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The Burning Air: A Novel di Erin Kelly
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The Burning Air: A Novel (originale 2013; edizione 2013)

di Erin Kelly (Autore)

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"The MacBrides lead a cozy life of upper class privilege: good looks (more or less), a beautiful home, tuition-free education at the prestigious private school where Rowan is headmaster, an altruistic righteousness inherited from magistrate Lydia. But when Rowan and his three grown children gather for the first time since Lydia's passing at the family's weekend home--a restored barn in the English countryside--years of secrets surface ... [and they] discover a stranger in their midst"--Dust jacket flap.… (altro)
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Titolo:The Burning Air: A Novel
Autori:Erin Kelly (Autore)
Info:Pamela Dorman Books (2013), 336 pages
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I'm so pleased that this is the first novel I have read by Kelly---and of course there are more! What a story----so many interwoven details! Definitely a hard to put down book, from the first page to the very last fascinating ending. ( )
  nyiper | Mar 29, 2022 |
Ah. A satisfying tale of a family in a horrific situation: the baby goes missing when all three generations are gathered together for a weekend in the country. Old secrets are brought to light, old issues revisited, tempers are frayed. This book easily packs enough tension for three or four others. This is what happens when you get the whole family together for a weekend without TV or cellphones.

Marvelous plotting, interesting and believable characters. I'll be reading more Kelly soon, I'm sure.

copy loaned by beloved MIL ( )
1 vota Kaethe | Oct 16, 2016 |
From Amazon:

A stand-out author of deeply atmospheric psychological thrillers, Erin Kelly is on her way to joining the bestselling ranks of Kate Atkinson and Barbara Vine. Until now, the MacBride family has led a cozy life of upper-class privilege: good looks; tuition-free education at the prestigious private school where their father, Rowan, is headmaster; an altruistic righteousness inherited from their mother, magistrate Lydia. But when the MacBrides gather for the first time since Lydia’s passing at their restored barn in the secluded countryside, the family discovers a stranger in their midst: a stranger who is convinced that Lydia was a murderer—and who has been plotting a spectacular revenge that may shatter their world

My Thoughts:

Writing a review for this book is like walking through a field of land mine. I don't want to give away anything, so let's just say that this book has many twist and turns. We learn that Lydia has kept journals for her entire married life and that mixed into the mundane everyday musings are some terribly dark secrets...secrets that now have threatened to come to a life of their own. Psychological suspense by definition is dark, twisty, and taut...and believe me, this book is all of those things. However it is also the story of the strength of the family unit. The Burning Air was well written, well plotted and utterly absorbing. ( )
1 vota Carol420 | May 31, 2016 |
Sometimes a book simply grips you.

Despite the ample distractions provided by an 11 month old baby, a two year old toddler and a demanding annual project, I read this book from start to finish in under 48 hours. (The house may have descended into more chaos and mess than is usual, (yes, worryingly, it transpires that is possible,) but I realised that small children care not at all whether Mummy spent her evening washing every dish and item of clothing or sat with her feet up on the sofa reading. Result.)

What's it about?

The MacBride clan are gathering for Bonfire Night, but this year everything is different. Matriarch Lydia has died; eldest daughter Sophie is having marriage difficulties; Felix, the youngest, has brought a girlfriend for the first time; and the girlfriend is slightly...odd. Despite feeling ill at ease with the near-silent Kerry, Sophie agrees to leave her baby with her for an evening so the MacBride family can spend time together, but when they return Kerry and the baby are gone. Then they discover that Kerry isn't who they thought...

What's it like?

This frightening scenario develops in an atmosphere taut with unease. The book has three openings, all of them deeply intriguing. First, Lydia MacBride teeters on the brink of a written confession, without revealing what she did that would destroy her family's good opinion of her forever. Next, we witness Sophie caught in a maelstrom of events as her mother lies dying in hospital, she goes into labour, and the contents of an envelope destroy her trust in her husband. Then, nearly a year later, the family begin to arrive at Far Barn in Devon, and nothing is quite as it should be.

The isolated location and family tensions settle layers of warning like a fine mist across the story until the key event happens, and the narration moves elsewhere. Kelly builds neatly to a shocking twist half-way through before changing the narrative focus again and creating a powerful ending which leaves the family stunned and vulnerable. In short, it's a superb psychological chiller.

