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Con l’arrivo dell’autunno e l’accorciarsi delle giornate, in una piccola cittadina dell’Inghilterra settentrionale, famosa per i suoi scorci pieni d’atmosfera, cominciano a susseguirsi alcune aggressioni violente e inspiegabili. Tra i giornalisti che accorrono sul posto per documentare quanto accade, Roddy Mace, in forze al giornale locale, cerca di raccontare i fatti, ma le sue indagini gli portano solo nuovi dubbi. E quando ulteriori episodi colpiscono la comunità sconvolta da tanta efferatezza, la cittadina diventa il fulcro di un interesse mediatico che preferisce una facile soluzione a una complessa verità.
È allora che, inaspettatamente, giunge in soccorso di Mace l’amico James Brindle, che, forte del suo intuito e della sua incomparabile esperienza, aprirà nuovi, insospettati squarci di comprensione.
In questo romanzo dove mito e delitti convergono, Myers ci parla di un luogo pieno di fascino, di irrisolte questioni di identità e dell’intreccio delle vite di coloro che decidono di non abbandonare il luogo dove sono nati.
Nel presentarci un nuovo caso per la «strana» coppia già protagonista di Blu come te, il giornalista Mace e il detective Brindle, Myers si rivela ancora una volta bravissimo nel cogliere lo spirito e l’essenza di un luogo, regalandoci un altro page-turner denso di mistero.
- ISBN: 8833936104
- Casa Editrice: Bollati Boringhieri
- Pagine: 312
- Data di uscita: 18-07-2023
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Taking as his inspiration a real life crime case from the north of England, Myers once again lures us into the deepest disturbing psychological realms of his characters, delivering more than a few grim sucker punches along the way. A series of women become victims of a vicious assailant, plunging th Leggi tutto
I really like this author's writing - it is wonderfully evocative and his main characters are very good too. I enjoyed the first Brindle and Mace book a lot hence buying this one. However the first half of this I found rather slow - good writing but no pace to speak of. The second half was far bette Leggi tutto
A cop, well placed on the obsessive compulsive spectrum, a heavy smoking hard drinking journo, and a brutal assault some where in the North of England. Based on a true legend, this book is steeped in reference to folk horror classics such as s such the WickerMan, Mystery and Imagination, Tales of th Leggi tutto
Benjamin Myers is fast becoming my favourite current author. This is the follow up to Turning Blue, and while not quite as dark and bleak as that is an excellent, evocative and superbly written novel. Featuring the same two protagonists Mace and Brindle as it's predecessor and set in the same West Y Leggi tutto
I enjoyed this piece of Northern noir. Linguistically adroit, rich in authentic detail and with a fascinating undercurrent of the macabre. I will be reading more of Mr Myers. Next up, The Gallows Pole.
Very readable with likeable characters. Myers is occasionally guilty of laying his prose on a little too thick, telling not showing, and not giving the reader much to do. And there isn't quite the same otherworldy quality seen in Beastings, a previous novel. However this is still a riveting read.
This is a book I have waited a long time to get the opportunity to read, having finally sourced a copy I was not disappointed. Benjamin Myers is one of my favourite contemporary writers, he is highly praised for his English rural noir, or Dale noir. Call it what you will he just knows how to tell a
Not as visceral as the previous Turning Blue, which initially brought lacklustre journo Roddy Mace into uncomfortable partnership with obsessive detective James Brindle, These Darkening Days is a cleverly paced story in Myers' distinctive "Folk Crime" genre: a small Yorkshire town is terrorised by v Leggi tutto
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