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A fine dark line

Young Stanley Mitchell, Jr., enters the underworld of his 1958 East Texas home when he discovers a cache of love letters by a murdered girl and experiences his first encounters with blues music, racism, and lost dreams.

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  • "The time is summer of 1958, the place is."
  • "Edgar Award-winner Joe R. Lansdale's suspenseful mystery about forbidden love and murderous passion in 1950s East Texas is now in paperback. For young Stanley Mitchell, Jr., 1958 is quickly becoming a year of newfound joys and thrilling adventure. Beginning with the discovery of hidden love letters, Stanley learns about blues music, Sherlock Holmes, racism, and lost dreams. Through the natural course of growing up, he discovers the true nature of his father's heart; learns about love from his mother, sister, and house servant, Rosy; and becomes involved in a forbidden world that exists beneath Dewmont, Texas, like dirt swept under a beautiful carpet. But when Stanley enters a forbidden world of secrets filled with death and darkness, jealous lovers, and ghostly occurrences, he finds the real murderer of the young girl who wrote the once-secret love letters ... and becomes the next target."
  • "For young Stanley Mitchell, Jr., 1958 is quickly becoming a year of newfound joys and thrilling adventure. Beginning with the discovery of hidden love letters, and an uneasy meeting with Buster Lighthorse Smith, the Dewdrop Drive-in's elderly projectionist and former reservation policeman, Stanley learns about blues music, Sherlock Holmes, racism, and lost dreams. Through the natural course of growing up, he discovers the true nature of his father's heart; the love of his mother and sister and house servant, Rosy; and becomes involved in a forbidden world that exists beneath Dewmont, Texas, like dirt and bacteria beneath a beautiful carpet. Stanley enters a forbidden world of secrets filled with death and darkness, jealous lovers, and ghostly occurrences--until he finds the real murderer of the young girl who wrote the love letters he found, and becomes the murderer's next target."
  • "Young Stanley Mitchell, Jr., enters the underworld of his 1958 East Texas home when he discovers a cache of love letters by a murdered girl and experiences his first encounters with blues music, racism, and lost dreams."@en
  • "Young Stanley Mitchell, Jr., enters the underworld of his 1958 East Texas home when he discovers a cache of love letters by a murdered girl and experiences his first encounters with blues music, racism, and lost dreams."
  • "Dewmont, Texas. For blissfully ignorant thirteen-year-old Stanley Mitchell, the end of innocence came with his discovery of an old trove of passionate yet troubled love letters that lead him to a long-ago house fire and the tragic deaths of two very different young women."
  • "East Texas, 1958. Bis vor Kurzem glaubte der dreizehnjährige Stanley noch an den Weihnachtsmann. Im Laufe eines einzigen heissen Sommers erfährt er jedoch mehr über die wirkliche Welt jenseits seiner Superheldencomics und des elterlichen Autokinos, als ihm lieb ist. Stans Spielkamerad Richard wird zu Hause verprügelt; die schwarze Küchenhilfe Rosy lebt bei einem gewalttätigen Mann; und selbst Stans Vater wird gern handgreiflich, wenn es die Familie zu verteidigen gilt beispielsweise gegen übereifrige Verehrer von Stans kecker siebzehnjähriger Schwester Callie. Und dann gibt es da noch die faszinierenden alten Geschichten um ein Spukhaus auf dem Hügel, einen kopflosen Geist am Bahndamm und zwei in ein und derselben Nacht ermordete Mädchen. Stan beginnt Detektiv zu spielen, stets begleitet von seinem treuen Hund Nub, und ausserdem mit Rat und Tat unterstützt von dem mürrischen schwarzen Filmvorführer und Ex-Polizisten Buster. Eine spannende Abenteuergeschichte übers Erwachsenwerden, ein bewegender Kriminalroman in der Tradition von Lansdales Meisterwerk "Die Wälder am Fluss". Joe R. Lansdale, der Meistererzähler aus Texas, ist mit bisher zwei Büchern in unserem Programm vertreten, und es werden immer mehr. "Kahlschlag" stand zwei Monate lang auf der Krimibestenliste von Arte und ZEIT. Mit "Gauklersommer", das Anfang August 2011 erschienen ist, setzen wir diesen Erfolg fort der Roman platzierte sich von Oktober 2011 bis Januar 2012 vier Monate lang durchgängig auf der Krimibestenliste. Für 2012 sind zwei weitere Titel in Vorbereitung, darunter "Ein feiner dunkler Riss""
  • "En 1958 au Texas, Stanley Mitchell a 13 ans et s'est installé avec sa famille dans une petite ville, à Dewmont. Son père y dirige un drive-in. Un jour qu'il se balade, Stanley découvre près des ruines calcinées d'une maison, une boîte métallique contenant de vieilles lettres d'amour. Un drame semble s'être déroulé et aurait conduit à la mort de deux femmes. Le jeune garçon décide d'enquêter."
  • "For young Stanley Mitchell, Jr., 1958 is quickly becoming a year of newfound joys and thrilling adventure. Beginning with the discovery of hidden love letters, and an uneasy meeting with Buster Lighthorse Smith, the Dewdrop Drive-in's elderly projectionist and former reservation policeman, Stanley learns about blues music, Sherlock Holmes, racism, and lost dreams. Through the natural course of growing up, he discovers the true nature of his father's heart; the love of his mother and sister and house servant, Rosy; and becomes involved in a forbidden world that exists beneath Dewmont, Texas, like dirt and bacteria beneath a beautiful carpet."
  • "For young Stanley Mitchell, Jr., 1958 is quickly becoming a year of newfound joys and thrilling adventure. Beginning with his discovery of an old trove of passionate yet troubled love letters that lead him to a long-ago house fire and the tragic deaths of two very different young women and an uneasy meeting with Buster Lighthorse Smith, the Dewdrop Drive-in's elderly projectionist and former reservation policeman, Stanley learns about blues music, Sherlock Holmes, racism, and lost dreams. Through the natural course of growing up, he discovers the true nature of his father's heart; the love of his mother and sister and house servant, Rosy; and becomes involved in a forbidden world that exists beneath Dewmont, Texas, like dirt and bacteria beneath a beautiful carpet."

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  • "Bildungsromans"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"

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  • "A fine dark line"@en
  • "A fine dark line"
  • "Sur la ligne noire"
  • "La sottile linea scura"
  • "La sottile linea scura"@it
  • "Ein feiner dunkler Riss"
  • "A Fine Dark Line"@en
  • "A Fine Dark Line"
  • "Ein feiner dunkler Riss : Roman"
  • "Ein feiner dunkler Riss Roman"

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