Bøger af Gillian Flynn

Some scars never heal . . . An addictive thriller from the author of the mega bestseller GONE GIRL.

De amerikanske anmeldere gik bagover af begejstring ved udgivelsen af Kvinden der forsvandt og betegnede den som hendes gen­nembrudsroman og et must for alle krimielskere, som ikke kun sætter pris på et godt plot, men også et psykologisk drama. Anbefales til fans af både krimigenrens grand old ladies Patri­cia Highsmith og Agatha Christie og noir-forfattere som James Ellroy samt vor tids skandinaviske krimimestre Jo Nesbø og Håkan Nesser. Flynn skriver knivskarpt og besidder en me­sterlig psykologisk indsigt, der giver hendes romaner et helt særligt kendetegn.Nick og Amy er enhver bryllupsfotografs drøm: smukke, suc­cesrige og lykkelige. Tilsyneladende. Som nygifte slår de sig ned i New York med spændende, kreative jobs. Men da krisen sætter ind, mister Nick sit arbejde, og parret flytter til hans fø­deby North Carthage i Missouri. Men Amy er en ægte Manhat­tan-pige, og hun har svært ved at falde til i den lille flække.Det er imidlertid ikke kun provinslivet, der plager Amy. Under overfladen ulmer ægteskabskrisen, og da Amy forsvinder sporløst på parrets femårs bryllupsdag, mistænker politiet Nick for at have en finger med i spillet. På trods af de mange hemmeligheder, Nick viser sig at have, fastholder han sin uskyld, men hvis han taler sandt – hvor er hans smukke og begavede hustru så blevet af?Da Amys dagbog dukker op under efterforskningen, får hun endelig en stemme. Men hvem taler sandt – Amys dagbogs­stemme eller Nick, som sættes under stadig større pres af po­litiet? Det viser sig snart, at en af parterne har udtænkt en yderst djævelsk plan …

There are two sides to every story... The international phenomenon and No.1 bestseller that was made into a major motion picture starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Includes Reading Group Notes.

Your brother murdered your family. Your evidence put him away...the gripping second novel from the author of the mega-bestselling GONE GIRL.

BEMÆRK - Lille bog med 126 sider. Ny, nervepirrende kriminovelle fra den globalt storsælgende Gillian Flynn. I En hjælpende hånd møder vi en snu ung kvinde, der kæmper for at overleve ved at begå forskellige former for mere eller mindre harmløs bedrageri. På en regnfuld april morgen er hun i færd med at læse auraer i butikken Den spirituelle hånd, da den smukke, velhavende Susan Burke gør sin ankomst. Som en ferm menneskender diagnosticerer vores fortæller øjeblikkeligt Susan som en ulykkelig kvinde, der er ivrig efter at give sit ensomme liv et skud dramatik. Men så snart ’seeren’ besøger det urovækkende viktorianske hjem, der har været kilden til Susans rædsel og ulykke, indser hun, at hun måske ikke er nødt til at lade som om, at hun tror på spøgelser. Miles, Susans teenage-stedsøn, gør ikke sagen bedre med sin foruroligende opførsel og makabre forestillingsevne. Snart er de tre låst i en isnende kamp for at finde ud af, hvor den virkelige ondskab lurer og hvad, om noget, der kan gøres for at undslippe den. En hjælpende hånd er en perfekt mandelgave, venindegave eller litterær godbid til enhver, der elsker spænding. Flynns sidste bog, Kvinden der forsvandt, blev et verdensomspændende fænomen, og er i dag solgt i over 13 millionereksemplarer.

Nick og Amy er enhver bryllupsfotografs drøm: smukke, succesrige og lykkelige. Tilsyneladende. Som nygifte slår de sig ned i New York med spændende, kreative jobs, men da krisen sætter ind, mister Nick sit arbejde, og parret flytter til hans fødeby North Carthage i Missouri. Dog er Amy er en ægte Manhattan-pige, og hun har svært ved at falde til i den lille flække. Det er imidlertid ikke kun provinslivet, der plager Amy. Under overfladen ulmer ægteskabskrisen, og da Amy forsvinder sporløst på parrets femårs bryllupsdag, mistænker politiet Nick for at have en finger med i spillet. På trods af de mange hemmeligheder, Nick viser sig at have, fastholder han sin uskyld, men hvis han taler sandt – hvor er hans smukke og begavede hustru så blevet af? Da Amys dagbog dukker op under efterforskningen, får hun endelig en stemme. Men hvem taler sandt – Amys dagbogsstemme eller Nick, som sættes under stadig større pres af politiet? Det viser sig snart, at en af parterne har udtænkt en yderst djævelsk plan…

