Recensori in anteprimaCarol O'Connell

The extraordinary new Mallory novel from the New York Times–bestselling author and one of the most acclaimed crime writers in America. The reviews called it “A Play to Die For,” after the woman was found dead in the front row. It didn’t seem so funny the next night, when another body was found, this time the playwright himself, his throat slashed. Detective Kathy Mallory of the NYPD Special Crimes Unit takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be giving her a straight answer. Not the lead actor, a movie star fallen on hard luck; not the lead actress, a nervous sort with too great a liking for pharmaceuticals; not the wardrobe mistress, who appears to have an alias; not the errand boy, who appears to be living an alias; and not the twin actors, who do an awfully realistic job of portraying psychos. The only person—if “person” is the right word—who seems to be clear with her is the ghostwriter.

Enter to win one of 25 advance reading copies of Carol O'Connell's IT HAPPENS IN THE DARK. The astonishing new Mallory novel from the New York Times–bestselling author and one of the most acclaimed crime writers in America. The reviews called it “A Play to Die For” after the woman was found dead in the front row. It didn’t seem so funny the next night, when another body was found—this time the playwright’s, his throat slashed. Detective Kathy Mallory takes over, but no matter what she asks, no one seems to be giving her a straight answer. The only person—if “person” is the right word—who seems to be clear is the ghostwriter. Every night, an unseen backstage hand chalks up line changes and messages on a blackboard. And the ghostwriter is now writing Mallory into the play itself, a play about a long-ago massacre that may not be at all fictional. “MALLORY,” the blackboard reads. “TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT. NOTHING PERSONAL.” If Mallory can’t find out who’s responsible, heads will roll. Unfortunately, one of them may be her own.

Description: Before Lisbeth Salander, there was Kathy Mallory. The astonishing new Mallory novel from the New York Times-bestselling author. The little girl appeared in Central Park: red-haired, blue-eyed, smiling, perfect-except for the blood on her shoulder. It fell from the sky, she said, while she was looking for her uncle, who turned into a tree. Poor child, people thought. And then they found the body in the tree. For Mallory, newly returned to the Special Crimes Unit after three months' lost time, there is something about the girl that she understands. Mallory is damaged, they say, but she can tell a kindred spirit. And this one will lead her to a story of extraordinary crimes: murders stretching back fifteen years, blackmail and complicity and a particular cruelty that only someone with Mallory's history could fully recognize. In the next few weeks, she will deal with them all . . . in her own way.

Before Lisbeth Salander, there was Kathy Mallory. The astonishing new Mallory novel from the New York Times-bestselling author. The little girl appeared in Central Park: red-haired, blue-eyed, smiling, perfect-except for the blood on her shoulder. It fell from the sky, she said, while she was looking for her uncle, who turned into a tree. Poor child, people thought. And then they found the body in the tree. For Mallory, newly returned to the Special Crimes Unit after three months' lost time, there is something about the girl that she understands. Mallory is damaged, they say, but she can tell a kindred spirit. And this one will lead her to a story of extraordinary crimes: murders stretching back fifteen years, blackmail and complicity and a particular cruelty that only someone with Mallory's history could fully recognize. In the next few weeks, she will deal with them all . . . in her own way.