Susanna Jones – författare & böcker

Earthquake Bird

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

110 kr

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Early this morning, several hours before my arrest, I was woken by an earth tremor. I mention the incident not to suggest that there was a connection – that somehow the fault lines in my life came crashing together in a form of a couple of policemen – for in Tokyo we have a quake like this every month. I am simply relating the sequence of events as it happened. It has been an unusual day and I would hate to forget anything . . . So begins The Earthquake Bird, a haunting novel set in Japan which reveals a murder on its first page and takes its readers into the mind of the chief suspect, Lucy Fly – a young, vulnerable English girl living and working in Tokyo as a translator. As Lucy is interrogated by the police she reveals her past to the reader, and it is a past which is dangerously ambiguous and compromising . . .Why did Lucy leave England for the foreign anonymity of Japan ten years before, and what exactly had prompted her to sever all links with her family back home? She was the last person to see the murdered girl alive, so why was she not more forthcoming about the circumstances of their last meeting? As Lucy’s story unfolds, it emerges that secrets, both past and present, obsess her waking life . . .Winner of the CWA John Creasey New Blood DaggerWinner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

Missing Person's Guide to Love

AvSusanna Jones

E-bok

Engelska, 2011

137 kr

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Isabel, Owen and Julia were childhood friends. But when they were fifteen, Julia disappeared without a trace – an event that had a devastating impact on the others.Years later, Isabel returns to her home town in the north of England for Owen’s funeral. She hadn’t seen him since they recklessly burned down the local supermarket together; he was sent to prison and she, just shy of her 18th birthday, to a young offenders’ centre. Isabel suspects that Owen was responsible for Julia’s murder, and she’s hoping finally to find some kind of resolution.Feeling cut off from her husband and child in Turkey, and awash with unexpected memories, Isabel ventures further into the murky depths of her past. But nothing is as it seems – either past or present – and as Isabel’s world unravels we finally realise the stunning, shattering truth . . .'Exquisitely written yet utterly chilling, this will keep you gripped from start to finish; a potential book-group classic' Elle magazine

When Nights Were Cold

A literary mystery

AvSusanna Jones

E-bok

Engelska, 2012

137 kr

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As Queen Victoria’s reign reaches its end, Grace Farringdon dreams of polar explorations and of escape from her stifling home with her protective parents and eccentric, agoraphobic sister.But when Grace secretly applies to Candlin, a women’s college filled with intelligent, like-minded women, she finally feels her ambitions beginning to be take shape. There she forms an Antarctic Exploration Society with the gregarious suffragette Locke, the reserved and studious Hooper and the strange, enigmatic Parr, and before long the group are defying their times and their families by climbing the peaks of Snowdonia and planning an ambitious trip to the perilous Alps.Fifteen years later, trapped in her Dulwich home, Grace is haunted by the terrible events that took place out on the mountains. She is the society’s only survivor and for years people have demanded the truth of what happened, the group’s horrible legacy a millstone around her neck. Now, as the eve of the Second World War approaches, Grace is finally ready to remember and to confess . . .From one of the finest writers of the psychological thriller comes this beautifully woven, deeply unsettling historical novel; powerfully atmospheric, shivering with menace and reminiscent of the very best of Sarah Waters.

Earthquake Bird

AvSusanna Jones

E-bok

Engelska, 2011

154 kr

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The Earthquake Bird is Susanna Jones's stunning, prize-winning first mystery - now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander.Winner of the CWA New Blood Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of the YearWinner of the John Llewellyn Rhys PrizeEarly this morning, several hours before my arrest, I was woken by an earth tremor. I mention the incident not to suggest that there was a connection. . . for in Tokyo we have a quake like this every month. I am simply relating the sequence of events as it happened. It has been an unusual day and I would hate to forget anything . . . So begins The Earthquake Bird, a haunting novel set in Japan which reveals a murder on its first page and takes its readers into the mind of the chief suspect, Lucy Fly – a young, vulnerable English girl living and working in Tokyo as a translator. As Lucy is interrogated by the police she reveals her past to the reader, and it is a past which is dangerously ambiguous and compromising . . .Why did Lucy leave England for the foreign anonymity of Japan ten years before, and what exactly prompted her to sever all links with her family back home? She was the last person to see the murdered girl alive, so why is she not more forthcoming about the circumstances of their last meeting? As Lucy’s story unfolds, it emerges that secrets, both past and present, obsess her waking life . . .

