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Stella Duffy

    Stella Duffy crea narrativas que profundizan en la complejidad de las relaciones humanas y las cuestiones sociales con una perspectiva distintiva. Su prosa se caracteriza por una penetrante profundidad psicológica y un estilo narrativo único que atrae a los lectores a sus historias. A través de personajes magistralmente delineados y descripciones ricas y atmosféricas, explora temas de identidad, pérdida y la búsqueda de sentido. Duffy se erige como una autora significativa cuya obra resuena con poder tanto intelectual como emocional.

    Stella Duffy
    The Room of Lost Things
    Theodora
    State of Happiness
    Lullaby Beach
    The Purple Shroud
    Fresh Flesh
    • Everything's going fine for Saz and Molly. Its summer in London, and they're having a baby, doing all the right things, taking all the right precautions. Saz has even stopped taking on any weird and wild cases. No more danger, just steady sleuthing and in bed before midnight. Yeah, right!

      Fresh Flesh
    • Lullaby Beach

      • 256 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      A compelling novel about family secrets and the legacy of trauma, set against the changing fortunes of an English seaside town, from award-winning writer Stella Duffy.

      Lullaby Beach
    • State of Happiness

      • 256 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Duffy is best known for her sharp insights and sharper wit, and both are on display here... Brave, understated and unforgettable' DAILY MAIL When Jack and Cindy meet at a friend's party they are immediately attracted to one another. Cindy, a celebrated mapmaker, traces the contours of their relationship, from New York to LA, from first passion to real love. After five years together, Cindy and Jack think they have tested their love to its limits. But then Cindy falls dangerously ill, and the couple must face the hardest test of all. Told with wit, tenderness and unflinching honesty, STATE OF HAPPINESS is a captivating story of love and loss from a writer at the height of her powers. 'STATE OF HAPPINESS is a sharp, sobering cocktail spiked with metaphysic, immense good humour and understanding. Stella Duffy gets better and better' Ali Smith, author of HOTEL WORLD

      State of Happiness
    • Theodora

      • 344 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      A brilliant new novel from the author of Singling out the Couples, State of Happiness and Parallel Lies

      Theodora
    • The Room of Lost Things

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      * A brilliant new novel from the author of Singling out the Couples, State of Happiness and Parallel Lies

      The Room of Lost Things
    • Wavewalker

      • 261 páginas
      • 10 horas de lectura

      There is more than meets the eye to the activities of Dr Maxwell North, the internationally acclaimed therapist, healer and guru. A mysterious employee, the Wavewalker, hires Saz Martin to find out just exactly what. In an investigation which starts in seventies San Francisco, Saz Martin's attempt to expose North ends in personal disaster. Stella Duffy was brought up in New Zealand. An actor, improviser and stand-up comedian, she now lives in London. The other Saz Martin titles are Fresh Flesh, Calendar Girl and Beneath the Blonde .

      Wavewalker
    • Tart Noir

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      From classic crime to magical anti-realism, hot sex to cold calculation, Tart Noir is a collection of 20 stories by female crime writers. The morals of the protagonists are questionable and their actions are guaranteed to shock.

      Tart Noir
    • Money in the Morgue

      • 336 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Roderick Alleyn is back in this unique crime novel begun by Ngaio Marsh during the Second World War and now completed by Stella Duffy in a way that has delighted reviewers and critics alike.

      Money in the Morgue
    • Immaculate Conceit

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Sofia is a lap dancer with a commendably chaotic life. She's single, occasionally shagging her ex, and pretty damn happy. Then the Angel Gabriel appears to tell her she's pregnant with possibility - specifically the new Messiah. Second coming with no coming in the first place. Sofia doesn't own a watch let alone a biological clock - but there's no denying she's pregnant. She falls out with her ex and falls in love with Gabriel. Who's falling too. The world may well want a new saviour, but this time the perfect mother is feeling less than magnificent about the prospect.

      Immaculate Conceit