The Mountain (signed & numbered)

D'Andrea, Luca

ISBN 10: 0857056905 / ISBN 13: 9780857056900

Published by MacLehose Press, London, 2017

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1st english edition hardcover in fine condition in fine dust jacket - signed & numbered (#65/100) on the title page - author's debut novel - translated from Italian by Howard Curtis - new, unread copy. Seller Inventory # msh9036

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Mountain (signed & numbered)

Publisher: MacLehose Press, London

Publication Date: 2017

Binding: hardcover

Condition: fine

Dust Jacket Condition: fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st.

About this title

Synopsis:

A CURSED PLACE. A COLD CASE. A KILLER WHO LEFT NO TRACE.

The huge International bestseller.

Gripping, unputdownable and packed with twists, The Mountain is a thriller that you will never forget.

"Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbø" - Massimo Vincenz, La Repubblica.

Jeremiah Salinger blames himself. The crash was his fault. He was the only survivor. Now the depression and the nightmares are closing in. Only his daughter Clara can put a smile on his face.

But when he takes Clara to the Bletterbach - a canyon in the Dolomites rich in fossil remains - he overhears by chance a conversation that gives his life renewed focus. In 1985 three students were murdered there, their bodies savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer who was never found.

Salinger, a New Yorker, is far from home, and these Italian mountains, where his wife was born, harbour a close-knit, tight-lipped community whose mistrust of outsiders can turn ugly. All the same, solving this mystery might be the only thing that can keep him sane.

Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis

Review:

A canyon in the Italian Dolomites, beautiful yet sinister, provides a stunning setting for Luca D'Andrea's first thriller . . . D'Andrea piles on the action at the atmosphere with the panache of a seasoned writer. (Marcel Berlins The Times.)

Smart, stylish and extremely scary. (Sunday Mirror.)

Can be compared (with no fear of hyperbole) to Stephen King and Jo Nesbø. (Massimo Vincenz La Repubblica.)

D'Andrea is a real master. (Sergio Pent La Stampa.)

An entertaining read with a wide cast of possible suspects, not all of them human. The book's twists and turns continue right until the end. (Western Mail.)

A perfectly constructed thriller . . . Draws the reader right in. (Bayerischer Rundfunk TV “Capriccio”)

A brilliant, enthralling debut. (Stern.)

An unbelievably nail-biting thriller. (Alpin - Das BergMagazin.)

Sentences like lightning bolts, twists like avalanches: a spectacular thriller. (Playboy.)

An electrifying debut in the new wave of Italian thriller writing. D'Andrea's a name to add to your Eurocrime list. (David Hewson, author of the Nic Costa novels and The Killing)