Alan Drew is een bejubeld auteur wiens debuut is vertaald in tientallen talen. Zijn werk komt voort uit een diepgaand begrip van de menselijke psyche en maatschappelijke kwesties, die hij verwerkt in een onderscheidende, gevoelige stijl. Drew richt zich op complexe relaties en het innerlijke leven van personages, die hij meesleept in boeiende verhalen. Zijn schrijven is rijk aan beeldspraak en emotionele resonantie, wat lezers een diepgaande literaire ervaring biedt.
Set in an idyllic community, the story unfolds as a serial killer shatters the tranquility, revealing the dark secrets hidden beneath the surface. The psychological suspense intensifies as residents grapple with fear and suspicion, forcing them to confront their own pasts and the fragility of their seemingly perfect lives. As the investigation unfolds, the tension escalates, leading to shocking revelations that challenge the characters' relationships and their understanding of trust.
In 1999, Sinan is caught up in everyday problems. Despite hardships, he must be a role model for his nine-year-old son Ýsmail, who is preparing for his coming-of-age ceremony. Meanwhile his teenage daughter Ýrem grows more resentful of having to help her mother run the house, cover her glorious hair beneath a headscarf, and refrain from watching Western television. But the delicate stability of this family is about to be tested in the wake of an earthquake that will strip Sinan of his home and livelihood, and with them his certainty as a father, husband and man of faith. Reliant upon missionaries running the camp they now call home and morally indebted to an American whom he distrusts (and whose son Dylan exerts a frightening pull on Ýrem), Sinan becomes entangled in a series of increasingly dangerous decisions. Pushed towards a final betrayal, Sinan may yet find that everything he holds dear is destroyed, like the streets of Istanbul that lie in rubble beneath his feet. East meets West with indelible consequences in this moving and beautifully written novel which brings to life two unforgettable families and the sacrifice and love that bind them together.
A series of murders and mysterious hate crimes rock a quiet Californian town,
leading a cunning detective into the crosshairs of a network of white
supremacists in this can't-put-it-down thriller
