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The Mountain
An atmospheric commercial thriller channeling Stephen King and Joël Dicker.
Jeremiah Salinger blames himself. The crash was his fault. He was the only survivor. Now only his daughter, Clara, can put a smile on his face. The depression and the nightmares are closing in. But when he takes Clara to the Bletterbach - a canyon in the Dolomites rich in fossil remains - he overhears by chance a conversation that gives his life renewed focus.
In 1985 three students were murdered there, their bodies savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer who was never found. Salinger, a New Yorker, is far from home, and these Italian mountains where his wife was born harbour a close-knit, tight-lipped community whose mistrust of outsiders can turn ugly. All the same, solving this mystery might be the only thing that can keep him sane.
Jeremiah Salinger blames himself. The crash was his fault. He was the only survivor. Now only his daughter, Clara, can put a smile on his face. The depression and the nightmares are closing in. But when he takes Clara to the Bletterbach - a canyon in the Dolomites rich in fossil remains - he overhears by chance a conversation that gives his life renewed focus.
In 1985 three students were murdered there, their bodies savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer who was never found. Salinger, a New Yorker, is far from home, and these Italian mountains where his wife was born harbour a close-knit, tight-lipped community whose mistrust of outsiders can turn ugly. All the same, solving this mystery might be the only thing that can keep him sane.
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Published June 15, 2017
About the author
Luca D'Andrea
12 books144 followersLuca D'Andrea è nato a Bolzano. Ha svolto l'attività d'insegnante alle scuole medie. Nel 2016 il romanzo thriller La sostanza del male, è divenuto un caso editoriale pubblicato in più di trentacinque paesi. Con la seconda opera, Lissy, ha vinto il Premio Scerbanenco 2017.
E' sceneggiatore, documentarista e collabora come giornalista con i quotidiani La Stampa e La Repubblica.
Luca D’Andrea arbeitet als Lehrer an einer Mittelschule in Bozen. Außerdem ist er als Fernsehjournalist tätig und schreibt Drehbücher für Dokumentarfilme. Unter anderem drehte er 2013 für das italienische Fernsehen die Produktion Mountain Heroes. Gli Eroi delle Dolomiti, eine Dokumentation über den Alltag der Bergretter in den Dolomiten, die ihn auch zu seinem ersten Thriller inspirierte.
Unter dem Namen G. L. D’Andrea schrieb er drei Kinderbücher, die unter dem Serientitel Wunderkind erschienen. Der internationale Durchbruch gelang ihm jedoch erst mit La sostanza del male, seinem ersten Thriller für erwachsene Leser, den er 2016 veröffentlichte und der sogleich in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt wurde. Sein zweiter Roman Lissy erhielt 2017 den Premio Giorgio Scerbanenco.
E' sceneggiatore, documentarista e collabora come giornalista con i quotidiani La Stampa e La Repubblica.
Luca D’Andrea arbeitet als Lehrer an einer Mittelschule in Bozen. Außerdem ist er als Fernsehjournalist tätig und schreibt Drehbücher für Dokumentarfilme. Unter anderem drehte er 2013 für das italienische Fernsehen die Produktion Mountain Heroes. Gli Eroi delle Dolomiti, eine Dokumentation über den Alltag der Bergretter in den Dolomiten, die ihn auch zu seinem ersten Thriller inspirierte.
Unter dem Namen G. L. D’Andrea schrieb er drei Kinderbücher, die unter dem Serientitel Wunderkind erschienen. Der internationale Durchbruch gelang ihm jedoch erst mit La sostanza del male, seinem ersten Thriller für erwachsene Leser, den er 2016 veröffentlichte und der sogleich in mehrere Sprachen übersetzt wurde. Sein zweiter Roman Lissy erhielt 2017 den Premio Giorgio Scerbanenco.
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December 24, 2025
It was ok.
An American script writer part of a 2 man duo who make documentaries, goes to Europe with new wife and kid, and is partly responsible for a helicopter crash on the mountain where everyone is killed except him, as he films a rescue.
Then he gets obsessed about a triple murder that happened in the past.
Naturally wife and kid end up caught up in it.
An American script writer part of a 2 man duo who make documentaries, goes to Europe with new wife and kid, and is partly responsible for a helicopter crash on the mountain where everyone is killed except him, as he films a rescue.
Then he gets obsessed about a triple murder that happened in the past.
Naturally wife and kid end up caught up in it.
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