Sara Gran

Amanda es una arquitecta de éxito felizmente casada, quien, un día, empieza a experimentar extraños fenómenos: una propuesta dirigida a su jefe es sustituida por otra llena de insultos obscenos, unos extraños golpeteos no cesan de oirse en su casa, siente la necesidad de volver a fumar y termina quemando "accidentalmente" a su marido con un cigarro y por las noches sueña con una bella mujer de afilados dientes a la orilla de un mar rojo como la sangre. Amanda siente que su vida ha perdido el equilibrio y esta deslizandose por una curva peligrosa, pero no termina de entender por que. No sabe si esta poseida por un demonio o perdiendo la cabeza. En un rincon de su mente no cesa de preguntarse si en realidad no esta disfrutando con todo lo que le sucede y eso la aterroriza aun mas.

When Paul Casablancas, Claire DeWitt's musician ex-boyfriend, is found dead in his home in San Francisco's Mission District, the police are convinced it's a simple robbery. But, as Claire knows, nothing is ever simple. With the help of her new assistant Claude, Claire follows the clues, finding possible leads to Paul's fate in other cases - a long-ago missing girl and a modern-day miniature horse theft in Marin. As visions of the past reveal the secrets of the present, Claire begins to understand the words of the enigmatic French detective Jacques Silette: 'The detective won't know what he is capable of until he encounters a mystery that pierces his own heart'. Just as City of the Dead was acclaimed for its unique heroine and powerful atmosphere - "mesmeric ...unlike any other crime novel you'll read this year". (Guardian). "The most unusual , intelligent thriller I've read for years". (Sophie Hannah). Claire DeWitt and The Bohemian Highway is an extraordinarily powerful and moving mystery novel from a rare talent.

When Paul Casablancas, Claire DeWitt's musician ex-boyfriend, is found dead in his home in San Francisco's Mission District, the police are convinced it's a simple robbery. But, as Claire knows, nothing is ever simple. With the help of her new assistant Claude, Claire follows the clues, finding possible leads to Paul's fate in other cases - a long-ago missing girl and a modern-day miniature horse theft in Marin. As visions of the past reveal the secrets of the present, Claire begins to understand the words of the enigmatic French detective Jacques Silette: 'The detective won't know what he is capable of until he encounters a mystery that pierces his own heart.' "Just as "City of the Dead" was acclaimed for its unique heroine and powerful atmosphere - 'mesmeric ...unlike any other crime novel you'll read this year'". ("Guardian"). "The most unusual , intelligent thriller I've read for years". (Sophie Hannah). "Claire DeWitt and The Bohemian Highway" is an extraordinarily powerful and moving mystery novel from a rare talent.

New Orleans, and Vic Willing, Assistant District Attorney for the prosecutors' office, has been missing since Hurricane Katrina hit. Called in from San Francisco is Claire DeWitt, a detective whose expertise and methods derive from some unique sources. What Claire discovers takes us into the heart of the crime-ravaged, deeply wounded city, where those who can afford it live behind fences and those who can't are slain daily on the streets. And it's there she discovers that the only thing worse than an unsolved case, maybe, is a solved one. From the acclaimed author of "Dope" and "Come Closer", "City of the Dead" is the first novel of a detective series unlike any you have read before, one that is sure to inspire a passionate and devoted following.

Hurrikan Katrina hat New Orleans verwustet. Claire DeWitt soll in diesem Chaos den verschollenen Bezirksanwalt Vic Willing finden. Ist der Anwalt in der Naturkatastrophe umgekommen oder hat er sich einfach davongestohlen? Ein Fall fur die beste Ermittlerin der Welt! Ihr Beruf ist ihre Berufung und ihre Ermittlungsmethoden sind so einzigartig wie genial. Mit Hilfe ihres franzosischen Detektivhandbuchs, ihrer Qigong-Munzen und ihrer drogendurchsetzten Traume wird Claire der Spur des Anwalts folgen

A dark, seductive cocktail of a thriller, with a splash of black humour and a twist of horror.Francine Toon, author of Pine There was no reason to assume anything out of the ordinary was going on. Strange noises in the apartment. Impulsive behaviour. Intense dreams.It wasnt like everything went wrong all at once. Shoplifting. Fighting. Blackouts.There must be a reasonable explanation for all this.It will scare the pants off you. It is a perfect horror novel.Paul TremblayA short, sharp shocker . . . Relentlessly creepy.Sunday TimesDeeply scary.The TimesTerrifying.Daily MailSinister.Time Out

Driven off the desert road and left for dead, Claire DeWitt knows that it is someone from her past trying to kill her, she just doesnt know who. Making a break for it from the cops who arrive on the scene, she sets off in search of the truth, or whatever version of it she can find. But perhaps the biggest mystery of all lies deeper than that, somewhere out there on the ever rolling highway of life.Set between modern day Las Vegas and LA, The Infinite Blacktop sees Claire at her lowest point yet, wounded and disorientated, but just about hanging on.Too smart for her own good, too damaged to play by the rules, too crazy for most - have you got what it takes to follow the self-appointed best detective in the world?

