René van Veen Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

"9-year-old Levi King knew he should have left for home sooner; now he's alone in the darkness of vast Caddo Lake, in a boat whose motor just died. A sudden noise distracts him - and all goes dark. Darren Mathews is trying to emerge from another kind of darkness; after the events of his previous investigation, his marriage is in a precarious state of re-building, and his career and reputation lie in the hands of his mother, who's never exactly had his best interests at heart. Now she holds the key to his freedom, and she's not above a little maternal blackmail to press her advantage. An unlikely possibility of rescue arrives in the form of a case down Highway 59, in a small lakeside town where the local economy thrives on nostalgia for ante-bellum Texas - and some of the era's racial attitudes still thrive as well. Levi's disappearance has links to Darren's last case, and to a wealthy businesswoman, the boy's grandmother, who seems more concerned about the fate of her business than that of her grandson. Darren has to battle centuries-old suspicions and prejudices, as well as threats that have been reignited in the current political climate, as he races to find the boy, and to save himself."--Provided by publisher.

Mafiánsky zločinec Roy Candy čelí smrteľnej chorobe a stáva sa nepohodlným pre svojho šéfa, ktorý ho pošle na smrteľnú misiu. Roy si uvedomuje, že táto práca je jeho posledná, no paradoxne prežije stretnutie s najatými zabijakmi. Rýchlo sa rozhodne vziať so sebou osemnásťročné dievča menom Rocky, ktoré nájde na mieste činu. Spoločne unikajú z New Orleansu do Galvestonu, pričom Rocky, magnet na problémy, skrýva tajomstvá, ktoré Roya prenasledujú. Útek pred svetom lacných motelov a skrachovaných snov sa ukazuje ako ťažší, než si mysleli. Tento temný triler, ktorý napísal autor úspešného seriálu True Detective, zachytáva napätie a atmosféru, ktorú diváci poznajú z televízneho hitu. Román bol preložený do 16 jazykov a pripravuje sa jeho sfilmovanie. Atmosféra a sila príbehu sú podobné tým, ktoré diváci zažili v True Detective, pričom autor sa stal medzinárodne uznávaným po úspechu svojho debutu.

From high in the house that stands on the hill, young Meridia watches her stern father Gabriel, disappear off into a mist each night and her proud mother speaking to her pots and pans in strange language ... A haunting and mythical debut from a major new literary talent.