Луиза Даути – лучшие книги

Роман зрелой уравновешенной замужней женщины с загадочным незнакомцем, начавшийся в результате случайной встречи, приводит их обоих на скамью подсудимых по обвинению в убийстве. Как это могло произойти с Ивонн Кармайкл, известным ученым и матерью двух детей?

«Это история о том, как мы создаем себе иллюзорные представления о незнакомых людях, а затем упорно следуем этим представлениям, игнорируя реальные обстоятельства.»
Independent.

Als Elijah auf der Grabplatte eines englischen Dorffriedhofs das Licht der Welt erblickt, sprechen die Vorzeichen nicht unbedingt für ein leichtes Leben. Der Winter des Jahres 1875 ist kalt. Seine junge Mutter gehört zum fahrenden Volk. Sein Vater ist ein Geheimnis. Dennoch schützen die Großeltern Elijah und seine Mutter liebevoll. Doch als er sich in die schöne Rose verliebt und sie heiratet, bricht er ein zentrales Gesetz seines Volkes und er wird verstoßen.

Louise Doughty folgt Elijahs Lebensspuren aus der Sicht zweier Frauen, die ihn lieben und einander in inniger Hassliebe verbunden sind. Dabei erzählt sie einfühlsam und mitreißend diese große Familiensaga über drei Generationen hinweg.

Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic - he's as far away from the night staff as he can get.

What the man doesn't realize is that he has company. Lisa Evans knows what he has decided. She knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge.

Two deaths on Platform Seven. Two fatalities in eighteen months - surely they're connected?

No one is more desperate to understand what connects them than Lisa Evans herself. After all, she was the first of the two to die.

I study the photo in the same way that a spy might study the face of a counterpart in a rival organization. I am calm as I make this promise: I am going to find out what you love, then whatever it is, I am going to track it down and I am going to take it away from you.

After the death of Laura's nine-year-old daughter, Betty, is ruled an accident in a hit-and-run, Laura decides to take revenge into her own hands, determined to track down the man responsible. All the while, her inner turmoil is reopening the old wounds of her passionate love affair with Betty's father, David, and his abandonment of the family for another woman.

Haunted by her past and driven to a breaking point by her thirst for retribution, Laura discovers the unforeseen lengths she is willing to go to for love and vengeance.

A short from Louise Doughty to stir the heart and awaken vital conversations about love.A young woman turns off her phone and books herself into a deserted seaside hotel. In a state of shock, she starts small conversations with the staff and begins to unfurl, until someone turns up to claim her.