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Paula Daly

    1 januari 1900

    Paula Daly is een gevierde auteur wiens zes romans internationale erkenning hebben gekregen, verkocht in zestien landen en genomineerd voor de CWA Gold Dagger Award. Haar schrijfstijl wordt gekenmerkt door meeslepende verhalen en diepgaand psychologisch inzicht in haar personages. Daly verkent meesterlijk de complexiteit van relaties en de verborgen geheimen die schuilgaan onder de oppervlakte van het gewone leven.

    Paula Daly
    The Trophy Child
    Clear My Name
    The Mistake I Made
    Deep Water: Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
    Altijd dichtbij
    • Clear My Name

      • 356bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Innocent? When Carrie was accused of brutally murdering her husband's lover, she denied it. She denied it when they arrested her, when they put her in front of a jury, and when they sent her to prison. Now she's three years into a fifteen-year sentence, away from the daughter she loves and the life she had built. And she is still denying that she is to blame. Guilty? Tess Gilroy has devoted her life to righting wrongs. Through her job for Innocence UK, a charity which takes on alleged miscarriages of justice, she works tirelessly to uncover the truth. But when she is asked to take Carrie's case, Tess realises that if she is to help this woman, she must risk uncovering the secrets she has struggled a lifetime to hide . . . We've all done things we're not proud of.

      Clear My Name2020
      3,7
    • The Trophy Child

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      A doting mother or a pushy parent? Karen Bloom expects perfection. Her son, Ewan, has been something of a disappointment and she wonâe(tm)t be making the same mistake again with her beloved, talented child, Bronte. Bronteâe(tm)s every waking hour will be spent at music lessons and dance classes, doing extra schoolwork and whatever it takes to excel. But as Karen pushes Bronte to the brink, the rest of the family crumbles. Karenâe(tm)s husband, Noel, is losing himself in work, and his teenage daughter from his first marriage, Verity, is becoming ever more volatile. The family is dangerously near breaking point. Karen would know when to stop . . . wouldnâe(tm)t she?

      The Trophy Child2017
      3,7
    • The Mistake I Made

      • 425bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      If you slept with a stranger for money, who'd really end up paying? 'A page-turning thriller with heart' Ren�e Knight, author of Disclaimer We all think we know who we are. What we're capable of. Roz is a single mother, a physiotherapist, a sister, a friend. She's also desperate. Her business has gone under, she's crippled by debt and she's just had to explain to her son why someone's taken all their furniture away. But now a stranger has made her an offer. For one night with her, he'll pay enough to bring her back from the edge. Roz has a choice to make. 'A big-hearted, empathetic novel about ordinary lives and the tremors that can rock them' Guardian

      The Mistake I Made2016
      3,9
    • Altijd dichtbij

      • 336bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      Altijd dichtbij (Keep Your Friends Close) is de tweede thriller van Paula Daly die in het Nederlands verschijnt. Eerder schreef zij Ontaard (What Kind Of Mother Are You?) Haar boeken worden graag gelezen door de fans van Nicci French, Sophie Hannah en Paula Hawkins. Wanneer de jongste dochter van Natty en Sean ziek wordt tijdens een schoolkamp en Natty een paar dagen van huis is om bij haar dochter te zijn, biedt haar goede vriendin Eve aan om haar gezin draaiend te houden. Bij thuiskomst blijkt dat die 'hulp' iets te ver is doorgeslagen: Sean is verliefd geworden op Eve en het huwelijk valt uiteen. En hoe hard Natty ook probeert haar leven opnieuw op te bouwen, Eve slaagt er steeds opnieuw in haar dat onmogelijk te maken. Dan ontvangt Natty een anoniem briefje waaruit blijkt dat dit bepaald niet de eerste keer is dat Eve op deze manier een gezin verwoest, met fatale consequenties. Natty is vastbesloten deze 'serieminnares' te ontmaskeren...

      Altijd dichtbij2015
      3,9
    • The basis for DEEP WATER, now a major ITV TV series, starring Anna Friel. 'One of the most hypnotically gripping books I've read in a long, long time.' TESS GERRITSEN Your friend's child is missing. It's your fault. No family is perfect. A husband, three children and a full-time job, so many plates to keep spinning. No wonder you forgot you were supposed to be looking after your friend's daughter. But no one has seen her since yesterday. And she's not the first to go missing from your small town. So who's hiding something? 'She writes with a singular voice and a passion that roars off the page . . . With a sharp, double-twist ending it announces Daly as a potential star' Daily Mail 'Fiendishly addictive' Guardian 'Riveting! Daly plunges straight into the heart of every parent's worst nightmare with page-turning results' Lisa Gardner 'The sort of book that causes you to lose half a day without even noticing' Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner

      Deep Water: Just What Kind of Mother Are You?2013
      4,1