Fiona Cummins

An unimaginable crime has devastating consequences twenty-one years on, in this thrilling novel by rising star of crime fiction Fiona Cummins.

When I Was Ten

The No.1 Bestselling debut by Fiona Cummins. A serial killer to chill your bones A psychopath more frightening than Hannibal Lecter. He has planned well. He leads two lives. In one he's just like anyone else. But in the other he is the caretaker of his family's macabre museum. Now the time has come to add to his collection. He is ready to feed his obsession, and he is on the hunt. Jakey Frith and Clara Foyle have something in common. They have what he needs. What begins is a terrifying cat-and-mouse game between the sinister collector, Jakey's father and Etta Fitzroy, a troubled detective investigating a spate of abductions. Set in London's Blackheath, Rattle by Fiona Cummins explores the seam of darkness that runs through us all; the struggle between light and shadow, redemption and revenge. It is a glimpse into the mind of a sinister psychopath. And it's also a story about not giving up hope when it seems that all hope is already lost. 'It's a rare debut that has this much polish. Harrowing and horrifying, head and shoulders above most of the competition' - Val McDermid, author of the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series.

A serial killer thriller that will hook you from the start

Rattle

Trust me - Cummins is a keeper' - Lee ChildMo Hayder meets Thomas Harris in The Collector by Fiona Cummins - the gripping follow up to Rattle.Jakey escaped with his life and moved to a new town.His rescue was a miracle but his parents know that the Collector is still out there, watching, waiting . . .Clara, the girl he left behind, is clinging to the hope that someone will come and save her.Life has fallen apart for Clara's mother as she starts to lose hope.The Bone Collector has a new apprentice to take over his family's legacy. But he can't forget the boy who got away and the detective who had destroyed his dreamsDetective Etta Fitzroy's life collapsed when the Collector escaped. With Clara still missing, and a new wave of uncannily similar murders beginning, will she be able to find him again?The Collector is back and this time he has nothing to lose . . .

The Collector

Into the Dark is the new dark and gripping crime thriller from Fiona Cummins about revenge, greed, ambition and the true cost of friendship. 'Complex. Inventive. Twisting. Unsettling.' - Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal THE PLACE: Seawings, a beautiful Art Deco home overlooking the sweep of the bay in Midtown-on-Sea. THE CRIME: The gilded Holden family - Piper and Gray and their two teenage children, Riva and Artie - has vanished from the house without a trace. THE DETECTIVE: DS Saul Anguish, brilliant but with a dark past, treads the narrow line between light and shade. One late autumn morning, Piper’s best friend arrives at Seawings to discover an eerie scene – the kettle is still warm, all the family’s phones are charging on the worktop, the cars are in the garage. But the house is deserted. In fifteen-year-old Riva Holden’s bedroom, scrawled across the mirror in blood, are three words: Make Them Stop. What happens next?

Into the Dark

Some of Us Are Liars

It’s been a long time since the Hardwicke family left their home in Midtown, Essex, to go on holiday. But thirteen-year-old Galen has wanted to see the wild dolphins in Scotland’s Chanonry Point for as long as she can remember, and her mother Christine – a lone parent since her beloved husband Charlie left - is determined she gets her wish.

When DC Saul Anguish is called to the scene of a shooting at the home of an ex-police officer in Midtown, he quickly discovers that this is the first of a trail of killings by a damaged young couple who call themselves Missy and Fox – hell-bent on infamy, their love story is etched in blood. Instructed to ensure he makes the arrest, Saul follows their trail north.

The Hardwickes' dream trip turns into a nightmare as they stumble across the couple at a remote hotel on a Scottish loch. When Saul and his forensic linguist partner, Blue, arrive on the scene they witness an impossible choice.

Saul must uncover the truth about the couple. But can he then find the strength to lay the ghosts of his past to rest before they break him?

