Jeunes filles à la volière
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Deze auteur wordt geprezen om haar diep sfeervolle romans, die zich vaak verdiepen in mysteries en complexe familiedynamiek. Haar schrijfstijl wordt beschouwd als suggestief en meeslepend, met een focus op de psychologische diepgang van haar personages. Lezers waarderen haar vaardigheid in het opbouwen van spanning en het onderdompelen in werelden vol emotie en verborgen waarheden. Haar werken verkennen thema's als herinnering, verlies en de zoektocht naar identiteit, waarbij ze vaak ingewikkelde plots en gedenkwaardige locaties gebruikt.







Eve Chase's latest novel weaves a captivating tale filled with rich characters and intricate relationships. Known for her engaging storytelling, Chase explores themes of family secrets and the passage of time, drawing readers into a world of mystery and emotional depth. With her signature style, she promises to deliver a gripping narrative that will resonate with fans of her previous works. This new release is sure to be a compelling addition to her collection, inviting readers to uncover its hidden layers.
Kat, Flossie and Lauren are half-sisters who share a famous artist father - and a terrible secret. Over the years they've grown into wildly different lives. But an invitation to Rock Point, the Cornish cliff house where they once sat for their father's most celebrated painting, Girls with Birdcage, reunites them. Rock Point is a beautiful, windswept place, thick with secrets, electrically charged with the one subject the family daren't discuss. And there is someone in the shadows watching their every move. Someone who remembers the girls in the painting. What they did. The sisters must unlock the truth to set themselves free - and find each other again.
"Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found. The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They're grieving a terrible tragedy of their own and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house's dark, dusty corners. Desperate not to lose her to the authorities, they keep her secret, suspended in a blissful summer world where normal rules of behaviour - and the law - don't seem to apply. But within days a body will lie dead in the grounds. And their dreams of a perfect family will shatter like glass. Years later, the truth will need to be put back together again, piece by piece . . ."--Publisher description.
Een gelukkig gezin. Een noodlottige zomer. Vier levens voor altijd veranderd...
In haar zoektocht naar de perfecte plek voor haar huwelijksfeest vindt Lorna een oud Engels landhuis dat ze zich nog herinnert uit haar jeugd.
An evocative novel in the vein of Kate Morton and Daphne du Maurier, in which the thrill of first love clashes with the bonds of sisterhood, and all will be tested by the dark secret at the heart of Applecote Manor. "An enthralling story of secrets, sisters, and an unsolved mystery."--Kate Morton, New York Times bestselling author of The Lake House Four sisters. A house with a past. One secret summer. When fifteen-year-old Margot Wilde and her three sisters arrive at Applecote Manor in June 1959, they expect a quiet English country summer. Instead, they find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their daughter, Audrey, five years before. As the arrival of two handsome neighbors divides the sisters' loyalties, Margot is drawn into the life Audrey left behind and the mystery of her vanishing. Fifty years later, Jessie is desperate to move her family out of their London home, and gorgeous Applecote Manor seems like the perfect solution. But once there, Jessie finds herself increasingly isolated, at odds with her fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, and haunted by the strange rumors that surround the manor. Rich with heat and angst, in The Wildling Sisters the thrill of first love clashes with the bonds of sisterhood, taking readers on a breathless journey into the darkest secrets of the human heart.
Four sisters. One summer. A lifetime of secrets. When fifteen-year-old Margot and her three sisters arrive at Applecote Manor in June 1959, they expect a quiet English country summer. Instead, they find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their daughter, Audrey, five years before. As the sisters become divided by new tensions when two handsome neighbors drop by, Margot finds herself drawn into the life Audrey left behind. When the summer takes a deadly turn, the girls must unite behind an unthinkable choice or find themselves torn apart forever. Fifty years later, Jesse is desperate to move her family out of their London home, where signs of her widower husband’s previous wife are around every corner. Gorgeous Applecote Manor, nestled in the English countryside, seems the perfect solution. But Jesse finds herself increasingly isolated in their new sprawling home, at odds with her fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, and haunted by the strange rumors that surround the manor.
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Eine Familie. Ein Geheimnis. Ein Sommer, der alles verändert ... Amber Alton weiß, dass die Stunden auf Black Rabbit Hall , dem Sommersitz ihrer Familie, anders vergehen, ihren eigenen Takt haben. Es ist ruhig und idyllisch. Bis zu einem stürmischen Abend 1968. Vereint durch eine unfassbare Tragödie, müssen sich die vier Alton-Geschwister mehr denn je aufeinander verlassen. Doch schon bald wird diese Verbundenheit auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Jahrzehnte später fahren Lorna Smith und ihr Verlobter Jon auf der Suche nach einem Ort für ihre Hochzeitsfeier durch die wilde Landschaft Cornwalls – und stoßen auf ein altes, leicht verfallenes, aber wunderschönes Haus. Ein Haus, das Lorna nach und nach seine schönsten Geschichten und traurigsten Momente verrät ...
TESS GERRITSENOVÁ - ZOMRI EŠTE RAZ Leopardy sú samotárski lovci a je ťažké vystopovať ich. Prikradnú sa ku koristi s mrazivou presnosťou. V tom sa nelíšia od zabijaka, ktorého hľadajú detektívka Jane Rizzoliová a forenzná patologička Maura Islesová, ked ich privolajú k bizarnému zločinu v Bostone. EVE CHASEOVÁ - SÍDLO V CORNWALLE Lorna a jej snúbenec Jon cestujú po malebnom Cornwalle a hľadajú vhodnú lokalitu na svoju plánovanú svatbu. Navštívia panské sídlo Black Rabbit Hall, ktoré je síce dosť ošumelé, ale dýcha z neho zašlá sláva. Lorne zámoček ihneď učaruje, ale súčasne čudne rozjatrí niečo v jej vnútri. JORN LIER HORST - POĽOVNÉ PSY Mnoho ľudí v Nórsku si pamätá šokujúci prípad vraždy dvadsaťročnej Cecilie Lindenovej. Teraz po sedemnástich rokoch, samá kauza znova vrátiť na súd. Vrah totiž tvrdí, že ho odsúdili na základe sfalšovaných dôkazov.Pre detektíva Williama Wistinga to nie je dobrá správa. VASEEM KHAN - NEČAKANÉ DEDIČSTVO INŠPEKTORA ČOPRU Inšpektor Ašvin Čopra z bombajského policajného zboru očakáva svoj posledný deň v službe s úzkosťou. Celý život sa staral, aby v jeho meste vládla spravodlivosť, a teraz sa bojí, čo si počne sám so sebou. Zasiahne však osud a jeho život sa zvrtne úplne inak, ako čakal.
One golden family. One fateful summer. Four lives changed forever. At Black Rabbit Hall nothing much ever happens -- time seems to move slower at this idyllic holiday home in Cornwall. Until the worst thing happens and for the Alton children time feels like it's stopped altogether. As they run wild, lost in grief and confusion, an outsider, Caroline Shawcross, and her dark, angry son Lucian enter their lives, changing them forever. In the present day, Lorna Smith is searching for her perfect wedding venue and is inexplicably drawn to the now crumbling Black Rabbit Hall, unaware that her own history is locked up in those derelict walls.