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050  4 $a PQ9320.O73 $b C46 2022
100 1  $a Tordo, João, $d 1975- $e author.
245 10 $a Cem anos de perdão : $b um thriller de Pilar & Cícero / $c João Tordo.
246 3  $a 100 anos de perdão
250    $a 1a. edição.
264  1 $a Lisboa : $b Companhia das Letras, $c 2022.
300    $a 572 pages ; $c 23 cm
520    $a "Na pequena e remota ilha de St Dismas, ao largo da Inglaterra, um crime violentíssimo entre irmãos choca a comunidade, trazendo à superfície o mal-estar entre os ilhéus e os Filhos de Dismas, uma seita religiosa que perdura há séculos. A Polícia local vê-se a braços com um caso que parece impossível de resolver, com a investigação travada pelo obscuro fanatismo dos crentes. Max Loar, o homicida confesso, acaba na prisão de Brixton, enquanto ondas de choque repercutem na imprensa do Reino Unido perante a brutalidade do crime. É na cadeia que conhece Cícero, que está preso por homicídio. Apesar dos esforços de Cícero para compreender o rapaz, as coisas acabam mal. Pouco depois, recebe a visita de Pilar Benamor, a jovem ex-subcomissária da PSP que, desde a violenta resolução do caso Drexler em Águas Passadas, desapareceu do mundo. no reencontro com o velho amigo, Pilar recebe a resposta aos seus sonhos premonitórios e não resiste a mergulhar de cabeça na história dos irmãos Loar. Rumando à ilha Pilar une forças com o sargento Noah contra o inquietante padre Prudence, que lidera os dismáticos, numa investigação aos meandros do fanatismo, do poder e das pulsões mais sombrias do ser humano"--Page 4 of cover.
520    $a On the small, remote island of St Dismas, off the coast of England, a violent crime between brothers shocks the community, bringing to the surface the unease between the islanders and the Children of Dismas, a centuries-old religious sect. The Police The locals find themselves grappling with a case that seems impossible to solve, with the investigation held back by the dark fanaticism of believers. Max Loar, the confessed murderer, ends up in Brixton prison, while shock waves reverberate through the UK press at the brutality of the crime. It is in jail that he meets Cícero, who is under arrest for murder. Despite Cícero's efforts to understand the boy, things end badly. Shortly afterwards, he receives a visit from Pilar Benamor, the young former deputy commissioner of the PSP who since the violent resolution of the Drexler case in Águas Passadas, has disappeared from the world. In the reunion with her old friend, Pilar receives the answer to her premonitory dreams and cannot resist diving headlong into the story of the Loar brothers.  Heading to the island, Pilar joins forces with Sergeant Noah against the disturbing Father Prudence, who leads the dysmatics, in an investigation into the intricacies of fanaticism, power and the darkest impulses of human beings"-
500    $a "Thriller"--Cover.
546    $a In Portuguese.
650  0 $a Police $v Fiction.
650  0 $a Prisons $v Fiction.
650  7 $a Police. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01068398
650  7 $a Prisons. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01077326
655  7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726581
655  7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787
655  7 $a Novels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921742
655  7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726755
655  7 $a Thrillers (Fiction) $2 lcgft
655  7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. $2 lcgft
655  7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft
700 1  $i Sequel to: $a Tordo, João, $d 1975- $t Águas Passadas.
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