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One of the Financial Times 's top summer books for 2015
' One of the most arresting thrillers I've read for years. Hypnotic! Aichner plumbs the darkest depths of the human psyche in this compelling tale of a female undertaker. As a mother, Blum is touching and relatable. But as a vengeful wife determined to hunt down her husband's killers... Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.' LISA GARDNER
'Fast, edgy and gripping...full of quirks, with a conflicted heroine as killer at its heart. Do not miss it.' GEOFFREY WANSELL, DAILY MAIL
'Blum is a great character and when Aichner's ghost-train plot ends in the only place it can - a crematorium - you feel like cheering' GUARDIAN
How far would you go to avenge the one you love?
Blum has a secret buried deep in her past.
She thought she'd left the past behind.
But then Mark, the man she loves, dies.
His death looks like a hit-and-run. It isn't a hit-and-run. Mark has been killed by the men he was investigating.
And then, suddenly, Blum rediscovers what she's capable of...
KILL BILL meets DEXTER via THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, WOMAN OF THE DEAD is a wild ride of a thriller where the first stage of grief is revenge. And revenge is a dish best served bloody.
About the author
Bernhard Aichner, geb. 1972, lebt als Schriftsteller und Fotograf in Innsbruck. Zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen in Zeitschriften und Anthologien.
Summary
One of the Financial Times's top summer books for 2015
'One of the most arresting thrillers I've read for years. Hypnotic! Aichner plumbs the darkest depths of the human psyche in this compelling tale of a female undertaker. As a mother, Blum is touching and relatable. But as a vengeful wife determined to hunt down her husband's killers... Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.' LISA GARDNER
'Fast, edgy and gripping...full of quirks, with a conflicted heroine as killer at its heart. Do not miss it.' GEOFFREY WANSELL, DAILY MAIL
'Blum is a great character and when Aichner's ghost-train plot ends in the only place it can - a crematorium - you feel like cheering' GUARDIAN
How far would you go to avenge the one you love?
Blum has a secret buried deep in her past.
She thought she'd left the past behind.
But then Mark, the man she loves, dies.
His death looks like a hit-and-run. It isn't a hit-and-run. Mark has been killed by the men he was investigating.
And then, suddenly, Blum rediscovers what she's capable of...
KILL BILL meets DEXTER via THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, WOMAN OF THE DEAD is a wild ride of a thriller where the first stage of grief is revenge. And revenge is a dish best served bloody.
Foreword
The unstoppable German thriller which is sweeping the globe: KILL BILL meets DEXTER via THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO in this hugely compelling novel about a woman who seeks revenge and gets it.
Additional text
an inventive, forceful, engrossing revenge thriller
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One of the most arresting thrillers I've read for years. Hypnotic! Aichner plumbs the darkest depths of the human psyche in this compelling tale of a female undertaker. As a mother, Blum is touching and relatable. But as a vengeful wife determined to hunt down her husband's killers... Be afraid. Be very, very afraid. Lisa Gardner
