Danya Kukafka

- Лауреат премии Edgar Award (2023) - Лучший криминальный роман года по версии The New York Times - Нетривиальный взгляд на отношения маньяка и жертв в популярном жанре тру-крайм - В настоящее время по роману готовится художественный фильм О чем Ровно двенадцать часов осталось жить Анселю Пэкеру. Однако даже в ожидании казни он не желает быть просто преступником он готов на все, чтобы его история была услышана. Но чья это история на самом деле? Осужденного убийцы, создавшего свою Теорию в попытках оправдать зло и найти в нем смысл, или девушек, которые больше никогда не увидят рассвет? Мать, доведенная до отчаяния; молодая женщина, наблюдающая, как отношения сестры угрожают разрушить жизнь всей семьи; детектив, без устали идущая по следу убийцы, - из их свидетельств складывается зловещий портрет преступника пугающе реалистичный, одновременно притягательный и отталкивающий. Лауреат премии Эдгара Аллана По и лучший криминальный роман года по версии The New York Times, книга Дани Кукафки всколыхнула американскую прессу. В эпоху одержимости общества историями о маньяках молодая писательница говорит от имени жертв и задает важный вопрос когда ничего нельзя исправить, возможны ли раскаяние, прощение и жизнь с чистого листа? Об авторе Даня Кукафка - молодая американская писательница с большими перспективами, автор двух романов-бестселлеров. Ранее работала литературным агентом таких писателей, как Мег Вулицер, Пола Хокинс, Лорен Грофф, Эмма Страуб, Хелен Ойейеми, Сигрид Нуньес и многих других. Ее дебютный роман стал национальным бестселлером, был переведен более чем на дюжину языков мира, вошел в список IndieNext Pick, был выбран B&N Discover и получил положительные отзывы от The New York Times и The Wall Street Journal. Ее новый роман так&#1

Book in UkrainianAnsel Packer, a serial killer, is to be executed in twelve hours. His chaplain advises him to accept what cannot be changed. But the countdown is the most difficult part of punishment, even if it is deserved. What was Ansel's life like? Does he have any regrets? Three women will tell the man's story. Lavender, who did not know that motherhood could be so cruel and that her son would grow up to be a monster. Detective Sheffy, who put all her strength into the fight for justice. A twin sister in mourning. It's not about a criminal whose image society tries to romanticise, but about the poisonous justice system, the destructive kindness, the complexity of human life. And about strong women who are capable of more.

Hyllad psykologisk thriller om en seriemördare på death-row»En makalös debut och en berättelse som garanterat är svår att släppa så för allt i världen - missa inte! Bland det bästa jag läst i genren på länge!« Frue S »Jag har läst något mästerligt. Jag kan inte beskriva det på något annat sätt. Det här är en bok som kommer stanna hos mig länge.« Bookish.se »Wow! Jag hade höga förväntningar och Avrättningen överträffade dem.« En bok några koppar teAnsel Packer står på tur att dö inom tolv timmar. Han vet vad han har gjort, han minns alla Flickorna och nu inväntar han sin avrättning. Men Ansel vill inte dö. Han vill bli beundrad, förstådd. Genom ett kalejdoskop av kvinnor - en mor, en syster, en mordutredare - berättas historien om Ansels liv. Vi får möta hans mamma, Lavender, en sjuttonårig flicka på desperationens rand; Hazel, tvillingsystern till Ansels hustru, hjälplös inför systerns destruktiva relation som förtär dem alla; och slutligen Saffy, mordutredaren som är honom på spåren, hon som vigt sitt liv åt att ställa ondskefulla män inför rätta. Medan klockan tickar kartläggs den väg och de ödesdigra livsval som tillsammans och till synes obönhörligt lett fram till den tragedi som nu snart ska fullbordas i Walls Unit-fängelsets dödskammare. I översättning av Maria Nääs. DANYA KUKAFKA [f. 1994] är en amerikansk författare, uppvuxen i Colorado. Den psykologiska thrillern Avrättningen är hennes stora genombrott som författare.» Så obehagligt gripande och grym Avrättningen av Danya Kukafka är - men också så välskriven och fängslande; jag sög i mig vartenda ord.« Bibbloagneta »Se till att du har gott om tid när du börjar läsa den här boken för det är omöjligt att slita sig.« Stinas böcker »Avrättningen är en kraftfull läsupplevelse, med levande personporträtt och välskriven text med flyt och närvaro.« I min bokhylla »Vilken läsupplevelse!« En bra bok

'THRILLING' Paula Hawkins'COMPULSIVE' The Times'SEARING' Brit Bennett'DEVASTATING' Observer'UNFORGETTABLE' Ashley Audrain'BRILLIANT' Chris WhitakerAnsel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. But this is not his story. Ansel doesn't want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. Yet now he awaits the same fate he forced on those girls, years ago. This is the story of the women who survive. As the clock ticks down, three women - a mother, a sister, a detective - reckon with the choices that culminate in tragedy, the impact on those in its wake, and the possibility of redemption. WINNER OF THE MWA EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2023

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL - NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR"Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . . Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling." --Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice)"A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking." -BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing HalfRecommended by New York Times Book Review - Los Angeles Times - Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - Esquire - Good Housekeeping - USA Today - Buzzfeed - Goodreads - Real Simple - Marie Claire - Rolling Stone - Business Insider - Bustle - PopSugar - The Millions - The Guardian - and many more In the tradition of Long Bright River and The Mars Room, a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life--from the bestselling author of Girl in Snow. Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he's done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn't want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. Through a kaleidoscope of women--a mother, a sister, a homicide detective--we learn the story of Ansel's life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansel's wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister's relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake. Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men." Poetic and mesmerizing . . . Powerful, important, intensely human, and filled with a unique examination of tragedy, one where the reader is left with a curious emotion: hope." --USA TODAY"A profound and staggering experience of empathy that challenges us to confront what it means to be human in our darkest moments. . . . I relished every page of this brilliant and gripping masterpiece."--ASHLEY AUDRAIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Push

