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A haunting true story of a serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California in the 70s and 80s, this narrative follows the gifted journalist who tragically died while investigating the case, which was ultimately solved in April 2018. The work is introduced by Gillian Flynn and features an afterword by Patton Oswalt. For over a decade, a violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California and ten sadistic murders in Southern California, eluding capture by multiple police forces and top detectives. Three decades later, true crime journalist Michelle McNamara, creator of TrueCrimeDiary.com, became determined to find the psychopath she named "the Golden State Killer." She meticulously examined police reports, interviewed victims, and engaged with online communities obsessed with the case. The masterpiece she was writing at the time of her sudden death offers a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the devastation he caused, while also portraying McNamara’s obsession and relentless pursuit of the truth. This utterly original and compelling work has been hailed as a modern true crime classic, fulfilling Michelle's dream of helping to unmask the Golden State Killer.

Anna Fox vive rinchiusa nella sua casa di New York e la sola idea di mettere piede fuori dalla porta rischia di provocarle un attacco di panico. Passa le sue giornate vagando da una stanza all’altra con un bicchiere di Pinot in mano, chattando con uomini sconosciuti, guardando vecchi film noir – la sua passione – e soprattutto… spiando i vicini con l’aiuto della sua Nikon D5500. Nel mirino ora ci sono i Russell, che da poco si sono trasferiti nella villetta al lato opposto del parco. Una madre, un padre e un ragazzino adolescente: la famiglia perfetta, quella che Anna rivorrebbe con sé. Una notte però alla finestra dei Russell, Anna assiste a qualcosa di terribile, qualcosa di così sconvolgente che sgretolerà il suo fragile equilibrio e metterà a nudo la verità che ha sepolto per mesi. Ma il giorno dopo un dubbio spaventoso si insinua nella sua mente: la scena che ha visto è reale o frutto della sua immaginazione? Qualcuno è davvero in pericolo o a terrorizzarla è solo la sua paranoia? Diabolico, potente e pieno di colpi di scena, La donna alla finestra è un thriller psicologico sofisticato e magistrale, degno del miglior Hitchcock.

Gillian Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our…

All of Gillian Flynn's stylish thrillers brought together for the first time. The ultimate gift for fans of the bestselling phenomenon, GONE GIRL.

The desperate search for his missing daughter will take a father to hell and back...Professor David Ullman is among the world's leading authorities on demonic literature. Not that he's a believer. He sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when offered a luxury trip to Venice to consult on a 'phenomenon', he accepts, taking his 11-year-old daughter Tess with him.Amidst the decadent splendour of the city, David makes his way to the address he's been asked to visit. What he witnesses in the tiny attic room shakes him to the core: a man restrained in a chair, clearly insane. But what David hears the man say is worse. The voice of his father, dead for 30 years, repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Words that have left scars - and a mystery - behind.Terrified, David is determined to leave with Tess as quickly as possible. But he can't shake the feeling that something is following him. And then, before his eyes on the roof of their hotel, Tess disappears. But before she falls into the Grand Canal's waters, she utters a plea: Find me.At once frightening and deeply moving, Andrew Pyper's page-turning thriller explores the lengths a father will go to find his daughter, and the darkness he is prepared to confront along the way.

Αιχμηρά αντικείμενα, κοφτερές λέξεις, ιλιγγιώδης ρυθμός. Η πρωτοεμφανιζόμενη Τζίλιαν Φλιν στήνει ένα εντυπωσιακό ψυχολογικό θρίλερ που της χάρισε τα βραβεία CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger και CWA New Blood Fiction Dagger καθώς και διθυραμβικές κριτικές. Εθιστικό ως την τελευταία του σελίδα, παγιδεύει τον αναγνώστη μέσα στο λαβύρινθο των σχέσεων μιας οικογένειας καθώς και το πλέγμα των δεσμών μεταξύ των κατοίκων μιας αμερικανικής επαρχιακής πόλης. Η πρωταγωνίστριά του Καμίλ Πρίκερ, δημοσιογράφος, επιστρέφει ύστερα από χρόνια στη γενέτειρά της με αφορμή τους φόνους δύο νεαρών κοριτσιών την εξιχνίαση των οποίων καλείται να καλύψει για λογαριασμό της εφημερίδας της. Η επιστροφή της θα την αναγκάσει να έρθει ξανά σε επαφή με την οικογένειά της από την οποία έχει αποξενωθεί και θα ξαναξυπνήσει τις μνήμες της οικογενειακής τραγωδίας που βαραίνουν το παρελθόν της. Παράλληλα η αστυνομική έρευνα που διενεργείται μοιάζει αδιέξοδη και η μόνη λύση για να λυθεί το παζλ των φόνων είναι η κατάδυση της Καμίλ στην προσωπική της κόλαση. Το βιβλίο έχει γίνει μπεστ σέλερ σε πολλές χώρες ενώ ήδη γυρίζεται σε ταινία.

Amy e Nick si incontrano a una festa in una gelida sera di gennaio. È subito amore. Lui la conquista con il sorriso sornione e l’accento ondulato del Missouri. Lei è la ragazza perfetta, bella e spigliata. Sono felici, pieni di futuro. Qualche anno dopo però tutto è cambiato. Da Brooklyn a North Carthage, Missouri. Da giovani in carriera a coppia alla deriva. Amy e Nick hanno perso il lavoro e sono costretti a reinventarsi: lui proprietario di un bar accanto alla sorella Margo, lei casalinga in una città di provincia. Fino a che, la mattina del loro quinto anniversario, Amy scompare. È in quel momento, con le tracce di sangue e i segni di colluttazione a sfregiare la simmetria del salotto, che la vera storia del matrimonio di Amy e Nick ha inizio. Che fine ha fatto Amy? Quale segreto nasconde il diario che teneva con cura? Chi è davvero Nick Dunne? Un marito devoto schiacciato dall’angoscia, o un cinico mentitore e violento, forse addirittura un assassino? Raccontato dalle voci alternate di Nick e Amy, L’amore bugiardo è una vertiginosa incursione nel lato oscuro del matrimonio. Un romanzo, costruito su rovesciamenti e colpi di scena, che vi costringerà a domandarvi se conoscete davvero la persona che vi dorme accanto.

Libby Day hétéves volt, amikor az anyját és két nővérét meggyilkolták a kansasi Kinnakee-ben. Libby túlélte a mészárlást, és vallomásában azt állította, hogy tizenöt éves bátyja, Ben volt a tettes. Huszonöt évvel később a Gyilkosok Klubja – egy hírhedt bűnügyekkel foglalkozó titkos társaság – felkeresi Libbyt, hogy bizonyítékot találjanak Ben ártatlanságára. Libby anyagi haszon reményében együttműködik velük: felkeresi azokat, akik akkor éjjel ott voltak a házukban, és beszámol a klubtagoknak mindarról, amit megtud. A nyomozás során lepusztult sztriptízbárokban és elhagyatott városokban keresi az igazságot, és miközben lassan fény derül az elképzelhetetlenre, ugyanabba a helyzetbe kerül, mint amikor minden elkezdődött: újra egy gyilkos elől menekül.

Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.