René van Veen Knihy

"9-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake, in a boat whose motor just died. A sudden noise distracts him - and all goes dark. Darren Mathews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; after the events of his previous investigation, his marriage is in a precarious state of re-building, and his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little maternal blackmail to press her advantage. An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town where the local economy thrives on nostalgia for ante-bellum Texas - and some of the era's racial attitudes still thrive as well. Levi's disappearance has links to Darren's last case, and to a wealthy businesswoman, the boy's grandmother, who seems more concerned about the fate of her business than that of her grandson. Darren has to battle centuries-old suspicions and prejudices, as well as threats that have been reignited in the current political climate, as he races to find the boy, and to save himself."--Provided by publisher.

From high in the house that stands on the hill, young Meridia watches her stern father Gabriel, disappear off into a mist each night and her proud mother speaking to her pots and pans in strange language ... A haunting and mythical debut from a major new literary talent.

Roy Cady, vymahač dluhů a příležitostný zabiják, už zažil i lepší časy. Nejenom, že se od lékaře dozvěděl, že má plíce plné neléčitelných nádorů a jeho mafiánský šéf Stan mu přebral holku – teď na něj Stan navíc ještě nachystal léčku, ze které nemá vyváznout živý. Jenomže Roy má setsakramentsky tuhý kořínek. S krvavou spouští za zády a dvěma dívkami po boku, osmnáctiletou prostitutkou Rocky a její tříletou sestrou Tiffany, utíká z New Orleans do texaského Galvestonu. Nepravděpodobná, násilím a náhodou dohromady svedená trojice nachází útočiště v zaplivaném motelu plném zkrachovalých existencí, kde se Roy, zdeptaný úvahami o smrti a promarněném životě, rozhodne ještě naposledy udělat něco smysluplného… Brilantní románová prvotina Nica Pizzolatta, autora veleúspěšného seriálu Temný případ (True detective) s Matthewem McConaugheym a Woodym Harrelsonem, v hlavních rolích, který v loňském roce doslova ohromil diváky i kritiky.