Bücher von Tawni O'dell

Shae-Lynn Penrose drives a cab in a town where no one needs a cab—but plenty of people need rides. A former police officer with a closet full of miniskirts, a recklessly sharp tongue, and a tendency to deal with men by either beating them up or taking them to bed, she has spent years carving out a life for herself and her son in Jolly Mount, Pennsylvania, the tiny coal-mining town where she grew up. Two years ago, five of Shae-Lynn's miner friends were catapulted to media stardom when they were rescued after surviving four days trapped in a mine. As the men struggle to come to terms with the nightmarish memories of their ordeal, along with the fallout of their short- lived celebrity, Shae-Lynn finds herself facing harsh realities and reliving bad dreams of her own, including her relationship with her brutal father, her conflicted passion for one of the miners, and the hidden identity of the man who fathered her son. When the younger sister she thought was dead arrives on her doorstep, followed closely by a gun-wielding Russian gangster, a shady New York lawyer, and a desperate Connecticut housewife, Shae-Lynn is forced to grapple with the horrible truth she discovers about the life her sister's been living, and with one ominous question: Will her return result in a monstrous act of greed or one of sacrifice? Tawni O'Dell's trademark blend of black humor, tenderness, and a keen sense of place is evident once again as Shae-Lynn takes on past demons and all-too-present dangers.

With her eagerly awaited second novel, Tawni O'Dell takes readers back to the coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania. Set in a town ravaged and haunted by a mine explosion that took the lives of 96 men, Coal Run explores the life of local deputy and erstwhile football legend, "The Great Ivan Z.," as he prepares for a former teammate's imminent release from prison. As the week unfolds and Ivan struggles to confront his demons, he reveals himself to be a man whose conscience is burdened by a long-held and shocking secret.

Als Polizeichefin von Buchanan, dem Ort ihrer Kindheit, hat Dove Carnahan schon viel gesehen. Es ist keine kuschelige Gegend: Vom exzessiven Kohleabbau verwüstete Landstriche liegen brach, Geisterstädte rotten vor sich hin. Menschen rackern sich ab oder haben sich schon ­aufgegeben, Träume blühen und welken. Oder sie verbrennen, wie das tote Mädchen, das in einer glühenden Erdspalte steckt.Der alternde State Trooper Nolan übernimmt die Ermittlung, doch Chief Carnahan bleibt mit dran. Auf der Suche nach dem Hinter­grund der Toten bekommt sie es mit einer berüchtigten Familie zu tun. Kriminell oder arbeitslos, verschworen und zerstritten - die Trulys sind Redneck-Unterschicht der schlimmsten Spielart. Und dieses Milieu ruft in der Polizeichefin längst überwunden geglaubte Alpträume wach. Denn hier ist vieles nicht, wie es scheint.