Eric Rickstad

As a child, W* sees his loving father kill himself. On the carpet, he finds a note with the cryptic words "I am not who you think I am." He hides the note, telling no one. Since then, his mom has worked two jobs to provide for W* and his younger sister. It hasn't been easy. Eight years later, shy, awkward teenage boy meets girl. J* seems genuinely interested in him, but she also catches the eye of W*'s only friend, a handsome jock named C*. W* has it bad for J*, but he can't stop thinking about the note and the strange circumstances of his father's suicide. He can't get straight answers anywhere. Even C* and J* seem evasive. He follows the clues to the country mansion of the richest family in the county and to the tall, somber man bent on ending his investigations. The knives come out. Must others die in his dogged quest for the truth?

I Am Not Who You Think I Am

New York Times and USA Today Bestseller With the dead of a bitter Vermont winter closing in, evil is alive and well . . . Frank Rath thought he was done with murder when he turned in his detective's badge to become a private investigator and raise a daughter alone. Then the police in his remote rural community of Canaan find an '89 Monte Carlo abandoned by the side of the road, and the beautiful teenage girl who owned the car seems to have disappeared without a trace. Soon Rath's investigation brings him face-to-face with the darkest abominations of the human soul. With the consequences of his violent and painful past plaguing him, and young women with secrets vanishing one by one, he discovers once again that even in the smallest towns on the map, evil lurks everywhere—and no one is safe. Morally complex, seething with wickedness and mystery, and rich in gritty atmosphere and electrifying plot turns, The Silent Girls marks the return of critically acclaimed author Eric Rickstad. Readers of Ian Rankin, Jo Nesbø, and Greg Iles will love this book and find themselves breathless at the incendiary, ambitious, and unforgettable story.

The Silent Girls

“As I read Eric Rickstad’s latest, The Names of Dead Girls, I felt myself constantly wanting to skip ahead -- anxious, desperate, to find out what was going to happen...You’re in the hands of one of the best in the business, at the very peak of his form. “ -- Michael Harvey, author of Brighton New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Eric Rickstad delivers another Canaan Crime novel and features once again detectives Frank Rath and Sonja Test as they track a depraved killer through rural Vermont. Every murder tells a story. Some stories never end . . . In a remote northern Vermont town, college student Rachel Rath is being watched. She can feel the stranger’s eyes on her, relentless and possessive. And she’s sure the man watching her is the same man who killed her mother and father years ago: Ned Preacher, a serial rapist and murderer who gamed the system to get a light sentence. Now, he’s free. Detective Frank Rath adopted Rachel, his niece, after the shocking murder of her parents when she was a baby. Ever since, Rath’s tried to protect her from the true story of her parents’ deaths. But now Preacher is calling Rath to torment him. He’s threatening Rachel and plotting cruelties for her, of the flesh and of the mind. When other girls are found brutally murdered, and a woman goes missing, Rath and Detective Sonja Test must untangle the threads that tie these new crimes and some long-ago nightmares together. Soon they will learn that the truth is more perverse than anyone could guess, rife with secrets, cruel desires, and warped, deadly loyalty. Mesmerizing, startling, and intricately plotted, The Names of Dead Girls builds relentlessly on its spellbinding premise, luring readers into its dark and macabre mystery, right to its shocking end.

The Names of Dead Girls

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes another unforgettable thriller set in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, featuring Detective Sonja Test Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the peace of the present In the remote, pastoral hamlet of Canaan, Vermont, a high-profile legal case shatters the town's sense of peace and community. Anger simmers. Fear and prejudice awaken. Old friends turn on each other. Violence threatens. So when a young teenage girl is savagely murdered while babysitting at the house of the lead attorney in the case, Detective Sonja Test believes the girl's murder and the divisive case must be linked. However, as the young detective digs deeper into her first murder case, she discovers sordid acts hidden for decades, and learns that behind the town's idyllic facade of pristine snow lurks a capacity in some for great darkness and the betrayal of innocents. And Sonja Test, a mother of two, will do anything to protect the innocent."