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL - NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR"Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . . Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling." --Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice)"A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking." -BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing HalfRecommended by New York Times Book Review - Los Angeles Times - Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - Esquire - Good Housekeeping - USA Today - Buzzfeed - Goodreads - Real Simple - Marie Claire - Rolling Stone - Business Insider - Bustle - PopSugar - The Millions - The Guardian - and many more In the tradition of Long Bright River and The Mars Room, a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life--from the bestselling author of Girl in Snow. Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he's done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn't want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. Through a kaleidoscope of women--a mother, a sister, a homicide detective--we learn the story of Ansel's life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansel's wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister's relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake. Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men." Poetic and mesmerizing . . . Powerful, important, intensely human, and filled with a unique examination of tragedy, one where the reader is left with a curious emotion: hope." --USA TODAY"A profound and staggering experience of empathy that challenges us to confront what it means to be human in our darkest moments. . . . I relished every page of this brilliant and gripping masterpiece."--ASHLEY AUDRAIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Push

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL - NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR"Defiantly populated with living women . . . beautifully drawn, dense with detail and specificity . . . Notes on an Execution is nuanced, ambitious and compelling." --Katie Kitamura, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (Editors' Choice)"A searing portrait of the complicated women caught in the orbit of a serial killer. . . . Compassionate and thought-provoking." -BRIT BENNETT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing HalfRecommended by New York Times Book Review - Los Angeles Times - Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - Esquire - Good Housekeeping - USA Today - Buzzfeed - Goodreads - Real Simple - Marie Claire - Rolling Stone - Business Insider - Bustle - PopSugar - The Millions - The Guardian - and many more In the tradition of Long Bright River and The Mars Room, a gripping and atmospheric work of literary suspense that deconstructs the story of a serial killer on death row, told primarily through the eyes of the women in his life--from the bestselling author of Girl in Snow. Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. He knows what he's done, and now awaits execution, the same chilling fate he forced on those girls, years ago. But Ansel doesn't want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. Through a kaleidoscope of women--a mother, a sister, a homicide detective--we learn the story of Ansel's life. We meet his mother, Lavender, a seventeen-year-old girl pushed to desperation; Hazel, twin sister to Ansel's wife, inseparable since birth, forced to watch helplessly as her sister's relationship threatens to devour them all; and finally, Saffy, the detective hot on his trail, who has devoted herself to bringing bad men to justice but struggles to see her own life clearly. As the clock ticks down, these three women sift through the choices that culminate in tragedy, exploring the rippling fissures that such destruction inevitably leaves in its wake. Blending breathtaking suspense with astonishing empathy, Notes on an Execution presents a chilling portrait of womanhood as it simultaneously unravels the familiar narrative of the American serial killer, interrogating our system of justice and our cultural obsession with crime stories, asking readers to consider the false promise of looking for meaning in the psyches of violent men." Poetic and mesmerizing . . . Powerful, important, intensely human, and filled with a unique examination of tragedy, one where the reader is left with a curious emotion: hope." --USA TODAY"A profound and staggering experience of empathy that challenges us to confront what it means to be human in our darkest moments. . . . I relished every page of this brilliant and gripping masterpiece."--ASHLEY AUDRAIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Push

As featured on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 2 Book Club.‘Dark and elegant’ Mail on Sunday‘A creepy, psychological drama’ GQ‘A haunting debut’ StylistWho are you when no one is watching? When beloved high school student Lucinda Hayes is found murdered, no one in her sleepy Colorado suburb is untouched – not the boy who loved her too much, not the girl who wanted her perfect life, not the police officer assigned to investigate. In the aftermath of the tragedy, these three unforgettable characters – Cameron, Jade, and Russ – must each confront their darkest secrets in an effort to find solace, the truth, or both. Intoxicating and intense, Girl in Snow is a compelling mystery set in small-town America. By focusing on those affected by the crime, rather than the crime itself, Danya Kukafka asks – what’s the difference between who people seem to be and who they really are? Winner of a 2018 Hearst Big Book Award: Good Housekeeping's Crime Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the 2018 CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger.

"A perfectly paced and tautly plotted thriller...and an incredibly accomplished debut" (Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water), about a beloved high schooler found murdered in her sleepy Colorado suburb and the secret lives of three people connected to her. How can you love someone who's done something horribly, horribly wrong? When a beloved high schooler named Lucinda Hayes is found murdered, no one in her community is untouched--not the boy who loved her too much; not the girl who wanted her perfect life; not the officer assigned to investigate her murder. In the aftermath of the tragedy, these three indelible characters--Cameron, Jade, and Russ--must each confront their darkest secrets in an effort to find solace, the truth, or both. In crystalline prose, Danya Kukafka offers a brilliant exploration of identity and of the razor-sharp line between love and obsession, between watching and seeing, between truth and memory. "A sensational debut--great characters, mysteries within mysteries, and page-turning pace. Highly recommended" (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels). Hailed as "Gillian Flynn of 2017" (Yahoo Style), compulsively readable and powerfully moving, Girl in Snow is "engagingly told... its endearing characters' struggles linger in memory after this affecting work is done" (The Wall Street Journal).