Emma Flint

Haunting, intoxicating and heart-poundingly suspenseful, Little Deaths is a gripping novel about love, morality and obsession, exploring the capacity for good and evil within us all. It's the summer of 1965, and the streets of Queens, New York shimmer in a heatwave. One July morning, Ruth Malone wakes to find a bedroom window wide open and her two young children missing. After a desperate search, the police make a horrifying discovery. Noting Ruth's perfectly made-up face and provocative clothing, the empty liquor bottles and love letters that litter her apartment, the detectives leap to convenient conclusions, fuelled by neighbourhood gossip and speculation. Sent to cover the case on his first major assignment, tabloid reporter Pete Wonicke at first can't help but do the same. But the longer he spends watching Ruth, the more he learns about the darker workings of the police and the press. Soon, Pete begins to doubt everything he thought he knew. Ruth Malone is enthralling, challenging and secretive – is she really capable of murder?

Little Deaths

A WASHINGTON POST BEST THRILLER/MYSTERY OF 2017 A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2017 "Riveting."---People magazine It's 1965 in a tight-knit working-class neighborhood in Queens, New York, and Ruth Malone--a single mother who works long hours as a cocktail waitress--wakes to discover her two small children, Frankie Jr. and Cindy, have gone missing. Later that day, Cindy's body is found in a derelict lot a half mile from her home, strangled. Ten days later, Frankie Jr.'s decomposing body is found. Immediately, all fingers point to Ruth. As police investigate the murders, the detritus of Ruth's life is exposed. Seen through the eyes of the cops, the empty bourbon bottles and provocative clothing which litter her apartment, the piles of letters from countless men and Ruth's little black book of phone numbers, make her a drunk, a loose woman--and therefore a bad mother. The lead detective, a strict Catholic who believes women belong in the home, leaps to the obvious conclusion: facing divorce and a custody battle, Malone took her children's lives. Pete Wonicke is a rookie tabloid reporter who finagles an assignment to cover the murders. Determined to make his name in the paper, he begins digging into the case. Pete's interest in the story develops into an obsession with Ruth, and he comes to believe there's something more to the woman whom prosecutors, the press, and the public have painted as a promiscuous femme fatale. Did Ruth Malone violently kill her own children, is she a victim of circumstance--or is there something more sinister at play? Inspired by a true story, Little Deaths, like celebrated novels by Sarah Waters and Megan Abbott, is compelling literary crime fiction that explores the capacity for good and evil in us all.

A Novel

Zoe Ball's BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick. Mesmerising and haunting, Emma Flint's Other Women is a devastating story of fantasy, obsession inspired by a murder that took place almost a hundred years ago. 'A pitch-perfect historical mystery' – The Guardian 'Bloody brilliant' – Dinah Jefferies, author of The Missing Sister 'Compelling, twisty, and wonderfully suspenseful' – Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground It is 1923 and a country is in mourning. Thousands of husbands, fathers, sons and sweethearts were lost in the war, millions more returned home wounded and forever changed. Beatrice Cade is an orphan, unmarried and childless. After her brother's death, she decides to make a new life for herself. She takes a room in a Bloomsbury ladies’ club and a job in the City. But just when her new world is starting to take shape, a fleeting encounter threatens to ruin everything. Kate Ryan is an ordinary wife and mother. Since the end of the war, she has managed to build an enviable life with her husband and young daughter. From the outside, they seem like a normal, happy family. But when two policemen knock on Kate's door and jeopardize the facade Kate has created, she knows what she has to do to protect the people she loves. And suddenly, two women who never should have met are connected for ever . . . 'Exquisite' - Will Dean, author of Dark Pines 'This is a book that will stay with you' – Ann Cleeves, bestselling author of the Vera series 'A thoroughly captivating and unsettling page-turner' – iNews

A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 2023

Other Women

Elegida entre las diez mejores novelas negras de 2017 por los periódicos The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal y The Irish Times. En Queens, en el mes julio de 1965, las calles arden con una ola de calor inmisericorde. Ruth Malone, una joven madre del barrio, descubre la puerta de la habitación de sus hijos abierta de par en par. Han desaparecido. Después de seguir las pesquisas, la policía hace un descubrimiento horripilante. Pete Wonicke, un periodista inexperto al cargo de cubrir su primer caso importante no puede evitar llegar a esas mismas conclusiones. Sin embargo, cuanto más tiempo pasa con Ruth, más se da cuenta de que la policía no es siempre honesta y de que las obsesiones personales de ciertos detectives pueden estar haciendo que la investigación vaya en la dirección equivocada. Wonicke empieza a dudar de todo lo que creía que sabía. Además, Ruth Malone es fascinante, un reto y un misterio, pero ¿sería capaz de matar a sus propios hijos? Basada en hechos reales, Muertes pequeñas nos cuenta una historia de amor, moralidad y obsesión, al mismo tiempo que analiza la capacidad que tiene todo ser humano para el bien y el mal. "Como el vapor que desprende la ciudad de Nueva York en un caluroso mes de julio, Muertes pequeñas desprende los aromas de la novela negra americana de los 60... Un debut fascinante." Thriller del mes para The Observer "Un sutil retrato de una mujer llevada al límite y de los hombres que la juzgan." The Times Literary Supplement "Hacía mucho que una novela no capturaba un tiempo y un lugar tan poderosamente como el debut imponente de Emma Flint." Chicago Tribune "Un logro fenomenal. Muertes pequeñas es uno de esos extraños logros: una novela negra psicológicamente bien construida, que hace que el corazón te lata con rapidez, y que trasciende sin esfuerzo el género. Si creías que la ficción literaria no podía leerse de una sola sentada, te equivocabas." Jeffrey Deaver

