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Darkness for Light

Viskic, Emma
Heftet / 2020 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781782275435
Publisert
2020-03-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Pushkin Vertigo
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Viskic, Emma

Biographical note

Emma Viskic is an award-winning Australian crime writer. Her critically acclaimed debut Resurrection Bay was shortlisted for two CWA Daggers and won five Australian awards, including the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut. Its sequel, And Fire Came Down, won the Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel. Emma studied Australian sign language (Auslan) in order to write the Caleb Zelic thrillers, of which Darkness for Light is the third. She is currently writing the fourth.

Darkness for Light

Viskic, Emma
Heftet / 2020 / Engelsk
Viskic, Emma
Heftet / 2020 / Engelsk
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A mazey delight of a mystery

Ian Rankin

Clever, brilliantly observed ... Viskic just keeps getting better. Her prose is elegant and economical and her storytelling is taut, realistic and full of surprises... a winner

Adrian McKinty

The tension builds from the very first page... brutal but compassionate

The Times, Crime Books of the Year

Se alle

Propulsive and thrilling

- Lucy Treloar, author of Salt Creek,

Razor-sharp... James Ellory and Paul Cleave fans will be pleased

Publishers Weekly, starred review

There is no Australian crime hero like Caleb Zelic. There's no Nordic, American, English or French crime hero like him. He lives in a genre of his own: the perfect outsider in an uncaring world. Inventive, loyal, tormented and whip-smart, he stands at the moral centre of a twisting tale of corruption Darkness for Light takes Emma Viskic's deaf investigator to the limits of his considerable abilities

Jock Serong, author of The Rules of Backyard Cricket

Praise for the Caleb Zelic thrillers

- .., --

Stunning... original and splendidly plotted [with] a superb cast of main characters

The Times, Crime Book of the Month

An Australian thriller at its finest. A captivating read from first page to last

Jane Harper, author of The Dry

Trailing literary prizes in its wake... superbly characterized... well above most contemporary crime fiction

Financial Times, Books of the Year

Outstanding... Pacy, violent but with a big thundering heart

Eva Dolan

More than lives up to its hype... Fierce, fast-moving, violent... it is as exciting a debut as fellow Australian Jane Harper's The Dry, and I can think of no higher praise

Daily Mail

There is romance, and there is violence - plus a devastating denouement... Zelic is a good man in a wicked world and it will be a real pleasure to meet him again

Evening Standard

A worthy successor [to Resurrection Bay]... a fascinating world, very cleverly painted through a prose that is spare and yet extremely effective... [with] an uncanny ability to skewer conventions and pierce through to the truth

Thriller Books Journal

A tightly plotted, sophisticated thriller

The Writes of Woman (blog)

An addictive mix of compelling characters and gripping plot

Crime Thriller Hound (blog)

Plenty of intrigue in plot and character

David's Book World (blog)

The opening chapter had me completely hooked! I was absolutely enthralled... a taut storyline, addictive atmosphere and compelling narrative had me reading this book every spare moment I had

Crime Book Junkie (blog)

The subtle mix of humour, intriguing mystery, fire and a reprise for the best characters from the first novel make for a dark entertaining thriller

Nudge Books

It's a scorcher... an utterly compelling and thought provoking read

Raven Crime Reads

For memorable protagonists, look no further than Emma Viskic

- Jane Harper, BookPage

Ned Kelly Award-winner Viskic combines nuanced characters and thoughtful plotting in her impressive sequel to Resurrection Bay

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Viskic won the Ned Kelly Award last year for Resurrection Bay, her debut, and her second in the series promises to be just as devastating - and ever so Australian, with a bushfire alert and particularly Australian conflicts ratcheting up the tension throughout

CrimeReads, Fall's Best Sophomore Fiction

This is crime fiction at its best. Loved Jane Harper's The Dry? Read this

Written by Sime

A thoroughly character-driven story, exploring the intricacies of family and race in Australia. And dammit. The wait for book 3 is going to drive me nuts

Editing Everything

From Sherlock Holmes to Jack Irish, the stubborn sleuth has been around for a while, but Viskic has managed to breathe new life into an old formula with Caleb Zelic

Townsville Bulletin

Emma Viskic is a terrific, gutsy writer with great insight into the murkiness of both criminal and heroic motivations

Emily Maguire, author of An Isolated Incident

This is a plot that keeps us guessing to the end [before] it reaches a dramatic but ultimately hopeful resolution and now we can only wait on tenterhooks for the next instalment. Viskic takes her place up there with Australia's new legion of uber-talented female crime writers such as Jane Harper and Candice Fox, deservedly so.