Libby Day var syv år gammel, da hendes mor og to søstre blev myrdet ved Satanofringen i Kinnakee, Kansas. Lille Libby flygtede fra mordstedet ud i den iskolde januarsne, men overlevede og afgav et opsigtsvækkende vidnesbyrd, der udpegede hendes femtenårige bror, Ben, som morderen.Mordklubben er en makaber hemmelig forening, besat af spektakulære forbrydelser. Klubben opstøver Libby femogtyve år efter mordene i håbet om at kunne indsamle tilstrækkeligt med beviser til at sætte Ben på fri fod.Mod et honorar indvilliger hun i at undersøge sagen på ny, samt at afgive en beretning om sine opdagelser. Brudstykke efter brudstykke kommer den grufulde sandhed for en dag, og pludselig er Libby tilbage hvor hun begyndte – på flugt fra en morder."Flynn er et forrygende uhyggeligt bekendtskab, man gerne vil læse mere af."Metroxpress (fem stjerner)

GILLIAN FLYNN IS THE AUTHOR OF THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GONE GIRL, FOR WHICH SHE WROTE THE GOLDEN GLOBE-NOMINATED SCREENPLAY; THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS DARK PLACES AND SHARP OBJECTS; AND A NOVELLA, THE GROWNUP. A FORMER CRITIC FOR ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, SHE LIVES IN CHICAGO WITH HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Gillian Flynn's Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone.A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection. However, when the "psychic" visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of Susan's terror and grief, she realizes she may not have to pretend to believe in ghosts anymore. Miles, Susan's teenage stepson, doesn't help matters with his disturbing manner and grisly imagination. The three are soon locked in a chilling battle to discover where the evil truly lurks and what, if anything, can be done to escape it. "The Grownup," which originally appeared as "What Do You Do?" in George R. R. Martin's Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world's most original and skilled voices in fiction.

After eight years, the murders of two preteen girls--timed nearly a year apart--bring reporter Camille Preaker back to her hometown. As she works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, Camille finds herself forced to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past.

The sole survivor of a family massacre is pushed into revisiting a past she'd much rather leave alone, in Flynn's scorching follow-up to "Sharp Objects."

Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben. Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer.

Flynn's toxic mix of sharp-edged wit with deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds readers at every turn. When his wife disappears on their anniversary, Nick starts having cringe-worthy daydreams and becomes oddly evasive, eschewing his golden boy past.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *; From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl, and the basis for the major motion picture starring Charlize TheronLibby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in ';The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.' She survivedand famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Clubasecret society obsessed with notorious crimeslocates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben.Libbyhopes to turn a profitoff her tragic history: She'll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the clubfor a fee. As Libby's search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she startedon the run from a killer.Praise for Dark Places';[A] nerve-fraying thriller.'The New York Times';Flynn's well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma.'The New Yorker';Gillian Flynn coolly demolished the notion that little girls are made of sugar and spice inSharp Objects, her sensuous and chilling first thriller. In Dark Places, her equally sensuous and chilling follow-up, Flynn . . . has conjured up a whole new crew of feral and troubled young females. . . . [A] propulsive and twisty mystery.'Entertainment Weekly';Flynn follows her deliciously creepySharp Objectswith another dark tale . . . The story, alternating between the 1985 murders and the present, has a tense momentum that works beautifully. And when the truth emerges, it's so macabre not even twisted little Libby Day could see it coming.'People(4 stars)';Crackles with peevish energy and corrosive wit.'Dallas Morning News';A riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off.'Chicago Tribune"e;It's Flynn's gift that she can make a caustic, self-loathing, unpleasant protagonist someone you come to root for.'New York Magazine';[A] gripping thriller.'Cosmopolitan"e;Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre.'Stephen King

Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of 'The Grownup', a captivating book authored by the renowned Gillian Flynn. Published in 2015 by Orion Publishing Co, this book is a must-read for anyone who appreciates a well-crafted narrative. The story falls under the genre of suspense and mystery, keeping readers on the edge of their seats from the very first page. Flynn, known for her masterful storytelling, weaves a tale that is both engaging and thought-provoking. The Grownup is a testament to Flynn's prowess as a writer, making it a valuable addition to any book collection. Dive into this riveting book and let yourself be swept away by the intrigue and suspense that awaits. Published by Orion Publishing Co, this book is a testament to their commitment to bringing quality literature to readers around the world.

"Flynn er et forrygende uhyggeligt bekendtskab, man gerne vil læse mere af." -MetroexpressGillian Flynn, født 1971, er ledende tv- og filmkritiker på Entertainment Weekly. Hun bor i Chicago, hvor hun skriver på sin tredje roman. Hendes far er film processor og hendes mor er lærer i retorik. 'Mørke steder' er forfatterens anden bog, hendes første bog er 'Skarpe Genstande', som blev udgivet på dansk i 2007.Gillian Flynn har vundet og er blevet nomineret til følgende priser:• Vinder af Ian Flemming Steel Dagger prisen 2007• Vinder af New Blood Dagger prisen 2007• Nomineret til Edgar prisen (Edgar Allen Poe), som bedste debutant 2007• Nomineret til Duncan Lawrie Dagger prisen 2007