Eine Nacht in den Wäldern. Eine Party, die aus dem Ruder läuft. Eine Leiche im Morgengrauen. Am Tag nach Halloween wird in den Wäldern von Thorncombe ein Mädchen tot aufgefunden - im weißen Kleid, mit einer schwarzen Vogelmaske und rätselhaften Worten, die ihr jemand auf Arme und Beine gekritzelt hat. Handelt es sich um einen Ritualmord? Oder eine Party, die eskaliert ist? Detective Ben Chase beginnt zu ermitteln, und schon bald kommt ihm der Fall gefährlich nahe: Das Opfer ist eine Schülerin des städtischen Privatinternats, das auch seine Tochter besucht und an dem seine Ex-Frau Vertrauenslehrerin ist. Je weiter die Ermittlungen voranschreiten, desto mehr gerät auch die Familie Chase in Gefahr. Befindet sich der Täter innerhalb der Mauern der altehrwürdigen Schule? Eines ist klar: Niemand ist sicher, solange der Killer nicht gefasst wird.
Hannah Richell Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
La scrittura di Hannah Richell si addentra nelle complessità delle relazioni familiari e nei segreti che si celano sotto la superficie delle vite ordinarie. La sua prosa è caratterizzata da una qualità atmosferica che attira i lettori nel passato, enfatizzando al contempo la profondità emotiva dei suoi personaggi. Esplora come la storia si intreccia con il presente, plasmando decisioni e destini individuali. Richell costruisce magistralmente la suspense e svela strati di emozioni umane con un acuto senso del dettaglio.
Ein spannender Destinationsthriller an der Küste Cornwalls: Max und Annie Kingsley laden alte Freunde zu ihrem neuen Campingplatz ein. Nach Konflikten am Lagerfeuer und einem heraufziehenden Sturm verschwindet ein Kind. Alte Geheimnisse und Misstrauen kommen ans Licht, bis eine Leiche am Strand entdeckt wird.
"A group of college friends reunite with their families on a glamping weekend in Cornwall when a powerful storm leaves them stranded, forcing them to confront long-held secrets and a dangerous disappearance"--
The River Home
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
A family home, a buried secret; a beautifully written, darkly twisting and compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Secrets of the Tides.
A compelling story of hidden secrets and forbidden love, from the bestselling author of The Secrets of the Tides 'If she could reach back through the years and warn the person she once was, what would she say? ... What would she say to the ghosts who now inhabit her days? So many of those she has loved are now nothing but dust and memory.' At twenty-six, Lillian feels trapped by life. Her marriage to Charles Oberon has not turned out the way she expected it would. To her it seems she is just another object captured within the walls of Cloudesley, her husband's beautiful manor house tucked away high in the Chiltern Hills. But, with a young step-son and a sister to care for, Lillian accepts there is no way out for her. Then Charles makes an arrangement with an enigmatic artist visiting their home and his presence will unbalance everything she thought she knew and understood. Maggie Oberon ran from the hurt and resentment she caused. Half a world away, in Australia, it was easier to forget, to pretend she didn't care. But when her elderly grandmother, Lillian, falls ill she must head back to Cloudesley. Forced to face her past, Maggie fights to hold herself and her family's legacy together as she learns that all she thought was real, all that she held so close, was never as it seemed. Two summers, decades apart. Two women whose lives are forever entwined. And a house that holds the dark secrets that could free them both.
L'azzurro del cielo non ricorda
- 432pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Per Lila, tutto inizia con un pacchetto lasciato sulla soglia di casa. All'interno, una mappa e la chiave di un cottage abbandonato vicino a un lago. Un'eredità di un parente sconosciuto, una sorpresa che arriva nel momento giusto. A trent'anni, la londinese sta attraversando un periodo doloroso: una tragedia familiare impossibile da superare, un matrimonio sull'orlo della rottura, una carriera stagnante. È giunto il momento di prendersi una pausa, lontano dalla città e dai suoi cari. Ma mentre si appropria del luogo, Lila scopre poco a poco la storia dei suoi antichi occupanti, cinque studenti che vi si erano rifugiati clandestinamente nel 1980. Chi erano? Perché sono fuggiti lasciando tutto indietro? E perché ha la strana impressione che qualcosa la leghi al loro destino? Nella casa del lago, pesanti segreti giacciono in attesa. Segreti le cui conseguenze potrebbero cambiare la vita di Lila per sempre.
Secrets of the Tides
- 416pagine
- 15 ore di lettura
The Tides are a family with dark secrets. Haunted by the events of one tragic day ten years ago, they are each, in their own way, struggling to move forwards with their lives. Dora, the youngest daughter, is doing a good job of skating across the surface of her life - but when she discovers she is pregnant the news leaves her shaken and staring back at the darkness of a long-held guilt. Returning to Clifftops, the rambling family house perched high on the Dorset coastline, Dora must confront her past
