READ HER LETTER. REMEMBER HER STORY. THE GIRL IN THE LETTER is the hot debut for 2018, a page-turning, nail-biting and heartwrenching novel that combines mystery and suspense with a strong emotional core.
Emily Gunnis Libri
La passione di lunga data di questa autrice per la narrazione è stata accesa fin dall'infanzia, ispirata da sua madre, anch'essa scrittrice. Dopo aver studiato giornalismo ed esplorato la scrittura di sceneggiature, ha incanalato il suo amore innato per le narrazioni nel suo romanzo d'esordio. Spinta da un profondo mondo interiore e dalla dedizione al mestiere, la sua scrittura trasporta i lettori in regni unici e immaginati. Si impegna a perfezionare le sue capacità narrative e a ricercare meticolosamente temi per le sue opere successive.
The Midwife's Secret
- 384pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Internationally bestselling author Emily Gunnis returns with the gripping, heartwrenching tale of two girls gone missing from the same house, decades apart, and the heartrending story of an innocent midwife which holds the key to their disappearance.
The author of the bestselling THE GIRL IN THE LETTER is back with a twisting, nail-biting and heartwrenching novel of a decades-old murder and a shocking secret.
The Girl in the Letter
- 384pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
"I was gripped by The Girl in the Letter. The story is compelling, twisty, heart-wrenching and thought-provoking. A novel that stays with you" --Sophie Kinsella Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Kathryn Hughes, this gripping novel of long-buried secrets will stay with you for ever. A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's, a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her will. Ivy will never leave. Present day. Samantha Harper is a journalist desperate for a break. When she stumbles on a letter from the past, the contents shock and move her. The letter is from a young mother, begging to be rescued from St Margaret's. Before it is too late. Sam is pulled into the tragic story and discovers a spate of unexplained deaths surrounding the woman and her child. With St Margaret's set for demolition, Sam has only hours to piece together a sixty-year-old mystery before the truth, which lies disturbingly close to home, is lost for ever... Read her letter. Remember her story... 'What a heartfelt emotional story, made even more so because it's based on a shocking truth. I raced through it, involved, moved and gripped' Fanny Blake
The emotional and thrilling new novel from the global bestselling author of THE GIRL IN THE LETTER Emily Gunnis. A heartwrenching story of a girl disappeared, a terrible wrong and powerful people with something to hide...
Drei Generationen zwischen Misstrauen und Angst, Hoffnung und Liebe England 1945: Als die junge Herrin von Yew Tree Manor bei der Geburt ihres Kindes stirbt, wird der Hebamme Tessa James der Prozess gemacht, obwohl sie als einzige alles unternommen hat, um die Frau zu retten. Dies treibt einen Keil zwischen die Familien Hilton und James, der sich mit den Jahren immer tiefer bohrt. 1969: Während einer Silvesterfeier verschwindet Alice Hilton, die sechsjährige Tochter des Hauses, aus Yew Tree Manor – und taucht nie wieder auf. Heute: Als erneut ein Mädchen auf dem Anwesen von Yew Tree Manor verschwindet, weiß Willow James, dass sie das Geheimnis der Hebamme, ihrer Ururgroßmutter, lüften muss, damit sich die Geschichte nicht auf grausamste Art wiederholt.
In Sussex 1985 lebt die einsame Teenagerin Holly Moore im Waisenhaus Morgate und sehnt sich nach Zuneigung. 2015 wird die Leiche eines Mädchens gefunden, was Jo Hamilton an einen ungelösten Fall erinnert: Ist es Holly? Bei den Ermittlungen muss Jo sich ihrer eigenen Schuld stellen, die sie seit Jahren belastet.
