Shutter
(Sprache: Englisch)
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"[A] chilling debut novel." -- The New York Times Book Review
A young woman agrees to star in a filmmaker's latest project, but soon realizes the...
"[A] chilling debut novel." -- The New York Times Book Review
A young woman agrees to star in a filmmaker's latest project, but soon realizes the...
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A Most Anticipated Novel by PopSugar * Bustle * Buzzfeed * Crime Reads and more!"[A] chilling debut novel." -- The New York Times Book Review
A young woman agrees to star in a filmmaker's latest project, but soon realizes the movie is not what she expected in this chilling debut novel.
In the wake of her father's death, Betty Roux doesn't allow herself to mourn. Instead, she pushes away her mother, breaks up with her boyfriend, and leaves everything behind to move to New York City. She doesn't know what she wants, except to run.
When she's offered the chance to play the leading role in mysterious indie filmmaker Anthony Marino's new project, she jumps at the opportunity. For a month Betty will live in a cabin on a private island off the coast of Maine, with a five-person cast and crew. Her mother warns against it, but Betty is too drawn to the charismatic Anthony to say no.
Anthony gives her a new identity--Lola--and Betty tells herself that this is exactly what she's been looking for. The chance to reinvent herself. That is, until they begin filming and she meets Sammy, the island's caretaker, and Betty realizes just how little she knows about the movie and its director.
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1Since landing in New York and crashing on the small, lumpy sofa in Ben and Sof a's apartment, I've heard Anthony Marino's name a thousand times. Apparently, there isn't much this guy can't do. Or at least that's how Ben sees it. If Anthony was here. That's a refrain I've heard so often I've begun to wonder how a person can even exist without him. But that's all he's been to me, a name. Anthony Marino. The star of a million unlikely stories. A mythical hero. Sof a has promised me that Ben can secure me an audition with him. But after a month, I still haven't met him. And I'm starting to lose faith. I'm starting to think it's a mistake to count on this meeting, to believe that somehow the great Anthony Marino can help me.
Ever since my father died, I've been drowning. Or close to it. Like that moment when you're in the pool, underwater, holding your breath, and you cross that invisible threshold and suddenly your heart is racing and you realize your chest is about to explode. You don't stop to reflect, you don't have time. You simply break for the surface. Except I haven't been able to reach it, no matter how hard I kick. Nothing has helped. Not breaking up with Tucker, not escaping to New York. Nothing. And it's hard to feel like yourself when you can't breathe. It's hard to think when you're desperate.
Then, without warning, at a dive bar in Greenpoint, where Ben has dragged Sof a and me to watch his musician friends perform for what feels like no one but us three, there he is. Anthony Marino. He appears over Ben's shoulder, looks at me, and asks, "What are you doing with these two clowns?" And like that, the name becomes a man.
Whether he knew to expect him or not, Ben seems just as unprepared as I am. I get the feeling he never imagined Anthony would accept his invitation. Ben claps him on the back and says something I can't quite hear over the music, while fighting to catch my eye at
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the same time, unable to suppress a burst of pride. Sof a gives the tall man an awkward shove that somehow feels rehearsed. "Don't be such an asshole," she tells him, barking out a forced laugh. Turning to me, she explains, "We told him all about you. So now he's too shy to introduce himself. Anthony Marino," she says, "meet Elizabeth Roux."
That's how it starts.
And then we're outside, alone together, and I lose track of time.
Not just because of this man's presence. Because I can't focus on anything except the air. It stinks like rotten milk and warm metal. Sof a tells me this is the real smell of New York, only unveiled at the height of summer, like the fumes everyone's been choking on the rest of the year have been as fragrant as perfume. But I'm taking deep, dizzying lungfuls of it anyway. Anthony Marino hasn't done anything except ask me two inconsequential questions since introducing himself-"So, you're Elizabeth, then?" and "Join me outside?"-but already it's starting to feel like somehow this will work. Like somehow I might be able to breathe again.
I told Ben and Sof a the reason I left home was to become an actress, and they accepted this explanation without question. Sof a knows the real reason why I'm here, though. She's just too polite to mention it. She and I were best friends in high school. She knows my family. She knows what happened. Instead of saying the obvious-Your father killed himself and you ran. You ran as far away as possible, without looking back. You found me in a brief moment of clarity, and now you're clinging to me like a lifeline-she let me lie.
And then she told me about Anthony Marino, as though I had never heard of him before. The director, writer, and star of Reverence, who happens to be Ben's personal savior. They knew each other at NYU. And Ben worked sound on Reverence, Anthony's first and so far only film, and this apparently changed Ben's who
That's how it starts.
And then we're outside, alone together, and I lose track of time.