Muertes pequeñas

It's the summer of 1965, and the streets of Queens, New York shimmer in a heatwave. One July morning, Ruth Malone wakes to find a bedroom window wide open and her two young children missing. After a desperate search, the police make a horrifying discovery.Noting Ruth's perfectly made-up face and provocative clothing, the empty liquor bottles and love letters that litter her apartment, the detectives leap to convenient conclusions, fuelled by neighbourhood gossip and speculation. Sent to cover the case on his first major assignment, tabloid reporter Pete Wonicke at first can't help but do the same. But the longer he spends watching Ruth, the more he learns about the darker workings of the police and the press. Soon, Pete begins to doubt everything he thought he knew. Ruth Malone is enthralling, challenging and secretive - is she really capable of murder? Haunting, intoxicating and heart-poundingly suspenseful, Little Deaths by Emma Flint is a gripping debut novel about love, morality and obsession, exploring the capacity for good and evil within us all.

Lenis Plan an der neuen Schule: Bloß. Nicht. Auffallen. Schließlich ist dort ihre ältere Schwester Fiona der unangefochtene Star und Leni will sie auf keinen Fall blamieren. Leichter gesagt als getan, wenn man eine große Klappe hat: Erst wird Leni zur Klassensprecherin gewählt, dann muss sie vor der gesamten Schule einen gewagten Wetteinsatz einlösen. Ein Leben voller Feenstaub und Konfetti? Schön wär’s! Stattdessen Schwesternzoff ohne Ende. Um sich mit Fiona zu versöhnen, beschließt Leni, sie mit ihrem Schwarm zu verkuppeln. Doch Lenis Chaos-Magnet lässt einfach nicht locker ...

Mein Leben voller Feenstaub und Konfetti (schön wär’s!)

"It's 1965 in a tight-knit working-class neighborhood in Queens, New York, and Ruth Malone--a single mother who works long hours as a cocktail waitress--wakes to discover her two small children, Frankie Jr. and Cindy, have gone missing. Later that day, Cindy's body is found in a derelict lot a half mile from her home, strangled. Ten days later, Frankie Jr.'s decomposing body is found. Immediately, all fingers point to Ruth. As police investigate the murders, the detritus of Ruth's life is exposed ... Did Ruth Malone violently kill her own children, is she a victim of circumstance--or is there something more sinister at play?"--

Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Book Club pick Mesmerising, haunting and utterly remarkable, this is a devastating story of fantasy and obsession inspired by a murder that took place almost a hundred years ago. 'Exquisite' - Will Dean, author of Dark Pines 'This is a book that will stay with you' - Ann Cleeves, bestselling author of the Vera series 'Compelling, twisty and wonderfully suspenseful' - Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground It is 1923 and a country is in mourning. Thousands of husbands, fathers, sons and sweethearts were lost in the war, millions more returned home wounded and forever changed. Beatrice Cade is an orphan, unmarried and childless. London is full of invisible women who struggle to find somewhere to work through their grief. But Bea is determined to make a new life for herself. She takes a room in a Bloomsbury ladies' club and a job in the City. Just when her new world is taking shape, a fleeting encounter threatens to ruin everything. Kate Ryan is an ordinary wife and mother. Following the end of the war, she has managed to build an enviable life with her husband and young daughter. To anyone looking in from the outside, they seem like a normal, happy family. But when two policemen knock on her door one morning and threaten to destroy the facade Kate has created, she knows what she has to do to protect the people she loves. And suddenly, two women who never should have met are connected for ever . . .

See what happens when an old magic lantern projector comes on revealing a ballroom dance and one of the dancers reaches out from the screen. Written by Emma Flint Illustrated by Sophie Holmes A WP Comics Ltd. Comic

The Magic Lantern

1965. Une vague de chaleur déferle sur le Queens, banlieue ouvrière de New York, et plonge ses habitants dans un état léthargique. Un matin ordinaire, Ruth Malone, mère célibataire aux allures de star hollywoodienne, constate la disparation de ses deux enfants. Peu après, le corps de la petite Cindy est retrouvé abandonné sur un chantier, son doudou encore à la main. Lorsque, quelques jours plus tard, la dépouille de son fils, Frankie Jr, est découverte dans des conditions similaires, des voix accusatrices s'élèvent contre Ruth. De la voisine qui a toujours eu des doutes aux médias avides de scandale, tout le monde semble avoir quelque chose à lui reprocher. Mais qui est Ruth quand personne ne la regarde ? Cette " mère " dont les amants entrent et sortent de sa vie depuis des années et qui ne verse pas une larme devant les corps sans vie de ses enfants. Alors que presse, opinion publique et tribunaux condamnent Ruth avant l'heure, un seul homme va tenter de découvrir qui est vraiment cette femme : nouvelle Médée monstrueuse ou victime innocente ?

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