Death in her Hands

Informationen zum Autor Ottessa Moshfegh has written four previous books: McGlue (2014); Eileen , which was awarded the 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize; Homesick for Another World (2017); and My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018), which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. Klappentext On her daily walk with her dog, Vesta comes across a note about a murdered girl, causing her imagination to run riot. Combines elements of horror, suspense and comedy. From the Booker-shortlisted author of "Eileen". Zusammenfassung **SHORTLISTED FOR THE STAUNCH BOOK PRIZE 2020** A triumphant blend of horror, suspense and pitch-black comedy, from the Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen and My Year of Rest and Relaxation While on her daily walk with her dog in the nearby woods, our protagonist comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground with stones. Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body. Shaky even on her best days, she is also alone, and new to this area, having moved here from her long-time home after the death of her husband, and now deeply alarmed. Her brooding about the note grows quickly into a full-blown obsession, as she explores multiple theories about who Magda was and how she met her fate. Her suppositions begin to find echoes in the real world, and the fog of mystery starts to form into a concrete and menacing shape. But is there either a more innocent explanation for all this, or a much more sinister one - one that strikes closer to home? In this razor-sharp, chilling, and darkly hilarious novel, we must decide whether the stories we tell ourselves guide us closer to the truth or keep us further from it. **AN EVENING STANDARD BEST BOOK TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2020**

Product details

• Authors: Ottessa Moshfegh
• Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.2020
• EAN: 9781787332201
• ISBN: 978-1-78733-220-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Horror, FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical, FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Horror & ghost stories, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Northeastern & North Atlantic States, US Northeast: New England