Lie In Wait

From the internationally bestselling author of I Am Not Who You Think I Am—a New York Times Thriller of the Year—comes Lilith, an incendiary powerhouse of a novel that strikes straight at the wounded heart of America. Mother. Hero. Villain. Killer. After her son Lydan suffers traumatic injuries in a school shooting, single mom Elisabeth Ross grows enraged at men in power. If they won’t do anything to help end this epidemic of violence, she will. Believing it’s her destiny, she sets out to awaken the world to the cowards these men are and commits her own shocking act of violence. Going by the name Lilith—the first wife of Adam who fled Eden rather than serve a man—she posts a video of her crime that reverberates throughout society. Praised by some, demonized by others, and hunted by the FBI and vigilantes alike, Elisabeth must keep her identity a secret as she tries to care for her son. As events take startling twists, Elisabeth begins to question her act of violence and the very roots and mythology of violence itself. Was her act justified or has she become the monster that the original Lilith was accused of being? As the FBI draws closer, and Lydan starts to display odd, terrifying behavior, Elisabeth plots to avoid capture and keep her son safe at all costs, fearing she’ll never escape what she’s done without losing her son forever. Written with Rickstad’s singular command of language, human insight, and unnerving suspense, Lilith is a tale of our times. Tragic and profound, it echoes in the mind and lingers in the blood.

Lilith

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Girls comes this chilling, harrowing thriller set in rural Vermont about a recluse who believes the young girl he's found in the woods is the reincarnation of his missing daughter, returned to help him solve her and his wife's disappearance. I won’t say a word. Cross my heart and hope to die… Jonah Baum, a professor of poetry at a local college in Vermont, sees his ordinary life come tumbling down when his wife and young daughter vanish from their home. No evidence of a kidnapping. No sign of murder. No proof that Rebecca didn’t simply abandon her marriage. Just Sally’s crude and chilling drawings, Jonah’s little lies, and the sheriff’s nagging fears that nothing is what it seems. For Sally’s best friend, Lucinda, it’s something else. She trusts in Sally not to just disappear, not after they’ve shared so many secrets—especially about the woods and what they saw there. But she’ll never tell. No one would believe her anyway. As the search for Rebecca and Sally intensifies, and as suspicion falls on Jonah, the disappearances become more relentlessly haunting than anyone can imagine. Because what’s seen in the light of day is not nearly as terrifying as what remains hidden in the dark…

A Novel

What Remains of Her

From the internationally bestselling author of I Am Not Who You Think I Am--a New York Times Thriller of the Year--comes Lilith, an incendiary powerhouse of a novel that strikes straight at the wounded heart of America. Mother. Hero. Villain. Killer. After her son, Lydan, suffers traumatic injuries in a school shooting, single mom Elisabeth Ross grows enraged at men in power. If they won't do anything to help end this epidemic of violence, she will. Believing it's her destiny, she sets out to awaken the world to the cowards these men are and commits her own shocking act of violence. Going by the name Lilith--the first wife of Adam who fled Eden rather than serve a man--she posts a video of her crime that reverberates throughout society. Praised by some, demonized by others, and hunted by the FBI and vigilantes alike, Elisabeth must keep her identity a secret as she tries to care for her son. As events take startling twists, Elisabeth begins to question her act of violence and the very roots and mythology of violence itself. Was her act justified, or has she become the monster that the original Lilith was accused of being? As the FBI draws closer and Lydan starts to display odd, terrifying behavior, Elisabeth plots to avoid capture and keep her son safe at all costs, fearing she'll never escape what she's done without losing her son forever. Written with Rickstad's singular command of language, human insight, and unnerving suspense, Lilith is a tale of our times. Tragic and profound, it echoes in the mind and lingers in the blood.

David Joy

A fishing anthology about friendship, family, love and loss, and everything in between from New York Times Bestselling Authors like Ron Rash, Jill McCorkle, Leigh Ann Henion, Eric Rickstad, M.O. Walsh, and #1 Bestseller C.J. Box.

Twenty-Five Authors on Fishing

Gather at the River

Avvincente come Jo Nesbø Emozionante come Camilla Läckberg Un grande thriller Dal giorno in cui aveva riconsegnato il distintivo, Frank Rath pensava che non si sarebbe più occupato di un omicidio: l’idea era quella di diventare un detective privato e dedicarsi a sua nipote rimasta orfana. Ma il dipartimento della remota contea di Canaan ritrova una Chevrolet Monte Carlo dell’89 abbandonata al lato della strada, e la sua proprietaria, una bella ragazza poco più che adolescente, risulta sparita senza aver lasciato dietro di sé neanche una traccia... Rath tornerà così, suo malgrado, a occuparsi di un caso di cronaca nera, affrontando i peggiori abomini dell’animo umano. Non solo le conseguenze del suo violento e doloroso passato verranno a tormentarlo, ma Frank scoprirà che perfino nella più sperduta e quieta cittadina degli Stati Uniti può annidarsi il male. Il tempo stringe e Frank ne ha pochissimo per capire chi si nasconde dietro la scomparsa di altre povere ragazze... Bestseller del New York Times e USA Today Un thriller magistrale Un piccolo paesino sperduto degli Stati Uniti Un segreto tenuto nascosto per anni Una ragazza scomparsa nel nulla «Mi ha preso fin dall’inizio. Dallo sviluppo dei personaggi alla descrizione dei luoghi. Mi sembrava di essere uno dei protagonisti, che osservava la scena da un angolo.» «Grandi personaggi. Spero che ognuno di loro sia protagonista di una storia a sé.» «Suspense dall’inizio alla fine e sorprese in ogni pagina.» Eric RickstadCon il suo romanzo di debutto, Reap, ha ottenuto negli Stati Uniti un immediato successo, tanto che è stato un autore bestseller del «New York Times». Ha firmato altri thriller, ma Le ragazze silenziose è il primo tradotto in Italia. Vive nel Vermont con la moglie e la figlia.

