Jan Kraśko Knihy






Consumed
- 320 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
On a lonely farmstead, an elderly woman falls down outside and, unable to move, is consumed overnight by two of her pigs. It seems like a tragic accident, except the woman was well-known photographer Sophie Bartilak - and inside her house, someone hjas removed all her photos from their frames, seemingly erasing her past... The first photo Sophie ever took remains her most infamous: a missing girl who was never seen again. Forensic veterinarian Cooper Allen is drafted in for the post-mortem - and slowly becomes obsessed with the victim, her family, and the crimes she brought to light decades ago. As Cooper pulls on a dark thread of deception, secrets and lies, she begins to unravel the case - as well as herself...
Sixteen Horses
- 400 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
Hysteria takes over a dying seaside town when sixteen horses' heads are discovered buried in one farmer's field. For fans of Jane Harper's The Dry.
Chémia smrti
- 302 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
Za odľahlou dedinou Manham v Norfolku sa nájde znetvorená mŕtvola Sally Palmerovej. Doktora Huntera sa udalosť dotkne nielen preto, že mladú ženu osobne poznal - bývalý londýnsky súdny antropológ sa už tri roky snaží zabudnúť na tragickú smrť svojich blízkych práve na vidieku. A tak vo chvíli, keď ho polícia požiada, aby jej pomohol vypátrať vraha, najprv odmietne, aby v sebe neoživil spomienky na bolestnú minulosť. V Manhame sa nájdu aj ďalšie znetvorené telá ľudí i zvierat. Dovtedy pokojnú dedinu ovládne nevraživosť, strach a panika. Tieň podozrenia padne aj na Davida Huntera. On jediný má však znalosti, aby brutálneho vraha zastavil...
Written in bone
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
On his way back from ongoing investigation into an apparent serial killer in Scotland, forensics anthropologist David Hunter is asked if he could examine a fire-death on the remote Hebridean island of Runa - reported by Brody, a retired DI who lives on the island. The journey over to Runa is delayed by rough seas and it's dark by the time Hunter and the two mainland police officers and a reporter accompanying him arrive. Warned that it will be unlike anything else that he has encountered, Hunter and the police go straight to the body. And it is indeed unusual: almost totally incinerated except for one hand and both feet, which have been left untouched by the fire. And nothing else appears to have been affected by the fire. It appears to be a textbook case of the phenomenon known as spontaneous human combustion. One of the policemen is quick to record it as an accidental death, but the retired DI Brody is less convinced. Hunter, having established that the victim was female, keeps an open mind but on closer investigation of the site the next day, discovers skull fragments that lead him to just one conclusion: that this was no accident, this was murder. As the enormity of this sinks in to the small community, the island is hit by the full force of the storm - and as power and communications fail, so the killing begins in earnest...
The Cleaner
- 480 stránok
- 17 hodin čítania
Jonathan Quinn's work comes after the crime. His job is to clean up crime scenes - dispose of bodies, wipe away prints, anything to help them get away with it.And if Quinn can't figure out what's going on from only a handful of clues, he'll never clean another crime scene.
Hannibal Rising
- 384 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
He is one of the most haunting characters in all of literature. At last the evolution of his evil is revealed. Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him. Hannibal’s uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle’s beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki. Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal. With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in France. But Hannibal’s demons visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in turn. He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes death’s prodigy.
Cari Mora
- 264 stránok
- 10 hodin čítania
Pod vilou na morskom pobreží Miami Beach leží zlatý poklad drogového kartelu v hodnote dvadsaťpäť miliónov dolárov. Dlhé roky po ňom sliedia muži, ktorých vedie Hans-Peter Schneider, zvrhlý sadista. Živí sa zohavovaním mladých dievčat pre bohatých klientov. Cari Mora utiekla pred násilím a brutalitou z rodnej Kolumbie a vo vile na pobreží pracuje ako gazdiná. V Miami žije iba s dočasným ochranným štatútom, ktorý jej imigračný úrad môže kedykoľvek odobrať. Krásna, vojnou poznačená Cari Mora predstavuje pre Schneidera lukratívnu korisť, no po tom, ako narazí na zlato, aj vážnu prekážku. Dievčina však dobre pozná zásady prežitia v nehostinných podmienkach. Jej vlastná minulosť ju predurčila na nerovný boj. V zákutiach mužskej žiadostivosti a ženského pudu sebazáchovy striehnu monštrá. Za posledných sto rokov sa nenašiel autor, ktorý by ich priviedol k životu presvedčivejšie než Thomas Harris. Cari Mora, jeho šiesty román, je dlho očakávaný návrat americkej spisovateľskej legendy.

