Three Hours : The Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller

Bok av Rosamund Lupton
THREE HOURS TO SAVE THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE A TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR A BEST BOOK OF 2020 IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES, GUARDIAN, MAIL, MIRROR, LITERARY REVIEW, STYLIST, RED AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING A TIMES & SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH ------------------------------------------------------------------- In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Pupils and teachers barricade themselves into classrooms, the library, the theatre. The headmaster lies wounded in the library, unable to help his trapped students and staff. Outside, a police psychiatrist must identify the gunmen, while parents gather desperate for news. In three intense hours, all must find the courage to stand up to evil and save the people they love. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING ABOUT THREE HOURS 'If you read only one thriller this year; make it this one: it is that good' DAILY MAIL 'Superb' KATE MOSSE 'It's beautifully, elegantly written, SO gripping, intelligent, timely, affecting and moving' MARIAN KEYES 'A brilliant literary thriller... moving, masterly' SUNDAY TIMES 'Kept us on the edge of our seats from start to finish' INDEPENDENT 'Brilliant' LEE CHILD 'Gob-smackingly, heart-stoppingly, breath-holdingly brilliant' RUTH JONES 'A novel that you live rather than merely read' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Amazing' DAVINA MCCALL 'An electrifying, pulse-racing novel' RED 'Wow! This is a stunner of a book, staggeringly good' JANE FALLON 'An emotionally devastating and beautifully observed literary thriller' OBSERVER 'Astonishing, powerful, terrifying, heartbreaking' EMMA FLINT 'Three Hours intersperses scenes of breath-sucking tension with stirring meditations on human nature' SARA COLLINS, GUARDIAN 'A brave, timely and intricately crafted work' EMMA STONEX
Wow. Först: läs den bara. Punkt. Det är svårt att beskriva boken rättvist för det som gör den så fantastiskt bra går inte riktigt att sätta fingret på. Men kombinationen av ett språk som driver boken framåt, en handling som kryper under skinnet samtidigt som du gråter för det är så hjärtskärande hemskt och som pricken övet i:et så fångar den samtiden på ett otroligt sätt. Det värsta är nog att när man torkar tårarna i slutet så slår det en: detta hade likväl kunnat vara sanning. Igen: läs den!