Death Notice - Brossura

Haohui, Zhou

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1786699427 ISBN 13: 9781786699428

Casa editrice: Head of Zeus, 2019

Riassunto

A SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR. A SUNDAY TIMES THE 100 BEST CRIME & THRILLER BOOKS, SINCE 1945. 'Serial killers turn up all the time in crime fiction, but few are as patient or as devious as the murderer in Zhou Haohui's Death Notice. This extraordinary novel is the first in a trilogy, and it is already China's bestselling crime series to date' Sunday Times. THE LAW IS WEAK For nearly two decades an unsolved double homicide has haunted Sergeant Zheng Haoming of the Chengdu Police Department. I OFFER REAL JUSTICE Now it looks as if the long-dormant killer has resurfaced, taunting law enforcement with 'death notices' proclaiming their next victim and the date of 'execution'. Perhaps modern police techniques - criminal profiling, online surveillance, SWAT teams - can catch a killer who previously evaded justice? Or perhaps this killer is more than a match for the Chengdu Police Department. ONE SENTENCE: DEATH Death Notice is a Chinese crime-writing phenomenon, a high-octane, high-concept cat-and-mouse thriller that adds an exhilarating new gear to the police procedural.

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'Serial killers turn up all the time in crime fiction, but few are as patient or as devious as the murderer in Zhou Haohui's Death Notice. This extraordinary novel is the first in a trilogy ... It's such a gripping story that an online TV series based on the novels has had more than 2.4 billion views' Sunday Times.

'A compulsive and particularly ingenious read and a first class mystery ... Gifting the reader with more insights into contemporary Chinese culture and background than any magazine, newspaper article or TV documentary could' Crime Time.

'Totally gripping and very chilling [and] the ending is pure poetry. This is a full-on thriller from start to finish, a police procedural that revels in pushing against the boundaries of the format ... China will turn out to be a fantastic source of new crime writing in the coming few years. For now, the good news is this is the first in a trilogy so there are two more novels to look forward to' --Nudge Book

'A rare example of a Chinese police thriller in translation and if this is the normal quality of what is being produced there, we are in for much in the way of future treats and good reads. The puzzle presented is intricate in the extreme ... The problem makes for a compulsive and particularly ingenious read and a first class mystery' --Crime Time

'Stuffed full of cryptic clues and red herrings; deception, deviation and dishonesty, which builds into a thoroughly satisfying self-contained story ... [The plot is] sneakily seductive, taking an erratic turn into the unknown, just when you thought you'd figured it out' --Murder Mayhem & More

Descrizione del libro

Based on China's most famous online crime serial, a killer crowd-sources his victims, playing a deadly but ingenious game of cat-and-mouse with the police.

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• Editore: Head of Zeus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1786699427
• ISBN 13: 9781786699428
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336