Overview

An atmospheric commercial thriller for readers of Stephen King and Joel Dicker. Jeremiah Salinger blames himself. The crash was his fault. He was the only survivor. Now only his daughter Clara can put a smile on his face. The depression and the nightmares are closing in. But when he takes Clara to the Bletterbach - a canyon in the Dolomites rich in fossil remains - he overhears by chance a conversation that gives his life renewed focus. In 1985 three students were murdered there, their bodies savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer who was never found. Salinger, a New Yorker, is far from home, and these Italian mountains, where his wife was born, harbour a close-knit, tight-lipped community whose mistrust of outsiders can turn ugly. All the same, solving this mystery might be the only thing that can keep him sane. Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis

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Author:   Luca D'Andrea ,  Howard Curtis
Publisher:   Quercus Publishing
Imprint:   MacLehose Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.516kg
ISBN:  

9780857056917

ISBN 10:   0857056913
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   29 June 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Scenic, pacy, rock hard, with seriously disturbing moments, this a clever, complex thrilling and thoroughly brilliant tale. * Sunday Sport. * A first-rate thriller. * ZDF Morgenmagazin. * An electrifying debut in the new wave of Italian thriller writing. D'Andrea's a name to add to your Eurocrime list. -- David Hewson, author of the Nic Costa novels and The Killing Sentences like lightning bolts, twists like avalanches: a spectacular thriller. * Playboy. * An unbelievably nail-biting thriller. * Alpin - Das BergMagazin. * A brilliant, enthralling debut. * Stern. * A perfectly constructed thriller . . . Draws the reader right in. * Bayerischer Rundfunk TV Capriccio * An entertaining read with a wide cast of possible suspects, not all of them human. The book's twists and turns continue right until the end. * Western Mail. * D'Andrea is a real master. -- Sergio Pent * La Stampa. * Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo. -- Massimo Vincenz * La Repubblica. * Smart, stylish and extremely scary. * Sunday Mirror. * A canyon in the Italian Dolomites, beautiful yet sinister, provides a stunning setting for Luca D'Andrea's first thriller . . . D'Andrea piles on the action at the atmosphere with the panache of a seasoned writer. -- Marcel Berlins * The Times. *

Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo. - La Repubblica. D'Andrea is a real master. - La Stampa. Luca D'Andrea's 'The Mountain' wasn't what I expected. But that's okay! It turned out to be something I never knew I needed. - Bookseller at Independent Bookstore With more twists than a corkscrew, this suspenseful murder mystery is an accomplished, gripping debut well worth diving into. - Courier Mail

A first-rate thriller. * ZDF Morgenmagazin. * An electrifying debut in the new wave of Italian thriller writing. D'Andrea's a name to add to your Eurocrime list. -- David Hewson, author of the Nic Costa novels and The Killing Sentences like lightning bolts, twists like avalanches: a spectacular thriller. * Playboy. * An unbelievably nail-biting thriller. * Alpin - Das BergMagazin. * A brilliant, enthralling debut. * Stern. * A perfectly constructed thriller . . . Draws the reader right in. * Bayerischer Rundfunk TV Capriccio * D'Andrea is a real master. -- Sergio Pent * La Stampa. * Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo. -- Massimo Vincenz * La Repubblica. *

Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo. -- Massimo Vincenz La Repubblica. D'Andrea is a real master. -- Sergio Pent La Stampa. A perfectly constructed thriller ... Draws the reader right in. Bayerischer Rundfunk TV Capriccio A brilliant, enthralling debut. Stern. A first-rate thriller. ZDF Morgenmagazin. An unbelievably nail-biting thriller. Alpin - Das BergMagazin. Sentences like lightning bolts, twists like avalanches: a spectacular thriller. Playboy.

Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo. -- Massimo Vincenz La Repubblica. D'Andrea is a real master. -- Sergio Pent La Stampa.

Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbo. - La Repubblica. D'Andrea is a real master. - La Stampa. Luca D'Andrea's 'The Mountain' wasn't what I expected. But that's okay! It turned out to be something I never knew I needed. - Bookseller at Independent Bookstore With more twists than a corkscrew, this suspenseful murder mystery is an accomplished, gripping debut well worth diving into. - Courier Mail

Author Information

Luca D'Andrea was born in 1979 Bolzano, Italy, where he worked as a teacher for ten years. The Mountain, the most talked-about and fastest-selling book at London Book Fair 2016, was sold in more than 30 countries before it was first published in Italy.

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