Kunstenares Polly Smith wordt uitgenodigd voor een werkvakantie in de Franse villa van een vriend. Bij het aanvragen van haar paspoort komt ze voor een onaangename verrassing te staan: haar moeder blijkt in werkelijkheid haar tante te zijn, en wie haar vader is, is onbekend.
In the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion when something ... or someone ... threatens Lil Chance and her dream to open a wildlife refuge. The heartless killing of Lil's beloved cougar and recollections of an unsolved murder catapult New York investigator Coop Sullivan into action to keep Lil safe
Terror waits just out of sight Hiding In The Shadows Accident victim Faith Parker has done what her doctors feared she never would: awakened from the coma that held her prisoner for weeks. But she has no memory of the crash that nearly killed her—or the life that led up to it. Nor does she remember journalist Dinah Leighton, the steadfast friend who visited her in the hospital...until she disappeared without a trace. Now as Faith begins to regain her strength, she's shocked by intimate dreams of a man she doesn't recognize and tortured by visions of violence that feel painfully real. Something inexplicable ties her lost memories to Dinah's chilling fate. But even as Faith tries to understand the connection and reach out to save Dinah, death is stalking both women. And one of them will not escape its lethal grasp. FBI agent Noah Bishop has a rare gift for seeing what others do not, a gift that helps him solve the most puzzling cases. Now, read more of his electrifying adventures in two stand-alone tales of psychic suspense.
Fire jumping is one of the most perilous and exhilarating professions, and Rowan Tripp thrives in this world. As a member of the elite Missoula smoke jumpers, she embraces the thrill of parachuting into raging blazes, driven by a legacy of firefighting that runs in her family. Having fought fires since she turned eighteen, returning to Montana for the season feels like home, despite the haunting memories of her lost partner from the previous year. This season, however, brings a promising rookie class, including Gulliver Curry, a talented firefighter with an intriguing mix of intellect and charm. He admires Rowan's legendary father and is drawn to her, despite her rule against dating fellow smoke jumpers. Gull believes he can change her mind, presenting a compelling case for why he should be the exception. As their connection deepens, a menacing force emerges, targeting Rowan and seeking to assign blame for last year’s tragedy. With the stakes higher than ever, Rowan grapples with the need for support amidst the chaos of firefighting. She knows that any distractions, whether in the air or on the ground, could be deadly, yet she must decide if she can allow herself to lean on someone when the heat is on.
¿Qué relación puede guardar un asesinato reciente con un crimen acontecido dos décadas atrás? El inspector Harry Bosch debe plantearse dicha pregunta cuando, por alguna extraña razón, la investigación de un homicidio le hace regresar a la peor época que recuerda de su larga trayectoria profesional: las revueltas raciales que arrasaron Los Ángeles en 1992. A medida que avance en el nuevo caso, Bosch deberá volver sobre aquellos turbulentos días en que la ciudad pareció volverse loca y en los que una joven fotógrafa murió bajo extrañas circunstancias. Quizá la resolución del crimen del presente sea también la respuesta a aquella muerte jamás resuelta del pasado.
A tense and gripping new suspense novel from the world's greatest storyteller Eli Landon seems to have the perfect life. A beautiful wife, a wonderful house, a dazzling legal career. But when his wife is brutally murdered after confessing to an affair, Eli is named prime suspect. After a year-long ordeal the case is dropped for lack of evidence, but Eli's world is in tatters. Abandoned by his friends, hounded by the media and a detective with a grudge, Eli retreats to the small-town sanctuary of Whiskey Beach. Camping out in his grandmother's atmospheric house by the sea he meets Abra Walsh compassionate, courageous and hiding secrets of her own. But as Abra and Eli take their first tentative steps towards each other, a deadly enemy is watching them from the shadows. An enemy determined to make sure Eli Landon will never have that 'perfect life' whatever the cost.
Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters' motel--and back in time to a U.S. Open twenty-three years ago, when Jack Coldren should have won, but didn't. Suddenly Myron finds him self surrounded by blue bloods, criminals, and liars. And as one family's darkest secrets explode into murder, Myron finds out just how rough this game can get. In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction--Myron Bolitar--a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance. "From the Paperback edition."
Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions … The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed. Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows—and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning …
En su cautivador debut, Gilly Macmillan explora la búsqueda de una madre por su hijo desaparecido, tejiendo un thriller psicológico tenso y absorbente. Rachel Jenner está caminando en un parque de Bristol con su hijo de ocho años, Ben, cuando él le pide que le deje correr adelante. Es una solicitud ordinaria en una tarde común, y Rachel no tiene motivos para preocuparse, hasta que Ben desaparece. Se llama a la policía, se organizan grupos de búsqueda, y Rachel, ya insegura tras su reciente divorcio, siente que todo se desmorona. A medida que pasan las horas y luego los días sin señales de Ben, todos los que lo conocían son cuestionados, desde su exmarido recién casado hasta su hermana, considerada madre del año. La atención de los medios también se centra en Rachel, y la actitud del público hacia ella comienza a cambiar de simpatía a sospecha. Mientras desesperadamente intenta unir las pistas, Rachel se da cuenta de que nada es como lo imaginaba, ni siquiera su propio juicio. Y los mayores peligros pueden no estar en los extraños anónimos de las pesadillas de cada padre, sino detrás de las sonrisas familiares de quienes más confía. ¿Dónde está Ben? El tiempo corre...