Better Reading, book of the week

A page-turning crime thriller

ArtsHub

Offers more of the great characters and thrilling storytelling as the first book. For crime fans unacquainted with Caleb Zelic, I would recommend setting aside a weekend and settling in

Advertiser

Viskic's descriptions of place are often so intense you can smell them

Canberra Times

Another gripping story... The immediacy of its intrigue, and Caleb's struggle with the traumatic aftershock of earlier events, makes this second novel even more difficult to put down than the first

Big Issue Australia

Beautifully balanced characterisations, action and setting

Newtown Review of Books

Zelic's second outing doesn't disappoint: Viskic's prose sprints along, sprinkled with Australian colloquialisms deserving of Kath and Kim... Great stuff

Courier Mail

Outstanding... gripping and violent... a hero who is original and appealing

Guardian

A DEAD COP ALWAYS SPELLS TROUBLE When Caleb Zelic finds one of his clients murdered, it's a bad day; when he discovers the man was federal police it's the beginning of a nightmare. Against his better judgment he is drawn into the investigation. SOMEBODY IS CLEANING HOUSE Soon Caleb finds himself mixed up with his crooked ex-partner Frankie and the fallout from a money-laundering scheme gone wrong. More people start dying, as someone tries to clear up the mess. And then a nine-year-old girl goes missing. THE KID'S NEXT Frankie and Caleb are determined to find her, but will she be alive when they do? Together they follow a trail that leads to betrayal, death and an agonizing choice.
Les mer
A mazey delight of a mystery
1. A children’s farm was a nice change. Clandestine meetings were usually held in dark pubs, not urban pastures with good sightlines and pleasant views. Half an hour before closing time, a few families were still out wandering the gardens and gazing at cows. Crisp air and deep-blue sky, a lingering warmth to the late afternoon sun. Melbourne autumn at its best. Caleb paid the staggering entrance fee and headed down the path at a brisk pace. The five-block drive from his office had taken twenty minutes thanks to roadworks, and everything about this possible client screamed anxiety – the anonymous email address and lack of phone number, the request they meet immediately. A feeling of lightness despite the rush to get here: the end of a good day, in a good week, in a greatly improved year. Thank God. Caleb reached an enclosed garden with amber-leaved trees. Fluffy chickens were scratching at the ground, their feathers moulting like snow. No self-described stocky man in a charcoal suit. No men at all. Just a mother and her bandy-legged toddler offering grass to the disinterested birds. A glimpse into a possible future: a small hand in his, Kat by his side, an afternoon together in the sun. The mother turned and said something to him. Her words were too fast to catch, but her expression was clear: Go away weird, smiling man. He left. No one was waiting on the other side of the gate, or by the barns. Looked like Martin Amon was a no-show. A bit of a surprise; the man hadn’t come across as flaky in their brief email conversation. No worrying overuse of capital letters or exclamation marks, just a few blunt sentences that gave the impression of someone used to taking charge. Maybe it was just as well. Odds were, Amon was an uptight manager worried about minor fraud, but his urgency could also signal something more ominous. The exact kind of work Caleb avoided these days. He only took safe jobs now – employee checks and embezzlement cases, security advice – nothing that could bring fear and violence back into his life. A lesson finally learned after his brother. After Frankie. He looped around the far side of the garden for a final look. More chickens here, three of them pecking at a darkened patch of grass near a wooden shed. Small lumps of something pale and glistening. A cloying smell, like a butcher’s shop on a summer’s day. He knew that smell, still started from his dreams with it thickening his breath. He stopped walking. A long drag-mark led from the birds into the shed; wet, as though someone had slopped a dirty mop across the grass. Stray tufts of down had stuck to it, stirring gently in the breeze. White feathers, stained red. Bile rose in his throat. Movement to his right, the mother and toddler coming around the corner towards him. The child gave him a gummy smile and offered a fistful of grass. No air to speak; no words. Caleb put up a hand and signed for them to stop. The woman froze, her mouth opening as she noticed the pallid flecks and damp grass, the chickens peck, peck, pecking. She scooped up her child and ran. He should run, too. Should turn and leave and never come back. He skirted carefully around the chickens and followed the long stain to the doorway. No windows, his eyes slow to make sense of the shadows. A peaked wooden ceiling, high stacks of hay against the walls. The man was lying on his side by the door. Charcoal suit, a few extra kilos softening his stocky build, sandy hair matted at the back. No face, just a bloodied pulp of flesh and bone.
Les mer

