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De smaak van stilte

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Ed Lister is gewend zijn zin te krijgen. Hij is een succesvol ondernemer die alles heeft wat zijn hartje begeert geld, een mooie vrouw, macht, vrienden. Als zijn dochter op gruwelijke wijze wordt vermoord tijdens een studiereis in Florence en het politieonderzoek hopeloos vastloopt, neemt hij de touwtjes zelf in handen.
Ward is een uiterst begaafde man die lijdt aan de aandoening synesthesia, waarbij twee of meer zintuigen aan elkaar gekoppeld zijn. Ward heeft de uiterst zeldzame variant die hem in staat stelt emoties te proeven. En er is geen sterkere emotie dan de doodstrijd van een mens.
Hoe dichter Ed Ward op het spoor komt, hoe verder hij doordringt in diens gestoorde geest en hoe meer hij wordt geconfronteerd met de schaduwen uit zijn eigen verleden...

427 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1997

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Charles Maclean

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Charles Maclean is the author of crime thrillers, and has also written about the Scottish countryside and other non-fiction.

He is the son of Sir Fitzroy Maclean – an Etonian, brilliant linguist, near-legendary adventurer, war hero, diplomat and author of Eastern Approaches. Charles Maclean is something of an adventurer himself, and certainly in his own literary journey. His first job was helping set up the Ecologist magazine; he also worked on a ranch, and as a merchant seaman. His 1972 book, St Kilda: Island on the Edge of the World, is an evocative study of the island that has never been out of print. Other successes as a non-fiction writer included 1977's The Wolf Children, examining the cases of two girls in India, claimed as feral children raised in the wild.

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January 18, 2016
This was a pretty fast book that kept me eager to read more. Threw me off at one point thinking it was going to go one way but went another and absolutely loved the ending
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March 29, 2014
A pleasantly twisty & pulpy noir, The Silence is a quick read and mildly entertaining. It doesn't grab you the way Maclean's The Watcher does, but the characters are reasonably well fleshed out, and, appealingly, none are particularly likeable. Reading along as the double and triple crosses unfold is good fun but be advised that no new ground is covered here.
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May 12, 2022
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July 12, 2015
Couldn't really get into it fully like I do with some books but it was still a good read and I enjoyed it
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July 18, 2008
This will be my airplane reading... it is quite good so far.
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