La entrega final de Las Siete Hermanas de Lucinda Riley revela secretos familiares a través de dos épocas: 1928 en París, donde un joven enfrenta su pasado, y 2008 en el Egeo, donde las hermanas descubren la verdad sobre su padre. Un viaje de amor y pérdida que culmina en un impactante desenlace.
CeCe D'Aplièse nunca ha encajado. Tras la muerte de su padre, decide indagar sobre su pasado. Las únicas pistas que tiene son una fotografía y el nombre de una mujer pionera que vivió en Australia hace un siglo. De camino hacia Sídney se detiene en el único lugar donde se ha sentido ella misma: las playas de Krabi, en Tailandia, un rincón paradisíaco en el que conoce al enigmático Ace. Cien años antes, Kitty McBride, hija de un reverendo de Edimburgo, viaja a Australia como dama de compañía de la acaudalada señora McCrombie. En Adelaida su destino se ve unido a la rica familia, incluidos los gemelos, el impetuoso Drummond y el ambicioso Andrew, heredero de una importante fortuna en la industria de la perla. CeCe descubrirá el nexo con Kitty, y su creatividad responderá a la energía de las polvorientas planicies australianas, lugar que le ofrecerá una sensación de pertenencia, algo que creía imposible de encontrar.
1995, London. When Sir James Harrison, one the greatest actors of his generation, passes away at the age of ninety-five he leaves behind not just a heartbroken family but also a secret so shocking, so devastating, that it could rock the English Establishment to its core . . . Joanna Haslam is an ambitious young journalist, assigned to cover the legendary actor's funeral. The great and the good of the celebrity world are in attendance. But Joanna stumbles on something dark beneath the glamour: the mention of a letter James Harrison has left behind, the contents of which others have been desperate to conceal for over seventy years. As she peels back the veil of lies that has shrouded the secret, she realises that there are other forces attempting to prevent her from discovering the truth. And they'll stop at nothing to reach the letter before she does . . . Praise for Lucinda Riley 'A brilliant page-turner' Daily Mail 'Atmospheric, heart-rending and multi-layered' Grazia 'A fast-paced, suspenseful story' Red
Nápoles, 1966. Es un espléndido día de verano y la casa de los Menici está llena de preparativos para la fiesta que se celebrará esa noche. Rosanna tiene solo once años y sueña con ser tan hermosa y cortejada como su hermana mayor Carlotta, que con su piel de terciopelo y largos cabellos oscuros atrae todas las miradas. Pero Rosanna tiene un don que la hace realmente especial: una voz extraordinaria capaz de encantar a quien la escucha. Especialmente a Roberto Rossini, un brillante estudiante de la Scala de Milán, quien tras la actuación de Rosanna propone a su padre que la haga estudiar con uno de los más grandes maestros de la lírica. Un encuentro fatal que marcará para siempre su destino. Milán, 1973. Ahora una joven sensible y apasionada, Rosanna ha cumplido su deseo de ser admitida en la Scala. Comienza para ella un periodo embriagador: el ritmo de la metrópoli, las agotadoras pruebas de canto, los primeros gloriosos pasos en el escenario. Y será aquí donde las vidas de Rosanna y Roberto se cruzarán de nuevo, llevándola a un sentimiento poderoso e incontrolable.
Salem, Massachusetts is the site of the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather. Recently transplanted from New York City, Sam and her stepmother are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Sam is the descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for those trials and almost immediately, she becomes the enemy of a group of girls who call themselves The Descendants. And guess who their ancestors were? If dealing with that weren't enough, Sam also comes face to face with a real live (well technically dead) ghost. A handsome, angry ghost who wants Sam to stop touching his stuff. But soon Sam discovers she is at the centre of a centuries old curse affecting anyone with ties to the trials. Sam must come to terms with the ghost and find a way to work with the Descendants to stop a deadly cycle that has been going on since the first accused witch was hanged
Each girl survived an unthinkable horror. Now someone wants them dead... They were the victims of separate massacres. Grouped together by the press, and dubbed the Final Girls, they are treated like something fresh out of a slasher movie. When something terrible happens to Lisa, put-together Quincy and volatile Sam finally meet.
Hace veinticuatro años, durante unas vacaciones mágicas en Chipre, Helena se enamoró por primera vez. Ahora regresa a Pandora, una casa hermosa pero en muy mal estado que su padrino le ha dejado en herencia, para pasar el verano junto a su familia. No obstante, la idílica belleza de Pandora esconde muchos secretos, secretos que durante años Helena ha sido capaz de ocultar a su marido, William, y a su hijo Alex, que, con solo trece años, se debate entre proteger a su madre o averiguar la verdad sobre su verdadero padre. El delicado equilibrio de la vida de la protagonista se rompe cuando coincide por casualidad con su antiguo amor y su pasado y su presente chocan por fin. Helena sabe que su vida y la de su familia no será la misma en el momento en que los secretos de Pandora salgan a la luz.
An eerie and absorbing novel following a criminal psychologist who has discovered shocking and possibly dangerous connections between a serial killer and her stepdaughter Criminal psychologist Seonkyeong receives an unexpected call one day. Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer whose gruesome murders shook the world, wants to be interviewed. Yi Byeongdo, who has refused to speak to anyone until now, asks specifically for her. Seonkyeong agrees out of curiosity. That same day Hayeong, her husband's eleven-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, shows up at their door after her grandparents, with whom she lived after her mother passed away, die in a sudden fire. Seonkyeong wants her to feel at home, but is gradually unnerved as the young girl says very little and acts strangely. At work and at home, Seonkyeong starts to unravel the pasts of the two new arrivals in her life and begins to see startling similarities. Hayeong looks at her the same way Yi Byeongdo does when he recounts the abuse he experienced as a child; Hayeong's serene expression masks a temper that she can't control. Plus, the story she tells about her grandparents' death, and her mother's before that, deeply troubles Seonkyeong. So much so that Yi Byeongdo picks up on it and starts giving her advice. Written with exquisite precision and persistent creepiness, The Only Child is psychological suspense at its very best.
