Lucy's writing delves into the intricacies of human relationships and motivations, informed by her background in psychology. She possesses a keen insight into emotions and interpersonal dynamics, offering readers a profound understanding of her characters. Her discomfort with writing in the third person suggests a preference for a more intimate and immediate connection with her narrative voice and the individuals within her stories. Her works are celebrated for their psychological depth and compelling storytelling that resonates deeply with readers.
A totally gripping psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
A family's hopeful new beginning quickly spirals into a harrowing nightmare filled with unexpected challenges and dark secrets. As they navigate their new life, tensions rise and the past resurfaces, threatening to unravel everything they hold dear. The struggle to maintain their dreams amidst chaos and fear reveals the fragility of hope and the strength of familial bonds.
An absolutely unputdownable, nail-biting psychological thriller
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Seventeen years ago, something happened to Jess's daughter Beth. The memory of it still makes her blood run cold. Jess has tried everything to make peace with that day, and the part she played in what happened. It was only a brief moment of desire... but she'll pay for it with a lifetime of guilt. To distance herself from the mistakes of he past, Jess has moved away and started over with her family. But when terrifying things begin happening in her new home, seemingly connected to what happened to Beth, Jess knows that her past has finally caught up with her. Somebody feels Jess hasn't paid enough, and is determined to make her suffer for the secrets she's kept all these years
People always notice my daughter, Isobel. How could they not? Incredibly beautiful... until she speaks. An unsettling, little-girl voice, exactly like a child's, but from the mouth of a full-grown woman. Izzie might look grown-up, but inside she's trapped. Caught in the day it happened - the day that broke her from within. I know why my daughter is the way she is. There's nothing I could have done to save her... is there?
Sally wakes up in the middle of nowhere, with a suicide note in her pocket and no memory of the previous twenty four hours. When she discovers what happened to her, she is shocked to the core ... Saturday morning, dawn. Mother of two Sally finds herself on a cliff top, miles away from home. The place is familiar but the journey is a blank. She's lost the last ten hours of her life. To all appearances, Sally was there to jump. She had nothing on her apart from a suicide note when the local police took her in. But Sally knows she would never leave her children behind ... Which leaves the question: who has done this to her? And who would believe Sally if she told?
At 2:00 a.m. on the morning of her 40th birthday, Sophie wakes in the darkness of her bedroom and finds a stranger watching her from the foot of the bed. The intruder hands Sophie a letter and issues an ultimatum: the message is to be opened at her forthcoming party, in front of family and friends, at exactly 8:00 p.m. Any failure to comply will not end well.
A charming facsimile edition of celebrated British illustrator Lucy Dawson's 1937 classic collection of highly detailed and loveable drawings of dogs, complete with a cloth spine and ribbon marker--the companion volume to the acclaimed Dogs As I See Them.-- Source other than the Library of Congress
A BELOVED CLASSIC FOR DOG LOVERS OF ALL AGESWith a new foreword by Ann PatchettIn the 1930s, Lucy Dawson’s friendly, sympathetic portraits of dogs were so popular with readers of American and British magazines that she agreed to gather them together in a book, Dogs As I See Them.Now available once again after being out of print for decades, and a complete replication the original 1936 edition, Dogs As I See Them includes all of Dawson’s irresistible graphite and pastel drawings and handwritten notes. Along with her illustrations are her own amusing stories about the conduct of each of her subjects as they posed for her. Her charming reminiscences interpret the character and mood of each dog, and make us friends at once with each and every one in this gallery of endearing portraits. Dogs As I See Them is a remarkable collection dog lovers of all generations will take to their hearts.
The haunting new novel from the author of What My Best Friend Did
A deliciously dark cautionary tale about falling in love with someone you shouldn't have
