LESEPROBE: Der Hof

by Simon Beckett

Kindle Edition

Published January 2, 2014

About the author

After an MA in English, Simon Beckett spent several years as a property repairer before a stint teaching in Spain. Back in the UK, he played percussion in several bands. He has been a freelance journalist since 1992, writing for The Times, The Independent on Sunday Review, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and other major British publications. In 2002, as part of an article on the National Forensic Academy, he visited the Body Farm in Tennessee. This last commission was the inspiration behind the internationally bestselling The Chemistry of Death, which was shortlisted for the CWA's Duncan Lawrie Dagger and has been translated into 21 languages. Simon Beckett is married and lives in Sheffield. The author of six novels, his second David Hunter thriller, Written in Bone, is published as a Bantam paperback in April 2008.

Reviews

[Tanja Mrowka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sehr intensive Geschichte einer kurzen Lebensphase. Kein gruseliger psycho Thriller, dafür sehr einfühlsam und detailreich erzählt. Wie immer bei Simon Becket taucht man komplett in die Handlung ein und in der Geschichte ab, keine unnötigen Längen. Leseempfehlung für einen Sommerurlaub.

[Susanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interessante Story im Großen und Ganzen, jedoch zog sich die Geschichte an manchen Stellen im Buch etwas zu lange. Dennoch überraschte mich das Ende.

[Isabelle Reber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Der Hof ist ein eher lauwarmer typischer Simon Beckett. Er ist leichter in der Geschichte und enthält harmlosere Aspekte.