The house in the Cerulean Sea
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Linus Baker is sent to assess a magical orphanage, filled with dangerous children. They could bring about the end of everything - or be the family he'd always wanted






Linus Baker is sent to assess a magical orphanage, filled with dangerous children. They could bring about the end of everything - or be the family he'd always wanted
Terwijl ik hun ongelooflijke penthouse appartement blijf bekijken, heb ik een vreselijk gevoel over de vrouw achter de gesloten deuren. Maar ik kan het me niet veroorloven deze baan te verliezen – niet als ik mijn donkerste geheim veilig wil houden... Het is moeilijk om een werkgever te vinden die niet te veel vragen stelt over mijn verleden. Daarom ben ik de sterren dankbaar dat de Garricks me op miraculeuze wijze een baan geven, het schoonmaken van hun prachtige penthouse met uitzicht over de stad en het bereiden van luxe maaltijden in hun glanzende keuken. Ik kan hier een tijdje werken, stil blijven totdat ik krijg wat ik wil. Het is bijna perfect. Maar ik heb mevrouw Garrick nog niet ontmoet, of de gasten slaapkamer gezien. Ik ben er zeker van dat ik haar hoor huilen. Ik zie bloedvlekken rond de hals van haar witte nachtjaponnen als ik de was doe. En op een dag kan ik het niet helpen maar klop ik op de deur. Wanneer deze voorzichtig opengaat, verandert wat ik binnen zie alles... Dat is wanneer ik een belofte maak. Uiteindelijk heb ik dit eerder gedaan. Ik kan mevrouw Garrick beschermen terwijl ik mijn eigen geheimen veilig houd. Douglas Garrick heeft verkeerd gehandeld. Hij zal betalen. Het is simpelweg een kwestie van hoe ver ik bereid ben te gaan...
Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper collects Wallace from what she claims is his funeral, he's outraged. But Hugo, owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over - and Wallace reluctantly accepts the truth. Yet even in death he refuses to abandon his life, despite spending all of it working. And as Wallace grows closer to Hugo and shares jokes with his resident ghost, he wonders if he's missed something. So, when he's given one week to pass to the other side. Wallace sets about creating a lifetime in just seven days
Victoria Barnett has it all. A great career. A handsome and loving husband. A beautiful home in the suburbs and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect—or so it seems. Then she’s in a terrible accident… and everything falls apart. Now Victoria is unable to walk. She can’t feed or dress herself. She can’t even speak. She is confined to the top floor of her house with twenty-four-hour care. Sylvia Robinson is hired by Victoria’s husband to help care for her. But it turns out Victoria isn’t as impaired as Sylvia was led to believe. There’s a story Victoria desperately wants to tell... if only she could get out the words. Then Sylvia discovers Victoria’s diary hidden away in a drawer. And what’s inside is shocking.
A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The CoworkerYou must be our new neighbors! Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way...I used to clean other people's houses-now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul- de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve.Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills...The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors.Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here?I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?
The Chalk Man is coming ... It was 1986 when a teenage Eddie Munster helped save Waltzer girl's life. That summer was the one that changed everything. It was the one they came up with the chalk men - drawing them on the pavement in a secret code. But then the chalk men started to appear on their own volition, prophesying grisly scenes on the dusty pavement. They knew about the body in the river. And knew about Waltzer girl's corpse lying still in the wood without a head. It's 2016 and Eddie is still living in Anderbury, teaching at his old school and living with a lodger, Chloe. Life is quiet. Life is rather empty. Until the day the chalk men reappear.
La nueva y sobrecogedora novela de la autora de El Hombre de Tiza «C. J. Tudor es la Stephen King británica.» —Daily Mail Mientras conduce hacia casa una noche, Gabe ve aparecer la cara de una niña en la ventanilla posterior del viejo coche oxidado que tiene delante. Solo pronuncia una palabra: «Papá». Es su hija de cinco años, Izzy. Nunca la vuelve a ver. Tres años después, Gabe pasa sus días y sus noches recorriendo la autopista en busca del automóvil que se llevó a su hija, negándose a perder la esperanza aunque la mayoría de la gente crea que Izzy está muerta. Fran y su hija, Alice, también han hecho muchos kilómetros por la autopista. No buscan. Huyen. Tratando de mantenerse un paso por delante de quienes quieren hacerles daño. Porque Fran conoce la verdad. Sabe lo que realmente le pasó a la hija de Gabe. Sabe quién es el responsable. Y sabe lo que les harán si alguna vez las alcanzan... ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A gripping thriller about a man’s quest for the daughter no one else believes is still alive, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man and The Hiding Place. An ID Book Club Selection • “C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can’t wait to see what she does next.”—Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author Q: Why are you called the Other People? A: We are people just like you. People to whom terrible things have happened. We’ve found solace not in forgiveness or forgetting. But in helping each other find justice. Driving home one night, stuck behind a rusty old car, Gabe sees a little girl’s face appear in its rear window. She mouths one word: Daddy. It’s his five-year-old daughter, Izzy. He never sees her again. Three years later, Gabe spends his days and nights traveling up and down the highway, searching for the car that took his daughter, refusing to give up hope, even though most people believe she’s dead. When the car that he saw escape with his little girl is found abandoned with a body inside, Gabe must confront not just the day Izzy disappeared but the painful events from his past now dredged to the surface. Q: What sort of justice? A: That depends on the individual. But our ethos is a punishment that fits the crime. Fran and her daughter, Alice, also put in a lot of miles on the road. Not searching. Running. Because Fran knows what really happened to Gabe’s daughter. She knows who is responsible. And she knows what they will do if they ever catch up to her and Alice. Q: Can I request to have someone killed? A: If your Request is acceptable, and unless there are exceptional circumstances, we fulfill all Requests.