Bis zum letzten Atemzug (First Family)

by David Baldacci, Rainer Schumacher (Translator)

Overview

Routiniert und mit einem atemberaubenden Spannungsbogen führt David Baldacci sein bewährtes Ermittlerduo Michelle Maxwell und Sean King durch die anfangs undurchsichtigen Zusammenhänge dieses Thrillers, der sich auf höchster gesellschaftlicher Ebene abspielt. In ihrem vierten Fall stolpern die beiden Privatdetektive fast zufällig in eine Katastrophe, die als fröhliche Geburtstagsfeier einer Zwölfjährigen beginnt: Am selben Abend noch wird das Geburtstagskind entführt. Und die kleine Willa ist nicht irgendein Mädchen - sie ist die Nichte des Präsidenten. Grausiger Leichenfund und blutige Rätsel Als die Ermittler Sean King und Michelle Maxwell im Haus der Familie eintreffen, bietet sich ihnen ein Bild des Grauens: Die Mutter der Kleinen liegt mit aufgeschlitzter Kehle auf dem Boden - und offensichtlich haben die Täter der Leiche Blut entnommen. Doch wer hat ein Interesse an diesem Blut, und was hat Willa damit zu tun? Im Laufe ihrer Ermittlungen dringen die Detektive immer weiter in ein Netz aus dubiosen Machenschaften ein, die es aufzuschlüsseln gilt.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783838702483
Publisher:	Bastei Entertainment
Publication date:	03/17/2011
Series:	Sean King and Michelle Maxwell Series , #4
Sold by:	Readbox
Format:	eBook
Pages:	558
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	German

About the Author

David Baldacci's authoritative legal thrillers operate on the irresistible notion that a sinister undercurrent threads through the country's most powerful institutions.

While his stories hinge on the complex machinations behind the presidency, the FBI, the Supreme Court and other spheres of influence, Baldacci (a former Washington, D.C.-based attorney) finds his way into a mystery through the eyes of the innocents. Semi-innocents, at least: small players who often don't realize they're players at all end up hunting down answers, and their hunt becomes the reader's.

According to Baldacci, reading John Irving's The World According to Garp convinced him that he wanted to be a novelist. Absolute Power -- in which a thief finds himself accidentally connected to a murder involving the president and the ensuing coverup -- was hardly Irvingesque; but it did begin Baldacci's friendly relationship with the bestseller lists, which has continued over his writing career.

Baldacci's style is brief and plot-driven, but he's not afraid to linger on macabre and vivid details, such as a rosary clenched in a plane crash victim's hand, or hard-learned lessons from a sniper's life (pack your food so you can find it at night, by touch). These small but memorable -- indeed, almost cinematic -- details give his books another layer that distinguishes them from the average potboiler.

Although the author has occasionally departed from his usual fare (examples include the tenderhearted coming-of-age tale Wish You Well and the holiday-themed adventure The Christmas Train), it is high-octane thrillers that are his true stock in trade. Whether it's a taut stand-alone or a new installment in his Camel Club series, readers know when they crack the spine of a new Baldacci book, they're in for an action-packed page-turner.

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Hometown:

Northern Virginia

Date of Birth:

August 5, 1960

Place of Birth:

Richmond, VIrginia

Education:

B.A. in Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1982; J.D., University of Virginia, 1986

Website:

http://www.david-baldacci.com/