Karen Perry Boeken

Abi Holland considers herself lucky. She's happily married, and her oldest daughter, Eva, is all set for a place at a top university. She just can't help but worry about Beth. So when foreign exchange student Corinne comes to stay, it's a relief her lonely younger daughter finally has someone to talk to. It's only when Beth starts to misbehave, that Abi begins to wonder how much they really know about their guest. Because the Holland family have lots of secrets, and Corinne is quietly listening to them all. And once they come out, there's no going back...

Leah's new to Wyndham Park. Lonely and suffering from insomnia, she befriends her upstairs neighbour Anton. Anton has only recently returned to the street and is lonely too. He's been gone for nineteen years - but he hasn't told Leah the reason why. That nineteen years ago he was imprisoned for killing his wife. A wife who looked a bit like Leah. Was he wrongly convicted? Or is Leah befriending a killer intent on luring her closer and closer?

Keep your friends close. And your enemies closer. Cara shouldn't have survived the attack. But at the last moment, a stranger snatched her to safety. In the hours that followed, she told her Good Samaritan secrets she'd never told a soul. Not even her husband. Especially not her husband. In the aftermath, Cara is home, healed and safe. Which is when the anonymous threats begin. Someone knows things about her that they shouldn't. Cara's Good Samaritan offers to help - to save her all over again. That night, Cara made a friend for life. But what if she isn't a friend at all? 'Original and impressively contemporary with an excellent final twist' Daily Mail 'If you're a fan of menacing psychological thrillers that chill you to the bone, this book is for you' Sunday Independent 'One of the most tense openings I've ever read - I loved this clever thriller' Claire Douglas, bestselling author of Do Not Disturb

When Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office and announces that she is his daughter, he is left reeling. Suddenly his family, imperfect, flawed but working, is trying to find space for someone new. But Zoe's stories don't quite add up, and lies become indistinguishable from truths.

Five years ago, 3-year-old Dillon disappeared. For his father Harry - who left him alone for ten crucial minutes - it was an unforgivable lapse. Yet Dillon's mother Robin has never blamed her husband: her own secret guilt is burden enough. Now they're trying to move on, returning home to Dublin to make a fresh start. But their lives are turned upside down the day Harry sees an 8-year-old boy in the crowd. A boy Harry is convinced is Dillon. But the boy vanishes before he can do anything about it. What Harry thought he saw quickly plunges their marriage into a spiral of crazed obsession and broken trust, uncovering deceits and shameful secrets.

Dramatic, when a group of friends reunite in a spooky Irish stately home, the secrets soon come tumbling out The Sunday Times Crime Club

In einem spannenden Thriller von Bestseller-Autorin Karen Perry wird die Vergangenheit zur unentrinnbaren Realität. Im Jahr 1982 spielen drei Kinder in der sengenden Mittagssonne am Fluss in Kenia, als ein unvorhersehbares Ereignis ihre unbeschwerte Kindheit für immer verändert. Jahrzehnte später, 2013 in Dublin, arbeitet die Journalistin Katie Walsh an einem Porträt über Luke Yates, einen erfolgreichen Unternehmer und ehemaligen Freund aus ihrer Kindheit. Die Erinnerungen an einen schrecklichen Nachmittag am Fluss, an dem ihre Freundschaft zerbrach, belasten sie. Nach einem Wiedersehen bei einer Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung verschwindet Luke in der Nacht und hinterlässt ein Chaos in seinem Büro, das auf ein Verbrechen hindeutet. Ein altes Foto von Katie, Luke und seinem Bruder Nick aus Kenia lässt Katie ahnen, dass Lukes Verschwinden mit der Vergangenheit verknüpft ist. Als sie einen toten Vogel per Post erhält, wird ihr klar, dass sie sich ihrer Schuld und der damit verbundenen Rache nicht länger entziehen kann. Die packende Geschichte untersucht die Themen Schuld, Vergebung und die dunklen Geheimnisse, die uns verfolgen.