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, young Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But in 1939, Berlin is transformed; her family's possessions are taken, and they are no longer welcome in their familiar surroundings. Hannah and her best friend, Leo Martin, make a pact to face whatever comes together. Hope arrives with the SS St. Louis, a ship offering Jews safe passage out of Germany. After a frantic visa search, the Rosenthals and Martins board the luxurious liner bound for Havana. Life aboard the St. Louis feels surreal, filled with masquerade balls and exquisite meals, but soon, ominous rumors from Cuba shatter their fragile sense of safety. As impossible choices arise and unthinkable sacrifices are made, the ship that once symbolized salvation threatens to become their doom. Decades later, in New York City, on her twelfth birthday, Anna Rosen receives a mysterious package from her great-aunt Hannah in Cuba. Its contents inspire Anna and her mother to journey to Havana to uncover their family's tragic past, a quest that will help Anna find her place and purpose in the world. The narrative spans from pre-war Berlin to revolutionary Cuba and post-9/11 New York, culminating in a deeply moving conclusion in present-day Havana.

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

There were four of us down there for the first thirty-two months and eleven days of our captivity. And then, very suddenly and without warning, there were three. Even though the fourth person hadn't made any noise at all in several months, the room got very quiet when she was gone. For a long time after that, we sat in silence, in the dark, each of us wondering what this meant for her and for us, and which of us would be the next in the box.

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.

The New York Times bestseller- "A beautifully written, thought-provoking novel." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Stockett. In 1940, Iris James is the postmistress in coastal Franklin, Massachusetts. Iris knows more about the townspeople than she will ever say, and believes her job is to deliver secrets. Yet one day she does the unthinkable: slips a letter into her pocket, reads it, and doesn't deliver it. Meanwhile, Frankie Bard broadcasts from overseas with Edward R. Murrow. Her dispatches beg listeners to pay heed as the Nazis bomb London nightly. Most of the townspeople of Franklin think the war can't touch them. But both Iris and Frankie know better... The Postmistress is a tale of two worlds-one shattered by violence, the other willfully naïve-and of two women whose job is to deliver the news, yet who find themselves unable to do so. Through their eyes, and the eyes of everyday people caught in history's tide, it examines how stories are told, and how the fact of war is borne even through everyday life.

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?