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Andrew Klavan

    13. júl 1954

    Andrew Klavan je uznávaný pre svoje strhujúce thrillery, ktoré sa ponárajú do zložitosti ľudskej povahy a morálky. Jeho príbehy často skúmajú nejasné hranice medzi dobrom a zlom, pričom čitateľov vyzývajú k spochybneniu vlastných predstáv o spravodlivosti a pravde. Klavan majstrovsky vytvára napínavé zápletky, napĺňa ich hlbokými filozofickými základmi a bystrým psychologickým vhľadom, ktorý drží čitateľov v napätí. Jeho dielo neustále skúma temnejšie stránky ľudskej psychiky, čím si vyslúžil významný hlas v súčasnej napínavej fikcii.

    Andrew Klavan
    When Christmas Comes
    Hunting Down Amanda
    The Animal Hour
    True Crime
    Muž a žena
    Non dire una parola
    • Muž a žena

      • 229 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Cal Bradley se oženil z lásky. Patnáct let prožil po boku své manželky Marie, kterou po celou dobu vášnivě miloval. V idylickém koutě Nové Anglie, která byla domovem jeho rodiny již po několik generací, se z Cala stal jeden z nejváženějších mužů ve městě - byl otcem rodiny, pravidelným návštěvníkem kostela a talentovaným psychiatrem, který řídil rodinnou kliniku. Žil spořádaným a spokojeným životem. Až jedné noci se stalo ve městě neštěstí - hlavním aktérem byl devatenáctiletý mladík jménem Peter Blue, který po hádce se svou přítelkyní zapálil místní kostel a potom šermoval ukradenou zbraní před obličejem šéfa místní policie - cynického chlapíka, který nikomu nic tak lehce neodpustí. Blue trpěl pocity osamění a měl sebevražedné úmysly. Proto je poslán k Bradleymu na léčení. Pro pacienta je to poslední šance, jak se spasit před vězením a sebevraždou. Pro lékaře je to začátek cesty do světa strachu, lží a nakonec i vraždy. Ukáže se totiž, že zvláštní život mladíka je svázán s Calovým. V hloubi duše dospívajícího mladíka je ukryt klíč k hrozivému tajemství - k dokonale utajené minulosti Marie Bradleyové. Dřív, než se Cal Bradley může s pravdou vypořádat ho čeká zásadní rozhodnutí - mezi hlasem svého rozumu a hlasem svého srdce.

      Muž a žena
    • True Crime

      • 448 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania
      4,1(61)Ohodnotiť

      Everitt, a journalist, is called in to take over a colleague's assignment: an interview with a convicted murderer on the day he is to be executed. Everitt suspects Beachum is the wrong man and must act fast if he is to prove Beachum's innocence and save him from the deadly injection.

      True Crime
    • The Animal Hour

      • 342 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania
      3,6(40)Ohodnotiť

      It's Halloween morning- and Nancy Kinkaid is about to find out that she has disappeared.

      The Animal Hour
    • Hunting Down Amanda

      • 480 stránok
      • 17 hodin čítania
      3,6(298)Ohodnotiť

      The coast of Maine, a clear summer's day, a 747 plunges into the sea, the witness a small child...On a cold, lonely night in New York, Lonnie Blake, a widower and desolate jazz musician, takes comfort in the arms of Carol, a beautiful woman who has flung herself into his doorway to escape an unknown assailant. For that one night, Carol has given everything Blake has wanted: sex, companionship and, above all, compassion. In the morning she is gone, leaving no clues, just emptiness and longing. Blake cannot forget her for Carol has got under his skin and stirred his soul. He also knows she is deeply troubled, and makes it his business to find out why. The answer is not so simple, for it is not Carol who is in danger but her three year old daughter, Amanda, an ordinary, sweet-faced, dimpled child. Amanda has a gift, an extraordinary ability that Carol is desperate to hide. But others are not so discerning, and will stop at nothing until they get what they want, whatever the consequences...Fast, furious, tightly plotted and brilliantly drawn, this is a superb thriller, up with the very best, from the author of the award winning TRUE CRIME.

      Hunting Down Amanda
    • A young woman is murdered at Christmas in an idyllic US town, and it's up to English teacher Cameron Winter to solve the crime and confront his past.

      When Christmas Comes
    • The Truth of the Matter

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania
      4,3(2742)Ohodnotiť

      "Never give in."Ever since he woke up in a terrorist torture chamber--with a year of his life erased from his mind--Charlie West has been on the run. He has one desperate hope of getting his life back: track down the mysterious agent named Waterman. But in fact, reaching Waterman--and recovering the secrets lost in his own memory--will only increase his danger. Because a team of ruthless killers is rapidly closing in on him, determined to stop him from finding the answers. And the truth of the matter is more incredible...and more deadly...than he could ever imagine."Action sequences that never let up...wrung for every possible drop of nervous sweat."--"Booklist "review of "The Long Way Home"

      The Truth of the Matter
    • Werewolf Cop

      • 296 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Zach Adams is one of the best detectives in the country. Nicknamed Cowboy, he’s a soft-spoken homicide detective known for his integrity and courage under fire. He serves on a federal task force that has a single mission: to hunt down Dominic Abend, a European gangster who has taken over the American underworld.After a brutal murder gives them a lead, Zach and his tough guy NYPD partner Martin Goulart are finally on Abend’s trail. But things get complicated — and very, very weird. Goulart’s on-the-job enemies are accusing him of corruption. And Zach is beginning to suspect that Abend’s evil goes beyond crime—perhaps to the edge of the supernatural. As his investigation continues in Germany, Zach finds himself lured into the impossible. In a centuries-old forest under a full moon, a beast assaults him, cursing him forever. In the aftermath, Zach is transformed into something horrible —something deadly.Now, the good cop has innocent blood on his hands. He has killed—and will kill again—in the form of a beast who can’t be controlled or stopped. Before he can free himself, he’s going to have to solve the greatest mystery of all: How can you defeat evil when the evil is inside you?

      Werewolf Cop
    • The words of Jesus can be as mysterious as they are familiar. For those seeking greater understanding of the Gospels through storytelling and poetry comes this book by Andrew Klavan, who chronicles his own inspiring, late-in-life journey to achieve a fresh perspective and deep connection to Jesus's most well-known and complex biblical passages.

      The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England's Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding of the Words o