Louise Candlish
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Des voisins que vous aimerez haïr...
Lowland Way est un quartier chic où le prix du mètre carré constitue un crime parfait pour garantir la tranquillité de ses habitants. Jusqu'à ce que l'adorable grand-mère du quartier décède en laissant pour seul héritier son neveu qui s'empresse d'investir la maison inoccupée avec sa compagne. Le couple s'avère très vite infréquentable. Alors, quand un crime horrible ébranle le quartier, les coupables semblent tout désignés... Mais est-ce pour autant la vérité ?
Avec un cynisme et un sens du suspense inégalés, Louise Candlish égratigne l'impeccable façade de la banlieue chic londonienne dans un thriller impossible à lâcher. -
C'est pourtant bien son portail. Son allée. Son magnolia...
En rentrant chez elle ce jour-là, Fiona a la surprise d'y voir s'installer de parfaits inconnus. Cette maison de Trinity Avenue, où vivent ses deux fils, elle l'occupe la moitié du temps, en alternance avec son ex-mari. Et voilà qu'en son absence, on l'a vidée, vendue. Bram ? Les garçons ? Disparus ! Tout semble en règle pourtant... Pour la Londonienne, c'est le début d'un cauchemar dont l'engrenage a commencé à son insu il y a longtemps - un cruel jeu de dupes, où « chez soi » ne signifie plus rien...
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A compelling, nerve-tingling treat
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THE BRAND NEW EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT THRILLER FROM LOUISE CANDLISH, THE HEIGHTS, IS OUT NOW! Absolutely brilliant An exceptionally exciting, mysterious book we both loved it Richard & Judy It all happens so quickly. One day you''re living the dream, commuting to work by riverbus with your charismatic neighbour Kit in the seat beside you. The next, Kit hasn''t turned up for the boat and his wife Melia has reported him missing. When you get off at your stop, the police are waiting. Another passenger saw you and Kit arguing on the boat home the night before and the police say that you had a reason to want him dead. You protest. You and Kit are friends - ask Melia, she''ll vouch for you. And who exactly is this other passenger pointing the finger? What do they know about your lives? No, whatever danger followed you home last night, you are innocent, totally innocent. Aren''t you? Praise for The Other Passenger : Nobody writes so incisively about couples Daily Mail, Books of the Year 2020 Filled with really excellent twists Stylist , Best books out in June The queen of the urban thriller returns with her winning blend of whodunit and thoroughly unreliable narrators Red ''One of the twistiest plots you''ll ever read '' Cosmopolitan Cleverly captures the envy zeitgeist Stylist Stylish, suspenseful and absorbing Best You wont want to put down this roller coaster read! Closer Gripping from start to finish Bella Not only is Candlish a terrific storyteller , she has the gift of making you care about unlikable characters Guardian Ill be amazed if we dont see The Other Passenger on screen before long London Evening Standard The layers of plot astound Sunday Times Crime Club Another clever tale from the author of Our House Prima A chillingly addictive and glamorous thriller'' Sunday Post B rilliantly plotted Mail on Sunday Louise Candlish helped launch the property noir genre with Our House and Those People. In The Other Passenger , she brings murder to the London commute '' Observer This author is so good at twisty yet completely believable domestic thrillers Good Housekeeping S uperior thriller Crime Review Suspenseful and utterly absorbing Sunday Mirror The suspense is maddening , and the conclusion refreshing Press Association An ingenious thriller Irish Independent The pacing is first rate , as is the handling of the first-person narration Sunday Times Just brilliant ; gripping from the first page with an incredible first person narrative and a sense of place that pulls you through the pages fast enough to make your head spin. Louise Candlish just gets better and better , I love her Lisa Jewell A gripping read with a brilliant first-person narrative. I couldnt turn the pages fast enough. Its so good ! BA Paris A must read ! Lucy Foley ''Louise Candlish is the queen of the sucker-punch twist '' Ruth Ware '' Dark and clever and terrific '' Nicci French '' I couldnt put it down !'' Shari Lapena A tightly constructed, corkscrewing plot'' Sarah Vaughan ''Psychological suspense at its most elegant and sinister '' AJ Finn ''Louise is the mistress of the Oh my God, this could be me nightmare'' Fiona Barton A stunning masterwork of style and suspense Jeffery Deaver ''Equal parts riveting, twisty, and unsettling '' Stephanie Wrobel ''An instant classic '' Mark Edwards ''Outstanding'' Catherine Isaac
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Avant de mourir, la mère d'Olivia a fait promettre à sa fille de reprendre contact avec Richie Briscoe, l'homme qui lui a brisé le coeur alors qu'elle n'était qu'une adolescente. Intriguée, Olivia décide de se rendre chez Richie, qui vit avec sa fille Wren dans un joli village de la côte anglaise.
