Tawni O'Dell

Growing up in hard-scrabble coal country with a drunk father and a runaway mother hasnt been easy for teen brothers Kyle and Klint. And when their dad smashes his truck and dies after a few too many beers, the boys are shocked that their often-absent mother plans to take them back to her new home out West. After all, their mom hasnt cared for Kyle and Klint for years. She still doesnt. Their mom quickly hands the boys over to 75-year-old Candace Jack, a curmudgeon with an acidic tongue who surprises herself in agreeing to take the boys. Living together isnt easy, but the boys discover that Candace has a tragic, passionate past and the three discarded souls help each other to heal. With Tawni ODells trademark tenderness, vivid sense of place, and complex characters, Fragile Beasts is a beautifully crafted novel told from two very different points of view: a fourteen-year-old boys and a seventy-five-year-old womans. Its a wonderfully touching novel with two fascinating narrators who will wholly capture readers hearts.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Back Roads, a no-holds-barred, page-turning, perfectly crafted thriller (Heather Gudenkauf, author of The Weight of Silence) following a small town police chief whos forced to dig into her own shadowy past as she investigates the murder of a teenage girl.On the surface, Chief Dove Carnahan is a true trailblazer who would do anything to protect the rural Pennsylvanian town where she has lived all fifty of her years. Traditional and proud of her blue-collar sensibilities, Dove is loved by her communitybut she hides a dark and self-destructive streak, fed by a secret she has kept since she was sixteen.When a girl is beaten to death and her body tossed down a fiery sinkhole in an abandoned coal town, Dove is faced with solving the most shocking crime of her law enforcement career. She identifies the girl as a member of a local family of petty criminals. To further complicate things, the man convicted of killing Doves mother is released from prison and reveals a startling accusation. Dove now must face the chilling parallels between her own familys trauma and that of the dead girls.A darkly compelling look into how the past colors the present, this psychological thriller will linger (RT Book Reviews) with you long after you turn the final page.

Tawni O'DellTeenager Harley Altmyer's mother is in prison for murdering his father. What with work, three sisters to care for and a lousy sex life, things surely can't get much worse, or can they? He is about to find out when he begins an affair with a married woman.

Impulsada por la misma energía, humor y suspense que distinguieron Caminos ocultos, O’Dell vuelve a atraparnos con su dramatismo sin concesiones.«Es una maravilla comprobar cómo una escritora tan amb

«Un thriller psicológico, magistralmente escrito, que entusiasmará a los seguidores de Gillian Flynn o Daniel Woodrell». Library Journal El doctor Doyle, psicólogo forense, es el arma definitiva de l

"Un thriller psicológico, magistralmente escrito, que entusiasmará a los seguidores de Gillian Flynn o Daniel Woodrell". Library Journal El doctor Doyle, psicólogo forense, es el arma definitiva de la oficina del fiscal del distrito de Filadelfia cuando la retorcida mente de algun asesino elude la habilidad de los demas expertos. Pero tras su exitosa carrera, sigue siendo solo Danny Doyle, el niño apocado al que todos intimidaban y que vive obsesionado con la tragica muerte de su hermana menor y los problemas mentales de su madre.Al regresar a su pueblo natal para visitar a su abuelo, Danny encuentra por casualidad un cadaver en Lost Creek, donde una vez fuera ejecutado un grupo de mineros irlandeses que protestaban contra sus patronos. Curiosamente, la victima esta relacionada con la adinerada familia responsable de la muerte de aquellos trabajadores. Junto con el veterano detective Rafe, Danny seguira los pasos del asesino, acercandose sin saberlo a algunas sorprendentes revelaciones sobre su entorno, su pasado y sobre si mismo...La autora de Çngeles en llamas vuelve a sumergirnos en una intensa historia de suspense, repleta de insospechados giros en la que los demonios personales, el conflicto de clases y

En La fiebre del carbón Tawni O'Dell nos devuelve a la región minera del oeste de Pensilvania. La ciudad de Coal Run es una comunidad de fantasmas y recuerdos. Después de que una explosión en la mina acabara con las vidas de muchos hombres y diera un vuelco al futuro de sus familias, las repercusiones aún se dejan sentir treinta años después. Ivan Zoschenko, el ayudante del sheriff -en otros tiempos una leyenda del fútbol-, nos narra a lo largo de una semana cómo se prepara para la inminente puesta en libertad de un antiguo compañero del equipo. Así nos presenta a personajes tan peculiares como su hermana, que fue reina de la belleza, tan sensata como divertida en los momentos más imprevistos; o su antiguo ídolo, Val Claypoolca a la que le cambió la vida para siempre. Y, con los sucesos de esa semana, Ivan deberá hacer frente a sus demonios y revelar el terrible secreto que pesa sobre su conciencia para zanjarlo de una vez por todas.

