Jill Dawson Ordine dei libri

'OUR MOST CONSUMMATE HISTORICAL NOVELIST' Philip Hoare 'Brilliant' Paula Hawkins 'Devastating' The Times 'Terrific' Mail on Sunday From the award-winning author of The Language of Birds and The Crime Writer, a chilling tale of a witch-hunt Alice Samuel might be old and sharp-tongued, but she's no fool. Visiting her new neighbours in her Fenland village, she finds Squire Throckmorton's family troubled and, she suspects, not as God-fearing as they seem. Yet when one of the daughters accuses her of witchcraft, Alice has no idea of the danger she is in or how quickly matters will escalate. The Throckmortons' maid Martha, uneasy herself about strange goings-on in the household, is reluctant to believe that Alice is a witch. But as the entire village gets swept up in the frenzied persecution of one of their own, she struggles to find a voice . . . PRAISE FOR JILL DAWSON 'A skilful storyteller' Hilary Mantel 'A magnificent writer' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'A spark fires throughout Dawson's work' Guardian

Set against the backdrop of London's East End during the Great Depression, the story follows Queenie Dove, an adept thief shaped by her upbringing in a criminal family and her training with women shoplifters during the Blitz. As she evolves from petty crime to significant heists, motherhood prompts her to seek a more stable life. However, the allure of one final, daring robbery pulls her back into the thrilling and perilous world she knows so well, forcing her to confront the choices that define her life.

Following a heart transplant, a man's life undergoes a profound transformation, particularly in his ability to love. The narrative explores the emotional and psychological changes he experiences, weaving a dramatic and poignant story that resonates with themes of identity and connection. Drawing comparisons to the works of renowned authors, this novel delves into the complexities of human relationships and the impact of life-altering events.

A hypnotic and thought-provoking novel inspired by the sensational Lord Lucan case, by the Orange Prize-shortlisted author of Fred & Edie.

'Brilliant' Paula Hawkins In 1964, the eccentric American novelist Patricia Highsmith is hiding out in a cottage in Suffolk, to concentrate on her writing and escape her fans. She has another motive too - a secret romance with a married lover based in London. Unfortunately it soon becomes clear that all her demons have come with her. Prowlers, sexual obsessives, frauds, imposters, suicides and murderers: the tropes of her fictions clamour for her attention, rudely intruding on her peaceful Suffolk retreat. After the arrival of Ginny, an enigmatic young journalist bent on interviewing her, events take a catastrophic turn. Except, as always in Highsmith's troubled life, matters are not quite as they first appear . . . Masterfully recreating Highsmith's much exercised fantasies of murder and madness, Jill Dawson probes the darkest reaches of the imagination in this novel - at once a brilliant portrait of a writer and an atmospheric, emotionally charged, riveting tale.

A revelatory novel about the poet Rupert Brooke from the Orange and Whitbread- shortlisted author of FRED AND EDIE

In 18th-century France, a child is captured in the forests near Aveyron where he seems to have been living wild for seven years. Now 12 years old, the Wild Boy is put on public display as a freak, and finally handed over to the ambitious, emotionally repressed Doctor Itard, who is charged with educating the boy, whom he names Victor, and trying to discover the secrets of his strange, secret life. But Victor soon becomes a pawn in the raging debate about nature vs nurture, and Itard's attempts to civilise him bear little fruit. Instead, Victor seems drawn to Mme Guerin, his motherly guardian - and to her vivacious daughter, Julie, who is herself falling for Itard as he struggles to understand both Victor and his own confused emotions. Giving a vivid sense of the Revolutionary period, the novel brings to life through the stories of three fascinating characters a mysterious case that resonates in the modern day preoccupation with autism.

This mosaic of memoir and fiction captures the individual and unique, as well as the quotidian and universal, in the birth experience.

Edith Thompson war 28 Jahre alt, als sie 1922 zum Tode verurteilt wurde. Die Anklage lautete auf Anstiftung zum Mord an ihrem Ehemann. Ihr sieben Jahre jüngerer Geliebter Fred hatte den gewalttätigen Percy erstochen. Edith beteuerte bis zum Schluss ihre Unschuld. Was Edith jedoch zum Verhängnis wurde, waren die Briefe, die sie noch aus der Untersuchungshaft an Fred schrieb. Eine Montage aus Fakten und Fiktion.

Die Londonerin Rita wagt mit ihrem Freund Mick den Ausstieg. Sie leben in einer Hütte am Mount Coyote in der atemberaubenden Berglandschaft Nordamerikas. Der Traum wird zum Alptraum, als Mick gewalttätig wird: Zuerst gegen die gemeinsame Tochter Frances, dann gegen Rita. Abgeschnitten von Freunden und jeglicher Hilfe muss sie sich entscheiden - für oder gegen Mick.