Lisa Jewell Orden de los libros (cronológico)
Esta autora profundiza en las complejidades de las relaciones humanas y los secretos que yacen bajo la superficie de la vida cotidiana. Su narrativa se caracteriza por el suspense y personajes intrincadamente desarrollados que atraen a los lectores hacia narrativas psicológicamente ricas. Escribe con una aguda perspicacia sobre la naturaleza humana, capturando los elementos inquietantes dentro de las situaciones cotidianas. Sus novelas a menudo exploran temas de identidad, el pasado y el impacto de las verdades ocultas en el presente.







Don’t Let Him In
- 480 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
He's the perfect man. He says he loves you. You think he might even be made for you. Before long he's moved into your house - and into your heart. And then he leaves for days at a time. You don't know where he's gone or who he's with. And you realise - if you looked back - you'd say to yourself: DON'T LET HIM IN. Don't miss the new read-in-one-sitting Lisa Jewell novel; a cautionary story that could happen to YOU ... __________ Love for None of This is True . . . ***** 'Gloriously dark' Lucy Foley ***** 'A moody, slippery novel' Gillian McAllister ***** 'One hundred percent brilliant' Clare Mackintosh ***** 'Shocking and creepy and glorious' Nicola Walker ***** 'Utterly addictive' Claire Douglas
From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn't Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet. After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before. While going through their parent's belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends. Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.
Exploring a grittier, street-level perspective of the Marvel Universe, this first installment of the Marvel Crime series sets the stage for thrilling narratives featuring beloved characters. It promises a darker tone and original stories, with upcoming novels spotlighting Luke Cage by S.A. Cosby and Daredevil by Alex Segura, ensuring fans can expect intense and engaging adventures in this new series.
Breaking the Dark
- 464 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were. They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to them.To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark and Fox had spent the summer with Belle—but can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas?Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a "better place", not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole generation of young people?Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel yet.
None of This Is True
- 400 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins.A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s children’s school. Josie has been listening to Alix’s podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.Josie’s life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can’t quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast. Slowly she starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has inveigled her way into Alix’s life—and into her home.But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears. Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat.Who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?
Watch Her Fall
- 416 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
***THE TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*** 'A dazzling psychological thriller' - Sunday Times. 'Deliciously sinister and obsessive ... with one hell of a twist' - Observer. 'Twist follows twist, like The Red Shoes rewritten by Patricia Highsmith' - Mail on Sunday. 'It seems so effortless ... it's brilliant and you really do not guess what's coming' - Virgin Radio, Graham Norton. 'Expect deceit, duplicity and one hell of a twist!' - RED. 'Kelly's best yet ... Genius twists and turns' - Good Housekeeping. 'Erin Kelly is at the top of her game. A seriously clever, and humane, novel' - SARAH VAUGHAN. Ava has dedicated her life to achieving the pinnacle of success, but now that she’s there, she feels isolated and paranoid. Someone is watching her—a rival willing to do anything to take what she has, even if it means murder. Praise highlights include: 'Kelly's depiction of this claustrophobic and ambitious world is brutally convincing ...' - Daily Mail. 'Psychological crime is the specialty of Erin Kelly, and this is a prime example ...' - Barry Forshaw, Financial Times. 'A captivating hall of mirrors of a novel, where nothing and no one is as they seem' - Paula Hawkins. 'From the first page, I was wrapped up in Ava's all-consuming passion ...' - Adele Parks. 'Most ambitious and captivating book to date ... thrilling and unexpected' - Lisa Jewell. 'A cleverly plotted, beautifully written thriller; a mesmerising glimpse behind the curtain
Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu... Cate vit à Londres avec son mari et leurs deux enfants. Ces derniers temps, Roan rentre de plus en plus tard, et ses petites attentions se raréfient. Il y a des signes qui ne trompent pas : persuadée que son mari a une liaison, Cate se met à l'épier de façon maladive. Mais cette mère de famille va bientôt avoir d'autres sources d'inquiétude : sa fille, Georgia, affirme avoir été suivie à son retour de l'école. Et l'une de ses camarades prétend avoir été agressée à deux pas de là, avant de retirer sa plainte. Cate a sa petite idée sur le coupable : son voisin d'en face, Owen Pick, un vieux garçon qui la met mal à l'aise. Le soir de la Saint-Valentin, une jeune femme disparaît dans le quartier - et la dernière personne à l'avoir vue vivante, c'est lui. " Un roman aussi captivant qu'émouvant. Lisa Jewell tient toujours ses promesses. " Clare Mackintosh " J'ai lu ce roman d'une traite. C'est son meilleur ! " Jojo Moyes " A travers ce roman sombre, Lisa Jewell explore les facettes les plus noires de l'âme humaine et déjoue tous les pronostics jusqu'à un dénouement imprévisible." Daily Mail (Payot)
The Family Remains
- 448 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
The Family Upstairs was just the beginning...______________________________________________________________________The Family Upstairs has gripped audiences around the world, becoming a smash hit with readers everywhere.
