The Gift
by Sebastian Fitzek
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Pub Date Mar 04 2025 | Archive Date Dec 05 2024
Head of Zeus | Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book
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Description
The gripping new twisty psychological thriller from international bestselling author, Sebastian Fitzek.
Milan Berg is standing at a set of traffic lights when a car stops next to him. In the back seat he sees a frightened young girl. Desperate, she presses a piece of paper against the window.
Milan can't read it - because he suffers from alexia, the inability to read or comprehend the written word. It's a secret that he's managed to hide for most of his life, even from friends and loved ones. But he understands the meaning of the note: the girl is in mortal danger.
Milan's search for the kidnapped girl brings a cruel realisation: sometimes the truth is too terrible to live with - and ignorance is the greatest gift on earth.
With a twisty non-linear storyline that charts one man's descent into a real-life nightmare, The Gift is perfect for fans of Chris Carter and Lars Kepler.
Reviewers on Sebastian Fitzek
'Fitzek's thrillers are breathtaking, full of wild twists.' Harlan Coben
'Fitzek is without question one of the crime world's most evocative storytellers.' Karin Slaughter
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781804542460 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 400 |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 378873
The Gift by S. Fitzek, narrated by A. Fliakos, published by Head of Zeus, is a fast paced, complex thriller.
The story deals with some sensitive content, consider you warned.
Milan Berg is a con man with a secret. The man is illiteral but finds clever ways to mask it - til he comes across a girl on the backseat of a car holding up a sign. Only he has no clue what it means.
A fantasic read, 4,5 stars.
Blurb: Con man Milan Berg has a photographic memory. But he’s hiding a secret: He can’t read. Unable to interpret the world around him, Milan finds increasingly crafty ways to navigate it. That is, until he comes across a car in traffic with a girl in the back seat. She desperately holds a written note up to the window, but what does it say?
Fearing the girl is in mortal danger, Milan determines to search for her. As he follows a series of clues, each darker and scarier than the next, he’s thrust into a nightmarish odyssey with a deepening, disturbing progression: The clues are tied to his past. Lost in a web of lies, his world is upended as he lands in prison for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. Under the threat of death by his cellmates, Milan recounts his entire story to them from the beginning.
Ronaldoaj J, Reviewer
I love Sebastian Fitzek and was totally hooked on the book from the first page
I loved this book and would recommend to anyone
Thank you for the opportunity to review
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