Título: Survivor In Death: 20
Autor: J. D. Robb
Sinopse: Murder was always an insult, and had been since the first human hand had smashed a stone into the first human skull. But the murder, bloody and brutal, of an entire family in their own home, in there own beds, was a different form of evil.' On the surface Keelie and Grant Swisher seem unlikely targets for an assassin; an average couple living in a nice neighbourhood and working hard to raise their two kids. But when Eve Dallas is called to a multiple homicide at the Swisher family home, she discovers a blood-bath. There are five dead - including two children - in what seems to be a professional hit. The killers breached an elaborate security system, slashed the throat of each victim while they slept; and were in and out of the house in less than ten minutes. In fact they made only one mistake. They left a survivor. Nine-year-old Nixie Swisher's sudden urge for a midnight snack may just have saved her life. While her parents, brother and best-friend lay in their beds, oblivious to the threat, Nixie was downstairs in the kitchen getting a soda and saw far too much. But as Nixie is the only survivor of a seemingly motiveless attack, Eve knows that her priority is to keep her safe. Offering her a temporary refuge is easy, but dealing with the emotional needs of a nine-year-old girl who has lost everything isn't. Eve can at least promise Nixie justice, but she's chasing professionals who don't like leaving loose ends. And leaving Nixie Swisher alive is one loose end too many
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Survivor In Death: 20”, de J. D. Robb, publicado pela editora Piatkus, em 2005 e com 384 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Piatkus
Páginas: 384
Ano: 2005
Edição:
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 0749935529
ISBN13: 9780749935528
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Piatkus costumam explorar tramas onde o conflito emocional e a tensão entre personagens são centrais, frequentemente em cenários que vão do urbano contemporâneo a ambientes misteriosos e fantásticos. A experiência de leitura é marcada por narrativas que equilibram romance, suspense e fantasia, muitas vezes com protagonistas femininas fortes enfrentando desafios pessoais e externos. O tom varia entre o dramático e o envolvente, com ritmo que pode alternar entre o mais introspectivo e o acelerado, conforme a trama exige. O catálogo revela uma predileção por histórias que misturam mistério, relações complexas e elementos sobrenaturais ou de aventura.
