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Janelle Brown

    12 september 1973

    Deze auteur brengt meesterlijk de complexe en vaak disfunctionele familiedynamiek in beeld die de kern vormt van haar pageturnende romans. Haar verhalen, die zich afspelen in de diverse landschappen van Californië, kenmerken zich door een vlot tempo en het vermogen de lezer op het puntje van zijn stoel te houden. Voortbouwend op een achtergrond als essayist en journalist, is haar fictie doordrenkt van diepgang en realisme. Haar werken verkennen de menselijke psyche met scherp inzicht en bieden tegelijkertijd een meeslepende leeservaring.

    Janelle Brown
    Watch Me Disappear
    I'll Be You
    Pretty Things
    This Is Where We Live
    What Kind of Paradise
    Alles wat wij wilden was alles
    • Two identical twin sisters and former child actors have grown apart-until one disappears, and the other is forced to confront the secrets they've kept from each other in this twisty suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things.

      I'll Be You2022
      3,7
    • Pretty Things

      • 496bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      Two wildly different women—a grifter and an heiress—are brought together by a life-altering scam in a gripping tale from a bestselling author. Nina, once hopeful that her liberal arts degree would lead to success, finds herself stealing from wealthy kids in L.A. with her clever Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Her mother, a seasoned con artist, taught her the ropes while striving to provide a decent life for her daughter. When her mother falls ill, Nina risks everything to help her, even if it means executing her most dangerous scam yet. Meanwhile, Vanessa, a privileged heiress, dreams of making a difference but instead becomes an Instagram influencer, enjoying a glamorous lifestyle filled with free products and travel. Beneath this glamorous exterior lies a life marked by tragedy. Following a broken engagement, she retreats to her family’s estate, Stonehaven, a mansion steeped in dark secrets connected to both her past and that of the troubled Nina. Their lives intertwine on the shores of Lake Tahoe, leading to a winter filled with ambition, desire, duplicity, and revenge. This captivating, twisty novel highlights the struggles of two brilliant, damaged women as they navigate a perilous game of deceit and destruction.

      Pretty Things2020
      3,9
    • Watch Me Disappear

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      "A Berkeley mom with a radical past vanishes while hiking, leaving her family to piece together her secrets"-- Provided by publisher

      Watch Me Disappear2018
      3,7
    • This Is Where We Live

      • 336bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      A series of seismic events--the tanking of Claudia's film, the return of Jeremy's manipulative ex-girlfriend, and the staggering adjustment of their monthly mortgage payments--deal a crushing blow to a young married couple dreaming of the bohemian life and their professional aspirations, and make them question their values and their shared vision of the future.

      This Is Where We Live2010
      2,5
    • Alles wat wij wilden was alles

      • 367bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Op de dag dat een echtpaar miljonair wordt, komt er een eind aan hun huwelijk.

      Alles wat wij wilden was alles2008
      3,2