' Woman of the Dead is a horrifying thriller with strong links to Jeff Lindsay's Dexter, as Blum, too, becomes a relentless, remorseless killer.

'(T)hose with a delicate disposition should steer clear - this gruesome Krimi is an ironclad guarantee of sleepless nights.' - Barry Forshaw, The Independent.

'Even Anthea Bell’s typically classy translation can’t mask the lack of subtlety, but Blum is a great character and when Aichner’s ghost-train plot ends in the only place it can - a crematorium - you feel like cheering.' - John O'Connell, The Guardian.

'This strongly written bestseller synthesises elements from Kill Bill and the Lisbeth Salander books to grimly mesmerising effect.' - Barry Forshaw, Financial Times.

General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorī : formulaic, through and through, and a bit simplistically rushed, but has some style Vivid, tense, and written with breakneck narration, this novel introduces Bernhard Aichner as a rising star in crime fiction.Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.

Woman of the Dead, the first book in a trilogy, is an unforgettable thriller about the lengths one passionate woman will go to for vengeance and the tug-of-war between good and evil that exists in all of us. She soon learns Mark's death was no accident - it was murder - and Blum dives headfirst into the abyss to find out why and have her revenge. Time passes quietly until while packing up Mark's office, Blum discovers a recorded conversation from a case he was investigating. As Blum's grief over the death of her husband, Mark, overwhelms her, only her two little girls can drag her back to the land of the living. Then in one devastating moment, a hit-and-run changes everything. She is a successful undertaker, a doting mother, and the loving wife of a decorated police officer. The #1 international bestseller praised as “one of the most arresting thrillers I've read in years” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner), Woman of the Dead is the darkly thrilling tale of Brünhilde Blum, a successful undertaker whose happiness is dashed by a tragedy that sets her on a path of revenge.įor the past eight years, Blum has had a good life - a life that masks the terrible secrets of her past.

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