Showing results by author "Erin Kelly" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Ava Kirilova has reached the very top of her profession. After years and years of hard graft, pain and sacrifice as part of the London Russian Ballet Company, allowing nothing else to distract her, she is finally the poster girl for Swan Lake. Even Mr K—her father, and the intense, terrifying director of the company—can find no fault. Ava has pushed herself ahead of countless other talented, hardworking girls, and they are all watching her now.

Summer, 2021. Nell has come home at her family's insistence to celebrate an anniversary. Fifty years ago, her father wrote The Golden Bones. Part picture book, part treasure hunt, Sir Frank Churcher created a fairy story about Elinore, a murdered woman whose skeleton was scattered all over England. Clues and puzzles in the pages of The Golden Bones led readers to seven sites where jewels were buried—gold and precious stones, each a different part of a skeleton. One by one, the tiny golden bones were dug up until only Elinore's pelvis remained hidden.

A lifetime ago, a patient escaped Nazareth mental asylum. They covered their tracks carefully. Or so they thought. Thirty years ago, Marianne Smy committed a crime then fled from her home to leave the past behind. Or so she thought. Now, Marianne has been forced to return. Nazareth asylum has been converted to luxury flats, but its terrible hold on her is still strong. A successful academic, a loving mother and a loyal wife, she fears her secret being revealed and her world shattering. She is right to be scared.

The unmissable Broadchurch novel, inspired by the first season of 2013's mega-hit ITV series. Containing never-before-seen material and adding great depth and insights to the unforgettable cast of characters, this is a must-listen not only for everyone who loved the TV programme ahead of the second series but for all fans of evocative, atmospheric crime drama.

In the hushed aftermath of a total eclipse, Laura witnesses a brutal attack. She and her boyfriend, Kit, call the police, and in that moment it is not only the victim's life that is changed forever. Fifteen years on, Laura and Kit live in fear. And while Laura knows she was right to speak out, the events that follow have taught her that you can never see the whole picture: something - and someone - is always in the dark....

The MacBrides have always gone to Far Barn in Devon for Bonfire Night, but this year everything is different. Lydia, the matriarch, is dead; Sophie, the eldest daughter, is desperately trying to repair a crumbling marriage; and Felix, the youngest of the family, has brought a girlfriend with him for the first time. The girl, Kerry, seems odd in a way nobody can quite put their finger on - but when they leave her looking after Sophie's baby daughter, and return to find both Kerry and the baby gone, they are forced to ask themselves if they have allowed a cuckoo into their nest....

In the sweltering summer of 1997, straight-laced, straight-A student Karen met Biba - a bohemian and impossibly glamorous aspiring actress. A few months later, two people were dead and another had been sent to prison. Having stood by Rex as he served his sentence, Karen is now married to him with a daughter, Alice, who runs a vintage clothing company in London. They're a normal family, as long as they don't talk about the past, never mention the name Biba, and ignore Alice's flashes of dark, dangerous fury.

It is the sweltering summer of 1997 when strait-laced, straight-A student Karen meets Biba - a bohemian and impossibly glamorous aspiring actress.She is drawn to her new friend’s carefree world of constant parties, and quickly abandons her old life to move into the crumbling Highgate mansion Biba shares with her brother Rex and a stream of lodgers. For a while, life is one long summer of love. But summer must end. And by the end of theirs, two people would be dead.

Joss Grand once ruled the Brighton underworld with his sidekick Jacky Nye - until Jacky washed up by the West Pier in 1968. Though Grand's alibi seems cast-iron, Luke, a true crime writer, is sure there's more to the story, and he convinces the criminal-turned-philanthropist to be interviewed for a book about his life. Soon Luke realises that in stirring up secrets from the past, he may be in terrible danger.

The entire city is demanding answers after Sophie's vicious public attack and disappearance, especially after she returns from the dead. To calm the masses, a council meeting is arranged, which may be the key platform they need to reform the current restrictions on supernatural beings. The hopeful event takes a turn when members of the council begin to die, and a rogue Wolven seems to be behind the murders.

Im Sommer 1999 erleben Kit und Laura eine totale Sonnenfinsternis in Cornwall. Als sich der Schatten auflöst, im fahlen Licht, glaubt Laura eine brutale Vergewaltigung zu sehen. Doch der Mann bestreitet alles. Die Frau schweigt. Monate nach der Verhandlung steht die Frau vor Lauras und Kits Tür, schleicht sich auf merkwürdige Weise in ihr Leben. Nur Kit scheint zu sehen, was Beth Taylor wirklich ist: eine Bedrohung. 15 Jahre später leben Laura und Kit unter falschem Namen an einem geheimen Ort. Eines Tages steht plötzlich Beth vor Laura, und mit aller Macht drängt die Wahrheit ans Licht.

Im Sommer 1999 erleben Kit und Laura eine totale Sonnenfinsternis in Cornwall. Als sich der Schatten auflöst, im fahlen Licht, glaubt Laura eine brutale Vergewaltigung zu sehen. Doch der Mann bestreitet alles. Die Frau schweigt. Monate nach der Verhandlung steht die Frau vor Lauras und Kits Tür, schleicht sich auf merkwürdige Weise in ihr Leben. Nur Kit scheint zu sehen, was Beth Taylor wirklich ist: eine Bedrohung. 15 Jahre später leben Laura und Kit unter falschem Namen an einem geheimen Ort. Eines Tages steht plötzlich Beth vor Laura, und mit aller Macht drängt die Wahrheit ans Licht.

Ne restez pas dans le noir ! Au cours d'une éclipse totale de soleil, un jeune couple voit sa vie bouleversée : témoins d'un viol, Laura et Kit ont décidé de témoigner. Quitte à mentir par omission pour être sûrs que l'agresseur de Beth finira en prison. Mais Beth, rejetée par tous, s'est peu à peu immiscée dans leur existence. Et son agresseur, depuis quinze ans, crie vengeance. Terrifiés, Laura et Kit ont déménagé, changé de nom. Aujourd'hui, Laura est enceinte de jumeaux.