{"product_id":"stone-bruises-simon-beckett","title":"Stone Bruises (Simon Beckett)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Somebody!' I half-sob and then, more quietly, 'Please.' The words seem absorbed by the afternoon heat, lost amongst the trees. In their aftermath, the silence descends again. I know then that I'm not going anywhere...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSean is on the run. We don't know why and we don't know from whom, but we do know he's abandoned his battered, blood-stained car in the middle of an isolated part of rural France at the height of a sweltering summer. Desperate to avoid the police, he takes to the parched fields and country lanes but his leg is caught in a vicious animal trap. Near unconscious from pain and loss of blood, he is freed and taken in by two women - daughters of the owner of a rundown local farm with its ramshackle barn, blighted vineyard and the brooding lake. And it's then that Sean's problems really start...  \u003cbr\u003eThis nail-shredder of a thriller - like the fiction of Nicci French or Gillian Flynn - holds you from the beginning, tightening its grip as the story unfurls and shocks you with its final twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Beckett\u003c\/b\u003e is the No.1 international bestselling author of the David Hunter series: \u003ci\u003eThe Chemistry of\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath, Written in Bone, Whispers of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Calling of the Grave, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Restless Dead \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Scent of Death. \u003c\/i\u003eHis books have been translated into 29 languages, appeared in the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e top 10 bestseller lists and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. A former freelance journalist, he has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eObserver. \u003c\/i\u003eThe inspiration for the first David Hunter novel came after a visit to the world-renowned Body Farm in Tennessee introduced him to the work of forensic anthropologists. \u003cbr\u003eJoint-winner (with Arne Dahl) of Europe's largest crime fiction prize - the Ripper Award 2018\/19 - he has also won the Raymond Chandler Society's Marlowe Award and been short-listed for the CWA Gold Dagger, CWA Dagger in the Library and Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year awards. He is \u003cbr\u003ealso the author of several stand-alone novels including \u003ci\u003eStone Bruises \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Where There's Smoke. \u003c\/i\u003eSimon Beckett lives in Sheffield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66224376545629,"sku":"K056709030","price":12.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5670903000001A.jpg?v=1792093135","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/stone-bruises-simon-beckett","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}