Annie Ward

For fans of The Woman in the Window and Gone Girl comes a twisted and addictive psychological thriller about a cunning wife, a damaged husband and a chilling murder that no one saw coming Things that make me scared: When Charlie cries. Hospitals and lakes. When Ian drinks vodka in the basement. ISIS. When Ian gets angry... That something is really, really wrong with me. Maddie and Ian's romance began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in the British army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian's PTSD; her concerns for the safety of their young son, Charlie; and the couple's tangled and tumultuous past with Jo. From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime.

Beautiful Bad

A tangled web of lies draws together three women in this explosive thriller of revenge, murder and shocking secrets At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, Natalie, an office assistant, dreams of having a life like the school moms she deals with every day. Women like Brooke--a gorgeous heiress, ferociously loving mother and serial cheater--and Asha, an overprotective mom who suspects her husband of having an affair. Their fates are bound by the handsome assistant athletic director Nicholas, whom Natalie loves, Brooke wants and Asha needs. But when two bodies are carried out of the school one morning, it seems the tension between mothers and daughters, rival lovers, and the haves and have-nots has shattered the surface of this isolated, affluent town--where people stop at nothing to get what they want.

The Lying Club

Stephanie Harvey

When it comes to readers who need the most support, teachers can't afford to waste time using fragmented, skill-and-drill interventions that don't work. Literacy specialists Stephanie Harvey and Annie Ward demonstrate how to "table the labels" and use detailed formative assessments to craft targeted, personalized instruction that enable striving readers to do what they need above all - to find books they love and engage in voluminous reading. Loaded with ready-to-go lessons, routines, and "actions," as well as the latest research, this book is a must for any teacher who strives to make every reader a thriving reader.

How to Grow Confident, Capable Readers

From Striving to Thriving

Previously published under the title Beautiful Bad In the most explosive and twisted psychological thriller since The Woman in the Window, a perfect love story leads to the perfect crime Things that make me scared: When Charlie cries. Hospitals and lakes. When Ian drinks vodka in the basement. ISIS. When Ian gets angry. . . . That something is really, really wrong with me. Maddie and Ian’s romance began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in the British army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian’s PTSD, her concerns for the safety of their young son, Charlie, and the couple’s tangled and tumultuous past with Jo. From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, 16 years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 9-1-1 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime. But what in this beautiful home has gone so terribly bad? Previously published under the title Beautiful Bad

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The Ideal Wife

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A devoted wife, a loving husband and a chilling murder that no one saw coming. Things that make me scared: When Charlie cries. Hospitals and lakes. When Ian drinks vodka in the basement. ISIS. When Ian gets angry… That something is really, really wrong with me. Maddie and Ian’s love story began with a chance encounter at a party overseas; he was serving in the British army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo. Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America. But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian’s PTSD; her concerns for the safety of their young son; and the couple’s tangled and tumultuous past with Jo. From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime. Don't miss Annie Ward's explosive new novel, The Lying Club, a story of revenge, murder and shocking secrets!

Ogni storia ha due facce. E anche ogni matrimonio. «Cose che mi fanno paura: quando Charlie piange. Gli ospedali e i laghi. Quando Ian beve vodka nel seminterrato. L’Isis. Quando Ian si arrabbia... Il pensiero che in me ci sia qualcosa di sbagliato.» La storia d’amore tra Maddie e Ian è iniziata con un incontro casuale: lui stava prestando servizio nell’esercito inglese nei Balcani, lei era una scrittrice e si trovava lì in visita alla sua migliore amica, Jo. Si sono innamorati a una festa, si sono sposati e quasi due decenni dopo vivono in una tranquilla cittadina del Kansas, in una bella casa, insieme all’amato figlio Charlie. Durante una vacanza in campeggio, però, Maddie resta coinvolta in un incidente che la segna gravemente. Per superare lo shock, la terapeuta le suggerisce di scrivere un diario. Poco a poco, la donna comincia a rivelare le sue paure per il disturbo da stress post-traumatico di Ian, le preoccupazioni per la sicurezza di Charlie e il passato tumultuoso di Ian con l’amica di Maddie, Jo. Il racconto di Maddie resuscita sedici anni di amore, paura e avventure turbolente vissuti tra i Balcani e l’Inghilterra, l’Iraq e Manhattan, fino alla tranquilla casa di famiglia in cui, un giorno, irrompe la polizia… Mobilitati dalla frenetica chiamata al 911 di un bambino, gli agenti non sono pronti alla scena del crimine che si trovano davanti. Al sangue che ricopre ogni superficie. Chi sono davvero Maddie, Ian e Jo? Qual è l’oscuro segreto che lega queste tre anime feroci? L’unica certezza è che niente è come sembra, in un vortice di suspense, azione e tensione psicologica che trascina il lettore fino al colpo di scena finale.

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