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Fiona Barton

    Emerging from a career in journalism where she covered notorious crimes, this author found herself drawn to the unspoken knowledge of those closest to the accused. Her writing delves into the complexities of what people know, or choose not to know, about transgression and its aftermath. Through a multi-perspective narrative, she crafts compelling tales that explore the chilling silence and hidden truths surrounding a central mystery. Her work invites readers to ponder the psychological landscapes of guilt, innocence, and the elusive nature of truth.

    Fiona Barton
    The Widow
    Talking to Strangers
    Le suspect
    The Child
    Sleep
    I see you
    • Talking to Strangers

      • 381 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Three women. One Killer.Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous...When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs.Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of mid-life romance. Karen told her all about kissing strangers on the beach under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers, the creeps, the man who followed her home the other night...While the police appear to be focusing on local suspects, Kiki sets out to write the definitive piece on one woman's fatal search for love. But she will soon learn that the search for truth can be just as deadly...

      Talking to Strangers2024
      3.8
    • Local Gone Missing

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective - or she was, before medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing- the weekenders in their fancy clothes, renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes. Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her cleaner, often knows. She's an invisible presence in many of the houses in town but she sees and hears everything. The conflicts in town boil over when a newcomer wants to put Ebbing on the map with a giant music festival, and a teenage girl ends up dead because of drugs. When a man also disappears the first night of the festival, Elise is drawn back into her detective work and starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of myriad secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined.

      Local Gone Missing2022
      3.4
    • Le suspect

      • 540 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      Jusqu'où iriez-vous pour protéger votre famille ? Quand deux jeunes filles de dix-huit ans disparaissent lors de leur année sabbatique en Thaïlande, leurs familles se retrouvent aussitôt sous les projecteurs des médias internationaux : désespérées, paniquées et exposées jusque dans leur intimité. La journaliste Kate Waters, toujours avide d'un bon papier, se charge immédiatement de l'affaire, une occasion bienvenue pour elle de se rapprocher de son fils, parti vivre à Phuket deux ans auparavant. Mais ce qui s'apparente au départ à une simple fugue d'ados qui aurait mal tourné, s'avère rapidement être quelque chose de plus sérieux. Les découvertes alarmantes se succèdent, le nombre de suspects se multiplie et la piste criminelle ne peut plus être écartée. Face à la complexité de l'affaire et au manque de coopération des autorités sur place, Kate ne voit qu'une seule issue : se rendre sur les lieux afin de prendre l'enquête en mains. Mais cette fois elle est loin d'imaginer à quel point elle va être impliquée personnellement ...

      Le suspect2019
      3.8
    • Sleep

      • 353 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      All Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty… To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what started as a retreat from the world turns into a deadly nightmare. Each of the guests have a secret but one of them is lying – about who they are and why they’re on the island. There’s a murderer staying in the Bay View hotel. And they’ve set their sights on Anna. Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One deadly lie. Someone’s going to sleep and never wake up…

      Sleep2019
      3.9
    • The Widow

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'If you liked GONE GIRL and THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, you might want to pick up THE WIDOW by Fiona Barton. Engrossing. Suspenseful' Stephen King We've all seen him: the man - the monster - staring from the front page of every newspaper, accused of a terrible crime. But what about her: the woman who grips his arm on the courtroom stairs - the wife who stands by him? Jean Taylor's life was blissfully ordinary. Nice house, nice husband. Glen was all she'd ever wanted: her Prince Charming. Until he became that man accused, that monster on the front page. Jean was married to a man everyone thought capable of unimaginable evil. But now Glen is dead and she's alone for the first time, free to tell her story on her own terms. Jean Taylor is going to tell us what she knows. Du Maurier's REBECCA meets WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and GONE GIRL in this intimate tale of a terrible crime. 'The ultimate psychological thriller' Lisa Gardner

      The Widow2016
      3.5
    • I see you

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Discover the twisty, gripping Richard & Judy Book Club pick and Sunday Times Number One bestseller. And don't miss Clare's brand-new mystery: The Last Party is out now. You do the same thing every day. You know exactly where you're going. You're not alone . . . When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classifieds section of a London newspaper, she is determined to find out why it's there. There's no explanation: just a grainy image, a website address and a phone number. She takes it home to her family, who are convinced it's just someone who looks like Zoe. But the next day the advert shows a photo of a different woman, and another the day after that. Is it a mistake? A coincidence? Or is someone keeping track of every move they make . . . Praise for I See You: 'A breathless thriller . . . It's a must-finish-at-all-costs job' Daily Mail 'A chilling and original story . . . kept me reading until dawn' Rachel Abbott 'Accomplished, addictive and thought-provoking - you'll never feel the same about taking the tube again' B A Paris 'A deliciously creepy tale of urban paranoia' Ruth Ware 'Wonderfully sinister. Had me looking over my shoulder every time I travelled on the tube' Fiona Barton 'Another edge-of-your-seat thriller . . . a terrifyingly plausible plot and gasp-inducing ending' Good Housekeeping 'I had chills the entire way through' Jenny Blackhurst

      I see you2016
      4.0
    • The Child

      • 433 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      An absolutely fabulous read - I loved it!' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR`Tense, tantalising and ultimately very satisfying . definitely one of the year's must-reads' Lee Child When a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glance.

      The Child2013
      3.9