Esta autora, que tras una carrera en el periodismo cubriendo crímenes notorios se sintió atraída por el conocimiento tácito de quienes estaban más cerca de los acusados, se sumerge en las complejidades de lo que las personas saben o eligen no saber sobre la transgresión y sus consecuencias. A través de una narrativa de múltiples perspectivas, crea relatos cautivadores que exploran el escalofriante silencio y las verdades ocultas que rodean un misterio central. Su obra invita a los lectores a reflexionar sobre los paisajes psicológicos de la culpa, la inocencia y la esquiva naturaleza de la verdad.
Glen Taylor fue acusado y absuelto de un crimen terrible. Ahora que ha fallecido en un accidente, Juean, la esposa perfecta que siempre ha creído en su inocencia, se convierte para los medios en la única persona que conoce la verdad. Pero ¿qué implicaciones tendría aceptar esa verdad? ¿Hasta dónde está dispuesta a llegar para que su vida siga teniendo sentido?
'Clever and compelling. You?ll love THE CHILD? Clare Mackintosh'Tense, tantalising and ultimately very satisfying . . . definitely one of the year's must-reads? Lee Child'An engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret. An absolutely fabulous read - I loved it!?Shari LapenaThe bestselling author of 2016?s breakout debut, THE WIDOW, returns with her new dark, unputdownable thriller.********When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance. But for three strangers it?s impossible to ignore.For one woman, it?s a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to her.For another, it reveals the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discovered.And for the third, a journalist, it?s the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truth.The Child?s story will be told.********'I loved this gripping story that kept me guessing to the end? Liz Nugent'Fiona Barton is a major new talent? M J Arlidge
`The police belonged to another world - the world they saw on the television or in the papers. Not theirs.' When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing on their gap year in Thailand, their families are thrust into the international spotlight: desperate, bereft and frantic with worry. Journalist Kate Waters always does everything she can to be first to the story, first with the exclusive, first to discover the truth - and this time is no exception. But she can't help but think of her own son, who she hasn't seen in two years, since he left home to go travelling. This time it's personal. And as the case of the missing girls unfolds, they will all find that even this far away, danger can lie closer to home than you might think . . .
Three women. One Killer.Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous...When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs.Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of mid-life romance. Karen told her all about kissing strangers on the beach under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers, the creeps, the man who followed her home the other night...While the police appear to be focusing on local suspects, Kiki sets out to write the definitive piece on one woman's fatal search for love. But she will soon learn that the search for truth can be just as deadly...
Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective - or she was, before medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing- the weekenders in their fancy clothes, renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes. Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her cleaner, often knows. She's an invisible presence in many of the houses in town but she sees and hears everything. The conflicts in town boil over when a newcomer wants to put Ebbing on the map with a giant music festival, and a teenage girl ends up dead because of drugs. When a man also disappears the first night of the festival, Elise is drawn back into her detective work and starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of myriad secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.
All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty… To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what started as a retreat from the world turns into a deadly nightmare. Each of the guests have a secret but one of them is lying – about who they are and why they’re on the island. There’s a murderer staying in the Bay View hotel. And they’ve set their sights on Anna. Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One deadly lie. Someone’s going to sleep and never wake up…
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