Argus (novel)

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Argus (original title: The Cutting Room ) is a novel by the American author Jilliane Hoffman . It is the third novel in the Cupid trilogy and belongs to the detective novel / thriller genre.

action

When Gabriella accompanies the handsome Reid to his apartment, she imagines a nice evening for two. Only when the door is already closed does she see the many eyes. Eyes that watch her die. Years later, the battered body of a young woman is found in Miami. Detective Manny Alvarez tries to solve the murder and a suspect is quickly found. Prosecutor Daria DeBianchi charges the man. But suddenly a video appears in which another woman is mistreated and killed. The two cases seem to be related. In the course of the investigation, more and more bodies are found. Alvarez remembers an incredible story that the serial killer Cupid told him several years ago - an international snuff club. High-ranking and influential members of society reportedly pay money to watch people die via livestream. As the evidence thickens, William Rupert Bantling aka Cupid is said to be a witness. Meanwhile, the detective and the prosecutor get closer. Due to a mistake, Bantling finally manages to escape and suddenly other lives are in danger. Daria DeBianchi disappears and falls into the hands of the snuff club. Meanwhile, Cupid is chasing his former accuser, CJ Townsend. Townsend manages to lure her pursuers into a trap. Terrified to death, Bantling reveals details about the snuff club. DeBianchi's body is found and CJ wants to return to Miami to assist her former colleagues in the investigation.

expenditure

  • The cutting room. HarperCollins Publishers, 2012, ISBN 978-0007311682 .
  • Argus. Roman ("The Cutting Room"). German by Tanja Handels and Sophie Zeitz. Wunderlich Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3805208932 . Hardback edition.
  • Argus. Roman ("The Cutting Room"). German by Tanja Handels and Sophie Zeitz. rororo Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3499253898 . Paperback.
  • Argus. Roman ("The Cutting Room"). German by Tanja Handels and Sophie Zeitz. rororo Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3499269141 . Paperback, special edition.
  • Argus. Roman ("The Cutting Room"). German by Tanja Handels and Sophie Zeitz. Rowohlt E-Book Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3644211018 . E-book.
  • Argus. Audio book. Argon Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 3839811872 (6 CDs, spoken by Andrea Sawatzki).

Reviews

  • "Guaranteed to follow in the best-selling footsteps of Cornwell, Reichs and Slaughter." (The Guardian)
  • "Gripping, well-crafted suspense ... a belter of a book." (Sunday Express)
  • "Hoffman writes like an angel. Outstanding." (Independent on Sunday)
  • "Hugely readable." (Daily Mirror)
  • “The most exciting thing about this violent pornographic nonsense about a club of women murderers in Miami is the legal subtleties of the author, who used to work as a prosecutor herself. Otherwise the continuation capitalism of the author puts a leg in this book: Jilliane Hoffman's endeavors to make the murderer Cupid, known from an earlier novel, a brand that can be continued in addition to her investigators, greatly inhibits the development of the plot. ”( Denis Scheck , literary critic - TV show "Fresh off the press")

Others

  • Argus' predecessor novels are the thrillers Cupido ("Retribution") and Morpheus ("Last Witness").
  • Argus remained among the Spiegel bestsellers for several weeks.
  • The serial killer 's nickname Argus refers to a creature in Greek mythology. Argus was a giant with many eyes who was considered particularly vigilant. Investigators involved associate the screens from which the snuff club members are watching with the giant.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jilliane Hoffman: Argus, Wunderlich Verlag, 2012
  2. ↑ http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780007311682/
  3. ↑ http://www.rowohlt.de/hardcover/jilliane-hoffman-argus.html
  4. ↑ http://www.rowohlt.de/taschenbuch/jilliane-hoffman-argus.html
  5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rowohlt.de
  6. ↑ http://www.rowohlt.de/e-book/jilliane-hoffman-argus.html
  7. ↑ http://www.krimi-couch.de/krimis/jilliane-hoffman-argus.html
  8. ↑ http://www.audible.de/pd/English-Mysteries-Thrillers/The-Cutting-Room-Hoffman-Thriller-2-Hoerbuch/B008FC6E2S
  9. ↑ https://www.harpercollins.co.uk/9780007311682/the-cutting-room
  10. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.daserste.de
  11. ↑ http://buchwelt.de/buecher/krimi-thriller/jilliane-hoffmann-bestsellerautorin-der-cupido-trilogie.html
  12. ↑ Fiction . In: Der Spiegel . No. 43 , 2012 ( online - October 22, 2012 ).
  13. ↑ Fiction . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 2013 ( online - Jan. 14, 2013 ).
  14. ^ Jilliane Hoffman: Argus, Wunderlich Verlag, 2012
  15. ^ Dudenredaktion (editor): Duden, German Universal Dictionary, 8th edition, Dudenverlag, Berlin 2015