The Night She Disappeared
- 400 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
The brand new thriller from Lisa Jewell It's nearly midnight and you're home alone with only your baby grandson for company. Your daughter and her boyfriend have gone out to a party; the first time they've been out since their son was born. And now you are waiting for them to come home. But they don't. The next morning, frantic, you ring your daughter's friends, and you're told that she was last seen heading to a party in an isolated village known as Dark Place ... An unsolved mystery, family secrets, a boarding school for difficult teenagers, and an unidentified body - watch out for the brand new Lisa Jewell hardcover in July 2021!
Invisible Girl
- 432 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
When Saffyre Maddox was ten, something terrible happened, and she's carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides, learning his secrets, invisible in the shadows. Owen Pick is invisible too. He's never had a girlfriend; he's never even had a friend. Nobody sees him. Nobody cares. But when Saffyre goes missing from opposite his house on Valentine's night, suddenly the whole world is looking at Owen. Accusing him, holding him responsible for Saffyre's disappearance
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
- 320 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
'FOREVER MAN is Dashiell Hammett 2.0' (Brad Parks): A hilarious and biting neo-noir send-up of Silicon Valley, written pseudonymously by New York Times tech reporter Matt Richtel--
Dentro de casa
- 368 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
Cheyne Walk es una de las calles más elegantes de Chelsea, donde vive la buena sociedad londinense. Sin embargo, sus apartamentos no son solo el escenario de una vida rica y despreocupada, sino también el teatro de descubrimientos escalofriantes. Todo comienza cuando la policía llega al número 16 tras una llamada anónima que reporta un posible triple suicidio. En la cocina se encuentran los cuerpos de los esposos Martina y Henry Lamb, junto a un tercer hombre no identificado. En una habitación del primer piso, hay una niña de aproximadamente diez meses en buen estado de salud, con una pata de conejo bajo la manta de su cuna. Según los vecinos, en esa casa han vivido muchos niños y varios adultos que misteriosamente han desaparecido, incluidos los dos hijos mayores de los Lamb. Una historia de crónica negra cerrada para Scotland Yard, pero que se convierte en una herida trágicamente reabierta para Libby, la niña que fue dada en adopción veinticinco años atrás. Ahora, Libby ha heredado la casa y su aterrador pasado. ¿Qué sucedió realmente entre esas paredes? ¿Qué pasó con los otros habitantes de la casa de Chelsea? Y, sobre todo, ¿cómo se relacionan esos eventos dramáticos con los extraños ruidos que Libby escucha desde el piso de arriba?
You're back home after four years working abroad, new husband in tow. You're keen to find a place of your own. But for now you're crashing in your big brother's spare room. That's when you meet the man next door. He's the head teacher at the local school. Twice your age. Extraordinarily attractive. You find yourself watching him. All the time. But you never dreamed that your innocent crush might become a deadly obsession. Or that someone is watching you.
Then She Was Gone
- 448 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
BESTSELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE, AND A TOP RICHARD & JUDY SELECTION _____________________________ OVER 1,000 5* REVIEWS - this is why readers love this book- 'Grips to the point of OBSESSION' 'My life STOPPED while I read this book' 'My heart was THUMPING in my chest' 'This is EDGE OF YOUR SEAT reading' 'This book left me BREATHLESS' 'Cancel all plans and BUY THIS BOOK' _____________________________ She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone. Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of finding Ellie. And then she meets a charming and charismatic stranger who sweeps her off her feet. But what really takes her breath away is when she meets his nine-year-old daughter. Because his daughter is the image of Ellie. Now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back. What really happened to Ellie? And who still has secrets to hide?