All of us are broken

Skallra

"For Sale: Lovely family home, ready for your updates. Friendly neighborhood setting close to park; secluded. If not for the bodies discovered in the woods behind their new home, Garrick and Olivia Lockwood couldn't have afforded to buy number 25 The Avenue. It's the fresh start they and their two children badly need. Soon, these terrible crimes will be solved, they tell themselves, and once Garrick has remodeled, he's confident they'll sell the house for a profit. But the darkest secrets can reside on quiet, ordinary streets like this--behind the doors of well-kept houses and neighbors' friendly faces. Secrets that can destroy a family, or savagely end a life, and will surface just when they're least expected..."--Page 4 of cover.

The Family Next Door

It's time to go back to the beginning. The sequel to the bestseller, Rattle, The Collector is a gripping, heart-pounding thriller about a psychopath with a sinister obsession, a troubled teenager he trains as his apprentice, the search for missing Clara Foyle and the detective desperate to find her. If you like Mo Hayder you'll love Fiona Cummins. 'Cummins is a keeper' Lee Child 'A crime novel of the very first order' David Baldacci Jakey escaped with his life and moved to an Essex seaside town. His rescue was a miracle but his parents know that the Collector is still out there, watching, waiting . . . Clara, the girl he left behind, dreams of being found. Her mother is falling apart but she will not give up hope. The Collector has found an apprentice to take over his family's legacy. But he can't forget the one that got away and the detective who destroyed his dreams. DS Etta Fitzroy must hunt him down before his obsession destroys them all.

Les Lockwood ne s'attendaient pas à vivre un tel cauchemar en emménagent dans L’Avenue, un petit coin de paradis dans l'Essex. Une nouvelle maison. Un nouveau départ. De nouveaux voisins : le rêve des Lockwood. L’Avenue, un coin de verdure dans une charmante petite station balnéaire de l’Essex, semble être le lieu parfait pour commencer cette nouvelle vie. Le jour de leur emménagement, ils tombent en pleine frénésie médiatique : un tueur en série vient de frapper dans les bois derrière L’Avenue. La police commence son enquête. Et les voisins semblent cacher de lourds secrets. Le rêve des Lockwood va rapidement virer au cauchemar. Ils se mettent à surveiller tout le monde. Mais qui les surveille ? Ce thriller passionnant vous tiendra en haleine jusqu’à la dernière page ! À PROPOS DE L'AUTEURE Fiona Cummins est journaliste. Après Le Collectionneur et l'Ossuaire, Les voisins est son troisième roman.

Traduit de l'anglais par Jean Esch

Les Voisins

A serial killer to chill your bones A psychopath more frightening than Hannibal Lecter. He has planned well. He leads two lives. In one he's just like anyone else. But in the other he is the caretaker of his family's macabre museum. Now the time has come to add to his collection. He is ready to feed his obsession, and he is on the hunt. Jakey Frith and Clara Foyle have something in common. They have what he needs. What begins is a terrifying cat-and-mouse game between the sinister collector, Jakey's father and Etta Fitzroy, a troubled detective investigating a spate of abductions. Set in London's Blackheath, Rattle by Fiona Cummins explores the seam of darkness that runs through us all; the struggle between light and shadow, redemption and revenge. It is a glimpse into the mind of a sinister psychopath. And it's also a story about not giving up hope when it seems that all hope is already lost. BOOK 1 IN THE DS FITZROY SERIES PRAISE FOR RATTLE "Serial killers don't come much scarier than the monstrous creation who haunts this astonishingly assured debut, which transforms London's leafy suburb of Blackheath into a realm of mythic horror . . . as the tension and urgency escalates, Cummins takes you on a macabre but riveting thrill ride" Sunday Mirror "A highly original and creepy tale that rattles along with menace and does not let up until the cracking finale" Daily Express "Creepy and accomplished" Daily Mail "A gem of a scary debut" The Times

