House Uptown (eBook)

Melissa Ginsburg (Autor)

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2021 | 1. Auflage
280 Seiten
Faber & Faber (Verlag)
978-0-571-32674-7 (ISBN)

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'Utterly unique, addictively readable.' Pandora Sykes 'Intriguing, elegant and seductive.' Jessica Moor 'You can't put it down.' Kevin Wilson After the sudden death of her mother, Ava finds herself headed cross-country to live with the only relative she has left. But Lane, her grandmother, doesn't seem to have much room in her heart for a teenage girl, barely acknowledging Ava between obsessive painting sessions. The only other person who comes around is Lane's assistant, Oliver, who's dealing with issues of his own. As the summer goes on, Ava begins to get a sense that something is very wrong in her grandmother's house. Why was Lane estranged from Ava's mother, and is she now losing her mind? Could the danger lie with Oliver? Or, is there something darker in their past, something which could come back to destroy them all?

Melissa Ginsburg was born and raised in Houston and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of the poetry collection Dear Weather Ghost and two poetry chapbooks, Arbor and Double Blind. She teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Mississippi. Sunset City, her debut novel, was nominated for the John Creasey Dagger, was a Mail on Sunday Thriller of the Week, and her second novel, The House Uptown was published in 2021.

Autor

Melissa Ginsburg was born and raised in Houston and attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of the poetry collection Dear Weather Ghost and two poetry chapbooks, Arbor and Double Blind. She teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Mississippi. Sunset City, her debut novel, was nominated for the John Creasey Dagger, was a Mail on Sunday Thriller of the Week, and was described by Laura Wilson in the Guardian as 'sexy, boozy, poignant and funny'.

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lt;i>Sunset City entrances from its first pages. Suffused with longing, regret and a twisty eroticism, it's a mystery of character as much as crime, and is literary noir at its most captivating.

Gripping, poetic and utterly mesmerising. Melissa Ginsburg gracefully navigates the lyricism of loss, the grit of hope, the sensuality of excess, and the deep complexity of female friendships. A really, truly thrilling debut.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.3.2021
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: Ghosts How Do We Know We're Doing it Right Nothing to See Here Animals Eileen Keeper One Of Us Is Lying My Dark Vanessa • New Orleans Painting Mural Artist Hurricane Katrina • Pandora Sykes Dolly Alderton Kevin Wilson Jessica Moor Megan Abbott Emma Jane Unsworth Ottessa Moshfegh Clare Mackintosh Rosie Price Erin Kelly • Sarah Vaughan Oyinkan Braithewaite Delia Owens
• ISBN-10: 0-571-32674-9 / 0571326749
• ISBN-13: 978-0-571-32674-7 / 9780571326747