Lindsay Jayne Ashford

The Snow Gypsy

As World War II rages, love, mystery, and secrets collide on the English coast in a riveting novel by the bestselling author of The Snow Gypsy. In April 1943 a young woman washes ashore on a deserted beach in Cornwall, England. With shorn hair and a number stitched on her tattered chemise, Alice is the survivor of a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat. She's found by the mysterious Viscount Jack Trewella, who suspects that she's a prisoner of war or a spy. But the secret Alice asks Jack to keep is one he could never have guessed, and it creates an intimate bond he never expected. With her true identity hidden beneath the waves, Alice grasps the chance to reinvent herself. But as she begins to fall for Jack, she discovers he has secrets too--ones echoing the legend of a mermaid said to lure men into the dark depths of the sea. For two strangers in the shadow of war, lost love, and haunting memories, is it time to let go of the past? Or to finally face it--whatever the risks?

The House at Mermaid's Cove

The Mysterious Death of Miss Austen imagines the summer of 1805 and Jane's close friendship with Anne Sharp, governess to her brother Edward's children. As the bond between the two women deepens, Anne senses a dark undercurrent within the family, something that troubles Jane and threatens those she loves. Anne feels compelled to investigate - could her vivid imagination be leading her astray, or was someone out to silence Jane before her novels revealed a shocking family secret?

The Mysterious Death of Miss Austen

Hoping to make a clean break from a fractured marriage, Agatha Christie boards the Orient Express in disguise. But unlike her famous detective Hercule Poirot, she can't neatly unravel the mysteries she encounters on this fateful journey. And Agatha isn't the only passenger on board with secrets. Her cabinmate Katharine Keeling's first marriage ended in tragedy, propelling her toward a second relationship mired in deceit. Nancy Nelson, newly married but carrying another man's child, is desperate to conceal the pregnancy and teeters on the brink of utter despair. Each woman hides her past from the others, ferociously guarding her secrets. But as the train bound for the Middle East speeds down the track, the parallel courses of their lives shift to intersect - with lasting repercussions.

The Woman on the Orient Express

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope--lost and found--in this powerful novel by the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express. Just weeks after World War II ends, three women from different corners of the world arrive in Germany to run a Displaced Persons camp. They long to help rebuild shattered lives--including their own... For Martha, going to Germany provides an opportunity to escape Brooklyn and a violent marriage. Arriving from England is orphaned Kitty. She hopes working at the camp will bring her closer to her parents, last seen before the war began. For Delphine, Paris has been a city of ghosts after her husband and son died in Dachau. Working at the camp is her chance to find meaning again by helping other victims of Hitler's regime. Charged with the care of more than two thousand camp residents, Martha, Delphine, and Kitty draw on each other's strength to endure and to give hope when all seems lost. Among these strangers and survivors, they might find the love and closure they need to heal their hearts and leave their troubled pasts behind.

A Feather on the Water

Heather Wilds

Snow Gypsy, The

"[I]nspired by the real-life story of movie actress Merle Oberon, what follows is my interpretation of the facts, interwoven with some sequences that are purely imaginary..." --"Author's note" (4 pages before page 1).

Whisper of the Moon Moth

Rejtély az Orient Expresszen

Agatha Christie intr-o calatorie plina de secrete si mistere Dezorientata din cauza unei casnicii nefericite Agatha Christie se deghizeaza si urca in Orient Express. Dar spre deosebire de Hercule Poirot faimosul ei detectiv ea nu poate dezlega misterele calatoriei. Trenul isi urmeaza drumul pasagerii prind contur trecutul ii insoteste neincetat. Și mai ales pasagerele au ceva de ascuns. Prizoniere in nefericirea lor toate femeile cunoscute in Orient Express isi pazesc strasnic secretele. Însa pe masura ce trenul care se indreapta spre Orientul Mijlociu merge tot mai incet vietile lor paralele ajung sa se intersecteze tot mai mult. Roman in care literatura de atmosfera se intalneste cu suspansul si mizeaza pe complexitate emotionala Femeia din Orient Express pune sub lupa legaturile dintre femei forta suferintei si puterea secretelor.

