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Martyn Waites

    1 januari 1963

    Martyn Waites creëert 'hard-boiled' fictie die wordt gekenmerkt door een grimmige, noir-achtige sfeer en een onverbloemde weergave van het stadsleven. Zijn verhalen duiken in de complexiteit van de menselijke natuur, vaak gericht op gebrekkige personages die zich een weg banen door moreel dubbelzinnige situaties. Waites combineert meesterlijk spannende plots met een scherp oog voor psychologische diepgang, waardoor verhalen ontstaan die zowel meeslepend als tot nadenken stemmend zijn.

    Martyn Waites
    Der Gnadenthron
    Speak No Evil
    The White Room
    The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
    The Old Religion
    Insluiper
    • The Old Religion

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      From the award-winning bestselling author of the Brennan & Esposito series comes a new thriller where dark secrets hide amongst the beautiful Cornish countryside.

      The Old Religion2018
      3,5
    • Autumn 1940, World War Two. Bombs are raining down, destroying the cities of Britain. The evacuations begin, and soon children are being taken to the country for safety. Teacher Eve Parkins is in charge of one such group. The children are scared and Eve does her best to calm them, but the truth is that she too is haunted by a personal tragedy she cannot put behind her. Their destination is Eel Marsh House. Desolate and forlorn, it is situated on a causeway and is sinking into the treacherous tidal marshes that surround it. Far from home and with no alternative, Eve and the children move in. But soon it becomes apparent that there is someone else in the house with them, someone Eve can't see but who is far more deadly than any number of German bombs...The Woman in Black

      The Woman in Black: Angel of Death2014
      3,4
    • Insluiper

      • 366bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      De Engelse politie heeft zijn handen vol aan een insluiper en drie vermiste jonge vrouwen met donker haar.

      Insluiper2012
      3,9
    • In Newcastle wird eine übel zugerichtete Frauenleiche gefunden, deren Augen und Mund zugenäht wurden. Bei seinen Nachforschungen stößt der Ex-Journalist Joe Donovan auf die Spur eines rätselhaften Ritualmörders. Stets legt der »Historiker« seine Opfer an Orten ab, aus denen sich weitere Hinweise erschließen lassen – wenn man weiß, wie sie zu lesen sind ...

      Bis ins Mark2010
      3,5
    • Speak No Evil

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Anne Marie Smeaton is back in the hometown she hasn't seen for forty years, trying to live a normal life with her partner and teenage son. But that's impossble for Anne Marie. Because forty years ago, when she was eleven, she killed a little boy. She is trying to make peace with her past by telling her story to journalist Joe Donovan. But it's not that simple. By dredging up memories and emotions she usually keeps repressed, Anne Marie is unleashing old nightmares from the past. Suffering from horrifying visions, she sometimes does bad things. Things she has no memory of afterwards. So when a teenager on her housing estate is murdered and she wakes up with blood on her hands, Anne Marie naturally fears the worst. Her fragile life falling apart, Anne Marie turns to those she loves. But where she was expecting support, she finds only betrayal. Desperate, she turns to Donovan for help. But Donovan may have his own reasons for helping her. Reasons which have to do with the disappearance of his own son ...

      Speak No Evil2009
    • Ein Forschungsjournalist führt nach dem Verschwinden seines Sohnes ein zurückgezogenes Leben, bis er von einem jungen Drogenhändler um Hilfe gebeten wird.

      Der Gnadenthron2008
      4,0