Water Lily

AvSusanna Jones

E-bok

Engelska, 2011

137 kr

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Runa is a young Japanese high school teacher leaving the country to avoid the scandal she has created by sleeping with one of her students. She steals her sister’s passport and boards the ferry to Shanghai. Then, careful to impersonate her sister, she is quiet, docile and discreet…Meanwhile, on the last stretch of a fraught and tiring mission to find a wife, an Englishman also boards the ferry. Rebuffed in Tokyo, Ralph hopes that on the Chinese mainland he will meet a gentle, beautiful girl to return home with.When these two meet, suppressing at first their secrets and obsessions on this long and claustrophobic journey, we enter a desolate, emotional landscape as Runa’s journey begins to turn into a surreal and terrifying nightmare . . .

Earthquake Bird

AvSusanna Jones

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

110 kr

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The Earthquake Bird is Susanna Jones's stunning, prize-winning first mystery - now a major motion picture starring Alicia Vikander.Winner of the CWA New Blood Dagger for Best Debut Crime Novel of the YearWinner of the John Llewellyn Rhys PrizeEarly this morning, several hours before my arrest, I was woken by an earth tremor. I mention the incident not to suggest that there was a connection. . . for in Tokyo we have a quake like this every month. I am simply relating the sequence of events as it happened. It has been an unusual day and I would hate to forget anything . . . So begins The Earthquake Bird, a haunting novel set in Japan which reveals a murder on its first page and takes its readers into the mind of the chief suspect, Lucy Fly – a young, vulnerable English girl living and working in Tokyo as a translator. As Lucy is interrogated by the police she reveals her past to the reader, and it is a past which is dangerously ambiguous and compromising . . .Why did Lucy leave England for the foreign anonymity of Japan ten years before, and what exactly prompted her to sever all links with her family back home? She was the last person to see the murdered girl alive, so why is she not more forthcoming about the circumstances of their last meeting? As Lucy’s story unfolds, it emerges that secrets, both past and present, obsess her waking life . . .

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Earthquake bird

AvSusanna Jones

E-bok

Svenska, 2019

59 kr

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Romanen som vunnit fyra litterära priser är en suggestivt fängslande berättelse - om faran i att inte tro på sig själv.

Nu som film med Alicia Vikander

Lucy har flytt till Tokyo för att undkomma det förflutna. För att inte bli upptäckt lever hon ett tillbakadraget liv, med få vänner, och en älskare som väger upp bristen på all annan passion.

Sedan träffar hon Lily som har kopplingar till hennes tidigare liv. Vänskapen blir intensiv, men kort därpå mördas Lily och Lucy är den enda som är misstänkt.

EARTHQUAKE BIRD är ett finstämt psykologiskt spänningsdrama. Med sitt känslosamma bildspråk och nyansrika språk blir berättelsen en katt- och råttalek i minnets förrädiska labyrint och läsaren hålls, liksom Lucy, på sträckbänken ifråga om hennes skuld eller oskuld.

Snabb och klaustrofobisk Ett raffinerat porträtt av hur svartsjuka kan gro ur intet. The Times

Enkel och sparsmakad, men mordet på första sidan förebådar en tyngd och ett hot i berättelsen som är egendomligt skrämmande Elle

Boken är som en japansk roman - den är besatt på gränsen till det surrealistiska, och fylld med detaljer som kan tolkas som ledtrådar till ett mysterium som förblir ett mysterium. The Guardian

En undersökning av sanningen, minnets och besatthetens förrädiska natur som Jones hanterar med självförtroende och skicklighet. Publishers Weekly

En historia som ligger på lur i minnets mörkaste vrår långt efter det att boken slagits igen. The Face

SUSANNA JONES är en brittisk författare med fem kritikerrosade romaner bakom sig. Efter dramastudier vid Londons universitet bodde och arbetade hon i Japan i flera år. För Earthquake bird har hon förärats en John Creasy Award, en Betty Trask Award, ett Mail on Sunday Prize och en CWA New Blood Dagger. Boken är översatt till mer än 20 språk.

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