John Katzenbach Libros

«Feliz cumpleaños, doctor. Bienvenido al primer día de su muerte.» Así comienza el anónimo que recibe Frederick Starks, psicoanalista con una larga experiencia y una vida tranquila. Starks tendrá que emplear toda su astucia y rapidez para, en quince días, averiguar quién es el autor de esa amenazadora masiva que promete hacerle la existencia imposible. De no conseguir su objetivo, deberá elegir entre suicidarse o ser testigo de cómo, uno tras otro, sus familiares y conocidos mueren por obra de un asesino, un psicópata decidido a llevar hasta el fin su sed de venganza. Dado un inesperado giro a la relación entre médico y paciente, John Katzenbach nos ofrece una novela en la tradición del mejor suspense psicológico.

Twenty years after the closure of Western State Hospital, Francis Petrel, committed there as a teenager due to his erratic behavior, now leads a solitary life in a cheap apartment, medicated to silence the voices in his head. A reunion at the abandoned institution triggers buried memories of the grim events surrounding its demise. In 1979, Francis enters the overcrowded Massachusetts mental hospital, where he befriends a diverse group of fellow patients, including a would-be Napoleon and a wise ex-firefighter. Amidst the chaos, a young nurse is found sexually assaulted and murdered, prompting police suspicion of an inmate. Whispers among patients speak of a white-shrouded “angel,” while a striking prosecuting attorney arrives with her own chilling theory linking the murder to a series of unsolved sex killings. As the past resurfaces, Francis feels compelled to recount his nightmarish experiences, but the unresolved crime looms over him. The narrative unfolds through Francis’s perspective, revealing the unpredictable nature of his mind and the haunting memories of a killer who may return. This suspenseful journey keeps readers on edge with its tantalizing twists and turns.

Llega la esperada continuación de el psicoanalista la obra más vendida y emblemática de John Katzenbach. Han pasado 5 años desde que el doctor Starks acabó con la pesadilla que casi le cuesta la vida y que le destrozó la que tenía logrando vencer a aquel que se hace llamar Rumplestiltskin y a sus hermanos Virgil y Merlin. Ahora Ricky Starks continúa con su labor como psicoanalista instalado en Miami. Sin embargo, Rumplestilskin ha regresado y esta vez, para solicitar la ayuda de Ricky ya que alguien ha amenazado a sus hermanos de una manera muy perversa. Y es evidente que no va a aceptar un no por respuesta

Cuando Maeve desaparece sin dejar rastro, su hija Sloane no se sorprende: si su madre tenía que desaparecer, solo podía ser en extrañas circunstancias . Sin embargo, esta vez es distinto: al cabo de unos días de la desaparición de su progenitora, Sloane recibe un paquete que esta misma le ha mandado, con varios miles de dólares, la escritura de su casa y un arma. También hay una nota con las siguientes palabras: Vén delo todo. Quédate la pistola. Practica. Huye. Ahora. A solo dos semanas de graduarse como arquitecta y en medio de esta encrucijada personal, Sloane recibe la oferta de trabajo de un misterioso millonario que quiere construir seis memoriales para seis personas que murieron, de nuevo, en extrañas circunstancias. A medida que Sloane investiga esas muertes, el consejo de su madre se hace cada vez más presente. ¿En quién puede confiar ahora Sloane? ¿Tendrá tiempo de seguir las indicaciones de su madre cuando llegue al final del laberinto que ha ido creando su siniestro empleador?

Miami detective Mercedes Barren isn't phased by much-that is, until a late-night phone call awakens her from one nightmare and catapults her into another: her niece has been murdered. She soon has a suspect in Douglas Jeffers, a disgruntled photojournalist who has committed a series of copycat murders while forcing a young English major to document his killing spree.

'Timothy 'Moth' Turner is a postgrad student and recovering alcoholic. Estranged from his family, Moth's only lifeline is his uncle Ed, a recovered alcoholic and Moth's AA sponsor. When Ed doesn't turn up for a meeting, Moth gets worried. And he has every right to be. Ed is found shot dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide. Moth can't believe his uncle would take his own life. And soon, after a little bit of digging, Ed is on the trail of a psychopathic killer known only as Student #5. But why would he want to kill Ed? And who is next on his list...

Second Lieutenant Tommy Hart, a navigator whose B-25 was shot out of the sky in 1942, is burdened with guilt as the only surviving member of his crew. Now he is just another POW at the fiercely guarded Stalag Luft 13 in Bavaria.Then routine comes to a halt with the arrival of a new prisoner: First Lieutenant Lincoln Scott, an African American Tuskegee airman who instantly becomes the target of contempt from his fellow soldiers. When a prisoner is brutally murdered, and all the blood-soaked evidence points to Scott, Hart is tapped to defend the soldier. In a trial rife with racial tension and raw conflict, where the lines between ally and enemy blur, there are those with their own secret motives, and a burning passion for a rush to judgment, no matter what the cost.

IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMERThey call July the 'mean season' in Miami, and this hot summer a clever, elusive killer is terrorising the entire city. The death of the first victim was just a good story for reporter Malcolm Anderson, but the killer liked his style and begins to feed him a stream of front-page exclusives. His journalism makes Anderson a national celebrity - and they could make him the next victim ...'Desperately scary and suspenseful' CosmopolitanTHE SHADOW MANIn the horror of Nazi Germany not all Jews were hunted. There were hunters, too - traitors to their race, paid by the Gestapo with the promise of survival. And among the hunters none was more feared than the Shadow Man. Now, half a century later in Florida, he has returned and for those who escaped the Shadow Man's fingers, the past is catching up with them. And for Holocaust survivors, the past means death - unless they can find the Shadow Man first ...