Le ragazze silenziose

Divčata jaki ničoho ne skažut'

ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΓΩΜΕΝΗ ΛΕΥΚΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΟΥ ΒΕΡΜΟΝΤ… Ο Φρανκ Ραθ νόμιζε πως είχε ξεμπερδέψει με τις δολοφονίες όταν παρέδωσε το σήμα του αστυνομικού για να γίνει ιδιωτικός ντετέκτιβ και να μεγαλώσει την κόρη του ως ο μοναδικός της κηδεμόνας. Όμως η αστυνομία στην απομακρυσμένη ορεινή κοινότητα που ζει βρίσκει ένα εγκαταλελειμμένο αυτοκίνητο παρατημένο στον δρόμο και διαπιστώνει πως ανήκει σε μια πανέμορφη έφηβη που έχει εξαφανιστεί χωρίς κανένα ίχνος. Του ζητείται λοιπόν να αναλάβει την έρευνα… ΤΟ ΚΑΚΟ ΚΑΡΑΔΟΚΕΙ… Αυτή είναι μόνο η αρχή καθώς οι εξαφανίσεις νεαρών γυναικών διαδέχονται η μία την άλλη και ο Ραθ αναγκάζεται να αντιμετωπίσει τόσο τις συνέπειες του βίαιου και επώδυνου παρελθόντος του όσο και τις σκοτεινότερες εκδηλώσεις της ανθρώπινης ψυχής. ΚΑΙ ΚΑΝΕΙΣ ΔΕΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΣΦΑΛΗΣ.

Ούτε λέξη

A New York Times Notable Book. Taut, riveting, and unflinching, Reap is a American classic that draws readers into the dangerous and claustrophobic backwoods of Northern Vermont to witness a drugged out Gothic thriller of maimed and desperate characters. A hard-edged, quick-moving, and violent story charged with fate, bad blood, and family secrets, it's tempered by a fine lyric sensibility and an awareness of people and place that sings with evocation and authenticity. A masterwork.The New York Times Book ReviewRemarkable. Intoxicating. Poetic. Arresting. Powerfully bloody. A tale of macho violence and alternative horticulture in a creepy edge-of-the-world setting. The gothic tangle of native forest and exotic cash crop mirrors the characters' claustrophobic inner landscapes [with] grimly poetic images scattered throughout, like flashes of submerged lives never quite reeled in.Sunday Cleveland Plain Dealer A bloody beauty. Reap illuminates worlds of darkness. A dramatic reminder of the mystery and majesty of the wild places that exist in both man and nature.Los Angeles Times Book ReviewA complex portrait of a group of people whose interlocking fates snap into place with gruesome repercussions and of a boy who unwittingly stumbles into adulthood like a bird dog into a wolf trap.Weekly Alibi A haunting, dark story that seethes with human emotion. Turning each page is like opening the door to an open field. Publishers WeeklyAt turns bucolic and eerie. Unpredictable. Dangerous. A progressively more harrowing, absorbing tale.BooklistRickstad pulls back the veneer of the bucolic wilderness of Vermont and finds trouble in paradise.

