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De la autora superventas de La asistenta, llega un nuevo y adictivo thriller lleno de giros imprevistos y ecos de Rebeca.Victoria Barnett lo tiene todo. Una brillante carrera como enfermera. Un marido guapo y cariñoso. Un bonito hogar en las afueras y el sueño de llenarlo de niños.La vida es perfecta... o eso parece.Hasta el día en que se ve envuelta en un terrible accidente y todo se desmorona.Ahora Victoria ya no puede caminar, alimentarse o vestirse por su cuenta. Ni siquiera puede hablar. Está atrapada en el piso más alto de su casa y necesita cuidados las veinticuatro horas del día.Su marido contrata a Sylvia Robinson para ayudarle. Pero parece que Victoria no tiene tantas limitaciones como le han contado. Y está desesperada por contar una historia... si tan solo pudiera articular las palabras.Entonces, Sylvia encuentra el diario de Victoria escondido en un cajón.Y lo que contiene es aterrador.

"'You must be our new neighbors!' Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way... I used to clean other people's houses - now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills... The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors. Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here? I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?"--Publisher's description.

Dopo aver perso il precedente impiego, Millie ringrazia la sua buona stella quando viene assunta senza referenze da Douglas Garrick, un ricco specialista nel settore delle tecnologie, per tenere in ordine lo splendido attico con vista sulla città e preparare invitanti pasti in una modernissima cucina. C'è un'unica condizione: non deve interagire con Wendy, la moglie di Douglas, che è malata, risiede nella camera degli ospiti e non può essere disturbata per nessun motivo. Millie accetta ma ben presto capisce che qualcosa non va in quella casa e che non è tutto oro ciò che luccica: sente Wendy piangere e rinviene strane macchie di sangue sulle sue camicie da notte quando fa il bucato. E così un giorno non può fare a meno di bussare alla porta della stanza degli ospiti. Quando si apre delicatamente, quello che vede all'interno cambia tutto...

The Chalk Man is coming ... It was 1986 when a teenage Eddie Munster helped save Waltzer girl's life. That summer was the one that changed everything. It was the one they came up with the chalk men - drawing them on the pavement in a secret code. But then the chalk men started to appear on their own volition, prophesying grisly scenes on the dusty pavement. They knew about the body in the river. And knew about Waltzer girl's corpse lying still in the wood without a head. It's 2016 and Eddie is still living in Anderbury, teaching at his old school and living with a lodger, Chloe. Life is quiet. Life is rather empty. Until the day the chalk men reappear.