Chris Whitaker

El mejor thriller literario del año según The Guardian.«Tan dolorosamente humana que es imposible olvidarla.»Crime MonthlyDuchess Day Radley es una joven de trece años que se autoproclama «proscrita»

What would you do if you knew the world was going to be destroyed by a huge asteroid in one month? The mesmerising YA debut from the winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel 2021 and the New York Times Bestselling author of We Begin at the End.They knew the end was coming. They saw it ten years back, when it was far enough away in space and time and meaning. The changes were gradual, and then sudden.For Mae and her friends, it means navigating a life where action and consequence are no longer related. Where the popular are both trophies and targets. And where petty grudges turn deadlier with each passing day. So, did Abi Manton jump off the cliff or was she pushed? Her death is just the beginning of the end.With teachers losing control of their students and themselves, and the end rushing toward all of them, it leaves everyone facing the answer to one, simple question...What would you do if you could get away with anything?

El mejor thriller literario del año según The Guardian. "Tan dolorosamente humana que es imposible olvidarla."Crime Monthly Duchess Day Radley es una joven de trece años que se autoproclama "proscrita". Las normas son para otra gente. Ella es la fiera protectora de su hermano de cinco años, Robin, y la figura adulta para Star, su madre soltera, incapaz de cuidar de si misma y mucho menos de sus dos hijos.Walk es ahora el jefe de policia local, pero sigue intentando sanar la vieja herida de haber sido el testigo que tres decadas atras mando a prision a su mejor amigo, Vincent King, que se dispone a salir de la carcel. Y Duchess y Walk deben afrontar el problema que supondra su vuelta.La critica ha dicho..."Whitaker irrumpio en ese escenario con esta novela que se llevo parabienes de critica y publico. A veces la unanimidad merece respetabilidad. Este es un caso."Rincon Negro de Carlos Zanon, La Vanguardia"La historia es negra, muy negra, pero el autor consigue que ademas de investigacion, crimenes y policias, el fondo sea siempre esperanzador, aunque emotivo y muchas veces triste por la situacion de los hermanos [...]. Un buen coctel para

With the staggering intensity of James Lee Burke and the absorbing narrative of Jane Harper's The Dry, We Begin at the End is a powerful novel about absolute love and the lengths we will go to keep our family safe. This is a story about good and evil and how life is lived somewhere in between.'You can't save someone that doesn't want to be saved...'Thirty years ago, Vincent King became a killer. Now, he's been released from prison and is back in his hometown of Cape Haven, California.Not everyone is pleased to see him. Like Star Radley, his ex-girlfriend, and sister of the girl he killed. Duchess Radley, Star's thirteen-year-old daughter, is part-carer, part-protector to her younger brother, Robin - and to her deeply troubled mother.But in trying to protect Star, Duchess inadvertently sets off a chain of events that will have tragic consequences not only for her family, but also the whole town. Murder, revenge, retribution. How far can we run from the past when the past seems doomed to repeat itself?

Chris Whitaker arbeitete zehn Jahre als Finanztrader, bevor er sich dem Schreiben zuwandte. Seine Romane gewannen zahlreiche Preise, Von hier bis zum Anfang wurde vom Guardian zum Buch des Jahres gekurt. Whitaker lebt zusammen mit seiner Ehefrau und drei Kindern in England.