Not just because of this man's presence. Because I can't focus on anything except the air. It stinks like rotten milk and warm metal. Sof a tells me this is the real smell of New York, only unveiled at the height of summer, like the fumes everyone's been choking on the rest of the year have been as fragrant as perfume. But I'm taking deep, dizzying lungfuls of it anyway. Anthony Marino hasn't done anything except ask me two inconsequential questions since introducing himself-"So, you're Elizabeth, then?" and "Join me outside?"-but already it's starting to feel like somehow this will work. Like somehow I might be able to breathe again.
I told Ben and Sof a the reason I left home was to become an actress, and they accepted this explanation without question. Sof a knows the real reason why I'm here, though. She's just too polite to mention it. She and I were best friends in high school. She knows my family. She knows what happened. Instead of saying the obvious-Your father killed himself and you ran. You ran as far away as possible, without looking back. You found me in a brief moment of clarity, and now you're clinging to me like a lifeline-she let me lie.
And then she told me about Anthony Marino, as though I had never heard of him before. The director, writer, and star of Reverence, who happens to be Ben's personal savior. They knew each other at NYU. And Ben worked sound on Reverence, Anthony's first and so far only film, and this apparently changed Ben's who
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Autoren-Porträt von Melissa Larsen
Melissa Larsen has an M.F.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She has interned and worked extensively in publishing. She lives in San Francisco, and Shutter is her first novel.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Melissa Larsen
- 2021, 368 Seiten, Maße: 13,8 x 20,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Berkley
- ISBN-10: 0593101391
- ISBN-13: 9780593101391
- Erscheinungsdatum: 17.07.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for Shutter"[A] chilling debut novel....While Larsen s skill at setting up a suspenseful story is deft, the novel s true power lies in her exploration of Betty s mind, showing how a talented, intelligent woman slowly--through self-doubt, insecurity and inexperience--exposes herself to danger. There is something of the naïve yet steely narrator of Daphne du Maurier s 'Rebecca' in Betty: She is both the victim and architect of her own tragedy."--The New York Times Book Review
Larsen s thriller is dark, atmospheric, and suspenseful. --BuzzFeed
An eerie debut thriller .This slow-burning psychological thriller is atmospheric with a sensationally cinematic finale. --She Reads
"[B]y the end of the book, you ll be just [as] freaked out as the protagonist."--Crime Reads
"Taut and barbed as razor wire, Melissa Larsen's prose catches hold of you and won't let go until the last reel. In the tradition of Patricia Highsmith and Daphne du Maurier, SHUTTER is a stunning debut!" --Carol Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of The Sea of Lost Girls
"Shutter makes an excellent case for not accompanying a mysterious filmmaker into the woods."--PopSugar
"Larsen s chilly thriller promises a page-turning read with an unexpected ending."--Palm Beach Daily News
"Larsen shows in Shutter that she has what it takes to stand above many in the genre....With a chilling end, Shutter leaves the reader thinking well after turning the final page the essence of a strong thriller."--Mystery & Suspense Magazine
"In this twisty thriller, Betty s first-person narration will keep readers on their toes. Recommended for fans of thrillers with unreliable narrators, and psychologically intense plots involving movies and filmmaking."--Library Journal
With precise control over each tantalizing puzzle piece, Melissa Larsen gives us an irresistible mystery. SHUTTER is eerie and intimate, a perfectly plotted dive into a
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voyeuristic world where nothing is private, even the darkest secrets--where you never know who might be watching."--Danya Kukafka, national bestselling author of Girl in Snow
"An immediately engrossing tale about intimacy and identity. SHUTTER will keep you guessing until the final shot. Melissa Larsen is one to watch. --Eliza Jane Brazier, author of If I Disappear
"Shutter draws on the familiar--Hitchcock thrillers, tragic starlets, the angst of making art--but in a voice that is wholly new and immediately compelling. Larsen's smart, self-aware protagonist reads like a lovechild between Daphne du Maurier and Lorrie Moore. Larsen s supple prose and intricate plotting make this book a dark delight."--Nicola Maye Goldberg, author of Nothing Can Hurt You
"Shutter is blade-sharp, tense and surprising at every turn. Melissa Larsen's debut marks the arrival of an incredible new talent."--Lauren Grodstein, USA Today bestselling author of A Friend of the Family
"An immediately engrossing tale about intimacy and identity. SHUTTER will keep you guessing until the final shot. Melissa Larsen is one to watch. --Eliza Jane Brazier, author of If I Disappear
"Shutter draws on the familiar--Hitchcock thrillers, tragic starlets, the angst of making art--but in a voice that is wholly new and immediately compelling. Larsen's smart, self-aware protagonist reads like a lovechild between Daphne du Maurier and Lorrie Moore. Larsen s supple prose and intricate plotting make this book a dark delight."--Nicola Maye Goldberg, author of Nothing Can Hurt You
"Shutter is blade-sharp, tense and surprising at every turn. Melissa Larsen's debut marks the arrival of an incredible new talent."--Lauren Grodstein, USA Today bestselling author of A Friend of the Family
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