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Fabio Zucchella

    Als rood zwart is
    The Coward
    Einaudi. Stile libero. Noir - 1201: Animal Factory
    Verloren dochter
    Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder
    • The Coward

      • 320bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK After a car accident Jarred discovers he'll never walk again. Confined to a 'giant roller-skate', he finds himself with neither money nor job, a shoplifting habit, an addiction to painkillers and strangers treating him like he's an idiot. Worse still, he's forced to live back home with his estranged father. Trying to piece himself together, Jarred comes to realise that things don't have to stay broken after all. The Coward is about hurt and forgiveness, how the world treats disabled people, and how we write and rewrite the stories we tell ourselves about our lives - and try to find a happy ending.

      The Coward2022
      3,8
    • Removed from his position as chief Inspector, Chen Cao has been installed as director of the Shanghai Judicial System Reform Office but immediately placed on involuntary 'convalescence leave.' Despite being on leave, the murder of an acquaintance leads Chen to get involved in an investigation that shares a striking similarity to a Judge Dee novel.

      Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder2020
      4,0
    • Als rood zwart is

      Literaire thriller

      • 239bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Hoofdinspecteur Chen heeft vakantie genomen. Hij wil werken aan een ambitieus project, de vertaling van een zakenplan voor de bouw van een enorm winkelcentrum in Shanghai. Hij is nog niet begonnen of het wordt bekend dat er een moord is gepleegd op de dissidente Yin Lige. Als Rode Gardiste had Yin vijanden genoeg. Maar is de moord politiek van aard of was de dader op zoek naar geld? Was de moordenaar een vreemde indringer of een van de buren? Rechercheur Yu, teleurgesteld omdat...

      Als rood zwart is2008
      3,6
    • Verloren dochter

      • 319bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      Twee detectives uit Boston worden door een schatrijke man ingehuurd om diens verdwenen dochter op te sporen.

      Verloren dochter2006
      4,0
    • Nella fabbrica delle bestie ogni angolo è una trappola e puoi solo giocare il tuo gioco. Un noir teso come un thriller, il romanzo definitivo sul carcere. Dove imparare a vivere vuol dire essere pronti a morire, e a uccidere. Sotto l'occhio gelido di Bunker, la critica alla disumanità totale della prigione diventa assoluta potenza narrativa. «Qui dentro per avere rispetto ti devi comportare come un animale». «Va a finire che c'è qualche stronzo che ti arriva alle spalle e lo fa. Tutti possono morire. Tutti sanguinano. E chiunque può ammazzare al momento giusto». Ron Decker, di buona famiglia, finisce a San Quentin perché vendeva droga «come avesse la licenza». Per sua fortuna, nella prigione dove le lotte razziali e di clan sono la norma, incontra subito il più tosto, il peggiore, Earl Copen. Che gli spiega come stanno le cose. Amicizia maschile e criminale, ma amicizia. Ne può uscire qualcosa. E la pelle si vende più cara.

      Einaudi. Stile libero. Noir - 1201: Animal Factory2004
      3,8