Sascha Arango

Famous author Henry Hayden is left to deal with the consequences after his wife—the actual writer of his books—meets an untimely death.

A Novel

The Truth and Other Lies

A Verdade e Outras Mentiras é um thriller psicológico que reúne inteligência, elegância, comédia negra e um elemento surpresa tão forte que nos hipnotiza desde o primeiro momento. O seu protagonista Henry Hayden, um escritor de sucesso com um passado secreto, seduz toda a gente com a sua sensualidade e os seus modos de dandy. Mas a vida de fachada que construiu é subitamente ameaçada quando Betty, a amante, lhe revela que está grávida. Desesperado por salvar o seu casamento e o enorme sucesso literário de que goza, Henry comete um erro fatal e, na ânsia de o consertar, entra num vórtice imparável de mentiras e destruição. Inteligente, sarcástico e de leitura compulsiva, esta é a história de um homem cuja astúcia lhe permite escapar a tudo, mesmo quando está à beira do precipício. Uma obra-prima policial, com muitas reminiscências de O Talentoso Mister Ripley, de Patricia Highsmith.

A Verdade e Outras Mentiras

Page-turning, dark and with an anti-hero to rival Highsmith's Tom Ripley, international bestseller The Truth and Other Lies will have you gripped, second-guessing the line between truth and fiction. From the outside, Henry Hayden has a perfect life: he's a famous novelist with more money than he can spend, a grand house in the country, a loyal, clever wife. But Henry has a dark side. If only the readers and critics who worship his every word knew that his success depends on a carefully maintained lie. One he will stop at nothing to protect. His luck must surely run out, and he simply can't allow that to happen. In thrall to paranoia and self-interest, Henry makes a fatal error that could cause the whole dream to unravel and, despite his Machiavellian efforts, events swiftly spin out of control as lie is heaped upon lie, menace upon menace. And it turns out that those around him have their secrets too . . .

From the outside, Henry Hayden has a perfect life: he's a famous novelist with more money than he can spend, a grand house, a smart, loyal wife. But Henry has a dark side. If only the readers and critics who worship his every word knew that his success depends on a carefully maintained lie. One that he will stop at nothing to protect. Then in thrall to paranoia and self-interest, Henry makes a fatal error that swiftly causes the whole dream to unravel, as lie is heaped upon lie, menace upon menace. And it turns out that those around him have their secrets to...

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A literary crime thriller with “a clever plot that always surprises, told with dark humor and dry wit” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice), this brilliant debut follows a famous author whose wife—the brains behind his success—meets an untimely death, leaving him to deal with the consequences. Henry Hayden seems like someone you might admire, or even come to think of as a friend. A famous bestselling author. A loving and devoted husband. A generous and considerate neighbor. But Henry Hayden is a construction, a mask. His past is a secret, his methods more so. Only he and his wife know that she is the actual writer of the novels that made him famous. When his hidden-in-plain-sight mistress becomes pregnant, it seems his carefully conceived façade is about to crumble. And on a rain-soaked night at the edge of a dangerous cliff, his permanent solution becomes his most terrible mistake. Now not only are the police after Henry but his past—which he has painstakingly kept hidden—threatens to catch up with him as well. Henry is an ingenious man, and he works out an ingenious plan, weaving lies, truths, and half-truths into a story that might help him survive. Still, the noose tightens. Smart, sardonic, and compulsively readable, this is the story of a man whose cunning allows him to evade the consequences of his every action, even when he’s standing on the edge of the abyss.

Popularny pisarz, troskliwy mąż, hojny przyjaciel – wydaje się, że Henry jest niezwykle miłym facetem. Prowadzi wygodne i przyjemne życie… do czasu. Pewnego dnia kochanka oświadcza mu, że jest w ciąży. Wygląda na to, że to koniec ekscytującego podwójnego życia. Ale czy na pewno? Przecież łatwiej byłoby pozbyć się kochanki. I Henry popełnia fatalny błąd… Wkrótce policja depcze mu po piętach, a skrzętnie skrywana dotąd przeszłość teraz zdaje się go doganiać. By uniknąć odpowiedzialności, Henry obmyśla sprytny plan. Z zimną krwią balansuje pomiędzy kłamstwem i prawdą, przy czym przypadek wydaje się mu sprzyjać. Jednak pętla z wolna się zaciska… Bestsellerowy debiut, prawa do książki sprzedano do 30 krajów! Jaka jest granica między prawdą a kłamstwem? I do czego może doprowadzić poczucie winy, gdy samotnie musimy stawić mu czoła? „Ta powieść to wspaniała literatura najwyższych lotów, a przy tym pełna napięcia opowieść o winie, niewinności i naszym podejściu do obu tych kwestii”. Krimi-Couch „Prawda i inne kłamstwa jest, z ręką na sercu, najlepszym niemieckim kryminałem 2014 roku”. Die Welt

Prawda i inne kłamstwa

Die Wahrheit und andere Lügen

Ein psychologischer Spannungsroman der Extraklasse Henry ist ein erfolgreicher Schriftsteller. Er ist elegant, großzügig und sehr gefährlich. Denn Henry ist ein skrupelloser Hochstapler, der sich ein überaus angenehmes Leben geschaffen hat. Fatalerweise wird seine Geliebte von ihm schwanger. Nun müsste er seiner Frau alles erzählen. Aber muss er ihr wirklich alles sagen? Das würde seine Existenz vernichten. Einfacher wäre es, die Geliebte aus dem Weg zu räumen. Doch genau dabei passiert Henry ein nicht wieder gutzumachender Fehler. Sascha Arango fragt, wo die Wahrheit endet und wo die Grauzone der Lügen beginnt. Dabei erzählt er die überaus spannende Geschichte von Henry, der schwindelfrei am Abgrund steht. Er zeigt uns einen Mann, der sich den Konsequenzen seines Tuns immer entziehen konnte – bis er einen Schritt zu weit geht.

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