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A mazey delight of a mystery

Ian Rankin

Clever, brilliantly observed ... Viskic just keeps getting better. Her prose is elegant and economical and her storytelling is taut, realistic and full of surprises... a winner

Adrian McKinty

The tension builds from the very first page... brutal but compassionate

The Times, Crime Books of the Year

Se alle

Propulsive and thrilling

- Lucy Treloar, author of Salt Creek,

Razor-sharp... James Ellory and Paul Cleave fans will be pleased

Publishers Weekly, starred review

There is no Australian crime hero like Caleb Zelic. There's no Nordic, American, English or French crime hero like him. He lives in a genre of his own: the perfect outsider in an uncaring world. Inventive, loyal, tormented and whip-smart, he stands at the moral centre of a twisting tale of corruption Darkness for Light takes Emma Viskic's deaf investigator to the limits of his considerable abilities

Jock Serong, author of The Rules of Backyard Cricket

Praise for the Caleb Zelic thrillers

- .., --

Stunning... original and splendidly plotted [with] a superb cast of main characters

The Times, Crime Book of the Month

An Australian thriller at its finest. A captivating read from first page to last

Jane Harper, author of The Dry

Trailing literary prizes in its wake... superbly characterized... well above most contemporary crime fiction

Financial Times, Books of the Year

Outstanding... Pacy, violent but with a big thundering heart

Eva Dolan

More than lives up to its hype... Fierce, fast-moving, violent... it is as exciting a debut as fellow Australian Jane Harper's The Dry, and I can think of no higher praise

Daily Mail

There is romance, and there is violence - plus a devastating denouement... Zelic is a good man in a wicked world and it will be a real pleasure to meet him again

Evening Standard

A worthy successor [to Resurrection Bay]... a fascinating world, very cleverly painted through a prose that is spare and yet extremely effective... [with] an uncanny ability to skewer conventions and pierce through to the truth

Thriller Books Journal

A tightly plotted, sophisticated thriller

The Writes of Woman (blog)

An addictive mix of compelling characters and gripping plot

Crime Thriller Hound (blog)

Plenty of intrigue in plot and character

David's Book World (blog)

The opening chapter had me completely hooked! I was absolutely enthralled... a taut storyline, addictive atmosphere and compelling narrative had me reading this book every spare moment I had

Crime Book Junkie (blog)

The subtle mix of humour, intriguing mystery, fire and a reprise for the best characters from the first novel make for a dark entertaining thriller

Nudge Books

It's a scorcher... an utterly compelling and thought provoking read

Raven Crime Reads

For memorable protagonists, look no further than Emma Viskic

- Jane Harper, BookPage

Ned Kelly Award-winner Viskic combines nuanced characters and thoughtful plotting in her impressive sequel to Resurrection Bay

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Viskic won the Ned Kelly Award last year for Resurrection Bay, her debut, and her second in the series promises to be just as devastating - and ever so Australian, with a bushfire alert and particularly Australian conflicts ratcheting up the tension throughout

CrimeReads, Fall's Best Sophomore Fiction

This is crime fiction at its best. Loved Jane Harper's The Dry? Read this

Written by Sime

A thoroughly character-driven story, exploring the intricacies of family and race in Australia. And dammit. The wait for book 3 is going to drive me nuts

Editing Everything

From Sherlock Holmes to Jack Irish, the stubborn sleuth has been around for a while, but Viskic has managed to breathe new life into an old formula with Caleb Zelic

Townsville Bulletin

Emma Viskic is a terrific, gutsy writer with great insight into the murkiness of both criminal and heroic motivations

Emily Maguire, author of An Isolated Incident

This is a plot that keeps us guessing to the end [before] it reaches a dramatic but ultimately hopeful resolution and now we can only wait on tenterhooks for the next instalment. Viskic takes her place up there with Australia's new legion of uber-talented female crime writers such as Jane Harper and Candice Fox, deservedly so.

