The pain and numbness of Blum’s grief and the horror of the abuse Danya experienced at the hands of the mysterious cabal. There is raw and visceral emotion in The Woman of the Dead. She is both hero and anti-hero in this story, grieving widow and ruthless killer. Blum is the devoted wife of Mark, a police detective, the doting mother of their two young daughters, and the owner of a successful funeral business.
The story opens with a during a defining moment in Blum’s life before leaping forward eight years to place us in the present. Woman Of the Dead has one of the most memorable character introductions I’ve ever read. The photographer, the cook, the priest, the huntsman, and the clown – these are the men responsible, and Blum is going to make them pay. When Blum’s beloved husband is killed in a hit and run she is nearly destroyed until she learns that he was deliberately targeted. Status: Read on AugI own a copy Ī dark and disturbing tale of vengeance and violence, Woman of the Dead is the first novel by Bernhard Aichner to feature Blum, mother, mortician and murderer. Vivid, tense, and written with breakneck narration, this novel introduces Bernhard Aichner as a rising star in crime fiction.Author: Bernard Aichner (translated by Anthea Bell) 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 hailed as "one of the most arresting thrillers" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner), Woman of the Dead is the darkly riveting tale of Brünhilde Blum, a successful undertaker whose happiness is struck by tragedy that sets her on the path for 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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