Florianne Vidal Boeken

Wanneer de schrijver Owen Quine verdwijnt, huurt zijn vrouw detective Cormoran Strike in. Ze denkt dat Owen er even tussenuit is - zoals hij wel vaker doet - en ze vraagt Strike hem op te sporen en weer thuis te brengen. Maar uit Strikes onderzoek blijkt dat er meer speelt dan zijn vrouw vermoedt. Quine heeft net een manuscript voltooid waarin hij karaktermoord pleegt op bijna iedereen die hij kent. Publicatie van dit verhaal zou vele levens ruïneren, dus er zullen heel wat mensen zijn die hem het zwijgen willen opleggen. Als Quines lichaam gevonden wordt, blijken de omstandigheden van zijn dood uiterst bizar. In een race tegen de klok probeert Strike het motief te achterhalen van een meedogenloze moordenaar; een moordenaar zoals hij nog nooit is tegengekomen.

Joss Cole, a burned out public defender from LA, has opted for a quieter life in Washington State. Then into her office walks Dean Belden in search of a lawyer to help him set up a business. Within days Belden appears before a federal grand jury and, just minutes before testifying, he is killed. Meanwhile, Gideon van Ry, a nuclear fission expert in California, is troubled by the failure to account for two nuclear devices missing from the former Soviet Union. Under a false bill of lading, they were shipped to a company called Belden Electronics, and Gideon's only lead is the lawyer who incorporated Belden Electronics - Joss Cole...

On a train departing from Manchester, a woman sits among sleepy commuters, wiping away tears and trying to remain unnoticed. Emily has a happy marriage, a child, and a beautiful home. Yet, she has just abandoned it all, relying on a train ticket and a new name. Hours earlier, she had dressed quietly and left the bedroom without a glance at her husband, certain that if he woke, he would stop her from leaving. Her departure was surprisingly easy; all it took was some money and a few essentials in her bag, while she pushed aside thoughts of those she was leaving behind. Emily is determined to seek a new beginning, to build a life entirely opposite to the respectable one she has led until now. However, a shadow looms: the memory of her twin sister, Caroline, who has always hated her and seemingly tried to ruin her life at every turn. What secret binds the two sisters, and what event from their past casts a dark shadow over Emily's escape? Is it truly so simple to disappear and start anew?