by Dennis Lehane · Diogenes Verlag AG · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783257243352
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«Shutter Island» is the psychological suspense novel by Dennis Lehane, published by Diogenes Verlag AG in paperback (417 pages, in German).
In 1954, marshals Edward Daniels and Chuck Aule go to Ashecliffe psychiatric hospital on Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a patient who had killed her children. As a hurricane isolates the island, Daniels discovers that the case hides secrets that call his own perception of reality into question.
German edition published in 2015, translated by Steffen Jacobs. The novel was originally published in 2003.
For readers of crime fiction and psychological thrillers seeking an oppressive atmosphere and a plot with mounting tension.
Dennis Lehane is an American author and screenwriter. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War (1994). Four of his novels have been adapted into films of the same name: Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010), and Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Live by Night (2016), both directed by Ben Affleck. His short story "Animal Rescue" was also adapted into the 2014 film The Drop, noted for being the final film role for actor James Gandolfini.
