Lesley Kara Libri

La calunnia è come un incendio. Basta una sola scintilla, e rimpiangerai tutta la vita di aver ceduto alla tentazione. Perché il silenzio è d'oro. Ma il gossip può essere mortale. Flintstead-on-Sea è una di quelle cittadine inglesi così piccole, così silenziose, così tremendamente perfette, che le vite dei suoi abitanti sono strette come in una morsa, tra la pioggia incessante e il mare sempre grigio. E per Joanna Critchley, mamma single che vi è appena tornata con il suo bambino, la morsa è ancora più dolorosa: non conosce più nessuno in città, e trova difficile farsi accettare dalle temibili mamme della scuola. È per questo che, quando per caso sente dire da una di loro che la famigerata Sally McGowan, che a dieci anni commise un terribile omicidio e da allora ha vissuto sotto altra identità, si è ritirata proprio a Flintstead, non resiste alla tentazione di usare quell'informazione. È la sera del book club, e, sentendosi ancora una volta esclusa, Joanna butta lì il suo prezioso pettegolezzo. Quella che innescherà è una spirale crescente di sospetto, follia e paura, che ben presto le sfuggirà di mano. E mentre diverse donne vengono accusate, e Jo si sentirà sempre più in colpa per aver diffuso la voce, una verità molto scomoda si farà strada. Una verità pericolosa, sia per lei che per il suo bambino. E Joanna imparerà a sue spese che quando si mettono in giro le voci sbagliate, dopo non si torna indietro.

The twisty new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The RumourTrust me. It'll be fine. It's only a game.When teenage friends Lizzie and Alice decide to head off for a walk in the countryside, they are blissfully unaware that this will be their final day together - and that only Lizzie will come back alive.Lizzie has no memory of what happened in the moments before Alice died, she only knows that it must have been a tragic accident. But as she tries to cope with her grief, she is shocked to find herself alienated from Alice's friends and relatives. They are convinced she somehow had a part to play in her friend's death.Twelve years later, unpacking boxes in the new home she shares with her fiancé, Lizzie is horrified to find traumatic memories and paranoia suddenly surfacing. Is the trauma of the accident finally catching up with her, or could someone be trying to threaten her new-found happiness?Twelve years is a long time to wait, when you're planning the perfect revenge . . .

Scarlett's aunt lived - and was brutally murdered - in the flat upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life should return to some kind of normal, even if that means living with just a ceiling between her and the scene of such a devastating crime. After all, this is her home. She's safe here. Isn't she?

Lesley Kara knows them all . From the author of 2019's biggest crime thriller debut, The Rumour, comes an addictive new novel . And they won't stop until she learns that some mistakes can't be corrected. Some mistakes, you have to pay for .

THE TWISTY NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE RUMOUR Scarlett's aunt lived - and was brutally murdered - in the apartment upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life should return to some kind of normal, even if that means living with just a ceiling between her and the scene of such a devastating crime. After all, this is her home. She's safe here. Isn't she? Dee is busy balancing her job as a funeral director with organizing an event to mark the disappearance of her best friend, ten years ago. So she's got enough on her plate without worrying about the threatening messages that are appearing on her company's Facebook page. When Scarlett approaches Dee about planning her aunt's funeral, an unexpected link emerges between them. Together, the two women could uncover secrets that have long been buried. Even while someone wants to stop them digging . . .

‘DON’T GET TOO COMFORTABLE’Marlow has always lived in unusual places. But when she accepts a position as a live-in property guardian, she finds herself moving somewhere she swore she’d never return to.Right from the start, she knows it’s a terrible mistake. The elegant Victorian school is due to be turned into luxury apartments, but its eerie, empty corridors are full of Marlow’s worst memories.And now something sinister is happening on the site. One of the other tenants has disappeared without warning, and Marlow suspects that the nine other guardians know far more than they’re letting on. She’s determined to find out what happened to the missing woman – but which of these strangers can she trust?And can she uncover the truth before her own past catches up with her?

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