Sophie Hannah
The Couple at the Table

2022 | Nakladatelství Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.

The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen's - a small private boarding school in deepest Norfolk - is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic accident.But the local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine 'Jazz…' Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London, and reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss.Reunited with her loyal sergeant Alastair Miles, she enters the closed world of the school, and as Jazz begins to probe the circumstances surrounding Charlie Cavendish's tragic death, events are soon to take another troubling turn.Charlie is exposed as an arrogant bully, and those around him had both motive and opportunity to switch the drugs he took daily to control his epilepsy.As staff at the school close ranks, the disappearance of young pupil Rory Millar and the death of an elderly classics master provide Jazz with important leads, but are destined to complicate the investigation further. As snow covers the landscape and another suspect goes missing, Jazz must also confront her personal demons . . .Then, a particularly grim discovery at the school makes this the most challenging murder investigation of her career. Because Fleat House hides secrets darker than even Jazz could ever have imagined . . . The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen's - a small private boarding school in deepest Norfolk - is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic accident.But the… local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine 'Jazz' Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London, and reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss.Reunited with her loyal sergeant Alastair Miles, she enters the closed world of the school, and as Jazz begins to probe the circumstances surrounding Charlie Cavendish's tragic death, events are soon to take another troubling turn.Charlie is exposed as an arrogant bully, and those around him had both motive and opportunity to switch the drugs he took daily to control his epilepsy.As staff at the school close ranks, the disappearance of young pupil Rory Millar and the death of an elderly classics master provide Jazz with important leads, but are destined to complicate the investigation further. As snow covers the landscape and another suspect goes missing, Jazz must also confront her personal demons . . .Then, a particularly grim discovery at the school makes this the most challenging murder investigation of her career. Because Fleat House hides secrets darker than even Jazz could ever have imagined . . .

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Stav:	nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	368
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	1529352827
ISBN:	9781529352825
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	7. 4. 2025 12:24
Číslo položky:	1203521

O autorovi

Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannahová je autorka několika psychologických thrillerů, které se staly bestsellery. Její romány vyšly ve 20 zemích světa, přeloženy do několika světových jazyků. Také píše poezii. Publikovala pět sbírek. Je vdaná a žije se svým manželem a dětmi v Cambridgi. SH je úspěšná britská básnířka, nominovaná například na cenu T.S. Eliota, a především prozaička, jejíž romány jsou vydány v 32 jazycích a 51 zemích. Je autorkou několika knih pro děti, mezinárodní renomé jí však vydobyly především psychothrillery. V žánru debutovala roku 2006 románem "Little Face", jehož se okamžitě prodalo více než 100 000 kusů a v němž se poprvé objevili detektivové Simon Waterhouse a Charlie Zailerová. Za román "The Carrier", osmý titul z volné série s touto dvojicí, která vystupuje i v "Bludných sděleních", získala autorka v roce 2013 britskou National Book Award za nejlepší thriller roku. Doslova literární bombou a knižní událostí roku 2014 se však stalo uveřejnění románu Sophie Hannah "Vraždy s monogramem", který vyšel současně v 28 jazycích v 50 zemích. V něm se poprvé se svolením dědiců v novém příběhu vrátila nejznámější postava "královny zločinu" Agathy Christie - legendární belgický puntičkář Hercule Poirot.

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