Better Reading, book of the week

A page-turning crime thriller

ArtsHub

Offers more of the great characters and thrilling storytelling as the first book. For crime fans unacquainted with Caleb Zelic, I would recommend setting aside a weekend and settling in

Advertiser

Viskic's descriptions of place are often so intense you can smell them

Canberra Times

Another gripping story... The immediacy of its intrigue, and Caleb's struggle with the traumatic aftershock of earlier events, makes this second novel even more difficult to put down than the first

Big Issue Australia

Beautifully balanced characterisations, action and setting

Newtown Review of Books

Zelic's second outing doesn't disappoint: Viskic's prose sprints along, sprinkled with Australian colloquialisms deserving of Kath and Kim... Great stuff

Courier Mail

Outstanding... gripping and violent... a hero who is original and appealing

Guardian

A DEAD COP ALWAYS SPELLS TROUBLE When Caleb Zelic finds one of his clients murdered, it's a bad day; when he discovers the man was federal police it's the beginning of a nightmare. Against his better judgment he is drawn into the investigation. SOMEBODY IS CLEANING HOUSE Soon Caleb finds himself mixed up with his crooked ex-partner Frankie and the fallout from a money-laundering scheme gone wrong. More people start dying, as someone tries to clear up the mess. And then a nine-year-old girl goes missing. THE KID'S NEXT Frankie and Caleb are determined to find her, but will she be alive when they do? Together they follow a trail that leads to betrayal, death and an agonizing choice.
Les mer
A mazey delight of a mystery
1. A children’s farm was a nice change. Clandestine meetings were usually held in dark pubs, not urban pastures with good sightlines and pleasant views. Half an hour before closing time, a few families were still out wandering the gardens and gazing at cows. Crisp air and deep-blue sky, a lingering warmth to the late afternoon sun. Melbourne autumn at its best. Caleb paid the staggering entrance fee and headed down the path at a brisk pace. The five-block drive from his office had taken twenty minutes thanks to roadworks, and everything about this possible client screamed anxiety – the anonymous email address and lack of phone number, the request they meet immediately. A feeling of lightness despite the rush to get here: the end of a good day, in a good week, in a greatly improved year. Thank God. Caleb reached an enclosed garden with amber-leaved trees. Fluffy chickens were scratching at the ground, their feathers moulting like snow. No self-described stocky man in a charcoal suit. No men at all. Just a mother and her bandy-legged toddler offering grass to the disinterested birds. A glimpse into a possible future: a small hand in his, Kat by his side, an afternoon together in the sun. The mother turned and said something to him. Her words were too fast to catch, but her expression was clear: Go away weird, smiling man. He left. No one was waiting on the other side of the gate, or by the barns. Looked like Martin Amon was a no-show. A bit of a surprise; the man hadn’t come across as flaky in their brief email conversation. No worrying overuse of capital letters or exclamation marks, just a few blunt sentences that gave the impression of someone used to taking charge. Maybe it was just as well. Odds were, Amon was an uptight manager worried about minor fraud, but his urgency could also signal something more ominous. The exact kind of work Caleb avoided these days. He only took safe jobs now – employee checks and embezzlement cases, security advice – nothing that could bring fear and violence back into his life. A lesson finally learned after his brother. After Frankie. He looped around the far side of the garden for a final look. More chickens here, three of them pecking at a darkened patch of grass near a wooden shed. Small lumps of something pale and glistening. A cloying smell, like a butcher’s shop on a summer’s day. He knew that smell, still started from his dreams with it thickening his breath. He stopped walking. A long drag-mark led from the birds into the shed; wet, as though someone had slopped a dirty mop across the grass. Stray tufts of down had stuck to it, stirring gently in the breeze. White feathers, stained red. Bile rose in his throat. Movement to his right, the mother and toddler coming around the corner towards him. The child gave him a gummy smile and offered a fistful of grass. No air to speak; no words. Caleb put up a hand and signed for them to stop. The woman froze, her mouth opening as she noticed the pallid flecks and damp grass, the chickens peck, peck, pecking. She scooped up her child and ran. He should run, too. Should turn and leave and never come back. He skirted carefully around the chickens and followed the long stain to the doorway. No windows, his eyes slow to make sense of the shadows. A peaked wooden ceiling, high stacks of hay against the walls. The man was lying on his side by the door. Charcoal suit, a few extra kilos softening his stocky build, sandy hair matted at the back. No face, just a bloodied pulp of flesh and bone.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781782275435
Publisert
2020-03-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Pushkin Vertigo
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Viskic, Emma

Biographical note

Emma Viskic is an award-winning Australian crime writer. Her critically acclaimed debut Resurrection Bay was shortlisted for two CWA Daggers and won five Australian awards, including the Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut. Its sequel, And Fire Came Down, won the Davitt Award for Best Adult Novel. Emma studied Australian sign language (Auslan) in order to write the Caleb Zelic thrillers, of which Darkness for Light is the third. She is currently writing the fourth.

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