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Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung
A brutal murder incites paranoia in the rare-book world in a "brilliantly written . . . lethally enthralling" novel of literary suspense (Joyce Carol Oates).
The bibliophile community is stunned when a reclusive collector, Adam Diehl, is found on the floor of his Montauk home: hands severed, surrounded by valuable inscribed books and original manuscripts that have been vandalized beyond repair. Adam's sister, Meghan, and her lover, Will--a convicted if unrepentant literary forger--struggle to come to terms with the incomprehensible murder. But when Will begins receiving threatening handwritten letters, seemingly penned by Henry James and A. Conan Doyle, he's drawn into a web of deception with which he's unnervingly familiar. Yet this time, it's putting his own life in jeopardy.
"From its provocative opening line . . . [ The Forgers ] takes on a knowing, nourish tone, like a crime movie by the Coen brothers" ( The Miami Herald ), while "quite skillfully, paying homage to one of Agatha Christie's most famous whodunits. Yet even then, [Morrow] offers a few twists of his own and will keep all but the most astute mystery aficionado guessing . . . until the end" ( The Washington Post ).
Rezensionen (1)
Library Journal-Rezension
In his latest novel, Morrow (The Uninnocent) introduces us to the "visual art form" of high-end literary forgery: skilled con men who adopt the handwriting and artistic stylings of famous authors, penning letters and book inscriptions that they sell for handsome profits. The mysterious narrator is a semireformed forger himself, and his girlfriend's brother, a rare book collector named Adam Diehl, has just been murdered in a gruesome manner. As Morrow pulls back the curtain to reveal the murky world of book sellers and buyers and ushers readers into the mind of a forger for whom falsifying the perfect signature is a thrill, he also draws us deeper into the puzzle of who killed Diehl. VERDICT Morrow writes with a sure, clear voice, and his prose is lush and detailed. Readers who are willing to forgive some slow-paced sections and a few red herrings along the way will be rewarded with a twisty and suspenseful conclusion. Recommended for readers who enjoy atmospheric literary thrillers such as Caleb Carr's The Alienist. Amy Hoseth, Colorado State Univ. Lib., Fort Collins (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
