Captures the delicate balance of class and gender in contemporary India as witnessed through the lives of two women--Sera Dubash, an upper middle-class housewife, and Bhima, an illiterate domestic hardened by a life of loss and despair.
When psychotherapist Frieda Klein left the sleepy Suffolk coastal town in which she grew up, she never intended to return. Left behind were friends, family, lives and loves but alongside them, painful memories; a past she wouldn't allow to destroy her. Then, years later, an old classmate appears in London, asking Frieda to help her teenage daughter, and long-buried memories resurface. Death soon follows, leaving Frieda no choice but to return home to confront her past. And the monsters no one else believed were real . . . Through a fog of conflicting accounts, hidden agendas and questionable alibis, Frieda can trust no one as she tries to piece together the shocking truth, past and present. Before another innocent dies. When it comes to psychological suspense, there's none better than Nicci French. And Thursday's Children is Nicci French at her very best. Praise for Nicci French 'Brilliantly crafted.' Daily Mirror 'Magnificent.' Evening Standard
'As I sleep, my mind will erase everything I did today. I will wake up tomorrow as I did this morning. Thinking I'm still a child. Thinking I have a whole lifetime of choice ahead of me ...' Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life. Winner of CWA Best unabridged Crime Audiobook 2012.
Getting old? Get over it! For too long those in short skirts have been telling us oldies we don't matter: 'you're out of touch! Get out of the way, grandma! The next generation is coming through.' Well, enough is enough. Because getting old is great. For a start you no longer need to care what anyone thinks. You can let - if you've got any left - your hair down. No one will tell you off for grumbling. And no one minds if you forget (or pretend to forget) who you're talking to. Being rude has never been so easy - or liberating. And that's not all you can get away with now that you've seen it all (and done most of it) . . . Let Virginia Ironside take you through the top twenty reasons why getting old is good for you - and let the young and dumb keep their callow youth!
Het meeslepende en waargebeurde verhaal van Caroline Kraus, die na het overlijden van haar moeder een nieuw bestaan wil opbouwen in San Francisco. Borderliner is het indrukwekkende verhaal over de heftige confrontatie met een borderliner en de ingrijpende persoonlijke gevolgen daarvan.
Ann Stilwell arrives in New York City, hoping to spend her summer working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Instead, she is assigned to The Cloisters, a gothic museum and garden renowned for its collection of medieval and Renaissance art. There she is drawn into a small circle of charismatic but enigmatic researchers, each with their own secrets and desires, including the museum's curator, Patrick Roland, who is convinced that the history of Tarot holds the key to unlocking contemporary fortune telling. Relieved to have left her troubled past behind and eager for the approval of her new colleagues, Ann is only too happy to indulge some of Patrick's more outlandish theories. But when Ann discovers a mysterious, once-thought lost deck of 15th-century Italian tarot cards she suddenly finds herself at the centre of a dangerous game of power, toxic friendship and ambition. And as the game being played within the Cloisters spirals out of control, Ann must decide whether she is truly able to defy the cards and shape her own future . . . Bringing together the modern and the arcane, The Cloisters is a rich, thrillingly told tale of obsession and the ruthless pursuit of power.
Om Pauls zeventigste verjaardag te vieren, organiseert zijn vrouw een familieweekend in Parijs. Paul Malegarde, een beroemd bomenkenner, is getrouwd met de Amerikaanse Lauren en samen hebben ze twee volwassen kinderen, Tilia en Linden. Alle vier dragen ze een geheim met zich mee. Doordat de Seine buiten zijn oevers dreigt te treden door aanhoudende regen is het gezin tot elkaar veroordeeld en kunnen hun geheimen niet langer verborgen blijven. De emoties lopen, net als het kolkende water, hoog op. Paul, Lauren, Tilia en Linden zullen ieder moeten vechten voor hun identiteit en zijn tegelijkertijd genoodzaakt een gesloten front te vormen om het stijgende water het hoofd te bieden.
‘Don’t you think it’s strange?’ he said. ‘Two girls disappearing?’ Blackwood Bay used to be a buzzing seaside destination. But now, ravaged by the effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it’s a ghost town – and the perfect place for documentary-film maker Alex to shoot her new project. But the community is deeply suspicious of her intentions. After all, nothing exciting ever happens in Blackwood Bay. Unless you count the history of missing girls, of course . . .
Forensisch psychiater Paul Lucas wordt gevraagd de charmante en intelligente student Craig Cavanaugh onder behandeling te nemen. Craig blijkt opmerkelijk veel van Pauls privéleven af te weten. Langzaam maar zeker worden de rollen tussen de psychiater en de patiënt omgedraaid. Paul raakt verstrikt in verwarrende gebeurtenissen die hem in een onmogelijke positie brengen. Zijn vrouw Abby vertrouwt hem niet meer en zijn collega's en zelfs de politie denken dat hij wat te verbergen heeft...