Bien qu'une vingtaine d'années se soient écoulées, tout se passe comme si leur amour n'était jamais mort. Olivia se sent comme chez elle à Millington, et Wren est un peu la fille qu'elle n'a jamais eue. Tout irait pour le mieux si Olivia n'avait pas déjà un mari qu'elle aime et deux fils...
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FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE , WINNER OF THE CRIME & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD ''One of this summer''s most anticipated thrillers'' Stylist ''Scarily plausible'' Observer MEET THE NEIGHBOURS YOU''LL LOVE TO HATE Until Darren and Jodie move in, Lowland Way is a suburban paradise. Beautiful homes. Friendly neighbours. Kids playing out in the street. But Darren and Jodie don''t follow the rules and soon disputes over loud music and parking rights escalate to threats of violence. Then, early one Sunday, a horrific crime shocks the street. As the police go house-to-house, the residents close ranks and everyone''s story is the same: They did it. But there''s a problem. The police don''t agree. And the door they''re knocking on next is yours. Praise for Those People : '' Guaranteed to have you vibrating with impotent fury a carefully crafted psychological thriller Laura Wilson, Guardian A feverish atmosphere is built up, with Candlish again skewering the peccadilloes and prejudices of her middle-class characters Sunday Times ''You''re in for a treat!'' Lisa Jewell '' Those People is nail-bitingly tense from the first page to the last. Louise Candlish shows us the dark side of suburbia and of ourselves'' Erin Kelly Sharp satire and a plot that builds to a roiling boil with a couple of oh- so -clever final twists Sarah Vaughan ''Beautifully modulated and terrifically suspenseful'' Washington Post Twists aplenty, and such wonderful observation - I loved it'' Clare Mackintosh ''An addictive, twisty page-turner about the neighbours from hell'' Alice Feeney ''A delicious slice of suburban noir. I loved it'' Harriet Tyce ''Candlish is a master at peeling away the veneer of middle-class respectability, and utterly nails the trials of living cheek-by-jowl with awful neighbours. Youll be asking yourself, How far would I go?'' heat ''Booths boorish presence causes sleep-deprived couples to bicker hatefully and grown siblings to become enraged with one another, until the whole community seems to turn on itself - with fatal consequences'' Wall Street Journal ''A smart and twisty tale a compelling read'' Woman & Home ''A devilishly good thriller with a wicked ending. Loved it'' Laura Kemp ''Utterly gripping'' RED ''A read that will make you rejoice for nice neighbours!'' Prima ''Louise Candlish captures the mores of middle-class life and our worst, curtain-twitching tendencies like no one else'' RED , online ''Full of marvellously toxic characters'' Best ''An unsettling, darkly funny, artfully composed novel about the way we live now'' Irish Times
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Ginny and Adam Trustlove arrive on holiday in Italy torn apart by personal tragedy. Two weeks in a boathouse on the edge of peaceful Lake Orta is exactly what they need to restore their faith in life - and each other.Twenty-four hours later, the silence is broken. The Sale family have arrived at the main villa: wealthy, high-flying Marty, his beautiful wife Bea, and their privileged, confident offspring. It doesn't take long for Ginny and Adam to be drawn in, especially when the teenage Pippi introduces a new friend into the circle. For there is something about Zach that has everyone instantly beguiled, something that loosens old secrets - and creates shocking new ones.And, yet, not one of them suspects that his arrival in their lives might be anything other than accidental . . .
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Arriving on the windswept Ile de Re off the coast of France, Tabby Dewhurst is heartbroken and penniless, unable even to afford a room for the night. Then she overhears a villager repeating aloud the access code to her front door and, hardly believing her own actions, Tabby waits for the villager to leave and lets herself into the house . . . And so she enters the strange, hidden world of Emmie, whose sudden offer of friendship is at odds with her obsession with her own privacy. Soon Tabby begins to form suspicions about Emmie, suspicions that will lead her back to England - and to a scandal with shattering consequences.
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Après la mort de sa fille de six ans dans un accident de la route, Rachel décide de quitter Londres où tout lui est devenu insupportable. C'est à Santorin, une magnifique île grecque balayée par les vents d'où est originaire sa mère, qu'elle trouve refuge.
Si Rachel parvient petit à petit à se reconstruire, elle ne peut oublier le pacte conclu des années auparavant avec ses deux meilleures amies : toutes trois s'étaient juré de veiller sur leurs familles respectives. Rachel doit trouver un moyen d'honorer sa promesse, et de savoir ce que sont devenues les deux filles de ses amies...
Puissant et émouvant, Depuis que tu n'es plus là aborde avec pudeur un sujet difficile : comment survivre à la perte d'un enfant ?
