Emmanuelle Delanoë-Brun Orden de los libros (cronológico)

When she laughs, it sounds like a doorbell. If I confessed my love, she would laugh, dismissing it as a joke. Love is serious, a matter of life and death, and one day she will realize that. Zoe, a schoolteacher; Jenny, a former hand model turned mother; and Nadia, a free spirit entertaining at children's parties—three women in London facing unique challenges, their lives intertwined by a sadistic stalker. As summer heat intensifies, they receive letters indicating they are being watched, studied, and loved from afar, even unto death. Initially, the women and police dismiss the threats, believing them to be from a harmless crank. However, the narrative follows their journey from denial to terror, culminating in the realization that no one can stop the killer. French masterfully depicts how the letters invade their lives, straining relationships and pushing them toward madness. The irony lies in how the stalker's threats reveal the women's existing flaws and fears. French's psychological insight is so profound that the impending murders feel secondary to the exploration of the women's psyches. While the thriller genre demands excitement, we mourn the victims, acknowledging our own voyeuristic complicity in their unraveling.

Cuando Alice Loudon cruza la mirada de un desconocido en la calle, es consumida por una pasión desbordante. De la noche a la mañana, abandona a su compañero, Jake, con quien compartía una felicidad tranquila, y descuida el proyecto que dirige en un laboratorio farmacéutico. Sin embargo, Alice no sabe nada de Adam Tallis cuando se casa con él, salvo que es un alpinista famoso que ha salvado varias vidas arriesgando la suya. Ante su obstinada negativa a hablar del pasado, Alice decide investigar por su cuenta. Pronto, un nombre la obsesiona: Adèle Blanchard, una joven que dejó a Adam y cuya existencia él niega con vehemencia. Pero no se puede abrir la puerta del pasado sin enfrentar las consecuencias, y el amor desenfrenado a veces conduce a extremos violentos.