«Una voz única, la obra excepcional de una autora muy prometedora.» NewsdayBestseller en EE UU: nueve semanas consecutivas en la lista de los libros más vendidos de The New York Times y seleccionada

«Es un thriller tan bien armado que hasta el final, uno de los más impactantes que el lector pueda recordar, todo parece posible». Library Journal«Ángeles en llamas está a la altura de lo que promet

A haunting psychological thriller, this suspenseful novel explores the terrifying boundary between mental illness and true evil in a small Pennsylvania town burdened by buried secrets.Dr. Sheridan Doyle is a polished, media-savvy forensic psychologistthe expert the Philadelphia District Attorneys office turns to when criminal minds defy easy explanation. But beneath the Armani suits and professional calm lies Danny Doyle, the frightened boy he once was, shaped by a blue-collar mining family, relentless bullying, and the devastating loss of his younger sister, followed by his mothers psychological collapse.When Danny returns to his hometown of Lost Creek, a community still haunted by its violent past, he discovers a dead body at the old gallows where Irish coal miners were once executed for rebellion. The murder appears to be linked to the powerful family responsible for those historic deaths, pulling Danny into an investigation that forces him to confront both the towns long-suppressed crimes and his own fractured history.Working alongside a veteran detective who once served as a surrogate father, Dannys search for the killer brings him dangerously close to truths he may not be ready to faceabout his family, his past, and the nature of evil itself. With poignantachingly beautiful prose (San Diego Union) and rich, compassionate storytelling (Entertainment Weekly), this psychologically rich thriller weaves crime, memory, and guilt into a chilling story of reckoning and redemption.

Shae-Lynn Penrose drives a cab in a town where no one needs a cabbut plenty of people need rides. A former police officer with a closet full of miniskirts, a recklessly sharp tongue, and a tendency to deal with men by either beating them up or taking them to bed, she has spent years carving out a life for herself and her son in Jolly Mount, Pennsylvania, the tiny coal-mining town where she grew up.Two years ago, five of Shae-Lynns miner friends were catapulted to media stardom when they were rescued after surviving four days trapped in a mine. As the men struggle to come to terms with the nightmarish memories of their ordeal, along with the fallout of their short- lived celebrity, Shae-Lynn finds herself facing harsh realities and reliving bad dreams of her own, including her relationship with her brutal father, her conflicted passion for one of the miners, and the hidden identity of the man who fathered her son.When the younger sister she thought was dead arrives on her doorstep, followed closely by a gun-wielding Russian gangster, a shady New York lawyer, and a desperate Connecticut housewife, Shae-Lynn is forced to grapple with the horrible truth she discovers about the life her sisters been living, and with one ominous question: Will her return result in a monstrous act of greed or one of sacrifice?Tawni ODells trademark blend of black humor, tenderness, and a keen sense of place is evident once again as Shae-Lynn takes on past demons and all-too-present dangers.

«Ángeles en llamas está a la altura de lo que promete. Es un thriller tan bien armado que hasta el final, uno de los más impactantes que el lector pueda recordar, todo parece posible». Library Journ

Set in the fictional mining town of Jolly Mount, Pennsylvania, Sister Mine is told in the wry, honest and sometimes heartbreakingly poignant voice of Shae-Lynn Penrose, an offbeat ex-cop and now sole proprietor of the local cab company. Two years previously, five of Shae-Lynns friends were catapulted into media stardom when the pit in which they were working exploded. They survived five days underground and emerged as heroes - but neither they nor their town have been the same since.Still, things are fine - until Shae-Lynns kid sister Shannon, presumed dead, walks back into town. Where has she been for the last seventeen years? Who is the father of her unborn baby? And why is the mob on her heels? Shae-Lynn herself, beaten black and blue as a child by her brute of a miner father, has plenty of her own demons to confront - and one or two secrets shes never told... With all the heartache of Jodi Picoult, but served up with a blackly humorous twist and set in the sort of small working-class town that Karin Slaughter has made so familiar, Sister Mine is redemptive, embracing - and, above, all, unputdownable.

With her eagerly awaited second novel, Tawni ODell takes readers back to the coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania. Set in a town ravaged and haunted by a mine explosion that took the lives of 96 men, Coal Run explores the life of local deputy and erstwhile football legend, "The Great Ivan Z.," as he prepares for a former teammates imminent release from prison. As the week unfolds and Ivan struggles to confront his demons, he reveals himself to be a man whose conscience is burdened by a long-held and shocking secret.