Rattle: A DS Fitzroy Novel 1

The author of The Family Next Door delivers a thriller that’s “up there with the best of them . . . an exceptionally creepy psychopathic killer” (The Times, London). On still nights, when the curve of a winter moon is smudged in the flow of the River Quaggy, the dead clamor for him. And sometimes he coaxes the living to join them. To other people, his victims might be mere medical oddities. To him, they are fascinating specimens, worthy of display. Above all, he is a collector, eager for recognition even as he hides in the shadows. Det. Sergeant Etta Fitzroy is the first to recognize the connection between the disappearance of a young girl and a cold case that almost cost her the career she’s sacrificed so much for. A faceless psychopath is walking the streets of London, tantalizing the authorities with clues, taunting them with his ability to spirit his victims out from under their very noses. Better than anyone, Etta Fitzroy understands loss. But this is one contest she will win if it kills her . . . “A thriller that is capable of keeping you up all night—and then haunting your dreams.” —Daily Mail “Harrowing and horrifying.” —Val McDermid, international bestselling author “As heartrending as it is gripping.” —Crime Scene “Left me breathless with fear.” —Michelle Davies, author of the DC Maggie Neville books “Gripping. A total page-turner.” —D. E. Meredith, author of The Devil’s Ribbon

Sběratel Fiony Cummins je napínavým pokračováním knihy Chrastění kostí. Jakey přežil a přestěhoval se do nového města. Zachránil se téměř zázrakem, jeho rodiče však vědí, že Sběratel kostí tam venku stále někde je, že ho pozoruje a čeká… Clara - holčička, kterou si nechal – v sobě dál živí naději, že někdo přijde a zachrání ji. Naopak její matce se rozpadl život a začíná svou naději ztrácet. Sběratel kostí našel nového učedníka, jenž má převzít jeho rodinné dědictví. Nemůže však zapomenout na toho chlapce, který mu proklouzl, ani na policejní vyšetřovatelku, rozbila jeho sny na prach. Když Sběratel unikl, seržantce Ettě Fitzroyové se všechno zhroutilo. Clara je stále nezvěstná, navíc se rozjíždí nová vlna podobně záhadných vražd. Dokáže toho muže z temnot najít znovu? Sběratel se vrátil. A tentokrát nemá co ztratit.

Sběratel

Sériový vrah až do morku kostí. Psychopat mnohem děsivější než Hannibal Lecter. Plánoval dobře. Vede dva životy. V jednom je stejný jako kdokoli jiný. Ale v tom druhém je správcem morbidního muzea své rodiny. Nyní nastal čas na rozšíření sbírky. Je připraven nasytit svou posedlost, je na lovu. Jakey Frith a Clara Foyleová mají něco společného. Mají něco, co on potřebuje. Začíná děsivá hra na kočku a myš mezi hrozivým sběratelem, Jakeyho otcem a Ettou Fitzroyovou, detektivní seržantkou, která únos dětí vyšetřuje. Příběh knihy Chrastění kostí Fiony Cummins je zasazen do londýnské čtvrti Blackheath a zkoumá ten šev temnoty, který prochází námi všemi. Zápas mezi světlem a stínem, vykoupením a pomstou.

Chrastění kostí

Der Knochensammler - Die Ernte

Der Knochensammler 02 - Die Rache

In de thriller De opvolger van Fiona Cummins woont de negenjarige Jakey Frith met zijn ouders aan de Engelse zuidkust. Hij is ternauwernood ontsnapt uit de klauwen van een macabere seriemoordenaar. Maar de Bottenverzamelaar loopt nog altijd vrij rond en wacht het moment af om alsnog toe te slaan. Clara, het meisje dat nog door hem wordt vastgehouden, klampt zich vast aan de gedachte dat ze ooit gered zal worden. De Bottenverzamelaar heeft ondertussen een leerling gevonden, die hij klaarstoomt om zijn bottenmuseum over te nemen. Maar hij kan Jakey en de detective die zijn dromen doorkruiste niet uit zijn hoofd zetten en zint op de ultieme wraak. Fiona Cummins toont in De opvolger op fenomenale wijze haar vermogen om de lezer koude rillingen te bezorgen en tegelijkertijd te ontroeren. Los te lezen opvolger van De verzamelaar. Aanbevolen door o.a. Lee Child, Val McDermid en Sophie Hannah.

