The Shape of Night
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
A woman trying to outrun her past is drawn to a coastal village in Maine-and to a string of unsolved murders-in this novel of romance and psychological suspense from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.
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A woman trying to outrun her past is drawn to a coastal village in Maine-and to a string of unsolved murders-in this novel of romance and psychological suspense from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen."Suspenseful, sexy, and soulful."-J. R. Ward, bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series
After an unspeakable tragedy in Boston, Ava Collette flees to a remote village in Maine, where she rents an old house named Brodie's Watch.
In that isolated seaside mansion, Ava finally feels at peace . . . until she glimpses the long-dead sea captain who still resides there.
Rumor has it that Captain Jeremiah Brodie has haunted the house for more than a century. One night, Ava confronts the apparition, who feels all too real, and who welcomes her into his world-and into his arms. Even as Ava questions her own sanity, she eagerly looks forward to the captain's ghostly visits. But she soon learns that the house she loves comes with a terrible secret, a secret that those in the village don't want to reveal: Every woman who has ever lived in Brodie's Watch has also died there. Is the ghost of Captain Brodie responsible, or is a flesh-and-blood killer at work? A killer who is even now circling closer to Ava?
Praise for The Shape of Night
"Gerritsen is at her atmospheric best in this spine-tingling tale of a lone woman, an old house, and all the secrets everyone tries to hide."-Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"With a twisty mix of dangerous passion, obsession, and suspense, Tess Gerritsen reinvents the Gothic novel, giving it a razor-sharp, modern edge."-Jayne Ann Krentz, New York Times bestselling author of Untouchable
"Curl up in your favorite reading chair and let Tess Gerritsen whisk you away to a coastal town reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier's best settings. You are in for a dark and sexy night, and you will be up very late with Tess's twisted, haunting tale."-Iris Johansen, #1 New York Times bestselling
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PrologueEven now I still dream about Brodie s Watch, and the nightmare is always the same. I am standing in the gravel driveway and the house looms before me like a ghost ship adrift in the fog. Around my feet mist curls and slithers and it coats my skin in icy rime. I hear waves rolling in from the sea and crashing against the cliffs, and overhead, seagulls scream a warning to stay far, far away. I know that Death waits behind that front door, yet I do not retreat because the house is calling to me. Perhaps it will always call to me, its siren song compelling me to once again climb the steps to the porch, where the swing creaks back and forth.
I open the door.
Inside everything is wrong, all wrong. This is no longer the magnificent house I once lived in and loved. The massive carved banister is strangled by vines that twist like green serpents around the railing. The floor is carpeted by dead leaves which have blown in through shattered windows. I hear the slow tap, tap of rainwater dripping relentlessly from the ceiling, and I look up to see one solitary crystal pendant dangling from the skeletal chandelier. The walls, once painted cream and adorned with handsome crown molding, are now streaked with tentacles of mold. Long before Brodie s Watch was here, before the men who built it hauled up wood and stone, hammered beams to posts, this hill where it stands was a place of moss and forest. Now the forest is reclaiming its territory. Brodie s Watch is in retreat and the smell of decay hangs in the air.
I hear the humming of flies somewhere above me, and as I start up the staircase the ominous sound grows louder. The once-sturdy steps I climbed every night sag and groan with my weight. The banister, once polished to satiny smoothness, bristles with thorns and vines. I reach the second-floor landing and a fly appears, buzzing as it circles and dive-bombs my head. Another fly moves in, and another, as I start down the hallway
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toward the master bedroom. Through the closed door I can hear the flies greedy hum in the room beyond, where something has drawn them to feast.
I open the door and the hum instantly becomes a roar. They attack me in a cloud so thick I am choking. I wave and flail at them but they swarm my hair, my eyes, my mouth. Only then do I realize what has drawn the flies to this room. To this house.
Me. They are feasting on me.
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I had felt no such apprehension on that day in early August when I turned onto North Point Way and drove toward Brodie s Watch for the first time. I knew only that the road needed maintenance and the pavement was rippled by the roots of encroaching trees. The property manager had explained to me on the phone that the house was over a hundred fifty years old and currently still under renovation. For the first few weeks, I would have to put up with a pair of carpenters swinging hammers up in the turret, but that was the reason why a house with such a commanding ocean view could be rented for a song.
The tenant who was renting it had to leave town a few weeks ago, months before her lease was up. So you called me at just the right time, she said. The owner doesn t want his house to stand vacant all summer and he s anxious to find someone who ll take good care of it. He s hoping to find another female tenant. He thinks women are much more responsible.
The lucky new female tenant just happens to be me.
In the backseat my cat, Hannibal, yowls, demanding to be released from the pet carrier he s been trapped in since we left Boston six hours ago. I glance back and see him glaring at me through the grate, a hulking coon cat with pissed-off green eyes. We re almost there, I promise, although I m beginning to worry that I ve taken a wrong turn. Roots and frost he
I open the door and the hum instantly becomes a roar. They attack me in a cloud so thick I am choking. I wave and flail at them but they swarm my hair, my eyes, my mouth. Only then do I realize what has drawn the flies to this room. To this house.
Me. They are feasting on me.