Birdovi bydlí v malebné anglické vesničce v domě se zahradou. Čtyři děti – pragmatická Meg, zasněná Beth a dvojčata Rory a Rhys – chodí do místní školy a po večerech sedávají u společných večeří s milujícími rodiči – hodným tatínkem Colinem a veselou, trochu praštěnou maminkou Lorelei. Jejich dětství je jako z pohádky, dokud do něj jednoho osudného velikonočního víkendu nezasáhne tragédie. Rodina se začíná rozpadat, děti dospívají, odcházejí a z matčiny nevinné sběratelské vášně se stává patologická posedlost. Po letech se Meg do domu vrací. Jaká tajemství se tady skrývají? Má rodina ještě šanci? A co se vlastně tehdy o Velikonocích stalo?
Fresh and intriguing, with characters so real I ached for them. I loved I Found You Clare Mackintosh
The Girls
- 437 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
Dark secrets, a devastating mystery and the games people play: the gripping new novel from the bestselling author of The House We Grew Up In and The Third Wife. You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses. You've known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? Midsummer night: a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square. What really happened to her? And who is responsible? Utterly believable characters, a gripping story and a dark secret buried at its core: this is Lisa Jewell at her heart-stopping best.
The third wife
- 432 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
The unforgettable new novel from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of Ralph's Party, The Making of Us and The House We Grew Up In. You think you have the perfect life. You're successful. Attractive. Well liked. And you've just got married for the third time. But that's OK because everyone's happy. Your children are happy. You're happy. And so is your new wife... London, 3am: a tragic accident, and Adrian's life starts to fall apart. Because everyone has secrets and secrets have consequences. Some of which can be devastating.
The unforgettable story about a family with a secret at its core, from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of Ralph's Party, The Making of Us and Before I Met You. Picture a picture-book cottage in a village. A family in a sun-drenched kitchen filled with love and laughter. Picture an Easter weekend when tragedy strikes - so unexpected, so devastating that no one can talk about it. The years pass; the children become adults. Gradually they lose touch as the secret between them tears them apart. And then something happens that calls them back to the house they grew up in - and to what really happened that Easter weekend all those years ago.
London, 1920. Arlette works in Liberty by day, and by night is caughty up in a glamorous whirl of parties, clubs, cocktails and jazz. But when tragedy strikes she flees the city, never to return.Over half a century later, in the grungy mid-'90s, her graddaughter Betty arrives in London.She can't wait to begin her new life. But before she can do so, she must find the mysterious woman named in her grandmother's will.What she doesn't know is that her search will uncover the heartbreaking secret that changed her grandmother's life, and might also change hers for ever...
The Making of Us
- 496 páginas
- 18 horas de lectura
Lydia, Robyn and Dean don't know each other - yet. They live very different lives but each of them, independently, has always felt that something is missing. What they don't know is that a letter is about to arrive that will turn their lives upside down. It is a letter containing a secret - one that will bind them together, and show them what love and familyandfriendship reallymean...
Discovering that they are drifting apart after eleven years of marriage, Jem and Ralph contemplate changes that they hope will rekindle their relationship, an effort that is complicated by Jem's feelings that she is losing herself, Ralph's loss of artistic inspiration, and the needs of their two children.
The truth about Melody Browne
- 387 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
When she was nine years old, Melody Browne's house burned down, taking every toy, every photograph, every item of clothing and old Christmas card with it. But not only did the fire destroy all her possessions, it took with it all her memories - Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday. Now in her early thirties, Melody lives in a council flat in the middle of London with her seventeen-year-old son. She hasn't seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but Melody doesn't mind, she's better off on her own. She's made a good life for herself and her son and she likes it that way. Until one night something extraordinary happens. Whilst attending a hypnotist show with her first date in years she faints - and when she comes round she starts to remember. At first her memories mean nothing to her but then slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. Her journey takes her to the seaside town of Broadstairs, to oddly familiar houses in London backstreets and to meetings with strangers who love her like their own. But with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. And Melody begins to wonder if she'll ever know the truth about her past.
