Jack's in charge, said his mother as she disappeared up the road to get help. I won't be long. So eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters wait on the hard shoulder in their stifling, broken-down car, bickering and whining and playing I-Spy until she comes back. But their mother doesn't come back. She never comes back. And after that long hot summer day, nothing will ever be the same again. Three years later, Jack's fifteen and still in charge. Meanwhile, across town, a young woman called Catherine wakes up to find a knife beside her bed and a note reading I could of killed you. The police are tracking a mysterious burglar called Goldilocks for his habit of sleeping in the beds of the houses he robs, but Catherine doesn't see the point of involving the police. And Jack, very suddenly, may be on the verge of finding out who killed his mother. A twisty, masterfully written novel that will have listeners on the edge of their seats, Snap is Belinda Bauer at the height of her powers.
On the beaches and cliffs of North Devon, lone women have become victims in a terrifying game where only one player knows the rules-and, when those rules change, the new game is murder. But that madman on the loose feels very far from the crumbling, seaside home of ten-year-old Ruby Trick. Instead of living in fear of him, she lives in fear of school bullies, the dark forest crowding her house into the sea, and the threat of her parents' divorce. So when she decides to help her father catch the killer, it seems like a good way to keep her father close-that is, as long as the killer doesn't catch her first...
The eight-year-old boy had vanished from the car and, as if by slick, sick magic, had been replaced by a note on the steering wheel reading, You don't love him. At the height of summer a dark shadow falls across Exmoor; more children are stolen, each disappearance marked only by the same brutal accusation. No explanations, no ransom demands, and no hope. But - still reeling from a personal tragedy - does Policeman Jonas Holly stand any chance of catching the kidnapper? Because there's at least one person on Exmoor who thinks that, when it comes to being the first line of defense, Jonas Holly may be the last man to trust.
Crime reporter Eve Singer's career is on the downward slope when a spate of bizarre murders-each carefully orchestrated and advertised like performance art-begin in her territory. Covering these very public crimes revives her byline, and when the killer contacts Eve to discuss her coverage of his crimes, she is suddenly on the inside of the biggest murder investigation of the decade. But as the killer becomes increasingly obsessed with her, Eve realizes there's a thin line between inside information and becoming an accomplice to murder-possibly her own. A seamlessly-plotted thriller that will keep readers breathless until the very end, The Beautiful Dead cements Belinda Bauer's reputation as a master of heart-stopping suspense.
Crime reporter Eve Singer's career is on the downward slope when a spate of bizarre murders-each carefully orchestrated and advertised like performance art-begin in her territory. Covering these very public crimes revives her byline, and when the killer contacts Eve to discuss her coverage of his crimes, she is suddenly on the inside of the biggest murder investigation of the decade. But as the killer becomes increasingly obsessed with her, Eve realizes there's a thin line between inside information and becoming an accomplice to murder-possibly her own. A seamlessly-plotted thriller that will keep readers breathless until the very end, The Beautiful Dead cements Belinda Bauer's reputation as a master of heart-stopping suspense.
The dead can't speak to us, Professor Madoc had said. But that was a lie. The body Patrick Fort is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. But no one hears what he does, and no one understand when he tries to tell them. Life is already strange enough for Patrick-being a medical student with Asperger's Syndrome doesn't come without its challenges. And that's before he is faced with solving a possible murder, especially when no one believes a crime has even taken place. Now he must stay out of danger long enough to unravel the mystery. But as Patrick learns one truth from a dead man, he discovers there have been many other lies closer to home.
A woman gets involved with a psychic who may be able to find her missing son. Five footprints are the only sign that four-year-old Daniel Buck was ever here. Every day, Anna Buck guards the little prints in the cement. Polishing them to a shine. Keeping them safe. Spiraling towards insanity. Anna is desperate for hope, which she's not getting from the police, or her husband James. So when a woman tells her she's found a true psychic, a 'shut eye,' she grasps at it. Maybe he can tell her what happened to her son. But when she meets the psychic, what she gets is not at all what she suspected.
Fem fotavtryck är det enda som visar att Daniel Buck någonsin varit där. Och nu är det allt hans mamma har kvar. Varje dag vaktar Anna Buck de små avtrycken i cementen. Polerar dem så att de glänser. Glider allt närmare vansinnets gräns.
När ett medium erbjuder sig att hjälpa henne, tar Anna chansen. Vem skulle inte ha gjort det? Kanske han kan tala om för henne vad som hänt hennes son...
Men är mannen verkligen den han utger sig för att vara? Eller en grym bedragare?
BELINDA BAUER växte upp i England och Sydafrika och bor i dag i Wales. Hennes debutroman, Mörk jord, belönades med deckarvärldens mest prestigefyllda pris, The CWA Gold Dagger, som delas ut av brittiska Crime Writers Association för årets bästa kriminalroman. I Sverige nominerades samtliga Belinda Bauers tre första romaner till priset för »Årets bästa översatta kriminalroman « av Svenska Deckarakademin. Det slutna ögat är hennes sjätte roman.
'Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable, and The Shut Eye is possibly her best yet' SOPHIE HANNAH
Five footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here.
And now they are all his mother has left.
Every day, Anna Buck guards the little prints in the cement. Polishing them to a shine. Keeping them safe. Spiralling towards insanity.
When a psychic offers hope, Anna grasps it. Who wouldn't? Maybe he can tell her what happened to her son...
But is this man what he claims to be? Is he a visionary? A shut eye? Or a cruel fake, preying on the vulnerable?
Or is he something far, far worse?
Ny psykologisk kriminalroman av författaren till Mörk jord
»En av de bästa kriminalromaner vi kommer att få läsa i år.« SHARON BOLTON
Ensamma kvinnor terroriseras medan deras hjälplösa familjer tvingas se på. Det är en sjuk lek där bara en av deltagarna känner till reglerna och när reglerna sedan ändras heter den nya leken Mord.
Tioåriga Ruby Trick bor med sina föräldrar i den råa och fuktiga kustorten Limeburn, och hon har sina egna rädslor: mobbare på skolbussen, skogen som är nära att tränga ut familjens hus i havet, hotet om skilsmässa.
Att hjälpa sin pappa hitta mördaren kan vara Rubys nyckel till att hålla honom kvar. Men det gäller att mördaren inte får tag på henne först
BELINDA BAUER växte upp i England och Sydafrika och bor i dag i Wales. Hennes debutroman, Mörk jord, belönades 2010 med deckarvärldens mest prestigefyllda pris, The Gold Dagger, som delas ut av brittiska Crime Writers Association för årets bästa kriminalroman. I Sverige har Belinda Bauers tre första romaner samtliga nominerats till »Årets bästa översatta kriminalroman« av Svenska Deckarakademin.
'Call your mother.'
'What do I say?'
'Say goodbye.'
This is how it begins.
Lone women terrorised and their helpless families forced to watch - in a sick game where only one player knows the rules. And when those rules change, the new game is Murder.
Living with her parents in the dank beach community of Limeburn, ten-year-old Ruby Trick has her own fears. Bullies on the school bus, the forest crowding her house into the sea, and the threat of divorce.
Helping her Daddy to catch the killer might be the key to keeping him close.
As long as the killer doesn't catch her first...
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