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Lucy Foley

    1 gennaio 1986

    Questa autrice si immerge in mondi accattivanti attraverso i suoi romanzi, spesso ambientati in luoghi remoti che la ispirano durante i suoi viaggi. La sua prosa esplora ambientazioni e atmosfere ricche, attirando profondamente i lettori nella narrazione. Attraverso le sue storie, offre una fuga immersiva in cui realtà e immaginazione si intrecciano. Il suo stile di scrittura è creato per coinvolgere immediatamente il lettore, guidandolo attraverso viaggi indimenticabili.

    Lucy Foley
    The Paris Apartment
    The Midnight Feast
    Book of Lost and Found
    Marple
    La verità su Josie Fair
    La lista degli ospiti
    • Su un'isola al largo della costa irlandese, gli ospiti si riuniscono per celebrare l'unione di due persone. Lo sposo: affascinante e carismatico, una stella nascente della televisione. La sposa: intelligente e ambiziosa, editrice di una rivista. È un matrimonio da copertina: l'abito di design, la location remota, i regali di lusso, il whiskey pregiato. Sebbene il segnale del cellulare possa essere scarso e le onde possano essere agitate, ogni dettaglio è stato pianificato con cura e sarà eseguito alla perfezione. Ma la perfezione è solo nei piani, e le persone sono troppo umane. Mentre lo champagne viene stappato e i festeggiamenti iniziano, risentimenti e piccole gelosie si mescolano ai ricordi e agli auguri. I testimoni iniziano un gioco di bevute dei tempi scolastici. Una damigella rovina il suo vestito non proprio per caso. Il miglior amico della sposa fa un brindisi imbarazzante. E poi qualcuno viene trovato morto. Chi non ha augurato il meglio alla coppia felice? E forse, più importante, perché?

      La lista degli ospiti
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    • La verità su Josie Fair

      • 432pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      Festeggiando il suo quarantacinquesimo compleanno nel pub locale, la popolare podcaster Alix Summers incontra una donna apparentemente comune di nome Josie Fair, che sta anch'essa celebrando il suo compleanno. Scoprono di essere, in effetti, gemelle di compleanno. Pochi giorni dopo, si rincontrano fuori dalla scuola dei figli di Alix. Josie, che ha ascoltato i podcast di Alix, crede di essere un soggetto interessante per la sua serie, affermando di trovarsi sull'orlo di grandi cambiamenti nella sua vita. La vita di Josie appare strana e complicata, e sebbene Alix la trovi inquietante, non riesce a resistere alla tentazione di continuare a registrare il podcast. Man mano che approfondisce la sua storia, Alix si rende conto che Josie nasconde oscuri segreti. Prima che se ne accorga, Josie si infiltra nella vita di Alix e nella sua casa. Ma, altrettanto rapidamente, Josie scompare, lasciando dietro di sé un'eredità terribile e spaventosa, trasformando Alix nella protagonista del suo stesso podcast di true crime, con la vita sua e della sua famiglia in grave pericolo. Chi è Josie Fair? E cosa ha fatto?

      La verità su Josie Fair
      4,1
    • A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery. · Naomi Alderman · Leigh Bardugo · Alyssa Cole · Lucy Foley · Elly Griffiths · Natalie Haynes · Jean Kwok · Val McDermid · Karen M. McManus · Dreda Say Mitchell · Kate Mosse · Ruth Ware Miss Marple was first introduced to readers in a story Christie wrote for The Royal Magazine in 1927 and made her first appearance in a full-length novel in 1930's The Murder at the Vicarage. It has been 45 years since Agatha Christie's last Marple novel, Sleeping Murder, was published posthumously in 1976, and this collection of ingenious new stories by twelve Christie devotees will be a timely reminder why Jane Marple remains the most famous fictional female detective of all time.

      Marple
      3,8
    • Book of Lost and Found

      • 544pagine
      • 20 ore di lettura

      In many ways, my life has been rather like a record of the lost and found. Perhaps all lives are like that. It's when life started in earnest. Hertfordshire, 1928: The paths of Tom and Alice collide against a haze of youthful, carefree exuberance. And so begins a love story that finds its feet by a lake one silvery moonlit evening ... It's when there were no happy endings. Paris, 1939: Alice is living in the City of Light, but the pain of the last decade has already left its mark. There's a shadow creeping across Europe when she and Thomas Stafford - now a world famous artist - find each other once more ... It's when the story begins. London, 1986: Bequeathed an old portrait from her grandmother, Kate Darling uncovers a legacy that takes her to Corsica, Paris and beyond. And as the secrets of time fall away, a love story as epic as it is life-changing slowly reveals itself.

      Book of Lost and Found
      3,8
    • The Midnight Feast

      • 368pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      "Sharp, stylish and stunning...Foley's best yet." -- Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End The deliciously twisty new locked room murder mystery from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Paris Apartment Welcome to the opening weekend of The Manor A luxury resort built on top of old secrets in an ancient wood THE FOUNDER THE HUSBAND THE MYSTERY GUEST THE KITCHEN HELP All have an agenda. All have a past. But not everyone will survive.... The Midnight Feast