1990. Please write and tell me why you should live here. Toby Dobbs received a big Victorian house with too many bedrooms to count as a wedding present from his father, but his marriage is over within a month. Very alone, and very lonely, Toby posts an advertisement seeking the "Unexpectedly Alone" to become his roommates. Fifteen years later the wayward souls he takes in are still living with him, with no intention of leaving. 2004. Please tell me how I can convince you to move out. Toby Dobbs has met Leah Pilgrim from across the road, and they're falling in love. But before they can begin a new life together, Toby and Leah must help Toby's house of sweet slackers and lovelorn misfits grow up, solve their problems, and set themselves free. But can their new relationship survive the test?
Impreza u Ralpha
- 282 páginas
- 10 horas de lectura
Vince & Joy: ... y las trampas del destino
- 448 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
¿Recuerdas la primera vez que te enamoraste y creíste que al fin le habías encontrado? ¿Recuerdas cuando la vida se interpuso entre vosotros? ¿Y como te preguntabas... que habrá estado haciendo todos estos años... habrá cambiado... o quien ha cambiado soy yo? Él es Vince. Ella es Joy. Y la suya es la historia de un primer gran amor, hasta que el destino jugó con ellos y les separó. Durante quince años cada uno ha seguido con sus vidas. Nuevos amigos, nuevos amores, cambios de trabajo, pequeñas y grandes decisiones. Aunque los dos viven en Londres, sus caminos no se cruzan y, cuando ocurre, parece que nunca es el momento adecuado para ambos. Sin embargo, tal vez existan esos seres que, aunque parezca que están destinados al desencuentro, en el fondo están hechos el uno para el otro. Una novela que atrapa por su frescura, naturalidad, simpatía y unos personajes con cuyas emociones es fácil identificarse. Una historia tan real que podría haberte sucedido a ti.
Y tú, ¿lo has encontrado?
- 368 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
Tres hombres, siete mujeres y mil problemas. ¿Por qué cambia la vida a menudo de manera tan vertiginosa? ¿Por qué la mujer a la que se amó durante tanto tiempo decide de repente optar por otro? ¿Y por qué los amigos con los que se compartieron tantos momentos divertidos se han vuelto tan "adultos"? Estas son las preguntas que Ned debe enfrentar al regresar a Londres tras una larga estancia en Australia, encontrando su pequeño mundo completamente transformado. Él y sus tres hermanos deben aprender durante un largo verano que la vida no se trata solo de fiestas, y que siempre hay lugar para los milagros. Una novela inusual, llena de calidez y profundidad, que explora la vida, el amor y la amistad especial.
One-hit wonder
- 449 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
Bee Bearhorn had a number-one hit single in 1985 – and was never heard of again. Fifteen years later she is found dead in her flat and nobody seems to care ... But Ana Wills always day-dreamed about the exotic half-sister she hasn’t seen in years. And when she comes to London to clear Bee’s flat, she uncovers a life more exotic than she imagined: a secret country cottage, mysterious weekends away, and even a missing cat. With Bee’s closest friends – mad Lol and strong, silent Flint – Ana sets out to discover exactly what did happen to Bee Bearhorn, the one-hit wonder ...
Thirtynothing
- 436 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
Ever wondered what happened to your first love? Imagine bumping into them twelve years later and realizing you still fancy them rotten. That’s exactly what happens to Dig Ryan when he sees Delilah again. Now imagine you’re Nadine. You and Dig have been best friends for fifteen years. And you’ve finally realized that you’re in love with him. So when Delilah – who always was your nemesis – returns, you’re mad with jealousy and can’t help behaving childishly. Like phoning your first love Phil – just to get your own back ... Thirty-Nothing is a story of ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends and friends dabbling with yesterday when they really should be thinking about today.
La fiesta de Ralph
- 415 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
Ralph le gusta Jem, quien sin duda también se siente atraída por Ralph, aunque de hecho sea muy feliz saliendo con Smith. Smith también parece feliz, a pesar de que con quien en realidad le gustaría salir sea Cheri, su vecina. Cheri no tiene pareja, pero procura mantener regularmente sesiones de sexo con su otro vecino, Karl. ¿Y Karl? Bueno... Karl vive con Siobhan, a la que aún ama, aunque no es de extrañar, visto el panorama, que ella no esté del todo segura que así sea.


























