Tania Chandler

Is Brigitte a loving wife and mother, or a cold-blooded killer? Nobody knows why she was in the east of the city so early on the morning she was left for dead by a hit-and-run driver. It was the Thursday before Christmas 1994, and police discovered the body of a man beaten to death in her apartment. Fourteen years later, Brigitte is married to the detective who investigated the murder, which she claims to have lost her memory of in the car accident. They have young twins, and seem to be a happy family. Until the reopening of the cold case.

Please Don't Leave Me Here

"When Brigitte and her family moved from the city, they were supposed to be happier. And safer. But soon her crime-writer ex-boyfriend turns up in town to promote his new novel, in which a woman is found dead - murdered - in a country lake. Hours later, Brigitte watches the police pull a body from the water near her Gippsland home. Her husband, a country cop now, is at the scene, though it's not his investigation; he's only helping the Melbourne Homicide Squad. But there's something he's not telling Brigitte. With her personal life spiralling out of control once more, and fearing her family is in danger, who can Brigitte turn to? And what if she makes the wrong choice? Dead in the Wateris about trying to escape the cycle of trauma. It delves into the darkness beneath the surface of fear, betrayal, and revenge, to find a glimmer of hope."

Dead in the Water

A riveting psychological thriller Kurt Cobain stands at the top of the stairs, wearing the brown sweater. 'Please don't leave me,' she yells up at him. But it's too late; he's turning away as the tram slows for the stop out on the street. Then she's lying on the road. Car tyres are going past, slowly. Somebody is screaming. A siren howls. Sweet voices of little children are singing 'Morningtown ride'.Is Brigitte a loving wife and mother, or a cold-blooded killer? Nobody knows why she was in the east of the city so early on the morning she was left for dead by a hit-and-run driver. It was the Friday before Christmas 1994 - the same day police discovered the body of a man beaten to death in her apartment. Fourteen years later, Brigitte is married to the detective who investigated the murder, which she claims to have lost her memory of in the car accident. They have young twins, and seem to be a happy family. Until the reopening of the cold case. Please Don't Leave Me Hereis about loss, love and lies. It is about pain, fear, and memory. And, above all, it is about letting go.

Brigitte hat zwei Leben gelebt. Im ersten Leben war sie Tabledancer, Model, ein bisschen Anschaffen, ein bisschen Drogen, und mit einem fatalen Händchen für böse Jungs. Mit einem von ihnen, einem Musikproduzenten, Dealer und Zuhälter, lebte sie damals zusammen. Als er ermordet wurde, geriet sie unter Verdacht, aber der Fall wurde nie aufgeklärt. Das war in den Zeiten des Grunge und ihres Idols Kurt Cobain. Ihr zweites Leben heute: Sie hat einen Polizisten geheiratet, hat Kinder, versucht ein bürgerliches Leben in Melbourne zu leben. Dann nimmt eine Cold Case Unit den Fall von damals wieder auf, viel Verdrängtes kommt mit der Zeit nach oben. Der Cop, der die neue Untersuchung leitet, scheint alles andere als ein Gentleman zu sein. Kleine Irritationen drohen zur Katastrophe zu werden. Brigittes neues Leben beginnt, aus den Fugen zu geraten – höchste Zeit, sich zu wehren.

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