Es ist ein klarer Herbstmorgen in dem kleinen englischen Dorf, als die Polizei zu einem grausamen Tatort gerufen wird: Eine junge blonde Frau wurde tot aufgefunden, ihr kleines Häuschen voller Blut. Fast zur gleichen Zeit wird in einem nahe gelegenen Steinbruch die Leiche ihrer Nachbarin entdeckt: offensichtich Selbstmord. Das kann kein Zufall sein, denkt sich Louisa Smith, die gerade zum Detective Chief Inspector befördert wurde. Als sie mit ihrem Team beginnt, in dem Dorf zu ermitteln, setzt sich langsam ein faszinierendes Puzzle zusammen: Das halbe Dorf scheint ein großes Geheimnis zu hüten. Ein erotisches, dunkles, gefährliches Geheimnis, und niemand weiß, ob der Täter noch mal zuschlagen wird...-
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Haynes returns with a disturbing and powerful tale that preys on our darkest fears.
Police analyst Annabel wouldn't describe herself as lonely. Her work and the needs of her aging mother keep her busy. But Annabel is shocked when she discovers her neighbor's decomposing body in the house next door, and she is appalled to think that no one, including herself, noticed the woman's absence. Annabel sets out to investigate, despite her colleagues' lack of interest, and discovers that such cases are frighteningly common in her hometown.
A chilling thriller and a hymn to all the lonely people whose individual voices haunt its pages, Human Remains shows how vulnerable we are when we live alone, and how easily ordinary lives can fall apart when no one is watching.
From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Into the Darkest Corner comes another page-turning novel of "gripping suspense" (Wall Street Journal).
Genevieve has finally escaped the stressful demands of her sales job and achieved her dream: to leave London behind and begin a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent. Not many people know that she financed her fresh start by working weekends as a dancer at a less-than-reputable gentlemen's club called the Barclay, and she's determined to keep it that way. But on the night of her housewarming party the past intrudes when a body washes up beside the boat, and Genevieve recognizes the victim, a fellow dancer from the Barclay.
As the sanctuary of the marina is threatened, and Genevieve's life seems increasingly at risk, the story of how she came to be so out of her depth unfolds, and she discovers the hard way the real cost of mixing business with pleasure. . . .