De opvolger

Knokkelsamleren planlegger godt. Han lever to liv. I det ene er han akkurat som alle andre i nabolaget, men i det andre tar han vare på og utvider slektens makabre museum av skjeletter og menneskebein. Forfedrenes besettelse har blitt hans, og tiden er kommet da han skal skaffe nye, sjeldne eksemplarer til den unike samlingen. Jakten på unge mennesker med deformerte kroppsdeler er i gang. De to barna, Jakey Frith og Clara Foyle, har noe til felles. De har begge medfødte skjelettsykdommer, og Knokkelsamleren trenger dem til samlingen sin. I Londons Blackheath oppstår en intens katt- og mus-lek mellom Knokkelsamleren, Jakeys far og den desperate kriminalbetjenten Etta Fitzroy som etterforsker en serie bortføringer der hun langsomt nærmer seg den nådeløse gjerningsmannen. I sin krimdebut utforsker Fiona Cummins det mørket som finnes I oss alle, kampen mellom lys og skygge, forsoning og hevn. Boken gir leseren et glimt inn i tankene til en skremmende psykopat. Det er også en historie om å holde fast ved håpet, selv når det ser ut til at alt håp er ute. Knokkelsamleren er første bok i serien om etterforsker Etta Fitzroy. FIONA CUMMINS er en tidligere prisvinnende kulturjournalist for den britiske avisen Daily Mirror. Hun bor i Essex i England med familien sin. Rattle er Fiona Cummins’ første roman og har høstet svært gode anmeldelser siden lanseringen i august 2017. På norsk har boka fått tittelen Knokkelsamleren og ble lansert høsten 2018. Neste bok i serien, Samleren, kommer på norsk i 2019.

Knokkelsamleren

Seit seiner Flucht aus London hält sich der Knochensammler in einem kleinen Ort am Meer versteckt. Unerkannt und geduldig wartet er auf einen günstigen Moment, um mit dem Wiederaufbau seiner Sammlung zu beginnen. Gleichzeitig sucht er nach einem Nachfolger, einem gelehrigen Schüler, dem er all sein Wissen weitergeben kann. Als der Knochensammler Saul Anguish begegnet, weiß er, dass er den perfekten Erben gefunden hat. Saul ist sechzehn, verwahrlost und verführbar. Leichte Beute, wie geschaffen für sein Vorhaben. Mit ihm wird er seinen perfiden Plan vollenden. Und dann wird er Rache nehmen. An denen, die ihn um seinen allergrößten Schatz gebracht haben. Unbeschreiblich schlimme Rache ... Nach »Der Knochensammler – Die Ernte« nun Teil zwei des schauderhaft genialen Thrillerduos mit Bestseller-Format – so nervenzerfetzend wie Mo Hayders »Der Vogelmann«, so abgründig und faszinierend wie »Die Chemie des Todes«.

Thriller

Der Knochensammler - Die Rache

'Creepy as hell and kept me guessing to the very end' - Ian Rankin A new home. A new start. It’s all the Lockwoods want. And on The Avenue, a leafy street in an Essex town near the sea, it seems possible. But what if what they want isn’t what they get? On their moving-in day they arrive to a media frenzy. A serial killer has struck in the woods behind The Avenue. The police are investigating. And the neighbours quite clearly have secrets. With their dream quickly turning into a nightmare, the Lockwoods are watching everyone. But who’s watching them? Praise for Fiona Cummins 'Trust me - Cummins is a keeper' - Lee Child 'Head and shoulders above the rest' - Val McDermid 'A crime novel of the very first order' - David Baldacci Dark, intriguing and gripping' - Laura Marshall 'What a storyteller' - Caz Frear 'A nightmarishly addictive read' - CJ Tudor 'Enthralled from beginning to end as each page drips with threat and menace' - Liz Nugent The Neighbour by Fiona Cummins is a twisting thriller about a quiet neighbourhood that's hiding a deadly secret.

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