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Crímenes Infantiles
A Zanny Moncrief, la pequeña protagonista, no la han afectado ni la marcha de su padre al frente, ni la violencia de la guerra. Casi puede decirse que vive una infancia apacible en un pequeño pueblo de la costa de Inglaterra. Sin embargo, la llegada a su casa de dos niños evacuados del Londres asolado por los bombardeos, despierta en ella unos celos insoportables y aviva su sádica perversidad innata que la conducirá a un mundo en el que han desaparecido las fronteras entre el candor y el cinismo, entre el bien y el mal, y en el que las angustias normales de la infancia y la adolescencia se convierten en trampas mortales para víctimas inocentes.
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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December 30, 2024
Estoy en shock 😳
No se que esperaba pero me gustó bastante y siento bastante pena por todos los personajes que rodean a esa niña
No se que esperaba pero me gustó bastante y siento bastante pena por todos los personajes que rodean a esa niña
August 26, 2022
3.5/5
Strasznie dziwne
I guess
Strasznie dziwne
I guess
August 20, 2011
Very very nice!
For people who does'nt know what this book is about:
"Award-winning crime novelist Gill tops Death Drop and The Twelfth Juror with her latest thriller. The reader is transfixed by Susannah "Zanny" Moncrief, age six when she drowns little Willie, who with his sister Dolly was evacuated during World War II from heavily shelled Birmingham and found sanctuary with the Moncriefs in Wales. The lovely, seraphic killer escapes suspicion by the police; but her parents and Dolly know, without saying so, what happened. Older and tougher than her brother, Dolly has been absorbing facts about the "posh" life during their stay with the wealthy family. She survives Zanny's second lethal attempt and, benefiting from the Moncriefs' fear- and guilt-ridden largesse, lands in an exclusive boarding school with Zanny, of whom she remains wary. All is well until Zanny, 15, falls for the school's gardener, Murphy, and sends his lover, Bridget, over a cliff to her death. For this crime, Murphy is doomed to hang, and here the author reveals the greatest ingenuity. There is no hint at the stunner ending of this wickedly witty, stylish story.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title."
For people who does'nt know what this book is about:
"Award-winning crime novelist Gill tops Death Drop and The Twelfth Juror with her latest thriller. The reader is transfixed by Susannah "Zanny" Moncrief, age six when she drowns little Willie, who with his sister Dolly was evacuated during World War II from heavily shelled Birmingham and found sanctuary with the Moncriefs in Wales. The lovely, seraphic killer escapes suspicion by the police; but her parents and Dolly know, without saying so, what happened. Older and tougher than her brother, Dolly has been absorbing facts about the "posh" life during their stay with the wealthy family. She survives Zanny's second lethal attempt and, benefiting from the Moncriefs' fear- and guilt-ridden largesse, lands in an exclusive boarding school with Zanny, of whom she remains wary. All is well until Zanny, 15, falls for the school's gardener, Murphy, and sends his lover, Bridget, over a cliff to her death. For this crime, Murphy is doomed to hang, and here the author reveals the greatest ingenuity. There is no hint at the stunner ending of this wickedly witty, stylish story.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title."
October 16, 2013
Read this in 1986. A good book Worth a read.
November 12, 2016
Not really a mystery, but a page-turner nonetheless.
February 6, 2025
Una ingeniosa y macabra comedia negra.
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