Ewiger Schlaf: Thriller

by Greg Iles, Bianca Güth (Translator)

Overview

Der Geologe John Waters führt ein glückliches Leben mit Frau und Kind in Natchez, Mississippi. Das war nicht immer so, denn Jahre zuvor drohte ihn die obsessive Liebesbeziehung zu einer anderen Frau zu vernichten. Doch die Frau verschwand und fand einen schrecklichen Tod in New Orleans. Nun, zehn Jahre später, macht John die Bekanntschaft der attraktiven Immobilienmaklerin Eve Sumner, einer Frau, die offenbar jedes Detail aus seiner bewegten Vergangenheit zu kennen scheint. Als auch Eve ums Leben kommt, wird der Geologe in einen Strudel aus Hass und Gewalt verwickelt, der ihn an den Rand des Wahnsinns bringt...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783838717258
Publisher:	Bastei Entertainment
Publication date:	04/07/2012
Sold by:	Readbox
Format:	eBook
Pages:	444
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years
Language:	German

About the Author

Greg Iles has led a sort of double life as a novelist. His first books, based on extrapolations from real events in World War II, earned him an initial following, but his very modern crime novels are what currently hold his -- and his readers' -- focus. His tight pacing and chilling, innovative concepts have made him especially attractive to Hollywood, which has optioned and/or expressed interest in several of his books.

Iles's first novel, Spandau Phoenix, was about the secret escape of a Nazi soldier and the chilling plot related in his discovered diaries. It was a mixed success critically, earning praise for its premise but low marks on style. Since then, Iles has clearly developed as a novelist, and branched out in themes too.

With his second novel, Black Cross, Iles displayed more of a voice and more streamlined plotting in his story of a conspiracy to use the Nazi's own weapons against them. Those first two titles did become bestsellers; but by the time Iles shifted gears to write crime thrillers set in his native Mississippi, he found himself getting even more attention -- and better reviews. His next two books, Mortal Fear and The Quiet Game, remain his personal favorites. Iles was born in Stuttgart, Germany, where his father was in charge of the medical clinic at the U.S. Embassy, in 1961. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1983 and played guitar in a rock band for several years before trying his hand at writing novels.

Moving from screenplays to thrillers to speculative historical fiction, Iles continues to stretch as a writer. He also indulges his love for music (he once played guitar in the band Frankly Scarlet) by performing with the Rock Bottom Remainders, an author side project that includes writers Stephen King, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, and Amy Tan

Hometown:

Natchez, Mississippi

Date of Birth:

1961

Place of Birth:

Stuttgart, Germany

Education:

B.A., University of Mississippi, 1983

Website:

http://www.gregiles.com