📗 Libro en inglés THE UNDESIRED
HODDER & STOUGHTON - 9781444778281
Sinopsis de THE UNDESIRED
A chilling modern horror novel from the author of THE SILENCE OF THE SEA, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award - perfect for fans of Let the Right One In.
The light spilling in from the corridor would have to do. Though weak, it was sufficient to show Aldís a boy sitting in the gloom at the furthest table. He had his back to her, so she couldn''t see who it was, but could tell that he was one of the youngest. A chill ran down her spine when he spoke again, without turning, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. ''Go away. Leave me alone.''
''Come on. You shouldn''t be here.'' Aldís spoke gently, fairly sure now that the boy must be delirious. Confused, rather than dangerous.
He turned, slowly and deliberately, and she glimpsed black eyes in a pale face. ''I wasn''t talking to you.''
Aldis is working in a juvenile detention centre in rural Iceland. She witnesses something deeply disturbing in the middle of the night; soon afterwards, two of the boys at the centre are dead.
Decades later, single father Odinn is looking into alleged abuse at the centre following the unexplained death of the colleague who was previously running the investigation. The more he finds out, though, the more it seems the odd events of the 1970s are linked to the accident that killed his ex-wife. Was her death something more sinister?
Yrsa Sigurdardottir is a huge European bestseller both with her crime and horror novels. You might want to sleep with the light on after reading THE UNDESIRED...
The light spilling in from the corridor would have to do. Though weak, it was sufficient to show Aldís a boy sitting in the gloom at the furthest table. He had his back to her, so she couldn''t see who it was, but could tell that he was one of the youngest. A chill ran down her spine when he spoke again, without turning, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. ''Go away. Leave me alone.''
''Come on. You shouldn''t be here.'' Aldís spoke gently, fairly sure now that the boy must be delirious. Confused, rather than dangerous.
He turned, slowly and deliberately, and she glimpsed black eyes in a pale face. ''I wasn''t talking to you.''
Aldis is working in a juvenile detention centre in rural Iceland. She witnesses something deeply disturbing in the middle of the night; soon afterwards, two of the boys at the centre are dead.
Decades later, single father Odinn is looking into alleged abuse at the centre following the unexplained death of the colleague who was previously running the investigation. The more he finds out, though, the more it seems the odd events of the 1970s are linked to the accident that killed his ex-wife. Was her death something more sinister?
Yrsa Sigurdardottir is a huge European bestseller both with her crime and horror novels. You might want to sleep with the light on after reading THE UNDESIRED...
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9781444778281
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 27/08/2015
Año de edición: 2015
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Yrsa Sigurdardóttir nació en Reikiavik, Islandia, en 1963. Ingeniera civil de formación, en 2005 decidió dedicarse plenamente a la escritura tras obtener un gran éxito internacional con su primera novela El último ritual, un fenómeno editorial publicado en más de 30 territorios. Desde entonces, ha sido reconocida con los premios más prestigiosos del género, entre ellos, el Petrona Award o el Blood Drop a mejor Novela negra de Islandia hasta en tres ocasiones, además de ser finalista del Glass Key o del International Dublin Literary Award. El grito, la primera entrega de su serie protagonizada por la psicóloga infantil Freyja, ha sido reconocida como Mejor Novela Negra por la Academia danesa, Premio Blood Drop y seleccionada como una de las mejores novelas negras de los últimos años según el Sunday Times. Con esta serie se consolida como una de las autoras de novela negra más importantes de la actualidad.
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