Shirley Conran Bücher

Titel der amerikanischen Originalausgabe: Crimson Erscheienen bei Simon & Schuster

Nach einer Geschäftskonferenz in Australien entspannen sich Topmanger der mächtigen Nexus Mining Company zusammen mit ihren Frauen auf einer tropischen Insel. Doch während die Frauen einen Ausflug machen, greifen Terroristen das Hotel an und töten alle Gäste. Abseits jeglicher Zivilisation beginnt für die fünf verhätschelten Frauen der Kampf ums nackte Überleben. Dramatische Ereignisse setzen Mut und Kraft, aber auch Egoismus und hemmungslose Emotionen frei.

Sequel to "Lace", this book is an international novel about four glamorous women and lifelong friends and how their opulent, fantastic lives are inextricably linked.

"Which one of you bitches is my mother?"Four elegant, successful, and sophisticated women in their forties are called to New York's Pierre Hotel to meet Lili - a beautiful, young, and notoriously temperamental Hollywood movie star. None of the women knows exactly why she is there; each has a reason to hate Lili and each of them is astonished to see the others. They are old friends who share a guilty secret and who have for years been doing their best to keep that secret quiet. Their lives are changed forever, however, when Lili suddenly confronts them. When the women refuse to answer her, Lili proceeds to travel around the world through the playgrounds of the rich and famous, seeking to answer the question that has obsessed and almost destroyed her.LACE, Shirely Conran's frank, scandalous novel, follows a group of women, from adolescence to adulthood, as they negotiate the world of work, broken engagements, heartbreak and lasting friendship.