Joy Fielding

A shooting lays bare the secrets harbored by five families in a sleepy suburban cul-de-sac in this riveting psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of All the Wrong Places. Someone on this quiet, unassuming cul-de-sac will be shot dead in the middle of a sultry July night. Will it be Maggie, the perfectionist wife, or Craig, the husband who can't quite live up to her expectations? They've packed up their two children and fled their life in California, hoping for a fresh start in Florida, only to find the demons of the past hovering on their doorstep. Maybe it will be Nick, a highly respected oncologist, or his wife, Dani, a successful dentist, both with well-kept secrets of their own. Or Julia, an elderly widow, whose troubled grandson has recently moved in with her, introducing unsavory habits and even more unsavory acquaintances into her formerly quiet existence. Then there's Olivia and her husband, Sean. Having lost his job at a prestigious advertising agency, Sean is depressed, resentful of his working wife, and drinking heavily. He is also prone to increasingly violent fantasies. Or what of the newlyweds, Aiden and Heidi, whose marriage is already on the rocks, due to Aiden's reluctance to stand up to his intrusive mother? Matters aren't helped when Heidi befriends Julia's grandson, setting the stage for a major blow-up. A diverse group of neighbors, to be sure. Yet all harbor secrets. All bear scars. And all have access to guns. Not all will survive the night.

Cul-De-Sac

Jane Whittaker has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age . . .or even what she looks like. Frightened and confused, she wanders the streets of Boston wearing a blood-soaked dress-and carrying $10,000 in her pocket. Her life has become a vacuum--her past vanished. . .or stolen. And all that remains is a handsome, unsettling stranger who claims to be her husband, whispered rumors about a dead child whom she cannot recall. . .and a terrifying premonition that something truly horrible is about to occur. Jane Whittaker has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age . . .or even what she looks like. Frightened and confused, she wanders the streets of Boston wearing a blood-soaked dress-and carrying $10,000 in her pocket. Her life has become a vacuum--her past vanished. . .or stolen. And all that remains is a handsome, unsettling stranger who claims to be her husband, whispered rumors about a dead child whom she cannot recall. . .and a terrifying premonition that something truly horrible is about to occur.

See Jane Run

"Driven to desperation by divorce, boredom, infidelity, or a beloved husband's death, a young woman named Paige, her cousin and rival Heather, her best friend Chloe, and her mother, Joan, all decide to try their hand at online dating. They each download an app, hoping to right-swipe their way to love and happiness. But one of them unwittingly makes a date with a killer, starting the clock on a race to save her life"--

All the Wrong Places

A woman hires a housekeeper to care for her aging parents—only to watch as she takes over their lives in this riveting novel from the New York Times bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey calls “an ingenious master of domestic suspense.”

In the end, I have only myself to blame. I’m the one who let her in.

Jodi Bishop knows success. She’s the breadwinner, a top-notch real estate agent. Her husband, Harrison . . . not so much. Once, he had big dreams. But now, he’s a middling writer who resents his wife’s success.

Jodi’s father, Vic, now in his late seventies and retired, is a very controlling man. His wife, Audrey, was herself no shrinking violet. But things changed when Audrey developed Parkinson’s ten years ago and Vic retired to devote himself to her care. But while still reasonably spry and rakishly handsome, Vic is worn down by his wife’s deteriorating condition.

Exhausted from trying to balance her career, her family, and her parents’ needs, Jodi starts interviewing housekeepers to help care for Audrey and Vic. She settles on Elyse Woodley, an energetic and attractive widow in her early sixties, who seems perfect for the job. While Vic is initially resistant, he soon warms to Elyse’s sunny personality and engaging ways.

And Jodi is pleased to have an ally, someone she can talk to and occasionally even confide in. Until . . .

She shuts Jodi out. And Audrey’s condition worsens—rapidly. Who is this woman suddenly wearing her mother’s jewelry? What is she after? And how far will she go to get it?

A Novel

The Housekeeper

Her body shattered by a devastating car accident, Casey lies in a hospital bed able to hear but not communicate and quickly discovers that the people nearest to her are not who she thought them to be, that her accident may have been a setup, and that her life may be in greater danger if she recovers.

