Neu und an der Spitze der KrimiZEIT-Bestenliste: “Der Tod von Sweet Mister” von Daniel Woodrell. Außerdem neu: auf Platz 3: Sara Gran: “Die Stadt der Toten”, auf Platz 5: Tana French: “Schattenstill” und auf Platz 8: George Pelecanos: “Ein schmutziges Geschäft”.
Auch in der neue Reihe um Spero Lucas dient Popmusik der Zuordnung der Charaktere zu sozialen Gruppen, und man muss den Hut ziehen vor Pelecanos, der mit 55 Jahren enorm auf der Höhe der Popkultur agiert.
Es geht durchaus hart zur Sache. Zwei junge Dealer werden exekutiert, weil sie sich mit den falschen Geschäftspartnern eingelassen haben. Und das bleiben nicht die einzigen Toten in George Pelecanos‘ Roman “Ein schmutziges Geschäft”.
The best recent thrillers to read: including new novels from George Pelecanos »What It Was« and Elmore Leonard »Raylan«. Furthermore »Good Bait« from John Harvey Barbara Nadels »Dead of Night« and »The Flight« from Jenny Cooper.
This time Marilyn Stasio discusses the New Crime novels »What It Was«, by George Pelecanos, »Silence« by Jan Costin Wagner, »Vulture Peak« by John Burdett and »The Invisible Ones« by Stef Penney.
Pelecanos always over tips. »When I go to England,« he has said, »people think I’m stupid.« The habit is probably due to Pelecanos’s experiences in previous jobs such as line cook, dishwasher, bartender, construction worker and woman’s shoe salesman.
Pan Macmillan Publishing Director has acquired two brand new psychological thrillers by Hilary Bonner from Tony Peake. And Orion is to publish a new novel by George Pelecanos, a writer on TV show »The Wire«, as a late addition to its spring schedules.
George Pelecanos’s latest book, »What It Was« sends his best stock character into an extended 40-year flashback. It begins in a Washington bar, where a song by the Dramatics gets Derek Strange to thinking about the summer of 1972.
Developing a list of the top thriller novels for any particular year is necessarily limited by the scope of the author’s reading, as well as by his or her tastes. While most of the books in my stack were commonplace, a number stood out for their quality.
In der Kolumne werden diesmal folgende Bücher besprochen: George Pelecanos: “The Cut”, Laura Lippman: “The Most Dangerous Thing”, Martin Walker: “Black Diamond” und Sebastian Rotella: “Triple Crossing”.