The Guilty One: The gripping and emotional Richard & Judy Book Club pick - Brossura

Ballantyne, Lisa

Brossura

ISBN 10: 074995728X ISBN 13: 9780749957285

Casa editrice: Piatkus, 2012

Riassunto

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER!

'One of the most readable, emotionally intense novels of the year' Richard and Judy

Daniel Hunter has spent years defending lost causes as a solicitor in London. But his life changes when he is introduced to Sebastian, an eleven-year-old accused of murdering an innocent young boy.

As he plunges into the muddy depths of Sebastian's troubled home life, Daniel thinks back to his own childhood in foster care - and to Minnie, the woman whose love saved him, until she, too, betrayed him so badly that he cut her out of his life.

But what crime did Minnie commit that made Daniel disregard her for fifteen years? And will Daniel's identification with a child on trial for murder make him question everything he ever believed in?

A Richard & Judy Book Club favourite and international phenomenon. Deeply psychological and suspenseful, The Guilty One is both a legal thriller and a human story of love and redemption.

'Moving, insightful' Guardian

'A page-turner with real emotional depth' Daily Express

'Thought-provoking, brave, challenging, compulsive' Rosamund Lupton

'An absorbing psychological debut' Company

'Sophisticated, suspenseful, unsettling' Lee Child

'Grips like a vice' Daily Mail

'One of the best debuts I've ever encountered. An outstanding work of fiction' Daily Record

'Will touch your heart, even as it leaves you unsettled' Hallie Ephron

'I couldn't get this book out of my head. It kept me up all night and guessing the whole way through. I loved it' Jenny Colgan

*DON'T MISS LITTLE LIAR, THE DEEPLY COMPULSIVE NEW NOVEL BY LISA BALLANTYNE*

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Recensione:

[a] moving, insightful debut . . . It's easy to see why this caused such a stir at Frankfurt last year. If it isn't this year's Before I Go To Sleep, I'll eat my laptop (The Guardian)

An absorbing psychological debut (Company (Top Pick))

It's one of the best debuts I've ever encountered (Shari Low The Daily Record)

Lisa Ballantyne has written a first novel that is both moving and suspenseful; richly detailed, yet with the eerie simplicity of a parable (Joyce Carol Oates)

This is an outstanding work of fiction, and the real crime would have been if the talent of Lisa Ballantyne had never been discovered (Daily Record)

Thought provoking, brave and challenging, this book is an unsettling and compulsive read (Rosamund Lupton, bestselling author of Sister and Afterwards)

Gripping stuff (More!)

It's a work of genuine substance about real human beings with real human flaws, in which nothing can be tied up neatly because life doesn't work like that. The Guilty One puts her firmly on the list of writers to watch (Irish Independant)

This is as assured debut novel that has 'bestseller' slapped all over it (Crimesquad.co.uk)

Fast-paced and emotionally charged, we were tearing through it well into the night. Keep a tissue handy - you'll be a wreck by the end (Emerald Street)

Descrizione del libro:

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER! A Richard & Judy Book Club favourite and an international phenomenon. Deeply psychological and suspenseful, The Guilty One is both a legal thriller and a human story of love and redemption.

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• Editore: Piatkus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 074995728X
• ISBN 13: 9780749957285
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 480