Thomas H. Cook Libros

El d&ía en que Sara decidi&ó huir de casa, dejar atr&ás a su marido y empezar una nueva vida, no sab&ía que estaba poniendo en marcha un mecanismo imparable de intriga y violencia. Porque, como pronto descubrir&á, nadie abandona al hijo de Leo Labriola& sin pagar las consecuencias. Seis vidas giran en torno a una mujer desesperada: un hombre con muchas deudas y poco tiempo de vida, un buscador de personas atormentado por su pasado, un mat&ón fiel hasta la muerte, un marido desencantado y d&ébil, un barman en busca de cantante y un capo mafioso violento y despiadado... Seis hombres que se juegan su futuro en el transcurso de unas horas, en el coraz&ón de la ciudad, en una siniestra partida con el destino en la que todas las cartas est&án marcadas. Thomas H.Cook recoge la esencia de la mejor novela negra en esta historia de suspense, con un ritmo creciente y unos personajes excepcionalmente retratados que se encaminan, cada uno con su bagaje de pecados, faltas y deudas, hacia un climax tan inevitable como sobrecogedor.

Riverwood es una apacible comunidad que Allison Davies, su propietaria, ha transformado en refugio para escritores y artistas. Un lugar hermoso y paradisíaco que en una ocasión fue escenario de un terrible crimen sin explicación ni castigo: el asesinato de la joven Faye Harrison, la mejor amiga de Allison. Ahora, cincuenta años más tarde, Allison quiere encontrar las respuestas a ese misterio que truncó para siempre su felicidad y la paz de Riverwood. Para ello contrata a Paul Graves, un escritor de novelas policíacas de culto cuyos personajes tenebrosos fascinan al público. Dispuesto a asumir el papel de uno de sus personajes de ficción, Paul Graves acepta la propuesta de Allison Davies y se sumerge en la investigación del caso. Graves, superviviente a su vez de una infancia marcada por la tragedia, iniciará un viaje imparable en el tiempo que le trasladará, inevitablemente, a los fantasmas de su propio pasado y que le permitirá descubrir al fin cuáles son los rincones que esconden la verdad última de un crimen.

A haunting tale.. [that] defies expectations... [with] an ending that is both surprising and devastating".-- "Chicago Tribune" "Harrowing... Terror builds and the ending to this chilling study... is a dizzying jolt".-- "Publisher's Weekly" Along with Jamie and my mother, Laura died at approximately four in the afternoon. It was almost two hours later that Mrs. Hamilton, a neighbor from across the street, saw my father drive away. During those long two hours in which he remained in the house, my father washed my mother's body and arranged her neatly on the bed. After that, he made a ham sandwich and ate it at the table in the kitchen. He drank a cup of coffee, leaving both the plate and the cup in the sink. He didn't pack anything, because he left with nothing. He didn't reenter either Laura's of Jamie's room. He made no attempt to clean up the frightful mess that had been made of them. And yet, for no apparent reason, he remained in the house for a full two hours. What had he been waiting for? "Haunting... Don't pick this up unless you've got time to read it through... because you will do so whether you plan to or not".-- "Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

They call Eddie Miller 'The Coed Killer's Son' because when Eddie was five years old, his father killed a college girl, dismembered her body, and buried the pieces in woods. Where Eddie's family name has brought only infamy, Jack's has bestowed respect. To exorcise the burden, his teacher Jack encourages Eddie to confront past and discover truth about his father.

A tale of constipation and greed in an a small Texas town during the summer when a traveller return.

Each year, for the past seventeen years, Mysterious Bookshop proprietor Otto Penzler has commissioned an original Christmas story by a leading suspense writer. These stories were then produced as pamphlets, just 1,000 copies, and given to customers of the bookstore as a Christmas present. Now, all seventeen tales have been collected in one volume, showcasing the talents of: Charles Ardai Lisa Atkinson George Baxt Lawrence Block Mary Higgins Clark Thomas H. Cook Ron Goulart Jeremiah Healy Edward D. Hoch Rupert Holmes Andrew Klavan Michael Malone Ed McBain Anne Perry S. J. Rozan Jonathan Santlofer Donald E. WestlakeSome of these stories are humorous, others suspenseful, and still others are tales of pure detection, but all of them together make up a charming collection and a perfect Christmas gift for all ages.

In this affecting crime novel, shortlisted for both the Edgar and the Duncan Lawrie Dagger, Eric Moore watches his safe, solid world disintegrate. When eight-year-old Amy Giordano disappears from her family's house, while Keith, Eric's teenage son, is babysitting, Keith becomes an obvious suspect, and even his parents have misgivings. As time passes without Amy being found, a corrosive suspicion seeps into every aspect of Eric's life. That suspicion is fed by Eric's shaky family history - a father whose plans failed, an alcoholic older brother, a younger sister who died aged seven and a mother driven to suicide. Not even Eric's loving wife, Meredith, is immune from his doubts as he begins to examine and re-examine every aspect of his life. The totally unexpected resolution is both shocking and perfectly apt.

Attorney Henry Griswald has a secret: the truth behind the tragic events the world knew as the Chatham School Affair, the controversial tragedy that destroyed five lives, shattered a quiet community, and forever scarred the young boy. Layer by layer, in The Chatham School Affair, Cook paints a stunning portrait of a woman, a school, and a town in which passionate violence seems impossible...and inevitable. "Thomas Cook's night visions, seen through a lens darkly, are haunting," raved the New York Times Book Review, and The Chatham School Affair will cement this superb writer's position as one of crime fiction's most prodigious talents, a master of the unexpected ending.

In autumn 1937, a mysterious woman arrives in Port Alma, a coastal village in Maine, bringing with her a wealth of unspoken secrets. This fragile, green-eyed beauty, with nothing but the clothes on her back, will soon leave the village on the same bus that brought her, but not before irrevocably altering the lives of two brothers—one will die, and the other will spiral into madness. Dora March, the enigmatic newcomer, is hired by the wealthiest man in town, who soon dies, leaving her everything in his will. The townspeople gossip, suggesting she was only after his money and even insinuating her involvement in his demise. Yet, she departs as mysteriously as she arrived, telling lawyers she wants nothing. Her presence deeply impacts the two brothers: one falls in love and tragically dies, while the other believes Dora is to blame and becomes obsessed with finding her to seek revenge. This haunting tale explores themes of love, loss, and obsession, making it a compelling addition to contemporary American literature.