Susanna Jones Boeken

Aan het begin van de 20e eeuw odernemen vier jonge Engelse vrouwen klimexpedities in Schotland en in de Alpen met tragische gevolgen voor enkele van hen.

Runa is a young Japanese high school teacher leaving the country to avoid the scandal she has created by sleeping with one of her students. She steals her sister's passport and boards the ferry to Shanghai. Then, careful to impersonate her sister, she is quiet, docile and discreet.

Lucy Fly, an English translator in Tokyo, finds herself arrested for the murder of another English woman, Lily Bridges, whose remains have been discovered. As she undergoes interrogation, Lucy recounts her childhood in Yorkshire, her linguistic talents, and her escape to Japan in search of anonymity. She reflects on her friendships with Japanese colleagues, her affair with photographer Teiji, and her complex relationship with Lily, who shares her Yorkshire roots and embodies the life Lucy wishes to leave behind. Despite their connection, Lucy feels both drawn to and repelled by Lily, who, while now a bartender, was once a nurse in England. Their bond deepens during a hiking incident where Lucy is injured, and Lily's care provides comfort. However, Lucy's narrative raises suspicion; she withholds details about her affair with Teiji, claiming she can't remember their conversations despite knowing much about him. Her unsettling tendency to refer to herself in the third person adds to the discomfort. As Lucy reveals information to the police and the reader, the complexity of her relationships becomes increasingly opaque. Ultimately, as the truth unfolds, both the authorities and readers are left shocked by the revelations surrounding Lucy's life and the murder.

A gripping tale of ambition and rivalry, madness and revenge - in the vein of Sarah Waters and Beryl Bainbridge

Isabel, Owen and Julia were childhood friends. But when they were fifteen, Julia disappeared without a trace—an event that had a devastating impact on the others. Years later, Isabel returns to her home town in the north of England for Owen’s funeral. She hadn’t seen him since they recklessly burned down the local supermarket together; he was sent to prison and she, just shy of her 18th birthday, to a young offenders’ centre. Isabel suspects that Owen was responsible for Julia’s murder, and she’s hoping finally to find some kind of resolution . Feeling cut off from her husband and child in Turkey, and awash with unexpected memories, Isabel ventures further into the murky depths of her past. But nothing is as it seems—either past or present—and as Isabel’s world unravels we finally realise the stunning, shattering truth . . .

Psychologický příběh osamělého Angličana, muže, který hledá ideální a pokornou ženu, s níž by strávil zbytek svého života. Ralp je typický Angličan, který se nechal omámit kouzlem asijských žen. Jeho první žena byla Thajka, po krátkém soužití za záhadných okolností zmizela. Nový objekt jeho zájmu je mladičká Japonka, která má problémy se zákonem. Ralp si představuje tichou, empatickou bytost bez vlastních názorů, která by plula po jeho boku pokud možno do smrti. Jeho představy o ženách jsou však velmi naivní, a jak se brzy přesvědčí, naprosto nereálné.

Mladá Angličanka Lucy Flyová žije a pracuje v Tokiu jako překladatelka. Jednoho dne se stane hlavní podezřelou z vraždy své nejlepší přítelkyně Lily. Byla poslední osobou, která viděla oběť naživu – tak proč si nepamatuje okolnosti jejich setkání? Jaká tajemství obklopují život Lucy Flyové? A byla by kvůli nim schopna spáchat vraždu?