Лучшие книги Луизы Кэндлиш

Сколько нужно времени, чтобы привычная жизнь, разделилась на "до" и "после"? Сколько нужно времени, чтобы реальность разлетелась на осколки? Еще недавно Фиона Лоусон была обычной разведенной женщиной, жившей в собственном доме с детьми, над которыми они с бывшим мужем Брамом получили совместное опекунство. Теперь же в ее дом пытаются въехать незнакомые люди, а…

It all happens so quickly. One day you're living the dream, commuting to work by riverbus with your charismatic neighbour Kit in the seat beside you. The next, Kit hasn't turned up for the boat and his wife Melia has reported him missing. When you get off at your stop, the police are waiting. Another passenger saw you and Kit arguing on the boat home the night…

There’s the obvious story. And then there’s the truth.

Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most outgoing guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he’s a good husband and an easy-going neighbour.

That’s until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that’s been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he’s always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread...

As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex’s twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina, who threw both their lives into turmoil.

And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed.

And it still isn’t.

Some secrets are too dangerous to share . . .
When Emily Marr begins an affair with her married neighbour, the celebrated surgeon Arthur Woodhall, she has no idea of the tragedy and scandal their actions will cause. With shattering speed, she becomes the object of a media witchhunt, her only choice to change her identity and vanish.
Soon after, Tabby Dewhurst arrives on the Ile de Re in France, estranged from her family and unable to afford even a room for the night. By chance, she meets Emmie Mason, whose offer of friendship is at odds with her obsession with privacy. As Tabby sinks deeper into Emmie's strange, hidden world, she begins to form suspicions - suspicions that will lead her back to England and to a revelation so shocking she must question everything she knows.

There is nothing as powerful as a mother’s love. But how far will Ellen go to protect her son?
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Other Passenger and Our House – now a major ITV series – comes a nail-biting story about a mother’s obsession with revenge.
Ellen Saint is just your average mum. Devoted to her family, she’s no different from any other mother who wants the best for her kids. But when her teenage son Lucas brings a new friend home, cracks start to appear in Ellen’s perfect family life.
Kieran Watts isn’t like Lucas. He’s rude, obnoxious and reckless, and Ellen can only watch in despair as her son falls deeper under his influence.
Then Ellen’s whole world implodes and she embarks on an obsessive need to get revenge.
There is nothing you won’t do for your children – even murder . . .

My name is Amber Fraser. I've just moved in at Number 40, Lime Park Road. You'll think of me as a loving wife, a thoughtful neighbour and a trusted friend.
But this is a lie.
When Christy and Joe Davenport are handed the keys to Number 40 on picture-perfect Lime Park Road, it should be a dream come true.
But it's strange that the house was on the market for such a low price.
And that the previous owners, the Frasers, had renovated the entire property yet moved out within a year.
And that none of the neighbours will talk to Christy.
As her curiosity begins to give way to obsession, Christy finds herself drawn deeper into the mystery of the house's previous occupants - and the dark and shocking secret that tore the street apart . . .

Trzymający w napięciu domestic thriller o przewrotnej fabule, po którym zadacie sobie pytanie: Czy można tak bardzo znienawidzić sąsiada, żeby posunąć się do zabójstwa?

Podmiejska ulica Lowland Way to spełnienie idyllicznego snu. Przepiękne rezydencje, życzliwi sąsiedzi, wspólne zabawy dla dzieci w każdą niedzielę. Ale Darren i Jodie, którzy wprowadzają się do jednego z domów, z nikim się nie liczą. Puszczają w nocy głośną muzykę, zaczynają nieudolny remont i handlują na swojej posesji używanymi samochodami. Wkrótce atmosfera staje się napięta i konflikt wisi w powietrzu. A potem pewnego sobotniego ranka dochodzi do tragedii, która wstrząsa lokalną społecznością. Podczas gdy policja szuka przyczyny śmiertelnego wypadku, zaczynają padać oskarżenia i okazuje się, że każdy ma coś do ukrycia. Detektywi po kolei przesłuchują mieszkańców, którzy zwierają szyki i zgodnie twierdzą, że winny jest Darren Booth. Ale jest pewien problem. Policja im nie wierzy.

They can't see her, but she can see them…
Simone has a secret. She likes to stand at her bathroom window and spy on the couple downstairs through their kitchen skylight. She knows what they eat for breakfast and who they've got over for dinner. She knows what mood they're in before they even step out the door. There's nothing wrong with looking, is there?
Until one day Simone sees something through the skylight she is not expecting. Something that upsets her so much she begins to plot a terrible crime…

From wronged wives to nosy neighbours, from distant dads to new-found family, from secrets to lies, fresh starts to false endings - and everything in between...
A collection of brilliant short stories from the best writers around.
This collections contains original stories from Fanny Blake, Louise Candlish, Mike Gayle, Mari Hannah, Sophie Kinsella, Jojo Moyes, Adele Parks, Ian Rankin, Mahsuda Snaith and Keith Stuart.