Reap

Bestseller del New York Times e di USA Today Dall'autore del thriller La donna senza nome Nella remota cittadina di Canaan, nel Vermont, una contesa giudiziaria scuote i sentimenti di pace e amicizia all’interno della piccola comunità. Le tensioni crescono e si risvegliano paure e pregiudizi. Persino gli amici di una vita si ritrovano a scontrarsi l’uno contro l’altro ed è solo questione di tempo prima che la violenza esploda. Quando il corpo di una ragazza adolescente viene ritrovato brutalmente massacrato proprio nella casa di uno degli avvocati coinvolti nel processo, la detective Sonja Test si convince che i due casi siano collegati. Più la giovane e inesperta detective scava a fondo nell’indagine per l’omicidio e più emergono segreti inquietanti, rimasti nascosti per decenni. Da subito appare chiaro che, dietro la facciata idilliaca del paesino immacolato, si nasconde in verità una fitta rete di menzogne, intrighi e perversione. Se davvero vorrà salvare altre vite innocenti, Sonja Test dovrà mettere a repentaglio la sua stessa vita. In una tranquilla cittadina del Vermont indicibili orrori del passato possono arrivare a distruggere un’intera comunità «Avvincente e con un epilogo impossibile da indovinare: il thriller perfetto.» «Appassionante. Intelligente. Inaspettato. Sorprendente. I lettori saranno contenti di questo straordinario viaggio.» «Un altro bestseller assicurato di un maestro del genere.» Eric Rickstad Vive nel Vermont con la moglie e la figlia. Con il suo romanzo d’esordio ha ottenuto negli Stati Uniti un immediato successo, tanto da diventare un autore bestseller del «New York Times». La Newton Compton ha pubblicato Le ragazze silenziose e La donna senza nome.

La notte dei delitti

La donna senza nome

Provokativní, ambiciózní a nezapomenutelný příběh si zamilují čtenáři Iana Rankina, Joa Nesbøho a Grega Ilese. Když Frank Rath odevzdal odznak detektiva, myslel si, že už se vraždami nebude muset zabývat. Stal se soukromým vyšetřovatelem a v zapadlém městečku v severním Vermontu sám vychovává dceru. Jednoho dne je však u silnice nalezeno opuštěné auto a zdá se, že jeho majitelka, krásná mladá dívka, zmizela beze stopy. Během vyšetřování Rath odhaluje nejtemnější stránky lidské duše. Mladé ženy se záhadně ztrácejí jedna za druhou a policie se snaží přijít na to, co dívky spojuje. Ratha trápí vlastní násilná a bolestná minulost a znovu zjišťuje, že zlo číhá všude, i v malých, zdánlivě idylických městečkách — a nikdo není v bezpečí. ----- Tiché dívky jsou láska i hrůza, směs intenzivních pocitu, které zasáhnou vaše srdce a už nezmizí. - Stephen Foreman, spisovatel Mrazivé tajemství skryté v jednom z nejtemnějších koutů Nové Anglie, v místech, jejichž návštěva se po setmění turistům nedoporučuje. Kvůli této knize zůstanete vzhůru dlouho do noci, nepřestanete otáčet stránky a budete se bát zhasnout. - Paul Doiron, spisovatel Román Tiché dívky je vermontský Temný případ (True Detective)… Plastické postavy, zádumčivá venkovská noir atmosféra a neodolatelné čtivý příběh. - Steve Ulfelder, spisovatel

Tiché dívky

Neřeknu ani slovo. Na mou duši… Profesoru poezie na odlehlé Vermontské univerzitě Jonahu Baumovi se celý život převrátí vzhůru nohama, když jeho žena Rebecca a malá dcerka Sally zmizí z domova. Nic neukazuje na únos — žádné stopy vraždy, žádný důkaz, že Rebecca Jonaha opustila. Jen Sallyiny mrazivé kresby, Jonahovy malé lži a šerifovy obavy, že nic není takové, jak to vypadá. I Sallyina nejlepší kamarádka Lucinda ví, že Sally by jen tak nezmizela, když spolu sdílejí tolik tajemství — zvlášť to, co viděly v lese. A Lucinda přísahala, že tohle tajemství si nechá pro sebe. V den pětadvacátého výročí zmizení své ženy a dcery najde Jonah v lese malou dívenku. Nemohla by to být Sally? Je holčička vůbec skutečná, nebo je jen výplodem Jonahova zoufalství a smutku? Anebo se v temných lesích odehrává něco zlověstnějšího? ----- Autor se noří do zkoumání posvátného, křehkého vztahu mezi otcem a dcerou. Dívčino zmizení vyústí pro jejího zdrceného otce i kamarádku z dětství v trýznivou cestu viny, pokání a odhalení pravdy. – Lisa Alberová, spisovatelka Temný, zneklidňující a strhující thriller odehrávající se na vermontském venkově, který — a to mi věřte — ovládne váš život. Hrozivé a fantastické. – Catherine Ryan Howardová, spisovatelka

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