Джессика Лоури — библиография

Two agents on the trail of a serial killer. A mother and daughter on the trip of a lifetime. Fates converge in paradise in a chilling short story by an Amazon Charts bestselling author. Cold case expert Evangeline Reed and forensics legend Harry Steinbeck are on their way from Minneapolis to Costa Rica. They’ve been ordered to keep close watch on a protective mother and her daughter, both of whom have troubling connections to a Minnesota serial killer. Are they on holiday? In hiding? Or on the run? It’s time for Van and Harry to close in on the truth. And there’s more at risk than anyone can imagine.

Summer 1980: With no fear of a local superstition, three girls go into a Minnesota wood. Only one comes out. Dead silent. Memory gone. No trace of her friends. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation. Summer 2022: Cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide—a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls. Van follows her gut. Harry trusts in facts. Their common ground is the need to catch a killer before he kills again. They have something else in common: each has ties to the original case in ways they’re reluctant to share. As Van and Harry connect the crimes of the past and the present, Van struggles with memories of her own nightmarish childhood—and the fear that uncovering the truth of the Taken Ones will lead her down a path from which she, too, may never return.

Inspired by a terrifying true story from the author’s hometown, a heart-pounding novel of suspense about a small Minnesota community where nothing is as quiet—or as safe—as it seems. Cassie McDowell’s life in 1980s Minnesota seems perfectly wholesome. She lives on a farm, loves school, and has a crush on the nicest boy in class. Yes, there are her parents’ strange parties and their parade of deviant guests, but she’s grown accustomed to them. All that changes when someone comes hunting in Lilydale. One by one, local boys go missing. One by one, they return changed—violent, moody, and withdrawn. What happened to them becomes the stuff of shocking rumors. The accusations of who’s responsible grow just as wild, and dangerous town secrets start to surface. Then Cassie’s own sister undergoes the dark change. If she is to survive, Cassie must find her way in an adult world where every sin is justified, and only the truth is unforgivable.

Миннесота, лето 1977 года. Беззаботное время для подростков: ночные вечеринки у костра, ярмарка, пахнущая петардами и попкорном, прогулки по туннелям под городом. Но не все могут позволить себе веселиться... У Хизер и Бренды есть секрет. То, что они увидели в темноте. То, что они не могут забыть. То, о чем они поклялись никому не рассказывать. Но когда пропадает их подруга — уже вторая девушка за неделю! — Хизер начинает сомневаться в том, что приняла правильное решение... Она понимает, что исчезнувшие как-то связаны с тем, на что они с Брендой наткнулись ночью, и хочет попросить помощи, но родители лишь пожимают плечами, друзья…

Minnesota, 1977. For the teens of one close-knit community, summer means late-night swimming parties at the quarry, the county fair, and venturing into the tunnels beneath the city. But for two best friends, it’s not all fun and games. Heather and Brenda have a secret. Something they saw in the dark. Something they can’t forget. They’ve decided to never tell a soul. But their vow is tested when their friend disappears—the second girl to vanish in a week. And yet the authorities are reluctant to investigate. Heather is terrified that the missing girls are connected to what she and Brenda stumbled upon that night. Desperately searching for answers on her own, she learns that no one in her community is who they seem to be. Not the police, not the boys she met at the quarry, not even her parents. But she can’t stop digging because she knows those girls are in danger. She also knows she’s next.

In 1998 an Alku, Minnesota, family of five was brutally murdered in their sleep. The event shook the insulated community but, without any solid leads, was relegated to the cold case files, where it moldered for twenty-five years. Until today. Agent Harry Steinbeck hoped never to return to the northland, a place that holds terrible memories of his sister’s abduction. But when a recent homicide is connected to Alku’s unsolved mass murder, he and cold case agent Evangeline Reed have no choice but to investigate. The case grows impossibly darker as, one by one, the children of Alku begin disappearing. And Harry and Van can’t shake the sensation that someone is watching every move they make. As an elusive killer’s trail leads to a truth more sinister than either imagined, Harry knows there’s only one way to crack this case: he must finally face the secrets of his own past―even if doing so will cost him everything.

У воспоминаний есть сила…
Лето 1980 года. Несмотря на местные суеверия, три подружки отправляются на прогулку в лес. Возвращается только одна. Она не помнит ничего, кроме того, что в лесу они увидели нечто ужасное.
Лето 2022 года. На окраине города обнаружена свежая могила, в которой находят похороненную заживо женщину лет пятидесяти, сжимавшую в руке подвеску в виде половинки сердца — точно такая же была у девочки, которая пропала двадцать лет назад.
Расследование убийства поручено детективу Ван Рид и судмедэксперту Гарри Стейнбеку. И если Гарри доверяет фактам, то Ван — своей интуиции.
Пока Ван и Гарри связывают преступления прошлого и настоящего, Ван борется с воспоминаниями о своем собственном кошмарном детстве — и страхом, что раскрытие правды о похищенных девочках поведет ее по пути, с которого она может никогда не вернуться…