Femeia din Orient Express - Editura Nemira

Um romance inesquecivel sobre Agatha Christie e uma viagem cheia de segredos e misterios Depois de um divorcio dificil, Agatha Christie embarca incognita no famoso Expresso do Oriente. Mas, ao contrario da sua personagem Hercule Poirot, ela n?o consegue desvendar com clareza os misterios com que se depara nessa viagem fatal. Agatha n?o e a unica pessoa a bordo com segredos. O casamento da sua companheira de cabine acabou em tragedia, levando-a a uma segunda relac?o envolta em engano. Outra, recem-casada mas gravida de um estranho, tenta desesperadamente esconder essa gravidez. Cada mulher oculta ferozmente o seu passado, mas, a medida que o comboio para o Medio Oriente avanca, as suas vidas acabam por se cruzar e as repercuss?es ir?o muda-las para sempre. Recheado de imagens evocativas, suspense e complexidade emocional, A Mulher no Expresso do Oriente explora o laco de irm?s forjado pela partilha da dor e dos segredos.

A Mulher no Expresso do Oriente

Just weeks after World War II ends, three women from different corners of the world arrive in Germany to run a Displaced Persons camp. They long to help rebuild shattered lives -- including their own . . .

Προδοσίες και µυστικά σ’ ένα ταξίδι που άλλαξε τρεις ζωές για πάντα. Σε µια προσπάθεια να ξεπεράσει το τραυµατικό της διαζύγιο µε τον Άρτσι Κρίστι, η Αγκάθα Κρίστι ταξιδεύει µε το Οριάν Εξπρές µε προορισµό τη Βαγδάτη. Σε αντίθεση, όµως, µε τον διάσηµο ήρωά της, τον Ηρακλή Πουαρό, δεν µπορεί να διευθετήσει µε τόση τάξη τα µυστήρια που συναντά σε αυτό το µοιραίο ταξίδι. Η Αγκάθα δεν είναι η µόνη στο τρένο που έχει µυστικά. Οι δύο συνταξιδιώτισσές της έχουν κι εκείνες τα δικά τους βάρη. Ο γάµος της Κάθριν Κίλινγκ κατέληξε σε τραγωδία, σπρώχνοντάς τη σε µια δεύτερη σχέση βυθισµένη στο ψέµα. Η νιόπαντρη Νάνσι Νέλσον παραπαίει απεγνωσµένη καθώς προσπαθεί να κρύψει το γεγονός ότι είναι έγκυος από άλλο άντρα. Οι τρεις γυναίκες δεν αποκαλύπτουν το παρελθόν τους η µία στην άλλη. Καθώς όµως το τρένο κατευθύνεται προς τη Μέση Ανατολή, οι παράλληλες τροχιές των ζωών τους θα διασταυρωθούν µε απρόβλεπτες συνέπειες… Ατµοσφαιρικές εικόνες, σασπένς και βαθύ συναίσθηµα είναι τα χαρακτηριστικά αυτής της συγκινητικής ιστορίας για τη δύναµη των µυστικών και τον αδελφικό δεσµό που αναπτύσσεται ανάµεσα στους ανθρώπους όταν µοιράζονται τον πόνο τους.

Η Αγκάθα στο Οριάν Εξπρές

Last year Frozen introduced Welsh crime writer Lindsay Jayne Ashford to U.S. mystery fans. Now Strange Blood, the next in this critically acclaimed series, has been shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Fellow nominees include Val McDermid, Ian Rankin, and Stephen Booth. In this second crime novel to feature forensic psychologist Dr. Megan Rhys, she is called in to help police investigate what they believe to be a ritual killing. But as more women die, and as the press, the police, her boss, and even her own family turn on her, Megan stakes everything on finding the killer.

A Crime Novel

Strange Blood

Žena v Orient expresu

Forensic psychologist Megan Rhys leads another investigation in this fourth installment of the series, this time into the unusually high suicide rate among prisoners at the grim Victorian Balsall Gate jail in Birmingham. While she is there yet another death occurs, and although the police are uninterested—to them this is just another drug overdose—Megan is not convinced. Carl Kelly died in agony from something even more lethal than heroin, telling his cellmate he was being haunted by the ghost of a man he'd stabbed to death. But if Megan's instinct is right and Kelly was murdered, who is the killer?

The Killer Inside

Caroline Oakley

Beguiling Miss Bennet

Forensic psychologist Megan Rhys has been asked to advise the police on the murders of two young prostitutes. Seemingly, the women are victims of two killers working together. But there is something wrong with the information the police are giving her. Someone is trying to manipulate her. Or are her own prejudices coloring her judgment? As the killings add up, Megan is being pushed harder and harder toward one solution--and someone is getting into her house. Is the killer closer than she realizes? Is a member of her own family betraying her?

Frozen

Megan Rhys, a half-Welsh, half-Indian forensic psychologist, is assessing the impact of the government's new legislation on the vice trade in Cardiff. The problem hasn't gone away, just moved into darker, more dangerous areas, and Megan is deeply concerned about the risk this poses to the women---especially after themurder of young prostitute just a few months ago.

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