One day Harley Altmyer was 18 and thinking about making some kind of life. He had a family he loved and he figured it was time to get a job. Before he has the chance, his life is a minefield: his father is dead, his mother in prison for the murder, three younger sisters to care for, and theres not too much time left over for himself. Suddenly he has two crummy jobs, a fantasy sex life, big worries about the kids and a court-appointed therapist.A intense physical relationship with a woman living down the road seems to offer a way out, the answer to his problems. But little can he realise that those problems are only just beginning...

When their hard-drinking, but loving, father dies in a car accident, teenage brothers Kyle and Klint Hayes face a bleak prospect: leaving their Pennsylvania hometown for an uncertain life in Arizona with the mother who ran out on them years ago. But in a strange twist of fate, their towns matriarch, an eccentric, wealthy old woman whose family once owned the county coal mines, hears the boys story. Candace Jack doesnt have an ounce of maternal instinct, yet for reasons she does not even understand herself, she is compelled to offer them a home.Suddenly, the two boys go from living in a small, run-down house on a gravel road to a stately mansion filled with sumptuous furnishings and beautiful artworkartwork thats predominantly centered, oddly, on bullfighting. And then theres Miss Jacks real-life bull: Ventiscoa regal, hulking, jet-black beast who roams the land she owns with fiery impudence. Kyle adjusts more easily to the transition. A budding artist, he finds a kindred spirit in Miss Jack. But local baseball hero Klint refuses to warm up to his new benefactress and instead throws himself into his game with a fierceness that troubles his little brother. Klint is not just grieving his fathers death; hes carrying a terrible secret that he has never revealed to anyone. Unbeknownst to the world, Candace Jack has a secret tooa tragic, passionate past in Spain that the boys presence threatens to reveal as she finds herself caring more for them than she ever believed possible. From the muted, bruised hills of Pennsylvania coal country to the colorful, flamboyant bull rings of southern Spain, Tawni ODell takes us on a riveting journey not only between two completely different lands, but also between seemingly incompatible souls, casting us under her narrative spell in which characters and places are rendered with fragile tenderness.

Bestseller en EE UU: nueve semanas consecutivas en la lista de los libros más vendidos de The New York Times y seleccionada por el Club de Lectura de Oprah Winfrey.Traducida a cinco idiomas y publicada en diez paises.Pronto sera llevada a la gran pantalla por Michael Ohoven, productor galardonado por la Academia.Un maravilloso libro sobre las relaciones familiares que es casi imposible dejar de leer. Con una prosa habil, unos personajes enormemente verosimiles y una inmensa ternura, ODell domina su oficio a la perfeccion.The Denver PostUna voz unica, la obra excepcional de una autora muy prometedora. NewsdayLa madre de Harley Altmyer esta en la carcel por haber matado a su marido, asi que Harley debe criar a sus hermanas menores y trabajar en dos sitios a la vez para poder pagar las facturas, lo que no le deja mucho tiempo para distracciones. Sin embargo, ultimamente esta cada vez mas descentrado por culpa de Callie Mercer, una mujer mayor que el por la que siente un deseo tan intenso que tiene miedo de perder el control sobre su vida.Mientras Harley recurre al humor sarcastico para engañar al dolor y se esfuerza por mantener el control, todo a su alrededor empieza a desmoronarse. Pronto Harley descubre que, por terrible que sea su situacion familiar, le esperan todavia mas sorpresas Una desgarradora novela, de prosa dolorosamente hermosa, sobre la familia y la fragilidad de sus relaciones ambientada en la America profunda.Back Roads, la pelicula basada en el libro, se estrenara en Estados Unidos el proximo mes de octubre. Dirigida por Adrian Lyne (Flashdance, Nueve semanas y media, Atraccion fatal), estara protagonizada por Andrew Garfield (La red social), Jennifer Garner (Juno), Marcia Gay Harden (ganadora de un Oscar a la mejor actriz de reparto por Pollock) y Chloe Moretz (La invencion de Hugo, Dejame entrar).

LA MADRE de Harley Altmyer está en la cárcel por haber matado a su marido, por lo que Harley debe criar a sus hermanas menores y trabajar en dos sitios a la vez para poder pagar las facturas, lo que no le deja mucho tiempo para distracciones. Sin embargo, últimamente anda cada vez más descentrado… por culpa de Callie Mercer, una mujer mayor que él por la que siente un deseo tan intenso que tiene miedo de explotar. Mientras Harley recurre al humor sarcástico para engañar al dolor y se esfuerza por mantener el control, todo a su alrededor empieza a desmoronarse. Pronto Harley descubre que, por terrible que sea su situación familiar, le esperan todavía más sorpresas…