Leda

by Ed O'Connor

Někdy musí být zaplacena strašlivá cena za to, aby byla vytvořena skutečná krása Londýn: Město obchází sériový vrah a vraždí ženy. Pak vystavuje jejich mrtvá těla, strašlivě zohavená, na veřejných místech. Už byla nalezena třetí oběť, přičemž všechny vraždy vykazují společné znaky, které pro policii představují hádanku: na každém místě činu se najde tajemné znamení. Všechny oběti byly v moci vraha přesně 36 dní a všechny měly v krku zastrčený ptačí zobák. Lucy Maguire, vyšetřující policistka, věří, že se ženy staly oběťmi okultního náboženského obřadu. Co ale vrah se ženami 36 dní dělal - a kdo bude jeho příští obětí? Když zmizí další žena, začíná boj s časem, neboť policii zbývá jen 36 dní k vypátrání vraha. ..

325 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2011

About the author

ED O'CONNOR studied History at Cambridge University before moving over to Oxford University to take an MPhil in International Relations. He then worked in London and New York as an investment banker but left to concentrate on his writing. In 2002 his first novel, The Yeare`s Midnight, was published by Constable and Robinson and was followed in 2003 by Acid Lullaby, both of which were shortlisted for awards. Now working as the Head of the History department at a local school, Ed lives in Maidstone, Kent, with his wife and two young daughters.

Reviews

[Avarla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Puh, definitely not my kind of story. It reminded me of Dan Brown's novels, just with less sympathetic characters, less mystery, less suspense, less intricate a storyline generally less of anything.
What it had were slightly creepy male characters, or at least the description of their interest in the female characters was creepy af. The juicy murders I expected from the text on its back cover never really happen.
Most annoying thus were the strange switches in perspective within the chapters, sometimes even within paragraphs. One sentence you read about what the male lead does when he leaves the hotel, the very next the woman left in the hotel thinks about him leaving. This makes certain events rather hard to follow, especially since it doesn't even serve a purpose of deception or something else. It just randomly happens.