Helen FitzGerald delves into the raw and often dark aspects of human nature, employing a style marked by sharp psychological insight and an unconventional wit. Her narratives explore complex ethical questions and moral quandaries, frequently featuring unexpected twists. FitzGerald excels at crafting believable characters navigating the fringes of society, examining themes of guilt, retribution, and the search for redemption. Her writing is both gripping and thought-provoking.
When she starts her new job as a parole officer, Krissie is happy and in love. Then she meets convicted murderer Jeremy, and begins to believe he may be innocent. Her growing obsession with his case threatens to jeopardise everything - her job, her relationship and her life.
He's gone, and telling the truth won't bring him back. When a baby goes missing on a lonely roadside in Australia, it sets off a police investigation that will become a media sensation and dinner-table talk across the world. Lies, rumours and guilt snowball, causing the parents, Joanna and Alistair, to slowly turn against each other. Finally Joanna starts thinking the unthinkable: could the truth be even more terrible than she suspected? And what will it take to make things right? 'The Cry' is a dark psychological thriller with a gripping moral dilemma at its heart and characters who will keep you guessing on every page.
Krissie and Sarah - best friends for years - have always wanted different things from life. Krissie has no desire to settle down, whereas Sarah married a doctor in her early twenties and is dying to start a family. So when Krissie becomes pregnant after a fling and Sarah can't seem to conceive, things get a little tense.
A compulsive, shocking domestic suspense novel from Helen FitzGerald, the acclaimed author of The Cry.
A heart-pounding, relentless and chilling psychological thriller, rich with deliciously dark and unapologetic humour,
So far, twenty-three thousand and ninety six people have seen me online. They include my mother, my father, my little sister, my grandmother, my other grandmother, my grandfather, my boss, my sixth year Biology teacher and my boyfriend James. When Leah Oliphant-Brotheridge and her adopted sister Su go on holiday together to Magaluf to celebrate their A-levels, only Leah returns home. Her successful, swotty sister remains abroad, humiliated and afraid: there is an online video of her, drunkenly performing a sex act in a nightclub. And everyone has seen it. Ruth Oliphant-Brotheridge, mother of the girls, successful court judge, is furious. How could this have happened? How can she bring justice to these men who took advantage of her dutiful, virginal daughter? What role has Leah played in all this? And can Ruth find Su and bring her back home when Su doesn't want to be found?
The tense, shocking, wickedly funny new psychological thriller from the author of The Cry
The story unfolds as a middle-aged couple seeks a simpler life in the countryside, inadvertently creating turmoil for their two daughters. As the girls become increasingly isolated, their relationships deteriorate into arguments and violence. This chilling psychological thriller combines dark humor with a gripping exploration of family dynamics, showcasing the unsettling consequences of seemingly benign choices. Helen FitzGerald delivers a compelling narrative filled with tension and unexpected twists.
When Leah Doyle and her adopted sister Su go on holiday together to Magaluf to celebrate their A-levels, only Leah returns home. Her successful, swotty sister remains abroad, humiliated and afraid: there is an online video of her, drunkenly performing a sex act in a nightclub. And everyone has seen it. Jennifer Doyle, mother of the girls, successful court judge, is furious. How could this have happened? How can she bring justice to these men who took advantage of her dutiful, virginal daughter? What role has Leah played in all this? And can Jennifer find Su and bring her back home when Su doesn't want to be found?
On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and turns to the residents for help. A twisty, shockingly dark thriller.
Humor, so schwarz wie ein OP-Saal bei Stromausfall. Ein verzweifelter Vater und seine zwei kranken Töchter stehen vor einer dramatischen Situation: Beide benötigen dringend eine Spenderniere, und Will Marion, der alleinerziehende Vater, kann nur eine Niere spenden. Kay, die fröhliche Tochter, und Georgie, die aggressive, verschlossene Tochter, sind in Lebensgefahr. Will überlegt, eine Niere im Internet zu kaufen oder einen Selbstmord zu begehen, entscheidet sich jedoch, seine Ex-Frau Cynthia zu suchen, die vor 13 Jahren mit ihrem Dealer Heath abgehauen ist. Ihre Niere könnte eine der Töchter retten. Doch Cynthia hat andere Pläne: Sie will zurück nach Schottland, Heroin konsumieren und Heath aus dem Gefängnis holen. Der Arzt weigert sich zudem, eine Junkie-Niere zu transplantieren. Während Kay immer schwächer wird und Georgie trotz Dialyse nach der großen Liebe sucht, schreibt Will in einem Anfall von Verzweiflung eine Liste mit Pro und Contra für seine Töchter. In diesem düster-komischen Familienroman verknüpfen sich die Schicksale der Protagonisten auf dramatische und oft makabre Weise, während sie trotz ihrer schweren Lage nicht aufgeben wollen.
