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Gilly Macmillan

    Gilly Macmillan is een bestseller-auteur wiens werken ingaan op de complexiteit van familierelaties en de geheimen die verborgen liggen onder de oppervlakte van schijnbaar perfecte levens. Met scherpe psychologische inzichten en een meeslepende vertelstijl creëert ze personages wiens motivaties en verborgen verlangens lezers meeslepen in een wervelwind van gebeurtenissen. Haar verhalen verkennen de donkerdere kanten van de menselijke natuur en de ethische dilemma's die voortkomen uit onze diepste connecties. Macmillan bouwt meesterlijk spanning op en levert verrassende onthullingen die lezers volkomen verbijsterd achterlaten.

    Gilly Macmillan
    Perfect Girl, The
    The Nanny
    The Fall
    The Manor House Intl
    I Know You Know LP
    Laat me niet alleen / druk 1
    • Op de dag dat Ben, de achtjarige zoon van Rachel Jenner, vermist raakt stort Rachels wereld in. Ze is compleet onvoorbereid op de felheid waarmee ze wordt aangevallen door de media. Van de krant tot blogs: iedereen heeft een mening over haar. Ze liet Ben eventjes alleen en nu is hij verdwenen - het hele land vindt dat zij schuld aan zijn verdwijning heeft. Maar wat heeft er werkelijk die middag plaatsgevonden? Radeloos gaat ze op zoek naar hem. Gevangen tussen angst over het lot van haar zoon, de druk van het politieonderzoek en van de publieke opinie moet Rachel de afschuwelijke waarheid onder ogen zien: er is niemand, zelfs niet in haar familie, die ze kan vertrouwen...

      Laat me niet alleen / druk 1
    • I Know You Know LP

      • 480bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen
      3,7(21)Tarief

      The mysterious murder of eleven-year-olds Charlie Paige and Scott Ashby in Bristol remains unsolved decades later, despite a man being convicted for the crime. As new evidence and questions arise, the haunting details of the case resurface, challenging the past and seeking the truth behind the brutal killings. The story delves into the impact of this tragedy on the community and the enduring quest for justice.

      I Know You Know LP
    • The Manor House was the perfect place to live. Until the body was found...Celia Verney and her husband spent many happy years in The Manor House before he died unexpectedly five years ago. Her friends Sasha and Olly are only too happy to fill in as lodgers.Tom and Nicole just bought the state-of-the-art Glass Barn nearby, following a life-changing lottery win. They have everything they've ever dreamed of, but two years on they still feel like outsiders.Housekeeper Kitty is the second generation in her family to work in The Manor - the place is in her blood and she knows every nook and cranny of the estate.When Tom is found dead in the grounds, it shatters the small community.Everyone is keeping up appearances. But each home hides its own secrets.Who among them is capable of murderer?

      The Manor House Intl
    • 3,7(13614)Tarief

      The Manor House was the perfect place to live. Until the body was found...Celia Verney and her husband spent many happy years in The Manor House before he died unexpectedly five years ago. Her friends Sasha and Olly are only too happy to fill in as lodgers.Tom and Nicole just bought the state-of-the-art Glass Barn nearby, following a life-changing lottery win. They have everything they've ever dreamed of, but two years on they still feel like outsiders.Housekeeper Kitty is the second generation in her family to work in The Manor - the place is in her blood and she knows every nook and cranny of the estate.When Tom is found dead in the grounds, it shatters the small community.Everyone is keeping up appearances. But each home hides its own secrets.Who among them is capable of murderer?

      The Fall
    • 3,7(21593)Tarief

      A gripping psychological thriller for readers who loved THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR and THE CHILD. Why is she back? And what does she want? Jocelyn was seven years old when her beloved nanny disappeared overnight. Her parents never told her why. Devastated by the loss and the disruption of her safe family enclave, Jocelyn never quite got over it. Thirty years later, Jocelyn returns to her crumbling, shadowy family home. Widowed and vulnerable, she has a young daughter of her own. Then her long-gone nanny appears on the doorstep. And Jocelyn soon realises that she doesn't know who this woman really is - or, now that she's back, what she wants. Or what really happened on that fateful night all those years ago...

      The Nanny
    • Perfect Girl, The

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen
      3,6(21892)Tarief

      The story follows Zoe Maisey, a seventeen-year-old musical prodigy grappling with the aftermath of a tragic incident that claimed the lives of three classmates. As she attempts to rebuild her life, her mother, Maria, insists on concealing their painful history from everyone, including her new husband. This tension between confronting the past and forging a new future shapes their complicated relationship and Zoe's struggle with her identity and guilt.

      Perfect Girl, The
    • The Perfect Girl

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen
      3,6(6917)Tarief

      To everyone who knows her now, Zoe Maisey - child genius, musical sensation - is perfect. Yet several years ago Zoe caused the death of three teenagers. She served her time, and now she's free. Her story begins with her giving the performance of her life. By midnight, her mother is dead. The Perfect Girl is an intricate exploration into the mind of a teenager burdened by brilliance, and a past that won't leave her behind

      The Perfect Girl
    • A gripping look at grief, friendship, and class divides. Macmillan excels at getting into the minds of terrified, brokenhearted parents... this mix of police procedural and thriller will satisfy fans of the author's previous work as well as those looking for something after Tana French Booklist starred review

      Odd Child Out
    • To Tell You the Truth

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen
      3,6(610)Tarief

      The disappearance of her fawningly dependent husband catapults best-selling mystery writer Lucy Harper into dark memories about her brother who went missing under suspicious circumstances thirty years earlier. Lucy has fame, fortune, an army of adoring readers -- and her fawning husband Dan. When Dan goes missing, it evokes dark memories that take Lucy back thirty years to the day her brother vanished without a trace. The police investigation revealed few confirmed details-- and young Lucy was the only witness. As Lucy's past and present collide, is she revealing all she knows-- about both disappearances? -- adapted from jacket

      To Tell You the Truth
    • I Know You Know

      • 368bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen
      3,5(846)Tarief

      From New York Times bestselling author Gilly Macmillan comes this original, chilling and twisty mystery about two shocking murder cases twenty years apart, and the threads that bind them

      I Know You Know