Discover this cult classic, available in the UK for the first time in many years, and step into a world of the dark, bizarre, and unexplained...There was no reason to assume anything out of the ordinary was going on.Strange noises in the apartment.Impulsive behaviour.Intense dreams.It wasn't like everything went wrong all at once.Shoplifting.Fighting.Blackouts.There must be a reasonable explanation for all this.

DAILY MAIL BOOKS OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE CRIMEFEST eDUNNIT AWARD Deeply atmospheric. . . Combines intrigue, magic and antiquarian bookselling.ObserverA marvellous, magical novelIrish TimesIrresistible. . . A lavish, lush quest novel. LAUREN BEUKESRare book dealer Lily Albrecht has been given a tip-off about The Book of the Most Precious Substance, rumoured to be the most powerful occult book ever written. With some of the worlds wealthiest people willing to pay a fortune for it, she embarks on a journey from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, knowing that it could also help erase the greatest tragedy of her life.But does the book really exist at all, or will Lily lose everything in search of a ghost?What readers are saying:***** Erotic, thrilling, and tense all the way through. There is nothing like this on the shelves. ***** Devilishly delightful. . . THE BEST TWIST ENDING of the year!! ***** Im a bit obsessed with this book. . . its sexy and mysterious and cool, like nothing Ive read before. ***** My only complaint is that I wanted more!

New Orleans, and Vic Willing, Assistant District Attorney for the prosecutors office, has been missing since Hurricane Katrina hit. Called in from San Francisco is Claire DeWitt, a detective whose expertise and methods derive from some unique sources. What Claire discovers takes us into the heart of the crime-ravaged, deeply wounded city, where those who can afford it live behind fences and those who cant are slain daily on the streets. And its there she discovers that the only thing worse than an unsolved case, maybe, is a solved one.From the acclaimed author of Dope and Come Closer, City of the Dead is the first novel of a detective series unlike any you have read before, one that is sure to inspire a passionate and devoted following. Only a writer with a life as unusual as Sara Grans - she was in New York City on 9/11/2001 and evacuated from her home in New Orleans on 8/29/2005 - could have written such an extraordinary look at modern-day New Orleans.

The highly anticipated new thriller from internationally renowned author Sara Gran, author of Come Closer and the Claire DeWitt series. "Grans writing, like the grimoire, is palpably seductive. The search for pleasure and magic is an aphrodisiac, one that pulses on the page." Danielle Trussoni, The New York Times "Gran perfectly captures the eccentric world of antiquarian bookselling while portraying a profound and magical reckoning with loss and the possibility of going on. She has outdone herself. " Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "While Lilys hunt propels the story forward, it is Grans frequently exquisite prose that demands investment from its audience." Bookpage, Starred Review "Sara Grans THE BOOK OF THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE is a mix of book buying mystery, erotica, and a pinch of Clive Barkerian obsessive existential horror, but its all Gran. And its all brilliant." Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World "Extravagant, sexy and compelling. I loved it." Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls "Theres two types of magic at play, here. Theres what these characters are trying to do, mixing books and sex and spells, and then theres the magic Sara Gran is doing to us, as we compulsively read this literary thriller. And theres a third magic we only wish we could do: pay in blood to go back, read this book again for the first time." Stephen Graham Jones A mysterious book that promises unlimited power and unrivaled sexual pleasure. A down-on-her-luck book dealer hoping for the sale of a lifetime. And a twist so shocking, no one will come out unscathed. After a tragedy too painful to bear, former novelist Lily Albrecht has resigned herself to a dull, sexless life as a rare book dealer. Until she gets a lead on a book that just might turn everything around. The Book of the Most Precious Substance is a 17th century manual on sex magic, rumored to be the most powerful occult book ever written--if it really exists at all. And some of the wealthiest people in the world are willing to pay Lily a fortune to find itif she can. Her search for the book takes her from New York to New Orleans to Munich to Paris, searching the dark corners of power where the worlds wealthiest people use black magic to fulfill their desires. Will Lily fulfill her own desires, and join them? Or will she lose it all searching for a ghost? The Book of the Most Precious Substance is an addictive erotic thriller about the lengths well go to get what we needand what we want.

