Debbie Howells Libros

The emotional, powerful and life-affirming novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author. 'The story was heartbreaking, romantic and uplifting all at the same time' Two strangers. One missed flight. It only takes a moment to change a life. One year ago Casey Cassidy was happy. She had great friends, a wonderful teaching job and a busy life - until with one missed flight, everything changes. One year later Casey knows what it means to find that once-in-a-lifetime love people dream of. But when Ben leaves, her heart is shattered. Left facing a year of firsts without him, piecing her life back together seems impossible. But then a friend offers her a home in rural France. In the solitude and emptiness, Casey needs to come to terms with what's happened and find a way to move forward. She has no idea where that will take her one year later...

I have a gardener's inherent belief in the natural order of things. Soft-petalled flowers that go to seed. The resolute passage of the seasons. Swallows that fly thousands of miles to follow the eternal summer. Children who don't die before their parents. A community in shock When eighteen-year-old Rosie Anderson disappears, the idyllic village where she lived will never be the same again. Local gardener Kate is struck with guilt. She'd come to know Rosie well, and thought she understood her - perhaps better even than Rosie's own mother. A family torn apart Rosie was beautiful, kind and gentle. She came from a loving family and she had her whole life ahead of her. Who could possibly want to harm her? And why? A keeper of secrets Kate is convinced the police are missing something. She's certain that someone in the village knows more than they're letting on.

Two weeks before her wedding, a stranger stops Amy in the street and warns her she's in danger. Then that night, Matt, her fiance, doesn't come home. Desperate, Amy calls the police - but when Matt fails to emerge, she's forced to call off her wedding day.Then another man is reported missing, by a woman called Fiona - a man meeting Matt's description, who was about to leave his fiancee for her. He was supposed to be moving in with her - but instead, he's vanished.Amy refuses to believe Fiona's lover can be her Matt - but photos prove otherwise, and it soon becomes clear that Matt has been leading a double life. As the police dig deeper, two conflicting, yet equally plausible stories emerge from two women who allegedly have never met.

""Avevo quattordici anni quando mi sono innamorato di una dea. . ."" Così inizia la testimonianza di Noah Calaway, un ex avvocato con una passione per la psicologia criminale. Ora vive una vita senza scopo in una casa ereditata nella campagna inglese, tormentato dal ricordo della giovane donna affascinante che lo ha lasciato all'altare sedici anni fa. Poi un giorno riceve una telefonata preoccupante. April, la donna che amava, è in coma, vittima di un apparente overdose - e principale sospettata di un brutale omicidio. Nel profondo del suo essere, Noah crede che April sia innocente. D'altra parte, credeva anche che avrebbero trascorso il resto della loro vita insieme. Mentre Noah cerca prove per scagionare April, una teenager di nome Ella inizia a setacciare i segreti della sua dolorosa storia familiare. Alla stessa età in cui April si trovava quando Noah la conobbe, Ella custodisce una rivelazione che potrebbe essere la chiave per risolvere l'omicidio. Man mano che le due storie si intrecciano, ci sono conseguenze scioccanti quando finalmente emerge la verità. O così credono tutti. Ambientato in una terra di confine dove il passato proietta la sua ombra sul presente, con una narrazione che sfida il tempo e che affascina e sorprende, "La bellezza della fine" è sia un capolavoro di suspense che una potente riflessione sull'amore perduto.