Final thoughts

'The Burning Air' is convincingly written, credibly crafted and deftly handled. The characterisation is excellent and the dysfuctional families sadly believable. Every element in the story works to form a coherent and thrilling whole. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and will definitely be seeking out more of Erin Kelly's work. Fortunately, there are several novels in her back catalogue - 'The Poison Tree', 'The Sick Rose' and an adaptation of ITV popular drama 'Broadchurch' - as well as a more recent novel, 'The Ties That Bind'. The only question now is where to start. ( )
1 vota brokenangelkisses | Aug 11, 2015 |
Lydia MacBride, vredesrechter, echtgenote van schoolhoofd Rowan MacBride en moeder van drie kinderen Sophie, Tara en Felix, is ongeneeslijk ziek en heeft niet lang meer te leven. In de laatste maanden van haar leven vertrouwt zij een geheim toe aan haar dagboek. Een geheim, dat wanneer het in de openbaarheid komt, de reputatie van de respectabele familie in diskrediet zal brengen. Na de dood van Lydia komt de familie bijeen in het landelijke Devon om er gezamenlijk een weekend door te brengen, de familiebanden weer aan te halen en de as van Lydia te verstrooien. In deze geïsoleerde omgeving worden de MacBrides op dramatische wijze geconfronteerd met Lydia's schokkende geheim en voor de gevolgen daarvan kan niemand weglopen.

Erin Kelly is een Engelse freelance journalist die voor dagbladen als The Sunday Times en The Sunday Telegraph schrijft maar ook voor bladen als British Glamour en Elle. Zij is ook de auteur van de thriller Broadchurch die de basis vormde voor de succesvolle gelijknamige tv-serie. Hemelbrand (The burning air) is haar derde thriller. Een boeiend geschreven verhaal waarin Erin Kelly laat zien dat zij een goed plot kan bedenken en dat ook nog eens mooi en overtuigend op papier kan zetten. In het begin van het boek wordt de lezer overladen met heel veel informatie en het duurt danook even voordat je goed in het verhaal zit maar als dat eenmaal is gebeurd, is Hemelbrand een lekker lezende thriller.

Centraal in het verhaal staat de familie MacBride. Vader Rowan die treurt om het verlies van zijn echtgenote Lydia, dochter Sophie wier huwelijk met Will op de klippen dreigt te lopen, dochter Tara die samenwoont met Matt en een zoon Jake heeft uit een eerdere relatie en zoon Felix, die als gevolg van een mishandeling een verminkt gezicht heeft en daarvan de vreselijke gevolgen dagelijks ervaart. Ondanks deze verminking is het hem gelukt een vriendin te vinden, de bloedmooie en zwijgzame Kerry. De karakters zijn goed uitgewerkt en de familiebanden, de onderlinge liefde en animositeit en het wederzijdse respect en soms gebrek daaraan worden scherp geanalyseerd.

De tweede verhaallijn gaat over Darcy, een intelligente en getroebleerde jongen die maar een doel in het leven heeft en dat is er voor te zorgen dat zijn lichtelijk gestoorde, aan anorexia lijdende moeder gelukkig is. Een vrouw die het niet breed heeft en die ervan overtuigd is dat de weigering om haar zoon Darcy een beurs voor een prestigieuze school toe te kennen, volledig ongegrond was. De geobsedeerde Darcy en zijn bedenkelijke acties overtuigen. Erin Kelly maakt van hem een kwaadaardige, bizarre en vileine jongeman waarvoor je geen enkele sympathie voelt, alleen maar medelijden.

Heel erg spannend wordt het boek nergens maar door een groot aantal onverwachte en soms ongeloofwaardige plotwendingen boeit het verhaal wel. De spanning die er is wordt zorgvuldig en goed gedoseerd opgebouwd zonder dat meteen te veel over de afloop wordt onthuld. Hemelbrand is een duistere psychologische thriller over de schone schijn van een familie en de obsessie van een eenling. ( )
  eagleye50 | Feb 10, 2015 |
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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Erin Kellyautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Books, RecordedPublisherautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Conolly, PatriciaNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Gubbins, CandidaNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Maarleveld, SaskiaNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Mackenzie, Robert IanNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Roukin, SamuelNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Schmidt, RainerTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Stålmarck, Ylvaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
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