Bücher von Silje Ulstein

Der sensationelle, internationale Bestseller aus Norwegen - kaltblütige Spannung für Fans von Gillian Flynn, Jo Nesbø and Tana French. Ein packender, sinnlich-atemloser Thriller über Einsamkeit und die vielen Facetten der menschlichen Kaltblütigkeit. Liv, Studentin mit einer schwierigen Kindheit, ertränkt ihr Unbehagen zusammen mit ihren beiden Mitbewohnern regelmäßig in Partys, Alkohol und Joints. Trost findet sie in der Gesellschaft von Nero, einer Baby-Schlange, die sie als Haustier hält und zu der sie sich auf fast symbiotische Weise hingezogen fühlt. In Anwesenheit der Schlange fühlt sich Liv zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben sicher. Bis jemand aus ihrer Vergangenheit auftaucht und ihr Leben erneut ins Wanken gerät ...

Liv has a lot of secrets. Late one night, in the aftermath of a party in the apartment she shares with two friends in Alesund, she sees a python on a TV nature show and becomes obsessed with the idea of buying a snake as a pet. Soon Nero, a baby Burmese python, becomes the apartment's fourth roommate. As Liv bonds with Nero, she is struck by a desire that surprises her with its intensity. Finally she is safe.Thirteen years later, in the nearby town of Kristiansund, Mariam Lind goes on a shopping trip with her eleven-year-old daughter, Iben. Following an argument Mariam storms off, expecting her young daughter to make her own way home . . . but she never does. Detective Roe Olsvik, new to the Kristiansund police department, is assigned to the case of Iben's disappearance. As he interrogates Mariam, he instantly suspects her - but there is much more to this case and these characters than their outer appearances would suggest.A biting and constantly shifting tale of family secrets, rebirth and the legacy of trauma, Reptile Memoirs is a brilliant exploration of the cold-bloodedness of humanity.