Karen Dionne Books

This gorgeously written eerie suspense novel gave me chills as it raced toward an unexpected climax. Troubling, sinuous, and powerfully told, you won't be able to stop turning the pages. Dionne's breathtaking psychological thriller is a fairy tale writ large, with suspenseful plotting and a cold distance in Helena's voice that keeps readers entranced until the stunning climax. Exceptional emotions about her father and identity elevate this powerful story. If you only read one thriller this year, make it sensational. A masterpiece of crisp prose and fine storytelling, this well-crafted, eerie, and unnerving psychological thriller features a strong setting and swift pacing, appealing to fans of novels with strong female leads. Expertly written and gripping, it is compulsively readable. Eerie and breathtaking, Dionne holds you under her spell from the first word to the last. First-rate plotting builds tension with psychological suspense and action sequences, making the story both horrific and fascinating. This novel is totally compelling and different from anything you might remember reading before. Don't think you know how this plays out; just hand the reins to Dionne, who is completely in control of this unexpected narrative. It's an understatement to say this book is an exceptional achievement, offering a stunningly fresh voice, gorgeous writing, and a complex protagonist to root for.

'The Wicked Sister is massively thrilling and altogether unputdownable' KARIN SLAUGHTER A startling novel of psychological suspense, as two generations of sisters try to unravel their tangled relationships between nature and nurture, guilt and betrayal, love and evil. You have been cut off from society for fifteen years, shut away in a mental hospital as punishment for the terrible thing you did when you were a child. But what if nothing about your past is as it seems? For a decade and a half, Rachel Cunningham has chosen to lock herself away in a psychiatric facility, tortured by gaps in her memory and the certainty that she is responsible for her parents' deaths. But when she learns new details about their murders, Rachel returns, in a quest for answers, to the place where she once felt safest: her family's sprawling log cabin in the remote forests of Michigan. As Rachel begins to uncover what really happened on the day her parents were murdered, she learns - as her mother did years earlier - that home can be a place of unspeakable evil, and that the bond she shares with her sister might be the most poisonous of all...

Ein Konzern plant, Eisberge zu schmelzen, um Trinkwasser zu sichern. Der Umweltschützer Ben unterstützt begeistert das Vorhaben, erkennt jedoch bald die wahren Ziele des Unternehmens und die verborgene Gefahr im Eis.

V nepříliš vzdálené budoucnosti, takřka v přítomnosti, se lidstvo potýká s nedostatkem vody. Například řeka Colorado už prakticky nedotéká do moře, poněvadž je cestou odčerpána podniky i domácnostmi. Hrdiny knihy Karen Dionneové jsou převážně ekologičtí aktivisté, z nichž někteří skončili u ekoterorismu, jiní byli pod tlakem okolností nuceni stáhnout se do pasivity, případně i do služeb gigantického koncernu, který se pokouší nevybíravým způsobem, bez ohledu na nejpotřebnější, získat obrovské zásoby pitné vody pro ty, kdo nejvíc zaplatí, i za cenu zničení nejjižnějšího kontinentu naší planety. Ke svému cíli používá nejmodernější techniky, jenže někdy se příroda ukáže příliš mocná a zabíjí viníky i nevinné. Scénář předložený autorkou se bohužel může velmi brzy stát realitou.