Perdonami, Alex

Di Lane Diamond

Forgive Me, Alex - Italian Edition
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VINCITORE: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Estate 2014 - I migliori libri della Categoria THRILLER
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“Lane Diamond è riuscito a far emergere la mente oscura e sconvolgente di uno psicopatico serial killer e, nel contempo, a incarnare il disperato bisogno di umanità e di giustizia per le vittime e le rispettive famiglie." - The Kindle Book Review
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Evolved Publishing propone un’intima visione della mente di un assassino e di colui che gli dà la caccia per farla finita, in "Perdonami, Alex" di Lane Diamond. [Psychological Suspense Thriller] [DRM-Free]
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Tony Hooper è in piedi, nella penombra, dall’altra parte della strada, uno tra i tanti della folla di curiosi radunatasi per assistere alla liberazione di un mostro. Diciassette anni dopo che Mitchell Norton, il diavolo, terrorizza Algonquin (Illinois) con un’orgia di sequestri, torture e assassini, le autorità rimettono in libertà il macellaio dal carcere psichiatrico.

Tony anela imbattersi in Norton, calpestarlo—senza rimorsi—come se fosse uno scarafaggio. Solo la forza del destino non lo permetterà.

Il diavolo è di nuovo libero. Cosa può fare Tony? Sicuramente non se ne starà con le mani in mano.

Dopo tutto, questo è quello che fa Tony. Questo è il suo lavoro. Il diavolo in persona ha trasformato Tony in un cacciatore di mostri. Per un dolce scherzo del destino, oggi, lui amministra la giustizia.

Riuscirà a fermarlo l’agente speciale dell’FBI, Linda Monroe? Lei gli deve la vita, per cui potrà interporsi sul suo cammino?

Tony Hooper e Mitchell Norton lottano per la supremazia, sempre ai limiti della legge. Una storia di giustizia e vendetta, male e redenzione, paura e coraggio, amore e solitudine.

• Lingua: Italiano
• Editore: Evolved Publishing LLC
• Data di uscita: 12 nov 2015
• ISBN: 9781622539444

Lane Diamond

Lane Diamond is the pen name for David Lane. He grew up in Algonquin, Illinois, where he graduated from Harry D. Jacobs High School in 1978. After a short college stint, he served in the U.S. Air Force at Ramstein AB, Germany, 1980-1982, and at Lowry AFB, Denver, CO, 1982-1983. For more, please visit his website and blog.

Recensioni su Perdonami, Alex

[celticlady53 · Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle]

Forgive Me, Alex is a psychological suspense thriller to say the least, told in the voices of Tony Hooper and Mitchell Norton and relives the atrocities of a time in 1978 and then in the present of 1995. Tony Hooper is an average guy, soon to graduate high school, has a girlfriend that he wants to marry and spend the rest of his life with. Just prior to him graduating, his little brother, his shadow, Alex turns up missing. Alex is eventually found murdered and Tony blames himself. Back to 1995 Mitchell Norton, a convicted serial killer, is released from prison and that is when the story really takes off...not to spoil the story for you, I will just say that this book grabbed me right from the first page. I love suspense thrillers and when an author can pull the reader right into the story where you do not want to put the book down, that is for me a great read. There are characters that you love to love and those you love to hate. An emotional roller coaster of a ride right up to the last page. Then it keeps you wanting more and that is good because there will be another book soon, The Devil's Bane, a sequel to Forgive Me, Alex. I highly recommend this book!!!

[anne7chaconas · Valutazione: 5 su 5 stelle]

“I mean, shit, any knucklehead can be a writer, right?” muses one of the characters in Lane Diamond’s nail-biter of a story, Forgive Me, Alex. And, yes, any knucklehead can. But it takes a very special kind of knucklehead to put together a story the way Diamond has. Forgive Me, Alex did something that a book has not done since Kristy and the Snobs (The Baby-sitters Club #11), where Kristy’s family dog Louie had to be put to sleep: It made me cry. Damn you, Lane Diamond. Damn you to hell.Forgive Me, Alex is classified as a psychological suspense thriller, and suspense should really be bolded and italicized. There is a certain level of mastery a writer must possess in order to effectively build this kind of breathless expectation in a reader, and Diamond does just that, not only by switching us back and forth between 1978 (when the events that set everything in motion took place) and 1995 (the subsequent aftermath after the serial killer is released), but also by switching up narrative perspectives between our hero and antagonist. Although I was originally afraid all this moving about might harm the linearity of the tale, my fears were unfounded: The story developed and evolved brilliantly, and kept me turning the pages wanting more. More. More. Diamond does in Forgive Me, Alex what I wish more contemporary authors would do: He brings me right into the story, forcing me to identify with the characters. I didn’t have a choice–I would feel Tony Hooper’s wrath and need for revenge, I would wallow in Mitchell Norton’s desperate inability to ward off his demons. I would cheer for Diana Gregorio’s unbelievable ballsiness in the face of seemingly unbeatable odds. I would weep, shedding actual tears, for Alex Hooper’s childhood.Forgive Me, Alex scared the living bejeesus out of me. I live in a small, sleepy town á la Algonquin, Illinois. It’s a big deal if someone gets a new riding lawnmower. Could a Mitchell Norton be just around the corner (sorry, neighbors)? I have a daughter. She’s trusting, wonderful, sweet–a little Alex Hooper. I projected onto this story in a way that astonished even me (mostly because I’m a jaded author type who reads with one eyebrow raised at all times). But even those living in sprawling metropolises without any children will identify with this story, because the way Tony Hooper reacts to the events of his life (and–poor Tony–he gets more than his fair share of awfulness) is incredibly relatable. Who, when faced with the destruction of life as he knows it, wouldn’t long to mete out the justice he had so cruelly been denied? We all would. We might not have the cojones to go through with it, but we can certainly cheer Tony’s decision to become the world’s vigilante.Probably the best part of Forgive Me, Alex is that you think you know how it will all go–you think you know how everything will end. But you don’t. All the signs point to one thing, and it’s most decidedly another. It’s half Red Dragon and half Flowers for Algernon–and any mix like that is bound to throw you a curveball or twelve. Even the last two chapters (which I could have done without, simply because I felt they took away from what was otherwise a very, very strong ending) kept right on making you do a double-take at the page.A word of warning: When the author placed the disclaimer that this tale is not for children at the front of the book, he’s not kidding. There are certain parts that are incredibly disturbing, and certain acts are described that are meant only for mature audiences. Know that when Diamond says he will take you on a trek into the mind of a serial killer, he means it–warts and all. Forgive Me, Alex presents the truth of its story in excruciating detail, and it may present images that take a while to fade from your mind’s eye.As for my "absolute must" requirements in any book: I had no problem following the story. Although it jumped back and forth in time, the linearity within each time period was flawless, and the action was so well-developed that I had no problem keeping everything in mind and building upon it as I read. The editing was great, and the formatting was nearly perfect. Forgive Me, Alex was a fantastic read, both in scope and execution.Kudos, Lane Diamond. My teary, frightened self salutes you. Job well done.