Come autrice di thriller di spicco, Sharon Bolton è rinomata per le sue narrazioni agghiaccianti che immergono i lettori negli angoli più oscuri della psiche umana. Il suo stile è caratterizzato da suspense, sviluppo esperto dei personaggi e capacità di mantenere il lettore con il fiato sospeso fino alla fine. Bolton esplora magistralmente relazioni complesse e dilemmi morali, lasciando un'impressione duratura.
Eleven-year-old Barney has been on a quest to find his mother since she left when Barney was just a toddler. But everything changes when children about Barney's age--and all from the same neighborhood where he lives--start disappearing and turning up gruesomely murdered.
Che cosa sta succedendo all'Università di Cambridge? Perché tante morti tra gli studenti? Quando una lunga serie di apparenti suicidi scuote il prestigioso ateneo, l'agente Lacey Flint viene immediatamente inviata sul luogo da Scotland Yard. Deve interpretare sotto copertura la parte di una ragazza vulnerabile che riprende gli studi dopo un esaurimento nervoso. Lacey inizia subito a indagare entrando in contatto con le compagne delle vittime e scopre che tutte, prima di togliersi la vita in modo cruento, avevano sofferto di depressione e stati d'ansia, accompagnati da disturbi del sonno e incubi ricorrenti in cui le loro paure più profonde parevano oltremodo reali. Alcune sembravano drogate ed erano sparite per giorni senza poi ricordare dove fossero state, sostenendo che qualcuno le spiasse nella loro vita quotidiana. Aiutata da una professoressa di psicologia che aveva avuto in cura molte di loro, Lacey è determinata a scoprire che cosa si celi dietro tutto questo orrore, rischiando a sua volta di venire risucchiata in un vortice di terrore e distruzione.
'Spine-tingling suspense!' LISA GARDNER'A killer twist' Financial TimesSometimes I wish that she'd just leave me in peace . . Psychologist Evi has taken on a new patient: a grieving mother who lost her daughter in a fire two years ago - but who is convinced her little girl is still alive.
Famous killers have fan clubs. Hamish Wolfe is charming, magnetic and very persuasive. Famed for his good looks, he receives adoring letters every day from his countless admirers. He's also a convicted murderer, facing life in prison. Who would join such a club? Maggie Rosie is a successful lawyer and true-crime author. Reclusive and enigmatic, she only takes on cases she can win. Hamish is convinced that Maggie can change his fate. Maggie is determined not to get involved. She thinks she's immune to the charms of such a man. But maybe not this time ...Would you?
'One of the best thrillers ever' SOPHIE HANNAHConsultant surgeon Tora Hamilton has moved to remote Shetland to be with her husband. Not for this . . .In the peat soil near her new home she uncovers a perfectly preserved woman's body. But as Tora begins to ask questions around the island, she receives her first threat . . .
But she's seen the killer's face, and he's seen hers - and he won't rest until he's eliminated the last witness to his crime .
He makes his living from death. But is he capable of murder? Florence Lovelady's career was made when she convicted coffin-maker Larry Grassbrook of a series of child murders 30 years ago. Like something from our worst nightmares, the victims were buried, but while they were still alive. Larry confessed the crimes; it was an open and shut case. But now he's dead, and events from the past start to repeat themselves. Did she get it wrong all those years ago? Or is there something much darker at play?
Trzy wyznania. Dwóch kłamców. Jeden morderca. Troje bliskich sobie ludzi ukrywa przed sobą straszne tajemnice. Catrin Quinn przed trzema laty straciła w wypadku dwóch synów. Od tego czasu nie potrafi wrócić do równowagi. Ma depresję , widzi duchy swoich dzieci. Jej małżeństwo rozpadło się, romans ledwie się tli. Żyje nienawiścią i pragnieniem zemsty. Bardzo dobrze zna sprawcę.. On również nie potrafi zapomnieć o tym, co się zdarzyło. Nocami podkradają się pod swoje domy. Gdy w okolicy znika kolejne dziecko, podejrzenia i oskarżenia spadają na Catrin. I ona, i jej były kochanek Callum, i najlepsza przyjaciółka z dzieciństwa Rachel ukrywają straszne tajemnice. Wiele ich łączy: wszyscy są w żałobie i nikt nie ufa nikomu, nawet sobie. A do odkrycia prawdy wiedzie daleka i kręta droga...
