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Lisa Jewell

    19 juli 1968

    Deze auteur duikt in de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en de geheimen die schuilgaan onder de oppervlakte van alledaagse levens. Haar vertelstijl kenmerkt zich door spanning en ingewikkeld ontwikkelde personages die lezers meeslepen in psychologisch rijke verhalen. Ze schrijft met scherp inzicht in de menselijke natuur en vangt de verontrustende elementen binnen alledaagse situaties. Haar romans verkennen vaak thema's als identiteit, het verleden en de impact van verborgen waarheden op het heden.

    Lisa Jewell
    I Found You
    None of This is True
    Before I met you
    The Night She Disappeared
    Eendagsvlinder
    Toen was ze weg
    • Don't Let Him In

      • 460bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      Three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.Restauranteur Paddy Swann was the life of the party until the day a man pushed him in the path of an oncoming train, leaving his twenty-something daughter Ash and wife Nina devastated. Shortly after Paddy’s funeral, the two women receive a surprise in the mail: a note and package from Nick Ratcliffe, an old friend of Paddy’s, and a nondescript lighter that once belonged to him decades ago. This unexpected gift draws Nick and Nina closer together—much to Ash’s dismay.Martha is a small-town florist with dreams of expansion. She lives with her second husband Al, her baby, and two sons from her prior marriage. But they never seem to have any money, and with his constant traveling for work, she feels like a single parent—especially when an emergency makes her realize something needs to change.But Nick and Al may not be who they say they are, leading these three women on a shocking collision course, wishing they had heeded a warning: Don’t let him in.

      Don't Let Him In2025
      4,1
    • He's the perfect man. He says he loves you. You think he might even be made for you. Before long he's moved into your house - and into your heart. And then he leaves for days at a time. You don't know where he's gone or who he's with. And you realise - if you looked back - you'd say to yourself: DON'T LET HIM IN. Don't miss the new read-in-one-sitting Lisa Jewell novel; a cautionary story that could happen to YOU ... __________ Love for None of This is True . . . ***** 'Gloriously dark' Lucy Foley ***** 'A moody, slippery novel' Gillian McAllister ***** 'One hundred percent brilliant' Clare Mackintosh ***** 'Shocking and creepy and glorious' Nicola Walker ***** 'Utterly addictive' Claire Douglas

      Don't Let Him In: The addictive #1 Sunday Times bestselling psychological thriller from the author of None of This is True2025
    • Home Is Where the Bodies Are

      • 256bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.While going through their parents' belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.

      Home Is Where the Bodies Are2025
      3,9
    • Breaking the Dark

      A Jessica Jones Marvel Crime Novel

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Exploring a grittier, street-level perspective of the Marvel Universe, this first installment of the Marvel Crime series sets the stage for thrilling narratives featuring beloved characters. It promises a darker tone and original stories, with upcoming novels spotlighting Luke Cage by S.A. Cosby and Daredevil by Alex Segura, ensuring fans can expect intense and engaging adventures in this new series.

      Breaking the Dark2024
      3,6
    • Breaking the Dark

      • 464bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were. They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to them.To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark and Fox had spent the summer with Belle—but can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas?Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a "better place", not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole generation of young people?Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel yet.

      Breaking the Dark2024
      3,9
    • Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for Alix's series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. Alix agrees to a trial interview. Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging. Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has inveigled her way into Alix's life - and into her home. Soon she begins to wonder who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?[Bokinfo]

      None of This is True2023
      4,1
    • Une affaire à creuser...Tallulah, 19 ans, n'est pas rentrée de sa soirée. Elle a confié son fils, qui n'est encore qu'un nourrisson, aux soins de sa mère. Jamais elle ne l'aurait abandonné. Si elle n'est pas de retour chez elle, c'est que quelque chose - ou quelqu'un - l'en a empêchée. La dernière fois qu'elle a été vue, c'était aux Cendres, un domaine situé à lisière de la forêt.Deux ans après la disparition de l'adolescente, Sophie s'installe à Maypole House, le prestigieux pensionnat dont son compagnon vient de devenir directeur. Dans le jardin de leur cottage, elle découvre un morceau de carton punaisé sur la clôture qui porte l'inscription « Creusez ici ». Il n'en faut pas davantage pour que Sophie s'empare de cette affaire classée un peu trop vite. C'est le début d'un jeu de piste étourdissant.« Le meilleur thriller de Lisa Jewell à ce jour ! » Harlan Coben« Brillant, émouvant et d'une justesse saisissante. » Paula Hawkins« Lisa Jewell au sommet de son art ! » Publishers Weekly« Un thriller haletant dont les dernières pages m'ont tiré des larmes. » The Guardian« La maestra du thriller est de retour. » PopSugar

      Rentre avant la nuit - Épreuves non corrigées2022