This is a marvellously atmospheric tale of strangers summoned to a grand but neglected villa on the Italian coast. Each of them has been named in a will, but nobody knows their benefactress... Four very different people are named in a will: Delia, an opera singer robbed of her voice by illness; George, an idealistic scientist who cannot face what his skills have created; Marjorie, desperately poor and unable to dislodge her writer's block; and Lucius, ostensibly in control but whose personal life is in chaos. All are summoned to the Villa Dante, home of the late Beatrice Malaspina. But who was she? While they wait to find out, the villa begins to work its seductive magic. With its faded frescoes, overgrown garden and magnificent mediaeval tower, it is unlike anywhere they have been before. Slowly, four characters who have gone to great lengths to hide their troubles find that change - and even hope - is possible after all. But, the mysterious Beatrice has a devastating secret to reveal that will affect them all! A beautiful evocation of Italy in the aftermath of World War Two, the personal consequences of living through such a time, and a celebration of humankind's ability to heal and learn to love again, this most absorbing novel will win Elizabeth Edmondson a host of new fans.
If you're starting to wish that your husband had a mistress rather than a mother, and your nuclear family is exploding into a war zone, can your dreams survive the fall out? "There were three of us in the marriage" Ellie can't pus Princess Diana's infamous words out of her mind, except Ellie isn't dealing with a mistress, but with a matriach, and she can't decide which is worse... The Coopers were everything Ellie had always wanted. A large, loving family, parents Linda and Michael doted on their three children, and when Ellie married Dan, their eldest son, she was thrilled when they welcomed her in and treated her as one of their own. But Linda, who starts off as the perfect mother quickly turns into the mother-in-law from hell, and once Dan and Ellie return from their honeymoon and the Coopers' dysfunctions start to reveal themselves, Ellie wonders whether she's made a terrible mistake. with the arrival of baby Tom, Ellie's sure that the constant rows with her husband and simmering fury with her new family will die down. But instead, his birth sets off a chain of events that threatens everything Ellie has always dreamed of...
Twee mannen en een baseballspeler geleden was Emily nog vol zelfvertrouwen. Maar nu voelt ze zich minder zeker en haar biologische klok begint steeds luider te tikken. Toch wil Emily alleen met echte liefde genoegen nemen. Ze is een succesvolle jonge vrouw maar in relatieland is ze duidelijk de weg kwijt. Emily heeft dringend hulp nodig. Met behulp van een persoonlijke coach gaat ze op zoek naar de ware en probeert ze foute mannen te vermijden. Emily krijgt de opdracht om de tien redenen waarom haar vorige relaties mislukten op een rijtje te zetten. Deze ogenschijnlijk eenvoudige opdracht wordt een wijze les in daten, verliefd worden, afscheid nemen en uiteindelijk de ware herkennen.
From the author of Falling and Sister Stardust comes the New York Times bestseller about finding your place in the place you call home. Ever since her life took an unexpected turn, Nan Powell has enjoyed living alone on the sun-drenched shores of Nantucket. At sixty-five, she’s just as likely to be found at Windermere, her beach front home, as she is skinny dipping in her neighbor’s pool. But when the money she thought would last forever starts to dwindle, Nan decides to do something drastic to keep hold of her free-spirited life: open up Windermere to strangers. After placing an ad for summer rentals touting water views, direct access to the beach, and a sexagenarian roommate, Nan’s once quiet house is soon full of noise, laughter, and the occasional bout of tears. Between her eclectic new tenants and the sudden return of her son, Nan gets a taste of what life is like when you have someone to care for besides yourself. But just as she starts to happily settle in to her new existence, the arrival of a visitor from her past threatens to turn everyone’s lives upside down...
Niets kan de band tussen zussen verbreken... Als Beatrice tijdens een zondagse lunch een paniekerig telefoontje krijgt over de vermissing van haar jongere zus Tess, stapt ze op het eerste vliegtuig naar Londen. Naarmate ze meer te weten komt over de verdwijning, neemt de verbijstering toe over hoe weinig ze feitelijk weet van het leven van haar zusje en ze is niet voorbereid op de angstaanjagende waarheden die ze onder ogen moet zien. De politie, haar verloofde en zelfs haar moeder leggen zich erbij neer dat ze Tess hebben verloren, maar Beatrice kan dat niet. Naarmate ze dichter bij de schokkende waarheid komt, raakt ze steeds geïsoleerder van haar omgeving en wil niemand haar meer geloven.
Emily Robertson looks like the woman who has it all, the lovingly restored Tuscan farmhouse, the three beautiful children, the successful, attentive husband. But when her husband dumps her by text message, she has to face up to some stark home truths.
Todos hemos envidiado la vida de otro en algún momento pero ¿Y si podrías probarla durante unas semanas?. ¿Verdad que siempre soñamos con lo que no tenemos? La soltera independiente sueña con el marido ideal y con niños monísimos y encantadores. La madre de niños pequeños añora la independencia y libertad de su amiga soltera: ¡lo que daría por tener un fin de semana íntegramente para ella! Levantarse muy tarde, ir de compras (sin niños), de copas (con amigos), lo que sea... ¡pero sin la familia! Ahora bien, si pudieras intercambiar tu vida con otra durante unas semanas, ¿lo harías? Vicky Townsley, directora de una revista femenina, quiere probarlo y escribir un artículo con su experiencia. Ella se instalará en Connecticut en una casa con niños y marido (muy guapo) y la propietaria de tantas maravillas, pero cansada de ser ama de casa y conmuchas ganas de libertad, se irá a Londres para ocupar su lugar en la revista. Ambas no van a tardar en descubrir algo: que nada es tan maravilloso como se imagina...
The new keep-you-up-all-night suspense thriller from one of the UK's best crime writers.
