Breakdown

Zusatztext Praise for Breakdown   “This is a book you should not miss. . . . A master  craftsman at the top of his game . . . one of his best to date.” —Bookreporter   “Gripping . . . an exhilarating masterclass in the art of plotting, suspense, characterization and brilliant mind games.” —Blackpool Gazette Praise for Jonathan Kellerman   “Jonathan Kellerman’s psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix.” —Los Angeles Times   “Kellerman doesn’t just write psychological thrillers—he owns the genre.” —Detroit Free Press Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Kellerman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than three dozen bestselling crime novels, including the Alex Delaware series, The Butcher’s Theater, Billy Straight, The Conspiracy Club, Twisted, True Detectives, and The Murderer’s Daughter . With his wife, bestselling novelist Faye Kellerman, he co-authored Double Homicide and Capital Crimes . With his son, bestselling novelist Jesse Kellerman, he co-authored  The Golem of Hollywood and The Golem of Paris . He is also the author of two children’s books and numerous nonfiction works, including Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children and With Strings Attached: The Art and Beauty of Vintage Guitars . He has won the Goldwyn, Edgar, and Anthony awards and has been nominated for a Shamus Award. Jonathan and Faye Kellerman live in California, New Mexico, and New York. Leseprobe CHAPTER 1 Noise was everywhere. To avoid it, Tina figured you had to die. When she and Harry lived in Manhattan, the nerve-scraping clangor of garbage trucks and delivery vans had served as early-morning alarm clocks. Waking up to the din was jarring and souring for Tina but useful for Harry because he slept like a drunk and had to be on the subway by seven. Here in L.A., nestled in the alleged luxe of upper Bel Air, mornings were quiet. Until they weren’t: the house groaning and creaking randomly, scolding reminders that they’d traded New York bedrock for the traitorous sand of earthquake country. Of course, Harry barely noticed. The jolts to Tina’s nervous system made her feel like shedding her skin. L.A. evenings were “left-coast mellow” for him, crushingly still for her. She yearned for the rumble of a late-night bus, the drone of human voices rendered unintelligible at the seventeenth floor, the farting aggression of taxi-horns. Anything to remind her that other people existed beyond the confines of her personal space. After two months of living on a ridge of soft dirt straddling L.A. the thick, almost slimy stillness was threatening to smother her. When the creaks and groans weren’t freaking her out. Officially, neighbors existed. The place Harry’s firm had leased for them (“midcentury delight,” in reality a bland ranch house) was bordered by similar structures. But each was vacant due to traveling owners: a wire service editor currently working in Greece, a merry widow enjoying a round-the-world cruise. Tina knew those details because the rental agent had informed her how lucky she was to have peace and quiet. Quiet could only be peaceful if it wasn’t polluted by loneliness and unpredictability. Evenings when Harry worked late proved unnerving. Even when he was home for dinner, there was bedtime to deal with, the dreaded moment when bedroom lamps were switched off and Harry was snoozing within seconds. Leaving Tina flat on her back, wondering if tonight she’d finally be able to g...

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Kellerman
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.02.2016, delayed
• EAN: 9780345541406
• ISBN: 978-0-345-54140-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Alex Delaware; Alex Delaware Novels; Alex Delaware
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense