Tagtäglich steht Steven Lamb's Großmutter am Fenster und wartet
auf ihren vermeintlich ermordeten Sohn, dessen Leiche jedoch nie
gefunden wurde. Also sucht der Zwölfjährige seinen Onkel: Jeden Tag
nach der Schule gräbt er Löcher in Exmoor. In letzter Verzweiflung
schreibt der Junge einen Brief an Arnold Avery, den Serienkiller,
der auch den damals Elfjährigen auf dem Gewissen haben soll. Ein
gefährliches Katz-und-Maus-Spiel entspinnt sich zwischen Steven und
dem gelangweilten Massenmörder.
Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a
body. Every day after school, while his classmates swap football
stickers, Steven goes digging to lay to rest the ghost of the uncle
he never knew, who disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have
fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery. Only
Steven's Nan is not convinced her son is dead. She still waits
for him to come home, standing bitter guard at the front window
while her family fragments around her. Steven is determined to heal
the widening cracks between them before it's too late. And if
that means presenting his grandmother with the bones of her
murdered son, he'll do it. So the boy takes the next logical
step, carefully crafting a letter to Arnold Avery in prison. And
there begins a dangerous cat-and-mouse game between a desperate
child and a bored serial killer ...
"With this extraordinarily powerful and provocative debut, Belinda Bauer has shifted the boundaries of what makes a truly gripping, terrifying thriller. Imagine Thomas Harris crossed with Kate Atkinson and you still won't be close... Right from the start you know you are reading something both new and with real guts... will leave you breathless" -- Henry Sutton Daily Mirror "An excellent first novel, with a highly original plot and convincingly clammy atmosphere... Belinda Bauer paces the rising tension with great skill and a confidence rarely exhibited by first-timers. She's a real find" The Times "This astonishingly assured debut... for once lives up to the hype... genuinely chilling... a psychological tour-de-force about the cruelty of hope and, ultimately, the triumph of innocence" Guardian "[Bauer's] portrait of the psychopath chills the blood. The reader is fully gripped... Bauer's first novel shows an extraordinary power of imagination and, vital in crime fiction, the ability to create fear and empathy in the reader" Independent "In this atmospheric debut, Bauer ably paints a convincingly chilling portrait of a child killer, but it is her moving portrayal of a lonely, bullied child with a comfortless life that singles her out as an accomplished writer" Daily Mail
Belinda Bauer wuchs in England und Südafrika auf. Sie arbeitete als Journalistin und Drehbuchautorin und wurde mit dem renommierten Bafta Award for Young British Screenwriters ausgezeichnet. Ihr Romandebüt legte sie mit dem von Kritik wie Lesern gefeierten Werk 'Das Grab im Moor vor'. Auch mit ihren weiteren Romanen wurde Belinda Bauer ihrem Ruf als Ausnahmetalent immer wieder aufs Neue gerecht. Die Autorin lebt in Wales.
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