Still Life

A vanished child, a family in turmoil, and a fateful phone call that brings the torments of the past into the harrowing present . . . the New York Times bestselling author of Someone Is Watching weaves these spellbinding elements into a gripping novel of psychological suspense--a must-read for fans of Laura Lippman and Mary Higgins Clark. "I think my real name is Samantha. I think I'm your daughter." Carole Shipley's heart nearly stops when she hears those words from the voice on the other end of the phone. Instantly, she's thrust fifteen years into the past, to a posh resort in Baja, Mexico--and the fateful night her world collapsed. The trip was supposed to be a celebration. Carole's husband, Hunter, convinced her to leave their two young daughters alone in their hotel suite while the couple enjoyed an anniversary dinner in the restaurant downstairs. But returning afterward, Carole and Hunter made a horrifying discovery: their two-year-old girl had vanished without a trace. What followed were days, weeks, and years of anguish for Carole. She was tormented by media attention that branded her a cold, incompetent mother, while she struggled to save her marriage. Carole also had to deal with the demands of her needy elder daughter, Michelle, who was driven to cope in dangerous ways. Through it all, Carole desperately clung to the hope that Samantha would someday be found--only to be stung again and again by cruel reality. Plunged back into the still-raw heartbreak of her daughter's disappearance, and the suspicions and inconsistencies surrounding a case long gone cold, Carole doesn't know whom or what to believe. The only thing she can be sure of is that someone is fiercely determined to hide the truth of what happened to Samantha. Praise for Joy Fielding's Someone Is Watching "Someone Is Watching gripped me from the first to the very last page. Bailey Carpenter is a heroine who's both victim and warrior woman, a fascinating sleuth who will linger with you long after you've finished this thrilling read."--Tess Gerritsen "Fielding pens a spiraling tale of paranoia and suspense, as sultry as a Miami night."--Jenny Milchman "An edge-of-your-seat read . . . With Fielding's patented blend of complex characters and escalating suspense, she is in top form here."--Karen Robards "Engrossing . . . The characters pulsate with life."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A gripping, fast-paced psychological thriller . . . Fielding's story of one woman's search for justice, understanding, and internal peace is nothing short of arresting."--Booklist (starred review)

She's Not There

"A hostile relationship with her sister and a complicated past with her father's second wife have kept Robin estranged from her family for many years. But when her father's new family is attacked in their house, with her father, his wife, and young daughter in critical condition in the hospital, she returns home to await their fate and hopefully mend fences. It looks like a random robbery gone awry, but as Robin spends more time with her family members, she learns they all had their secrets -- and one of those secrets may have put them all in horrible danger"--

The Bad Daughter

A newly-divorced woman embarks on a desperate search for her daughter, believed to have drowned two years earlier.

Now You See Her

Looking back, it seemed like paradise: livesfilled with the blessings of friendship, marriage, children, and career. For twenty years, four friends -- Chris, Barbara, Susan, and Vicki -- shared everything and faced the challenges of life and love head-on. Now, one sits alone to ponder the strange twists of fate and circumstance. Now, she must sift through the past to discover exactly what went wrong, how dreams turned to nightmares as friendships faded and lives were destroyed.... Joy Fielding unlocks the secrets hidden within even the closest relationships in a powerful and mesmerizing novel that explores the meaning of unconditional love.

Grand Avenue

Notified by her ex-husband that her mother has shot and killed a stranger in the lobby of a hotel, defense attorney Amanda Travis must face her past.

Puppet

The stable fabric of a family psychologist's life slowly unravels after her sister announces her engagement to a man on trial for thirteen brutal murders.

Missing Pieces

When her estranged daughter Julia, a model and aspiring actress, returns years after deciding to live with her father, Cindy finds her home life disrupted by Julia's willful and self-absorbent behavior, but when Julia disappears mysteriously, Cindy fears that the worst may have occurred.

Lost

The story of an ambitious journalist whose foray into the mind of a killer puts her own family in jeopardy.

Charley's Web

"You're in danger. You and Amanda." The warning draws Bonnie Wheeler to a place she has never been: To the brutally slain body of her husband's ex-wife . . . To the shattering of her perfect world by a murdered woman's secrets . . . To a place where every truth becomes a lie—and every loved one is a stranger . . . To a gathering darkness that threatens her innocent child—and herself . . . To a home where nothing is safe, and there's no one she can trust. No one.

Don't Cry Now

Die Krankenschwester Terry Painter führt ein zurückgezogenes Leben in einer kleinen Stadt in Florida. Nicht selten fühlt sie sich einsam, und so fasst sie eines Tages den Entschluss, ihr Gartenhäuschen zu vermieten. Alison, die junge Frau, die bei ihr einzieht, wächst Terry sofort ans Herz, und es entsteht eine liebevolle Freundschaft zwischen den beiden. Doch langsam beschleicht Terry der Verdacht, dass Alison etwas vor ihr verbirgt. Ihr Misstrauen wächst immer mehr, und schliesslich muss Terry befürchten, in ein infames Katz-und-Maus-Spiel geraten zu sein.

