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A carregar... The Syndrome: A Thriller (edição 2007)por John Case (Autor)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. La abogada Adrienne Cope culpa del inesperado suicidio de su hermanastra al psicólogo que la trataba, Jeffrey Duran. Al investigar sobre él, Adrienne descubre que el verdadero Duran falleció años atrás, y que implantaron sus recuerdos en la persona que ahora lleva su nombre. Juntos descubren un chip escondido en el cerebro de Jeffrey cuyo rastro les conduce a una oscura clínica suiza en la que se realizan siniestros experimentos con la mente de sus pacientes. Adrienne y Jeffrey se verán atrapados en una conspiración de alcance mundial que podría cambiar el curso de la historia. Una gran responsabilidad recae sobre ellos: detener los oscuros intereses del director de esta misteriosa clínica e impedir el asesinato de un alto mandatario político. (Spoilers) A good thriller about a pseudo-life created by an implant into Jeffrey Duran's head. The plot built a little too slowly, with 'clues' being dropped too heavy-handed a manner. It built momentum after Duran reclaimed his identity as Lew McBride. The female lawyer (Adrienne Cope) and he team up and revenge is dealt to those responsible. Nikki, een aantrekkelijke jonge vrouw, reist naar Florida, schiet een oude man in een rolstoel dood en pleegt vervolgens zelfmoord, haar zuster Adrienne verbijsterd achterlatend. Nikki bleek in therapie te zijn bij psychotherapeut Jeff Duran, een merkwaardige man met maar twee patiënten die in paniek raakt als hij een paar kilometer van huis is. Jeff heeft een obscuur verleden en vreemde herinneringen die hij absoluut niet thuis kan brengen. Adrienne wantrouwt Jeff, maar na een moordaanslag op hen beiden, slaan ze noodgedwongen samen op de vlucht. Een neuroloog ontdekt in Jeffs hersenen een implantaat en het spoor voert vervolgens naar een Zwitserse kliniek waar experimenten met hersenspoelingen worden uitgevoerd. Maar wie is Jeff Duran? En wat voor afschuwelijks schuilt er achter zijn kunstmatige herinneringen? Spannende, intrigerende thriller, met een ingewikkeld maar origineel en verrassend plot. John Case (schreef o.a. 'De achtste dag') is het pseudoniem van het Amerikaanse echtpaar Jim en Carolyn Hougan die beiden ook afzonderlijk boeken geschreven hebben. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
A promising research fellow for a venerable think tank in Zurich has just filed his last report, as he is forced into a grisly experiment. . . . A seductive young woman travels to Florida and, from her hotel room window, coolly sharpshoots an old man in a wheelchair as he basks in the late afternoon sun. . . . A psychologist who helps patients confront and dispel past trauma through hypnosis battles his own silent demons. . . . In The Syndrome, John Case combines these intriguing elements into a pulse-pounding, mind-twisting new thriller. Dr. Jeff Duran suffers from severe panic attacks when he ventures too far outside his home office. At times, he remembers phrases of a foreign language he has never learned. And there are curious memories he cannot explain of distinct smells, music, the spray of ocean sailing. But no sooner do these senses and images begin to surface than they disappear. Then, after a patient commits suicide, Duran's life spirals out of control. The victim's half-sister, Adrienne Cope, blames Duran for filling her sister's head with "recovered" memories of horrific childhood abuse. But Adrienne soon discovers some shocking facts about him--facts that even he is unaware of. The stakes are raised when unknown assassins burst into Duran's office and bloodshed ensues. But who is their target: Adrienne or Duran? Running for their very lives, forced to trust each other, they must now work together to unlock the reason why one or both of them is marked for death. For beneath the intrigue lies a dark conspiracy that stretches halfway around the world-- and a sinister plot that could change the course of history. A relentlessly paced thriller in which nothing is what it seems, no one can be trusted, and nothing is secure--especially one's own memories. The Syndrome is a chillingly, brilliantly conceived novel from a proven master of suspense. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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