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January 2018
On Sale: January 2, 2018
400 pages ISBN: 006268017X EAN: 9780062680174 Kindle: B01MTZTCZV Paperback / e-Book
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Thriller
In Luca D’Andrea’s atmospheric and brilliant
thriller, set in a small mountain community in the majestic
Italian Dolomites, an outsider must uncover the truth about
a triple murder that has gone unsolved for thirty
years. New York City native Jeremiah Salinger
is one half of a hot-shot documentary-making team. He and
his partner, Mike, made a reality show about roadies that
skyrocketed them to fame. But now Salinger’s left that all
behind, to move with his wife, Annelise, and young daughter,
Clara, to the remote part of Italy where Annelise grew
up—the Alto Adige.
Nestled in the Dolomites, this
breathtaking, rural region that was once part of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire remains more Austro than Italian.
Locals speak a strange, ancient dialect—Ladino—and root for
Germany (against Italy) in the world cup. Annelise’s small
town—Siebenhoch—is close-knit to say the least and does not
take kindly to out-of-towners. When Salinger decides to make
a documentary about the mountain rescue group, the mission
goes horribly awry, leaving him the only survivor. He blames
himself, and so—it seems—does everyone else in Siebenhoch.
Spiraling into a deep depression, he begins having terrible,
recurrent nightmares. Only his little girl Clara can put a
smile on his face.
But when he takes Clara to the
Bletterbach Gorge—a canyon rich in fossil remains—he
accidentally overhears a conversation that gives his life
renewed focus. In 1985, three students were murdered there,
their bodies savaged, limbs severed and strewn by a killer
who was never found. Although Salinger knows this is a
tightlipped community, one where he is definitely
persona non grata, he becomes obsessed with solving
this mystery and is convinced it is all that can keep him
sane. And as Salinger unearths the long kept secrets of this
small town, one by one, the terrifying truth is eventually
revealed about the horrifying crime that marked an entire
village. Completely engrossing and deeply
atmospheric, Beneath The Mountain is a
thriller par excellence.
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