      The Midnight Feast
      3,7
    • The Paris Apartment

      • 416pagine
      • 15 ore di lettura

      *The No.1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller* Discover the new murder mystery thriller from the No.1, million-copy bestseller, Lucy Foley 'Dazzling' The Times 'Compelling, up-all-night reading' Erin Kelly 'Atmosphere you can cut with a knife'Alex Michaelides 'Gloriously twisty' Ruth Ware 'Combines edge-of-your-seat tension with out-and-out Parisian chic' Adele Parks _________________________________________________________________ In a beautiful old apartment block, deep in the backstreets of Paris, secrets are stirring behind every resident's door. The lonely wife The party animal The curtain-twitcher The secret lover The watchful caretaker The unwanted guest There was a murder here last night. Who holds the key to the mystery of apartment three? _________________________________________________________________ What readers are saying about The Paris Apartment: 'One to devour entirely in one delicious sitting. Stupendous' 'Twisty and mysterious and surprising' 'Had me gripped right from the beginning' 'Has "book of the year" written all over it' 'A page-turner with an amazing setting' 'A fabulously tense and mysterious read!' The Paris Apartment was a New York Times No.1 bestseller for w/e 06/03/2022 The Guest List was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller for w/c 14/09/2022 The Guest List was the Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Crime & Mystery 2020

      The Paris Apartment
      3,7
    • *The Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller* EVERYONE'S INVITED. EVERYONE'S A SUSPECT. In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather. The beautiful oneThe golden coupleThe volatile oneThe new parentsThe quiet oneThe city boyThe outsider The victim. Not an accident - a murder among friends.

      The hunting party
      3,6
    • The Invitation

      • 448pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      The world’s darkest hour had made her a ghost. Only he can see the light… Rome, 1953: Hal and Stella meet by chance, two outcasts in a city far from home. Or perhaps it was the hand of the gods that night as the Eternal City welcomed the beautiful elite to its rooftops. It’s a bright awakening for Hal, he believes he’s found the love of his life – his Stella, his star. To his dismay, the mysterious girl disappears as quickly as she swept in, and Hal’s life as a journalist falls back into its familiar routine. But when he’s asked by an Italian Contessa to assist on a trip of a lifetime – acting as the reporter on a tremendous yacht, skimming its way along the Italian Riviera towards Cannes film festival, the most famous movie stars and directors of the day as its cargo – Hal can’t believe his good fortune. Especially when a familiar beauty becomes passenger. Yet not all that glitters is gold, for many secret histories lurk beneath the surface of these Bright Young Things. Stella is bound to a powerful and profoundly dangerous man, and as Hal’s obsession grows with every passing wave, they sail closer towards a tragic fate . . .

      The Invitation
      3,5
    • Abendrot

      Thriller - Der spektakuläre Thriller der SPIEGEL Bestsellerautorin - erstmals als Taschenbuch

      • 480pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      Schweigsame Nachbarn. Verschlossene Türen. Tödliche Geheimnisse. Der Spiegel-Bestseller jetzt als Taschenbuch. Ein einsames Haus am Ende einer verwinkelten Seitengasse im Pariser Stadtviertel Montmartre: Pleite und nur mit einem einzigen Koffer in der Hand steht Jess vor der Tür ihres Bruders, der versprochen hat, sie für ein paar Wochen bei sich wohnen zu lassen. Doch sie findet seine Wohnung leer vor – es scheint, als habe er sie überstürzt verlassen. Die Nachbarn machen keinen Hehl daraus, dass Fremde in diesem Haus nicht willkommen sind. Je länger ihr Bruder verschwunden bleibt, desto mehr fühlt Jess sich beobachtet in dem alten Gebäude mit seinen geheimen Durchgängen und vielen verschlossenen Türen. Immer unerbittlicher wächst in ihr der Verdacht, dass dieser Ort ein schreckliches Geheimnis verbirgt. Und auch unter den Nachbarn suchen sich lang begrabene Feindseligkeiten ihren gefährlichen Weg ans Licht. Dann macht Jess eine unfassbare Entdeckung. Und die Situation im Haus eskaliert … Nach ihren sensationellen Erfolgen »Neuschnee« und »Sommernacht« garantiert Bestsellerautorin Lucy Foley wieder atemlose Spannung. Noch mehr atemlos Spannung von Bestsellerautorin Lucy Foley: Neuschnee Sommernacht Mittsommer

      Abendrot
      4,4
    • Istanbul, 1921: Die ehemals schillernde Metropole des Osmanischen Reiches ist durch Krieg und Besatzung durch die Alliierten nur noch ein Schatten ihrer selbst. Viele der Bewohner haben ihr Zuhause verloren, unter ihnen eine junge Frau namens Nur, die einst wohlbehütet in einer intellektuellen Familie aufgewachsen ist, fließend Englisch spricht und sich am liebsten an die herrlich trägen Sommer in ihrem Haus am Bosporus erinnert. Inzwischen lebt sie mit ihrer Mutter und Großmutter in einer kleinen Wohnung und schlägt sich mit Näharbeiten durch. Als sie eines Tages einen verwaisten Jungen in einem ausgebrannten Haus findet, nimmt sie ihn zu sich, und als er hohes Fieber bekommt, bringt sie ihn in ein englisches Militärkrankenhaus. Dort nimmt sich einer der Ärzte, George, aufopferungsvoll des Kindes an, und so sehr Nur ihn, den Engländer, und also einer der feindlichen Besatzer, auch verachtet – nach und nach entspinnen sich zarte Bande zwischen den beiden … Eine stolze, unbeugsame Frau. Ein Junge, der alles verloren hat. Ein Mann, der ihnen den Glauben an Mitgefühl und Liebe zurückgibt. Lucy Foleys neuer Roman atmet die vibrierende Atmosphäre einer Metropole im Umbruch und erzählt von einer Liebe über alle Grenzen hinweg.

      Die leuchtenden Tage am Bosporus
      4,2
    • Sleep

      • 353pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty… To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what started as a retreat from the world turns into a deadly nightmare. Each of the guests have a secret but one of them is lying – about who they are and why they’re on the island. There’s a murderer staying in the Bay View hotel. And they’ve set their sights on Anna. Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One deadly lie. Someone’s going to sleep and never wake up…

      Sleep
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