Eelco Vijzelaar Book order (chronological)

Miranda's sister, Kerri, has a new boyfriend. He's a raven-haired, handsome charmer who seems to dote on Kerri. But Brendan isn't the man he says he is. Miranda should know, because she broke off her own affair with him just a few weeks ago when she found him reading her diary. Now Brendan claims that it was he who ended their short-lived relationship—and everyone believes him. When he and Kerri announce their engagement, Miranda's parents are thrilled for their shyer, less confident daughter. Then Kerri and Brendan beg Miranda to let them live in her apartment until their new home is ready. Against her better judgment, Miranda agrees. Like a virus, Brendan starts spreading destruction throughout her life. He invades her privacy and disrupts her relationships with her family and friends. And then the real nightmare begins.… Like the obscenities he whispers into her ear, his onslaughts are as undetectable as they are devastating. Those closest to her begin to doubt her mental stability and accuse her of the very thing she believes drives Brendan: obsession. When Miranda decides to take off the gloves, fight back, and discover what is behind her enemy's bemused, secret smile, the consequences will be terrifying.

Holly Kraus lives life in the fast lane. A successful young business woman with a stable home life, she is loved and admired by all who meet her. But that's only one side of Holly. The other sees her take regular walks on the wild side - where she makes ever more reckless mistakes. And when those mistakes start mounting up, the two sides of Holly blur together and her life quickly spirals out of control... - Backcover.

In De mensen die weggingen ontmoeten we Joey, een meisje van acht, die ons meeneemt in haar fantasierijke belevingswereld. Met haar onschuldige kijk op de wereld laat ze ons kennismaken met haar familie en hun bezigheden. Het begint erop te lijken dat steeds meer mensen uit Joey's omgeving weggaan zonder gedag te zeggen en op haar eigen kinderlijke wijze probeert ze daarmee om te gaan. Totdat op een dag haar zus verdwijnt zonder afscheid te nemen en Joey zich met vreemden zal moeten inlaten om zelf niet in gevaar te komen...

When she laughs, it sounds like a doorbell. If I confessed my love, she would laugh, dismissing it as a joke. Love is serious, a matter of life and death, and one day she will realize that. Zoe, a schoolteacher; Jenny, a former hand model turned mother; and Nadia, a free spirit entertaining at children's parties—three women in London facing unique challenges, their lives intertwined by a sadistic stalker. As summer heat intensifies, they receive letters indicating they are being watched, studied, and loved from afar, even unto death. Initially, the women and police dismiss the threats, believing them to be from a harmless crank. However, the narrative follows their journey from denial to terror, culminating in the realization that no one can stop the killer. French masterfully depicts how the letters invade their lives, straining relationships and pushing them toward madness. The irony lies in how the stalker's threats reveal the women's existing flaws and fears. French's psychological insight is so profound that the impending murders feel secondary to the exploration of the women's psyches. While the thriller genre demands excitement, we mourn the victims, acknowledging our own voyeuristic complicity in their unraveling.