Título: All The Flowers Are Dying
Autor: Lawrence Block
Sinopse: In his sixteenth Matthew Scudder novel, All the Flowers Are Dying, New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Block takes the award-winning series to a new level of suspense and a new depth of characterization. Building on the critical and commercial success of Hope to Die, Block puts Scudder -- and the reader -- at the very edge of the abyss. Scudder, a complex character who has grown and aged in real time, confronts the implacable challenge of mortality. But he must also tackle a determined, relentless, and icily inhuman adversary, perhaps the most unforgettable villain Block has ever created. A man in a Virginia prison awaits execution for three hideous murders he swears, in the face of irrefutable evidence, he did not commit. A psychologist who claims to believe the convict spends hours with the man in his death row cell, and ultimately watches in the gallery as the lethal injection is administered. His work completed, the psychologist heads back to New York City to attend to unfinished business. Meanwhile, Scudder has just agreed to investigate the ostensibly suspicious online lover of an acquaintance. It seems simple enough. At first. But when people start dying and the victims are increasingly closer to home, it becomes clear that a vicious killer is at work. And the final targets may be Matt and Elaine Scudder. The suspense is breathtaking, the outcome never certain. A series that has garnered no end of awards -- the Edgar, the Shamus, the Philip Marlowe, the MalteseFalcon -- has ascended to a dizzying new height. With this novel, Lawrence Block, who recently received the Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement from the Crime Writers Association of the United Kingdom, is at the very top of his form.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “All The Flowers Are Dying”, de Lawrence Block, publicado pela editora Orion, em 2006 e com 336 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Orion
Páginas: 336
Ano: 2006
Edição: New Ed
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 0752877674
ISBN13: 9780752877679
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Orion apresentam uma narrativa marcada por histórias que transitam entre o suspense e o drama humano, muitas vezes ambientadas em contextos históricos ou urbanos densos. A experiência de leitura tende a envolver conflitos pessoais profundos, como relacionamentos conturbados, segredos familiares e dilemas morais, que se desenrolam em ritmos variados, ora tensionados, ora mais introspectivos. O catálogo revela obras que exploram desde investigações policiais até dramas íntimos e romances com nuances complexas, sugerindo um equilíbrio entre tramas mais narrativas e outras com um tom mais psicológico e emocional. A diversidade temática permite que o leitor encontre tanto thrillers eletrizantes quanto relatos que enfatizam o desenvolvimento interno dos personagens, sempre com uma linguagem acessível e envolvente.
