A shocking shooting exposes the hidden secrets of five families living in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac. This psychological thriller delves into the complexities of their lives, revealing how deeply intertwined their fates are and the dark truths they conceal. As tensions rise, the narrative unfolds to explore themes of trust, betrayal, and the facades people maintain in seemingly perfect neighborhoods.
An Amazon Charts bestseller. A deeply moving story of carrying on even when it seems impossible. Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive. Impossible choices are made, decisions that leave the survivors tormented with grief and regret. Unable to let go, Finn keeps vigil as they struggle to reclaim their shattered lives. Jack, her father, who seeks vengeance against the one person he can blame other than himself; her best friend, Mo, who bravely searches for the truth as the story of their survival is rewritten; her sister Chloe, who knows Finn lingers and yearns to join her; and her mother, Ann, who saved them all but is haunted by her decisions. Finn needs to move on, but how can she with her family still in pieces? Heartrending yet ultimately redemptive, In an Instant is a story about the power of love, the meaning of family, and carrying on...even when it seems impossible.
and of the horrific consequences of a blind date gone wrong.PRAISE FOR JOY FIELDING'Gripped me from the first to the very last page' Tess Gerritsen 'A spiralling tale of paranoia and suspense' Jenny Milchman'An edge-of-your-seat read .
'I think my real name is Samantha. I think I'm your daughter.' Caroline Shipley's heart nearly stops when she hears those words from the voice on the other end of the phone. Instantly, she's thrust 15 years into the past, to a posh resort in Baja, Mexico and the fateful night her world collapsed. The trip is supposed to be a celebration. Caroline's husband, Hunter, convinces her to leave their two young daughters, Michelle and Samantha, alone in their hotel suite while the couple enjoys an anniversary dinner in the restaurant downstairs. But returning afterward, Caroline and Hunter make a horrifying discovery: Two-year-old Samantha has vanished without a trace. What follows are days, weeks and years of anguish for Caroline. She's tormented by media attention that has branded her a cold, incompetent mother, while she struggles to save her marriage. Caroline also has to deal with the demands of her needy elder daughter, Michelle, who is driven to cope in dangerous ways. Through it all, Caroline desperately clings to the hope that Samantha will someday be found only to be stung again and again by cruel reality. Plunged back into the still-raw heartbreak of her daughter's disappearance, and the suspicions and inconsistencies surrounding a case long gone cold, Caroline doesn't know whom or what to believe. The only thing she can be sure of is that someone is fiercely determined to hide the truth of what happened to Samantha.
New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding takes readers on a terror-charged hunt for a serial killer holding a small South Florida town in a vice-like grip of fear, suspicion, and violence. As Sheriff John Weber would attest, the deadliest predators in Torrance, Florida, were the alligators lurking in the nearby swamps. But that was before someone abducted and murdered a runaway teenage girl...and before the disappearance of popular and pretty Liana Martin. The pattern is chilling to Sandy Crosbie, the town's new high school English teacher. With a marriage on the rocks, thanks to her husband's online affairs, and a beautiful teenage daughter to protect, Sandy wishes she'd never come to the seemingly quiet town with shocking depths of scandal, sex, and brutality roiling beneath its surface. And as Sheriff Weber digs up more questions than answers in a dead-end investigation, one truth emerges: the prettiest ones are being targeted, the heartstoppers. And this killer intends to give them their due....
Una joven brillante y seductora enfrentada, como fiscal y como mujer, a un mundo hostil en un inolvidable «thriller» psicológico. - 3ª edición
Después de un día horrible en el que había perdido tanto su amante como su trabajo, Jamie creía haber encontrado su príncipe azul: guapo, joven, encantador, con dinero... pero pronto el amor se transforma en puro terror. El hombre de sus sueños, en apenas unas horas, se transforma en un demonio. Atrapada en un viaje infernal salpicado de crimen y violencia, Jamie se ve obligada a acompañar a Brad hacia su objetivo final: Mad River Road. En la tranquila localidad, mientras tanto, Emma y su hijo parecen haber conseguido algo parecido a una vida normal. Aunque su nueva amiga Lily sospecha algo no dice la verdad. Ninguna se atreve a hablar con el corazón, y las verdades no dichas, a medida que pasa el tiempo y el asesino se acerca, se convierten en amenazas mortales... Una novela impactante y conmovedora sobre el silencio, el miedo, la amistad y las dificultades para confiar en los demás en situaciones extremas.
Paranoia and revenge, voyeurism and obsession - The Girl on the Train meets Rear Window in this gripping novel from a queen of psychological suspense.
When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people's lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us...Caroline travels to Scotland, hoping to make contact with a brother she hasn't seen for years, and return in time for her wedding to the man her strong-willed stepmother thought so suitable. Then a sudden snow strands her in an isolated house with a young man recovering from tragedy. Both are on the brink of terrible mistakes, but perhaps they can save each other.
After sixteen years of marriage, Mattie Hart's husband Jake leaves her for another woman, leaving her to cope with her teenage daughter's anger and a health crisis that will tear all their lives apart.
