M. L. Rio

'Sensory and visceral from page one . . . M. L. Rio is a force to be reckoned with' JENNIFER EGAN'The sleaze of the Stooges, the energy of the Ramones and the glamour of the Cramps - Hot Wax is a pure foot-on-the-monitors, amps-up-to-ten rock 'n' roll classic' MAT OSMANA vivid and immersive tale of one woman's reckless mission to make sense of the events that shattered her childhood, and made her who she is. Summer, 1989: ten-year-old Suzanne is drawn like a magnet to her father's forbidden world of electric guitars and tricked-out cars. When her mother remarries, she jumps at the chance to tag along on the concert tour that just might be Gil and the Kills' wild ride to glory. But fame has sharper fangs than anybody realized, and as the band blazes up the charts, internal power struggles set Gil and his group on a collision course destined for a bloody reckoning - one shrouded in mystery and lore for decades to come. The only witness to a desperate act of violence, Suzanne spends the next twenty-nine years trying to disappear. She trades the music and mayhem of her youth for the quiet of the suburbs and the company of her mild-mannered husband Rob. But when her father's sudden death resurrects the troubled past she tried so hard to bury, she leaves it all behind and hits the road in search of answers. Hitching her fate and Gil's beloved car to two vagabonds who call an old Airstream trailer home, she finds everything she thought she'd lost forever: desire, adventure, and the woman she once wanted to be. But Rob refuses to let her go. Determined to bring her back where she belongs, he chases her across the country - and drives her to a desperation all her own. Drenched in knock-down drag-out rock and roll, Hot Wax is a raucous, breakneck ride to hell and back - where getting lost might be the only way to find yourself and save your soul.

Bolo ich sedem. Študenti herectva, ponorení do diel W. Shakespeara, obklopení starými knihami a svetom divadla, v ktorom chceli zostať naveky. Lenže potom vzplanuli vášne, rozmazali hranicu medzi hrou a skutočnosťou a výsledkom bola smrť. Stalo sa to pred desiatimi rokmi, ale pravdu o skutočnom vinníkovi nepozná nikto. Detektív Colborne dúfa, že ju vymámi od Olivera, ktorého práve prepúšťajú z väzenia. V závere svojej policajnej kariéry chce konečne spoznať riešenie záhady, ktorá ho roky máta. Pred čitateľom sa odvíja fascinujúci príbeh plný tajomstiev, úskokov a majstrovského herectva, ktoré však má svoju temnú stranu. Recenzie: „Podobne ako Tajný príbeh Donny Tartt, aj tento úžasný debut je mnohovrstvovým rozprávaním o láske, priateľstve a posadnutosti.“ Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney „Vzácny a výnimočný román, skutočne strhujúci triler.“ Emily St. John Mandel, autorka bestselleru Stanica 11 „Dôkladne premyslená a krásne napísaná kniha, ktorú nepustíte z rúk až do ohromujúceho finále.“ Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, autorka bestselleru Hniezdo „Inteligentný a mrazivý triler so záverečným šokujúcim zvratom, na ktorý nikdy nezabudnete.“ Miranda Beverly-Whittemore, autorka bestselleru Trpkosladké Preklad: Vladislav Gális

A gorgeous illustrated edition of the bestselling dark academia thriller where tragedy strikes at an elite Shakespeare conservatory - complete with a brand-new cover, original illustrations and deluxe finishes. Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago. As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off - villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else's story. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life. When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.

Egy olyan gyilkosságért ítélték el, amit talán el sem követett. Oliver Marks tízéves börtönbüntetése végéhez ér, és a szabadulása napján az az ember fogadja, aki lecsukta őt. Colborne nyomozó visszavonul, de előtte tudni akarja, mi történt valójában egy évtizeddel korábban. Oliver egyike annak a hét színinövendéknek, akik Shakespeare-t tanulmányozzák egy elit művészeti főiskolán. Ők heten ugyanazt a szerepet játsszák a színpadon és az életben: hős, gonosz, zsarnok, csábító, szende, statiszta. Viszont amikor a szereposztás megváltozik, és a mellékszereplő sztárságra tör, a színjáték veszélyesen átszivárog a valóságba, és egyiküket holtan találják. A többiek életük legnagyobb alakítása előtt állnak: meggyőzni a rendőrséget és magukat, hogy ártatlanok.

Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten years ago.As a young actor studying Shakespeare at an elite arts conservatory, Oliver noticed that his talented classmates seem to play the same roles onstage and off - villain, hero, tyrant, temptress - though Oliver felt doomed to always be a secondary character in someone else's story. But when the teachers change up the casting, a good-natured rivalry turns ugly, and the plays spill dangerously over into life.When tragedy strikes, one of the seven friends is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.