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Lesley Thomson

    Lesley Thomson crea narrazioni che approfondiscono le vite e i mondi interiori delle donne, esplorando spesso le loro esperienze in mezzo a cambiamenti sociali e crisi personali. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da una profonda empatia e da un acuto sguardo sulla psiche umana. Ancorata a ambientazioni concrete, esamina le complesse relazioni e i dilemmi che i suoi personaggi affrontano. Thomson è celebrata per la sua voce autentica e la sua profondità emotiva, che rendono il suo lavoro profondamente risonante con i lettori.

    The Playground Murders
    The Mystery of Yew Tree House
    Death of a Mermaid
    The House With No Rooms
    The Companion
    The Distant Dead
    • The Mystery of Yew Tree House

      • 320pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      Cleaner Stella Darnell and her sidekick Jack Harmon investigate a mystery in East Sussex with its roots in WWII in the new psychological procedural in the Detective's Daughter series.

      The Mystery of Yew Tree House2023
      3,7
    • In a grand old mansion in the middle of the Sussex countryside, six people have seen more than they should... The new standalone thriller from Lesley Thomson.

      The Companion2022
      4,2
    • The Distant Dead

      • 384pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      Cleaner-turned-detective Stella Darnell connects a murder in Tewkesbury Abbey to a decades-old mystery in wartime London.

      The Distant Dead2021
      4,2
    • Death of a Mermaid

      • 400pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      Freddy left her childhood home 22 years ago and swore never to return. But now her parents are dead, and she's back in her hometown to help her brothers manage the family fishmonger. Then one of her old school friends goes missing.

      Death of a Mermaid2020
      3,7
    • The Playground Murders

      • 448pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      When a woman is found dead, and the killer is linked to the murder of a little girl in 1980, Stella is the woman for the case. But dredging up the past can be dangerous...

      The Playground Murders2019
      3,5
    • A new case for sees Stella, the detective's daughter, and Jack moving to the country in order to solve a cold case.

      The Death Chamber2018
      3,2
    • Stella Darnell is the detective's daughter. She's convinced she's found a crime scene. But what was the crime, and who was the victim?

      The Dog Walker2017
      3,0
    • The House With No Rooms

      • 448pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      Stella Darnell, the Detective's Daughter, investigates a decades-old mystery in Kew Gardens.

      The House With No Rooms2016
      3,8
    • The Detective's Secret

      • 432pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      Stella Darnell, the Detective's Daughter, investigates a twenty-year-old unsolved murder.

      The Detective's Secret2015
      3,7
    • The Detective's Daughter

      • 496pagine
      • 18 ore di lettura

      A tense, evocative thriller set on the freezing banks of the Thames. A woman reconnects with her dead father by solving the murder case that obsessed him in life.

      The Detective's Daughter2014
      3,4