Daniëlle Stensen Books

A sweeping love story told through letters, spanning two continents and two world wars. But as World War I engulfs Europe and Davey volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait on Skye, anxious for his return;

Het jaar is 1937 en de 17-jarige Betty verlaat Hudiksvall om als dienstmeisje te werken bij de doktersfamilie Molander op Östermalm in Stockholm. Ze worstelt met lange werkdagen en de neerbuigende houding van de doktersechtgenote. Betty is onschuldig en dorstig naar kennis en beseft al snel dat er in de grote stad andere mogelijkheden en een veel grotere vrijheid zijn dan op haar geboortegrond. Niet in de laatste plaats groeit er een sterke vriendschap met Viola, het dienstmeisje in het huis naast haar. Via de wereld van boeken komt Betty in contact met Martin, een universitair docent van Joodse afkomst, en begint met hem een onmogelijke liefdesrelatie. Räkna hjärtslag is een verhaal over de weg van een jonge vrouw naar het leven, in een historische tijd die lijkt op de onze. Het is een warme roman met tijdloos taalgebruik en kleurrijke details die de lezer snel naar de tijd net voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog brengt.

From the author of the international bestseller The Sweetness of Forgetting comes a captivating novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our memories refuse to be forgotten.

Before everything changed, Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now the streets of Berlin are draped in swastikas and Hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once considered home. A glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the St Louis, a transatlantic liner that promises Jews safe passage to Cuba. The Rosenthals sell everything to fund visas and tickets. At first the liner feels like luxury, but as they travel the circumstances of war change, and it soon becomes their prison. Seven decades later in New York, on her twelfth birthday Anna Rosen receives a package from Hannah, the great-aunt she never met but who raised her deceased father. Anna and her mother immediately travel to Cuba to meet this elderly relative, and for the first time Hannah tells them the untold story of her voyage on the St Louis.

She thought the murders had stopped. She was wrong.'A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you'll never see coming' Karin Slaughter'Tense, twisty and threatening, A Flicker in the Dark will make you abandon your box sets' Val McDermid

Nel 1940, mentre la Seconda guerra mondiale devasta l'Europa, Frankie Bard, una giovane reporter americana, decide di raccontare il conflitto dalle onde radio, portando la realtà della guerra nelle case degli statunitensi. A Franklin, nel Massachusetts, Iris ed Emma seguono le sue trasmissioni. Iris, una donna eccentrica e sognatrice, dirige l'ufficio postale e si sente custode delle vite altrui, convinta che la corrispondenza intrecci i destini delle persone. Emma, giovane sposa del medico del paese, desidera un futuro sereno con bambini e affetti, ma quando il marito, sopraffatto dal dolore per la morte di una paziente, parte come volontario per Londra, lei attende con ansia sue notizie. In un’Europa lacerata dalle persecuzioni naziste e bombardamenti, e in un’America ancora al riparo dal conflitto, le lettere diventano il filo che lega le vite di queste tre donne, segnando in modo indelebile i loro destini. L’autrice, Sarah Blake, laureata a Yale e appassionata di letteratura vittoriana, ha vissuto a Cape Cod e ora risiede a Washington. Questo romanzo, il suo primo pubblicato in Italia, ha riscosso un grande successo negli Stati Uniti.

Set in 1890s West Africa, the story follows twin sisters Hassana and Husseina, who are kidnapped and sold into slavery after a devastating raid. Despite their separation, they maintain a deep connection through shared dreams of water, symbolizing their hope and resilience. The narrative explores themes of survival, sisterhood, and the enduring bond between them, raising the question of whether their paths will ultimately converge again.

A RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER 72 HOURS TO FIND HER... 'Hits the sweet spot between literary and crime fiction - Gripping' ERIN KELLY 'For those who love their crime fiction rich in psychology, beautifully written and laced with dark humour. Dive in' LUCIE WHITEHOUSE A MISSING GIRL Edith Hind is gone, leaving just her coat, a smear of blood and a half-open door. A DESPERATE FAMILY Each of her friends and relatives has a version of the truth. But none quite adds up. A DETECTIVE AT BREAKING POINT The press grows hungrier by the day. Can DS Manon Bradshaw fend them off, before a missing persons case becomes a murder investigation?