Адът на Дантес

Dr. Sylvia Strange #4

by Sarah Lovett, Методи Стоянов (Translator)

Часовникът вече отброява минути до експлозията, когато психиатърът д-р Силвия Стрейндж пристига в Централния затвор на Лос Анджелис. Тук е затворен Джон Дантес, чийто брилянтен ум може да се сравни единствено с безумието му. След 10 бомбени атентата, Дантес е затворен за последния, който не си признава. ФБР и полицията на Лос Анджелис са в паника. Всеки момент в центъра на града ще настъпи истински апокалипсис. Но Дантес е зад решетките. Тогава кой заплашва един от световните метрополиси?.
Следата към истинската заплаха е в извратения мозък на Джон Дантес. Силвия Стрейндж има шанс да се докосне до тайните на прочутия терорист, защото самият Дантес го иска. Но колкото повече навлиза в душата му, толкова повече губи контрол над ситуацията. И когато е крачка от успеха, Дантес успява да избяга от строго охранявания затвор. Преследването започва. Адът на Дантес има точно девет кръга. Време е за деветия.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Before crafting her gripping thrillers, Sarah Lovett immersed herself in the very world her fiction explores.

With a degree in Criminal Justice from the University of New Mexico, she stepped directly into the legal and investigative sphere—working within the state’s Office of the Attorney General. It was here that she encountered the stark realities of forensic analysis, behavioral profiling, and the mechanics of organized crime.

Her research extended beyond office walls. Lovett spent time inside the New Mexico State Penitentiary, conducting interviews with offenders and law enforcement officials alike. Those firsthand encounters revealed a side of justice few ever witness—a world both brutal and humanizing.

Every detail in her novels, from the precision of forensic evidence to the psychological nuance of her protagonists, is grounded in years of direct observation, institutional collaboration, and meticulous fieldwork. For Lovett, truth itself is a powerful catalyst—one that continually transforms her fiction into reality.

Reviews

[Ken Heard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this nearly 20 years ago when it came out and loved it. It moved me enough to write Sarah Lovett an email telling her how good the book was. I read it again this month and loved it again.

This combines police procedural, psychology, action and intelligence in a fast-moving mystery. Los Angeles also plays a part in the novel as its own character, which works well.

Who can resist a mad bomber story leaving complex clues and threats of major explosions all centered around the nine circles of hell as described in Dante's inferno.

A great read!

[Ixi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this, pure poetry and a beautiful dip into a different view on hell.

[Ivan Benedict · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second one is Los Angeles. There are several bombings, which are by unknown perpetrators. The story has many tenths times as the bombings continue. There are references to the classic book of hell. There are also references to mental health suggestions. There are also many Uses of computers to try to figure out where the next bombing will occur. End it includes a bombing, but it is somewhat uncertain to me about the ending.

[Tomi · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you want to write a mystery, do it. If you want to write philosophy, write a textbook. Don't try to combine the two. I couldn't figure out the story line for all the random quotes and mumbo-jumbo thrown in.

[Shantel Daley]

I was really trying to give this book a chance. I only got 88 pages in and that was a journey. There were just too many parts of this book, while reading to the point that I did, I didn’t care about. I enjoyed reading the sections from Sylvia’s perspective but everyone else??? I found boring.

[LJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dantes' Inferno - G+
Sarah Lovett - 4th in series
forensic psychologist Dr. Sylvia Strange comes to L.A. to interview convict John Dantes as part of a profiling study of incarcerated bombers. Dantes is serving a life sentence for an explosion in the Malibu Getty Museum that killed several fifth graders and their teacher the year before. While Dantes has claimed responsibility for several earlier political-protest bombings, he denies involvement in the Getty outrage. Meanwhile, further explosions are causing chaos in L.A., and Strange becomes convinced that Dantes knows the identity of the new bomber on the block. With the help of various law enforcement officials, as well as unofficial (but brilliant) terrorist tracker and amateur sumo wrestler Edmond Sweetheart, Strange pursues the killer through deepening circles of purgatory and punishment into the dark guts of the subterranean city.

Interesting intellectual construct, and characters interesting but the plot was formulaic.

[Sergio ruocchio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una bomba esplosa a Los Angeles e una scritta: "Per me si va nella città dolente". I sospetti cadono su John Dantes, scrittore ed "Ecoterrorista", che viene arrestato. Ma altre bombe devastano la città, sempre firmate con versi dell'Inferno dantesco e una M. La criminologa Sylvia Strange intuisce un'allarmante analogia tra la distruzione della corrotta Babilonia e gli attentati nella Mecca del cinema. Solo Dantes può aiutarla a scongiurare il disastro, mentre "M" è ormai pronto a sferrare l'attacco finale.

[Laurie Stoll · Rating 1 out of 5]

Glad I only paid .49 for this book. I can't quite put my finger on it but I just did not care for this book. I had a really hard time focusing. My mind kept wandering so this book just could not hold my attention.

[Ed · Rating 3 out of 5]

#4 in the Sylvia Strange series.

Sylvia Strange series - Forensic psychologist is called to consult on examination of deadly bomber John Dantes. But complicated subplots and parallels to Dante's "Inferno" subtract from interest of major story of another bomber on the loose.

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dante's Inferno, despite a fairly intricate plot, fails to deliver much suspense or mystery. Most of the developments upon which the story twists and turn were formulaic and predictable.

[Brett]

Thriller

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

A new author, but I didn’t get really attached to the Sylvia Strange main heroine.

[Toesnorth's mom]

only read a few pages, psycho nut