Barbara Taylor Sissel

Tell No One

Everyone has nightmares. One woman is living hers... Gilly O'Connell's nightmares aren't just bad dreams; they're glimpses of terrifying realities to come. Gilly has spent her entire life trying to suppress the foreboding visions. So when a dismissed premonition leads to her husband's murder, she buries the guilt and pain of the unsolved crime in the only way she knows how--she runs from it. Three years later, after overcoming a battle with addiction and starting over in a small Texas town, Gilly dares to believe the worst is over. That is, until another crime rips her heart open: the abduction of a three-year-old girl. Gilly knows more about it than anyone... She's dreaming again. Gilly is convinced that if she tells the police she dreamed of the kidnapping before it happened, there's no way they'll believe her. But when she finally gets the courage to come forward with what she saw, people don't see her as crazy--they see her as a suspect. Now, in order to help a desperate single father save his child, Gilly must first clear her own name. But as the nightmares of the past catch up to her, Gilly's only chance for salvation might be the dreams she's spent so long trying to ignore.

What Lies Below

On a cool October morning, Lauren Wilder is shaken when she comes close to striking Bo Laughlin with her car as he's walking along the road's edge. A young man well known in their small town of Hardys Walk, Texas, Bo seems fine, even if Lauren's intuition says otherwise. Since the accident two years ago that left her brain in a fragile state, she can't trust her own instincts--and neither can her family. Then Bo vanishes, and as the search for him ensues, the police question whether she's responsible. Lauren is terrified, not of what she remembers but of what she doesn't. Unable to trust herself and unwilling to trust anyone else, Lauren begins her own investigation into the mystery of Bo's disappearance. But the truth can prove to be as shocking as any lie, and as Lauren exposes each one, from her family, from her friends, she isn't the only one who will face heart-stopping repercussions.

Crooked Little Lies

In this intense, multilayered domestic drama, two families become entangled in a web of lies, secrets, and betrayal that results in an act of violence so shocking their love may not survive. On the outside, Lily Isley’s life seems perfect: a wealthy husband, a ritzy gated community in Dallas, and a handsome son, AJ—a decorated marine about to be married to his love, Shea. But when a bridesmaid is murdered in AJ’s apartment and he can’t be found, Lily’s world collapses and a long-held family secret is at risk of exposure. Dru Gallagher’s life took a different course. After her ex-husband, suffering from post-traumatic stress, threatened her and her daughter, Shea, with a shotgun, Dru was forced to leave her marriage and forge ahead as a working-class single mom. Now, the anger she sees in war veteran AJ’s eyes is heartbreakingly familiar—and makes Dru deeply afraid for her daughter’s safety…especially after Shea’s best friend and maid of honor is found dead. With a killer on the loose and time running out, Lily and Dru, two very different women, unite in a single goal: to save their precious children from scandal, even from death. But will the mothers’ protection be enough, or will the fateful secret they expose—and the truth it reveals—destroy every hope of love?

The Truth We Bury

The Ninth Step

Evidence of Life

Faultlines

In the fall of 1999, psychologist Sophia Beckman is compelled by the court to give testimony on behalf of a death row inmate that results in his sentence being overturned. Haunted by secrets from her past, she avoids the media spotlight as much as possible, but soon, other prisoners' families come seeking her assistance. One family in particular, the wife, children, and brother of Jarrett Capshaw, is especially insistent. Forty-one days ago Jarrett's request to die was granted by the State of Texas, and he became a dead man walking, a man they call a volunteer. Jarrett's crimes were unusual, involving the theft of precious Mayan antiquities. Murder was never part of the plan, but murder is what happened. He pulled the trigger, and as little as he feels prepared for it, as much as he struggles with matters of the soul, he's ready to die. It is the only way his family and the families of his victims will be free to move on. While Jarrett labors to find the words to say good-bye to those he has loved, Sophia finds herself drawn into a relationship with his wife and oldest son. It is Jarrett's family she can't resist and there will be a price to pay. But not even Sophia could have foreseen the outcome when the brutal truth is exposed, the unalloyed facts that, incredibly, will deliver Jarrett's fate straight into her hands. The Volunteer is a story about families, how they are made, and how in one single, horrifying instant, they can be broken. It is a story about mothers and the lies they tell to protect their children, to keep them from being hurt. But what happens when the truth comes out anyway and nothing and no one is spared? Sometimes the truth has the power to break your heart, and in Sophia's case it will also endanger her freedom and threaten everything she has ever believed about her life.

A Novel

The Volunteer

Un grande thriller Dall'autrice del bestseller Una fredda mattina d'inverno La vita di Lily Isley sembra perfetta: un marito ricco, una cerchia di amici dell’alta società e un figlio praticamente perfetto, Axel, marine pluridecorato che sta per sposare l’amore della sua vita, Shea. Ma quando una damigella d’onore viene uccisa nell’appartamento di Axel e il ragazzo è introvabile, tutto il mondo crolla addosso a Lily e i segreti di famiglia a lungo taciuti rischiano di venire rivelati. Dru Gallagher ha avuto una vita completamente diversa. Dopo che suo marito, colpito da sindrome da stress post-traumatico, ha minacciato di uccidere lei e sua figlia Shea, Dru è stata costretta a lasciarsi alle spalle il matrimonio e a rifarsi una vita altrove, solo con le proprie forze. La rabbia che vede negli occhi di Axel è tristemente familiare e le fa temere per sua figlia... Soprattutto ora che la migliore amica di Shea è stata trovata morta. Con un killer a piede libero, Lily e Dru, due donne molto diverse tra loro, hanno lo stesso obiettivo: salvare i propri figli dallo scandalo, ma soprattutto dalla morte. La protezione di una madre sarà sufficiente o i segreti rivelati saranno sconvolgenti al punto da distruggere qualunque speranza? Due famiglie legate da un segreto Una rete di bugie e tradimenti «Barbara Taylor Sissel ha una scrittura potente e affronta temi molto profondi.» Kirkus Reviews «Mi ha tenuta sveglia fino a notte fonda: un capolavoro che esplora i temi di famiglia, amore e le conseguenze delle decisioni che prendiamo. Il perfetto mix di mistero, pericolo e del tipo di segreti per i quali le persone arrivano ad uccidere.» Kristin Harmel, autrice di Finché le stelle saranno in cielo «Che cosa fareste se vostro figlio fosse implicato in un omicidio brutale? Segreti di famiglia, bugie, tradimenti... Una lettura avvincente!» Barbara Claypole White, autrice di Il figlio perfetto Barbara Taylor SisselÈ nata a Honolulu, nelle Hawaii, ma è cresciuta in varie località del Midwest. In uno dei suoi trasferimenti, ha abitato nelle vicinanze di un carcere, dove ha avuto la possibilità di venire in contatto con i detenuti e i loro familiari. Questa esperienza l’ha segnata al punto da farle sviluppare un’attenzione particolare, nella sua scrittura, per le famiglie che reagiscono alla tragedia di un crimine. Adesso vive in Texas in una fattoria fuori Austin, ha due figli e quando non scrive si occupa di giardinaggio. La finestra sul parco è il secondo libro pubblicato dalla Newton Compton, dopo Una fredda mattina d’inverno.

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