Un roman noir énigmatique, drôle et diablement incisif et une détective décidément pas comme les autres… Claire DeWitt, la meilleure détective privée du monde, se réveille dans une ambulance à Oak

When Mary Forrest receives the gift of an astrological reading for her birthday, she doesnt expect it to be the harbinger of her lifes imminent upheaval. This is Marys Saturn Return year, her twenty-ninth; the year that the planet Saturn returns to exact spot it was in when she was born. It presages a time of change, change that Mary is unprepared for. She must overcome intimacy and abandonment issues, resurrect her relationship with her ailing mother, and learn to trust the man that she loves.

Named one of the best books of 2018 by NPRThe delicious and addictive (Salon) Claire DeWitt series returns with a thrilling, noirish knockout of a novel that follows three separate narratives starring the self-proclaimed worlds greatest detective. As Cara Hoffman, author of Running, says, this is a hard-boiled, existential masterpiece. Claire DeWitt, the worlds best private detective, wakes up one dark night in an ambulance in Oakland: someone has just tried to murder her. But shes not dead. Not yet.More sure of herself than of the police, Claire follows the clues on a 52-hour odyssey through shimmering Las Vegas and the shabby surrounding desert to find out who wants her dead. But in order to save herself, Claire will have to revisit her own complicated past as she navigates the present: a past of childhood obsessions, rival detectives, lost friends, and mysteries mostlybut not alwayssolved.Three intertwining stories illuminate three eras of Claires life: her early years as an ambitious girl detective in Brooklyn (before it was gentrified), which ended when her best friend and partner in crime-solving disappeared; a case of an unexplained death in the art world of late-1990s Los Angeles, when, devastated by the demise of her mentor in New Orleans, Claire was forced to start again; and her current quest to save her own life from a determined assassin.As the connections between the stories come into focus, the truth becomes clear. But Claire, battered and bruised, will never quit her search for the answer to the biggest mystery of all: how can anyone survive in a world so clearly designed to break our hearts?

Claire DeWitt, la meilleure détective privée du monde, se réveille dans une ambulance à Oakland en Californie : quelqu’un vient d’essayer de l’assassiner. Mais elle n’est pas morte. Pas encore.Se méf

Une affaire de Claire DeWittIl est des livres qui vous hantent et vous accompagnent et des héros si attachants que vous auriez envie de les rencontrer. C’est le cas de Claire DeWitt, une privée comme

Une enquête de Claire DeWittQuand Paul Casablancas, l’ex-petit ami musicien de Claire, est retrouvé mort dans sa maison de San Francisco, la police est convaincue qu’il s’agit d’un simple cambriolage

When Paul Casablancas, Claire DeWitts musician ex-boyfriend, is found dead in his home in San Franciscos Mission District, the police are convinced its a simple robbery.But, as Claire knows, nothing is ever simple. With the help of her new assistant Claude, Claire follows the clues, finding possible leads to Pauls fate in other cases - a long-ago missing girl and a modern-day miniature horse theft in Marin. As visions of the past reveal the secrets of the present, Claire begins to understand the words of the enigmatic French detective Jacques Silette: The detective wont know what he is capable of until he encounters a mystery that pierces his own heart.Just as City of the Dead was acclaimed for its unique heroine and powerful atmosphere - mesmeric ... unlike any other crime novel youll read this year (Guardian) and the most unusual , intelligent thriller Ive read for years (Sophie Hannah) -Claire DeWitt and The Bohemian Highway is an extraordinarily powerful and moving mystery novel from a rare talent.

Demonic possession or psychic break? One of Esquires Top 50 horror novels of all time delves deep into the terrifying consequences of losing control."A perfect horror novel."Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the WorldA recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss thats replaced by obscene insults. Amandaa successful architect in a happy marriagefinds her life going off kilter by degrees. She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that shes doing it, she burns her husband with a cigarette. At night she dreams of a beautiful woman with pointed teeth on the shore of a blood-red sea.The new voice in Amandas head, the one that tells her to steal things and talk to strange men in bars, is strange and frightening, and Amanda struggles to wrest back control of her life. A book on demon possession suggests that the figure on the shore could be the demon Naamah, known to scholars of the Kabbalah as the second wife of Adam, who stole into his dreams and tricked him into fathering her child. Whatever the case, as the violence of her erratic behavior increases, Amanda knows that she must act to put her life right, or see it destroyed.This new edition of the cult classic features a brand new post-script by the author and an "Are You Possessed?" questionnaire.

From the author of Come Closer and the Claire DeWitt series comes a highly acclaimedand unusualgritty thriller about a missing girl... and the addict tasked with saving her.Josephine, a former addict, is offered a thousand dollars to find a suburban couples missing daughter. But the search will take her into the dark underbelly of New York she thought shed escapedand a web of deceit that threatens to destroy her.