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From the award-winning bestselling author of the Brennan & Esposito series comes a new thriller where dark secrets hide amongst the beautiful Cornish countryside.

Autumn 1940, World War Two. Bombs are raining down, destroying the cities of Britain. The evacuations begin, and soon children are being taken to the country for safety. Teacher Eve Parkins is in charge of one such group. The children are scared and Eve does her best to calm them, but the truth is that she too is haunted by a personal tragedy she cannot put behind her. Their destination is Eel Marsh House. Desolate and forlorn, it is situated on a causeway and is sinking into the treacherous tidal marshes that surround it. Far from home and with no alternative, Eve and the children move in. But soon it becomes apparent that there is someone else in the house with them, someone Eve can't see but who is far more deadly than any number of German bombs...The Woman in Black

Suzanne Perry is having a vivid nightmare. Someone is in her bedroom, touching her, and she can't move a muscle. She wakes, relieved to put the nightmare behind her, but when she opens the curtains, she sees a polaroid stuck to the window. A photo of her sleeping self, taken during the night. Her nightmare is just beginning.

In Newcastle wird eine übel zugerichtete Frauenleiche gefunden, deren Augen und Mund zugenäht wurden. Bei seinen Nachforschungen stößt der Ex-Journalist Joe Donovan auf die Spur eines rätselhaften Ritualmörders. Stets legt der »Historiker« seine Opfer an Orten ab, aus denen sich weitere Hinweise erschließen lassen – wenn man weiß, wie sie zu lesen sind ...

Anne Marie Smeaton is back in the hometown she hasn't seen for forty years, trying to live a normal life with her partner and teenage son. But that's impossble for Anne Marie. Because forty years ago, when she was eleven, she killed a little boy. She is trying to make peace with her past by telling her story to journalist Joe Donovan. But it's not that simple. By dredging up memories and emotions she usually keeps repressed, Anne Marie is unleashing old nightmares from the past. Suffering from horrifying visions, she sometimes does bad things. Things she has no memory of afterwards. So when a teenager on her housing estate is murdered and she wakes up with blood on her hands, Anne Marie naturally fears the worst. Her fragile life falling apart, Anne Marie turns to those she loves. But where she was expecting support, she finds only betrayal. Desperate, she turns to Donovan for help. But Donovan may have his own reasons for helping her. Reasons which have to do with the disappearance of his own son ...

Ein Forschungsjournalist führt nach dem Verschwinden seines Sohnes ein zurückgezogenes Leben, bis er von einem jungen Drogenhändler um Hilfe gebeten wird.