Eugen Chirovici

SLÚŽI VÁM PAMÄŤ? URČITE? A ČO AK VŠETKO, ČO STE SI ZO SVOJHO ŽIVOTA ZAPAMÄTALI, JE JEDEN VEĽKÝ OMYL? Do literárnej agentúry príde ukážka z rukopisu, v ktorom sa autor vracia k neobjasnenej brutálnej vražde z konca osemdesiatych rokov minulého storočia. Obetou bol prominentný profesor psychológie, ktorý sa zaoberal tajným výskumným projektom a pracoval s duševne chorými zločincami. Prečo musel zahynúť? Kto z jeho smrti profitoval? Autor rukopisu sľubuje, že záhadu vysvetlí, lenže potom zomrie aj on a zvyšok textu záhadne zmizne. Začne sa pátranie, do ktorého sa zapája čoraz viac ľudí. Po toľkých rokoch však už nik nevie, čo je pravda a čo výmysel, ktoré spomienky sú skutočné a ktoré len predstierané...

ONE MAN'S TRUTH IS ANOTHER MAN'S LIE. When big-shot literary agent Peter Katz receives an unfinished manuscript entitled The Book of Mirrors, he is intrigued. The author, Richard Flynn is writing a memoir about his time at Princeton in the late 80s, documenting his relationship with the famous Professor Joseph Wieder. One night in 1987, Wieder was brutally murdered in his home and the case was never solved. Peter Katz is hell-bent on getting to the bottom of what happened that night twenty-five years ago and is convinced the full manuscript will reveal who committed the violent crime. But other people's recollections are dangerous weapons to play with, and this might be one memory that is best kept buried.

Amikor Peter Katz, a nagymenő irodalmi ügynök Tükrök könyve címmel egy befejezetlen kéziratot kap, kíváncsivá lesz. Szerzője, Richard Flynn arról az időről készít memoárt, amelyet a Princetonon töltött a 80-as évek végén, és ebben dokumentálja a híres Joseph Wiederhez fűződő kapcsolatát. 1987-ben egy este Wiedert brutálisan meggyilkolják otthonában, és az ügy örökre megoldatlan marad. Peter Katz tűzön-vízen át a végére akar járni annak, hogy mi történt azon a huszonöt évvel azelőtti estén, és meggyőződése, hogy a teljes kézirat majd fényt derít arra, hogy ki követhette el az erőszakos bűntényt. Csakhogy veszélyes dolog mások visszaemlékezéseivel játszadozni, ez pedig talán egy olyan emlék, amit legjobb lenne nem előásni.

MEMORIES CAN BE DEADLY A brutal murder It's been thirty years since Professor Weider was found dead in his stately home. With little evidence to convict a suspect, the case has never been solved. A buried mystery Now, a partial manuscript has been discovered that reveals three people were at the house that night. All three clearly remember what happened. But someone is lying... Already translated into 37 languages, The Book of Mirrors is the perfect novel for fans of psychological suspense and reading group fiction. Praise for The Book of Mirrors 'Intelligent and sophisticated - a crime story told the way Picasso painted pictures. Highly recommended.' Lee Child 'I loved this twisty mind game! The Book Of Mirrors starts with a secret manuscript about a cold-case murder and then uses a host of characters and perspectives to make you look in every direction but at the truth. Who is lying? Is anyone's recall perfect? This isn't just a very clever thriller---it leaves us wondering how much we subconsciously manipulate our own memories to protect ourselves.' Julia Heaberlin (bestselling author of Black Eyed Susans) 'An elegant, gripping, multi-layered tale about the illusory nature of truth and memory. I loved it.' Tammy Cohen `This Romanian author's debut novel in English is an agile and provocative exploration the tricks memory can play' - Sunday Times 'An impressive first novel, intelligent and well written' - The Times This twisty, brilliantly written tale of a grisly unsolved murder at Princeton asks if we can truly trust our own memories. This nuanced, multi-layered book has a cracking plot to boot and will be devoured by thriller fans - Sun 'Magical in its storytelling, the novel lingers in the memory long after an immensely satisfying denouement.' - Daily Mail `slippery murder mystery' - Irish Independent 'Intricately plotted ... Faulty memories, outright lies, and secrets make it hard to know whom to believe. The action builds to a crafty and believable resolution.' Publisher's Weekly

FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF MIRRORS You can't trust your own memories. You can't trust other people's. So how do you know what really happened that night? One rainy night in New York, psychologist James Cobb gives a talk on the art of recovering lost memories. Afterwards, he's approached by a stranger: a dying man who, forty years ago, woke up in a hotel room with a murdered woman, and no memory at all of what happened. Now, he needs to know whether he was an innocent bystander - or a killer. Intrigued, James begins to unpick the tangled threads of this decades-old mystery. But everyone involved has a different story to tell, and every fact he uncovers has another interpretation. As his interest becomes an obsession, and secrets from his own past start to surface, he begins to suspect that someone has buried the truth deep enough to hide it forever. For fans of Joel Dicker, Peter Swanson and SJ Watson, Bad Blood tells a gripping story of memory, motives, and how little we really know about ourselves

SLÚŽI VÁM PAMÄŤ? URČITE? A ČO AK VŠETKO, ČO STE SI ZO SVOJHO ŽIVOTA ZAPAMÄTALI, JE JEDEN VEĽKÝ OMYL? Do literárnej agentúry príde ukážka z rukopisu, v ktorom sa autor vracia k neobjasnenej brutálnej vražde z konca osemdesiatych rokov minulého storočia. Obetou bol prominentný profesor psychológie, ktorý sa zaoberal tajným výskumným projektom a pracoval s duševne chorými zločincami. Prečo musel zahynúť? Kto z jeho smrti profitoval? Autor rukopisu sľubuje, že záhadu vysvetlí, lenže potom zomrie aj on a zvyšok textu záhadne zmizne. Začne sa pátranie, do ktorého sa zapája čoraz viac ľudí. Po toľkých rokoch však už nik nevie, čo je pravda a čo výmysel, ktoré spomienky sú skutočné a ktoré len predstierané...