání hrobu: Lidská zrůda Jerome Monk, který zmasakroval několik dívek, se rozhodl spolupracovat s policií a ukázat jí místa na dartmoorském vřesovišti, kam pohřbil své oběti. K vyzdvižení mrtvol je přizván forenzní antropolog David Hunter, jenže akce neprobíhá podle předpokladů… 4) Nicholas Sparks - Bezpečný přístav: Do ospalého jižanského městečka Southportu se přistěhovala mladá žena. Pronajala si omšelou chatku, kterou si svépomocí zvelebila, všude chodí pěšky, protože nemá auto, a je krásná, smutná a hlavně tajemná. Místním lidem vrtá hlavou, jaké tajemství skrývá.

It's been a good summer for forensics expert Dr David Hunter. His relationship is going well and he's in demand again as a police consultant. Life is good. Then a call comes from an old associate: a body has been found, and she'd like Hunter to take a look. The empty shell of St Jude's Hospital now stands awaiting demolition, its only visitors society's outcasts, addicts and dealers. A partially mummified corpse has been discovered in the hospital's cavernous loft, but not even Hunter can say how long it's been there. All he knows for sure is that it's the body of a young woman. And that she was pregnant. But the collapse of the loft floor reveals another of the hospital's secrets. A sealed-off chamber, still with beds inside. Some of them occupied... For Hunter, what began as a straightforward case is about to become a twisted nightmare that threatens everyone around him. And as the investigation springs more surprises, one thing is certain. St Jude's hasn't claimed its last victim . . . With its viscerally authentic forensics, menacing atmosphere and nerve-shredding tension, Simon Beckett's new crime thriller will leave you gasping.

A deep dive into darkness. Simon Beckett's masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads TESS GERRITSEN

In plain black letters were the words Anthropological Research Facility,' but it was better known but another, less formal name. Most people just called it The Body Farm. The victimhas been bound and torturer, the body decomposed beyond recognition... A second bodyis found. A nightmare is about to begin... A serial killeris at work and the death toll is rising... A brutal abduction- a helpless victim is taken... And for forensics expert David Hunter, it's become a terrifying race against time.

"Eight years ago they found the body buried on the moor. They were certain that it was one of Jerome Monk's teengage victims. Which left two more to find. But the search ended badly, with Monk safely behind bars, the momentum faltered. For forensics expert David Hunter and the rest of the recovery team, life moved on. And the dead were left undisturbed. But now a nightmare scenario unfurls. Monk has escaped and seems to be targeting anyone involved in that original ill-fated operation. As the maniac's violent trail edges ever closer, Hunter realises that nothing now--or then--is quite as it seems. And that the past is anything but dead and buried ..."--Pg 4 of cover.

One day, your son disappears from the playground. Ten years later, will you finally get the truth? The disappearance of firearms police officer Jonah Colley's young son almost destroyed him. A phone call from an old friend leads Jonah to the warehouse Slaughter Quay, and the discovery of four bodies, with a link to his son's case. Attacked and left for dead in the dark, Jonah is the only survivor. Under suspicion himself for what happened at Slaughter Quay, Jonah uncovers a network of secrets and lies about the people closest to him - forcing him to question what really happened to his son all those years ago... 'A terrific thriller from one of our finest crime writers at the top of his game.' Peter James 'A roaring, full-throated thriller.' Daily Mail 'First in a new series, this is a tense and twisty tale.' The Sun

"'Somebody!' I half-sob and then, more quietly, 'Please.' The words seem absorbed by the afternoon heat, lost amongst the trees. In their aftermath, the silence descends again. I know then that I'm not going anywhere... i> ean is on the run. We don't know why and we don't know from whom, but we do know he's abandoned his battered, blood-stained car in the middle of a sweltering, isolated, lonely part of rural France. Desperate to avoid the police, he takes to the hedgerows and country lanes only to be caught in the vicious jaws of a trap. Near unconscious from pain and loss of blood, he is freed and taken in by two women - the daughters of the owner of a rundown local farm with its ramshackle barn, blighted vineyard and the brooding lake. And it's then that Sean's problems really start... Superbly written, Stone Bruises is a classic nail-shredder of a thriller that holds you from the beginning and slowly, inexorably tightens its grip as the story unfurls and keeps you guessing until the unnerving and shocking final twist..."

We don't know why and we don't know from whom, but we do know he's abandoned his battered, blood-stained car in the middle of an isolated part of rural France at the height of a sweltering summer.