One
I had felt no such apprehension on that day in early August when I turned onto North Point Way and drove toward Brodie s Watch for the first time. I knew only that the road needed maintenance and the pavement was rippled by the roots of encroaching trees. The property manager had explained to me on the phone that the house was over a hundred fifty years old and currently still under renovation. For the first few weeks, I would have to put up with a pair of carpenters swinging hammers up in the turret, but that was the reason why a house with such a commanding ocean view could be rented for a song.
The tenant who was renting it had to leave town a few weeks ago, months before her lease was up. So you called me at just the right time, she said. The owner doesn t want his house to stand vacant all summer and he s anxious to find someone who ll take good care of it. He s hoping to find another female tenant. He thinks women are much more responsible.
The lucky new female tenant just happens to be me.
In the backseat my cat, Hannibal, yowls, demanding to be released from the pet carrier he s been trapped in since we left Boston six hours ago. I glance back and see him glaring at me through the grate, a hulking coon cat with pissed-off green eyes. We re almost there, I promise, although I m beginning to worry that I ve taken a wrong turn. Roots and frost he
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Autoren-Porträt von Tess Gerritsen
New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen earned international acclaim for her first novel of suspense, Harvest (1996). She introduced Detective Jane Rizzoli in The Surgeon (2001) and Dr. Maura Isles in The Apprentice (2002) and has gone on to write numerous other titles in the celebrated Rizzoli & Isles series, most recently The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, Die Again, and I Know a Secret. Her latest standalone thrillers are Playing with Fire and The Shape of Night. A physician, Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tess Gerritsen
- 2020, Internationale Ausgabe, 368 Seiten, Masse: 10,5 x 16,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Ballantine Books
- ISBN-10: 0593159861
- ISBN-13: 9780593159866
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
This is one of Gerritsen s best mysteries ever, with Ava Collette an unlikely heroine you ll never easily forget. Pick up a copy you might be left breathless and reeling, but you won t be disappointed. Lisa Jackson, #1 New York Times bestselling authorThe Shape of Night is reading gold thought-provoking, loaded with suspense, with an ending to knock your socks off. Catherine Coulter, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Reminiscent of the best of du Maurier, this modern gothic is eerie, tantalizing, spine-tingling, and sensual. . . . An altogether delicious read. Sandra Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author
This book reminds me why I love reading. Tess Gerritsen is a writer I look up to! J. R. Ward, #1 New York Times bestselling author
A captivating and seductive tale exploring the dark embrace of grief and guilt, reminding us that nothing can haunt us as insidiously as our personal demons. Sylvia Day, #1 New York Times bestselling author
This supernatural thriller from bestseller Gerritsen ranks with the best of her crime fiction. . . . This magnetic haunted house story will keep readers riveted from the very first page. Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A spellbinding thriller. . . Gerritsen shifts a murder mystery into a Gothic thriller, replete with an unsteady widow's walk, secret alcove, strange smells, ominous sensations, and the ghost. The prologue echoes the dream of Manderley from Du Maurier s Rebecca. . . . This riveting Gothic thriller explores the limits of love, guilt, and punishment. Kirkus Reviews
Gerritsen creates an atmospheric scene with the mansion and the Maine coastline, and readers will almost feel the breeze and hear the waves crashing against the rocks. The main story of Ava, who may or may not be descending into madness, is compelling, and a clever twist or two steers the
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narrative in unexpected ways. . . . Another winner for Gerritsen. Associated Press
Tess Gerritsen has had the it factor for a long time, and she continues to show that no matter what she pens, it will rock! Suspense
Gerritsen is a masterful plotter and her talents honed in decades of crime fiction translate perfectly to the new form, with a slow, satisfying drip of secrets and revelations. CrimeReads
An exciting supernatural thriller. TheRealBookSpy
The Shape of Night expertly blends mystery with romance and speculative fiction. Better yet, in a novel featuring death and the afterlife, this book is as comforting as a cup of cocoa on a winter s day or a roaring fire in the midst of an October rainstorm. New York Journal of Books
Fans . . . will follow Gerritsen s . . . story through the realms of mystery, paranormal romance, erotica, and psychological suspense to its compelling conclusion. Library Journal
A quick read that will appeal to fans of the genre. Booklist
A haunting romantic thriller with an irresistible Gothic twist, this is one of Gerritsen s best.
BarnesandNoble.com
Tess Gerritsen has had the it factor for a long time, and she continues to show that no matter what she pens, it will rock! Suspense
Gerritsen is a masterful plotter and her talents honed in decades of crime fiction translate perfectly to the new form, with a slow, satisfying drip of secrets and revelations. CrimeReads
An exciting supernatural thriller. TheRealBookSpy
The Shape of Night expertly blends mystery with romance and speculative fiction. Better yet, in a novel featuring death and the afterlife, this book is as comforting as a cup of cocoa on a winter s day or a roaring fire in the midst of an October rainstorm. New York Journal of Books
Fans . . . will follow Gerritsen s . . . story through the realms of mystery, paranormal romance, erotica, and psychological suspense to its compelling conclusion. Library Journal
A quick read that will appeal to fans of the genre. Booklist
A haunting romantic thriller with an irresistible Gothic twist, this is one of Gerritsen s best.
BarnesandNoble.com
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