Roman

Schlaf nicht, wenn es dunkel wird

Terry Painter enjoys her quiet life in tranquil Delray, Florida, where the single, forty-year-old nurse lives alone in the house she inherited from her mother. When young, vibrant Alison Simms rents the cottage on her property, the two women strike up a fast friendship -- and Terry is swept into a fantastic new life: dinners out, shopping, makeovers, even flirting with the handsome son of one of her elderly patients. But nothing about her newfound companion is as it appears, as Terry discovers when Alison's closely guarded past comes to light. Now Terry is locked into a race to reclaim her own life -- before she opens the door any further to the stranger she thought she knew...

Whispers and Lies

"Perfect for fans of Lisa Gardner, Mary Higgins Clark, and Jenny Milchman, Someone Is Watching is a pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat novel of suspense that features the extraordinary storytelling gifts of bestselling author Joy Fielding on full display"--

Someone Is Watching

Ein kleines Mädchen verschwindet. Ihre Mutter und ihre Schwester bleiben zurück. Und werden Jahre später mit einer Wahrheit konfrontiert, die sie ins Herz der Finsternis führt ... Caroline Shipley ist voller Vorfreude, denn ihr Mann Hunter hat sie zur Feier ihres Hochzeitstages in ein Luxushotel in Mexiko eingeladen. Gemeinsam mit ihren beiden kleinen Töchtern reisen sie an und beziehen ihre komfortable Suite. Doch was als paradiesischer Aufenthalt geplant war, wandelt sich zum tiefen Trauma in Carolines Leben, von dem sie sich nie erholen wird – denn eines Abends wird die zweijährige Samantha aus der Suite entführt und bleibt für immer verschwunden. Caroline zerbricht beinahe an dem Verlust und muss sich auch noch den Verdächtigungen der Presse stellen, an der Entführung beteiligt gewesen zu sein. Die Jahre vergehen, und irgendwann gibt Caroline selbst den letzten Funken Hoffnung auf, dass Samantha doch noch am Leben ist. Bis sie eines Tages den Anruf einer mysteriösen jungen Frau erhält, die behauptet, ihre verlorene Tochter zu sein – und damit einen Strudel von Ereignissen auslöst, der Caroline die schockierende Wahrheit darüber offenbart, was wirklich geschah in jener heißen Sommernacht in Mexiko ...

Die Schwester

So beginnt der Alptraum einer Frau, die sich plötzlich blutbefleckt, die Taschen voller Geld, ohne Erinnerungsvermögen auf den Straßen Bostons wiederfindet. Wer ist dieser Mann, den man ihr als ihren Ehemann vorstellt und der sie so aufopfernd umsorgt? Was sind das für Medikamente, die ihr angeblich helfen sollen? Und warum fühlt sie sich plötzlich als Gefangene im eigenen Haus? Oder sind das alles Hirngespinste einer Geisteskranken? Ihre kleine Tochter, an die sie sich zu erinnern glaubt, ist auch verschwunden. Langsam wächst in Jane der Verdacht, dass sie einem teuflischen Plan ausgeliefert ist. Verzweifelt kämpft sie um ihr Gedächtnis - es wird ein Kampf auf Leben und Tod.

Lauf, Jane, lauf!

Kristian Lutze

Der Mörder an deinem Bett Die 32-jährige Casey Marshall lebt in Philadelphia und ist eine ebenso erfolgreiche wie glückliche Frau: Sie stammt aus vermögenden Verhältnissen, ihr Beruf als Innendekorateurin macht ihr grossen Spass, und soeben haben sie und ihr geliebter Ehemann Warren beschlossen, ein Baby zu bekommen. Da ereignet sich plötzlich ein unfassbarer Vorfall: Casey ist im Begriff, in einer Tiefgarage in ihren Wagen zu steigen, als in letzter Sekunde aus dem Nichts ein Wagen auftaucht und in vollem Tempo auf sie zusteuert. Als Casey im Krankenhaus das Bewusstsein wieder erlangt, ist sie völlig orientierungslos: Sie ist umgeben von tiefster Dunkelheit, sie kann sich nicht bewegen und nicht sprechen, und sie hat keine Ahnung, was ihr widerfahren ist. Mit zunehmender Panik entnimmt sie den Gesprächen der Ärzte, dass sie mehrere Wochen im Koma lag und ihr weiteres Schicksal ungewiss ist. Doch es kommt noch viel schlimmer, als sie einem Gespräch in ihrem Zimmer entnehmen muss, dass sie nicht einem Unfall zum Opfer fiel? sondern einem gezielten Mordanschlag. Und sehr bald weiss sie: der Mörder ist in ihrer Nähe und wartet nur darauf, erneut zuzuschlagen. Aber wie soll sie sich verständlich machen in ihrer verzweifelten Lage? Ein erbarmungsloser Wettlauf gegen den sicheren Tod beginnt? Noch abgründiger - noch fesselnder - einfach meisterhaft!

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