Hilary Bonner ist eine englische Kriminalautorin, die für ihre fesselnden psychologischen Thriller bekannt ist. Stark beeinflusst von ihrer journalistischen Vergangenheit, sind ihre Romane häufig von wahren Begebenheiten inspiriert und decken oft Geschichten auf, die konventionelle Erzählungen in Frage stellen. Bonner versteht es meisterhaft, Spannung mit scharfer psychologischer Einsicht zu verbinden, was den Lesern ein packendes und eindringliches Leseerlebnis beschert. Sie erforscht meisterhaft die dunkleren Seiten der menschlichen Natur und gesellschaftliche Probleme mit präziser Schärfe.
Marion Andersons Leben ist fast zu schön, um wahr zu sein:ein schönes Zuhause,ein liebevoller Ehemann,ein intellegenter, netter Sohn. Doch die Idylle zerbricht jäh, als sie ihren Sohn erhängt auffindet. Wenig später erfährt sie, daß ihr Mann ein Doppelleben mit zwei Familien führt. Und damit beginnt eine entsetzliche Spirale aus Verleumdung,Verbrechen und Verfolgung.Marion befindet sich in einem Albtraum, aus dem es kein Erwachen gibt......
Bestselling romance novelist Delia Day is headlining the annual Appledore book festival in North Devon. When her scriptwriter colleague James Harding drops dead during their panel discussion, DCI David Vogel must discover if there's more to the untimely death than natural causes before more people get hurt - or worse, killed ...
When Sir John Fairbrother, head of one of the world's biggest private banks, burns to death, in a catastrophic fire at his Somerset home, DI Vogel finds himself dealing with a complex and mystifying sequence of events. If arson was involved, as Vogel believes, the obvious suspect is Sir John's chauffeur, George Grey ... but is it as simple as that?
A man is murdered in the gardens of a Bristol hotel. Working for a local escort agency, he had been requested by one of their regular female customers - but never made it to meet her. Rose Piper, the investigating DCI, has only the mysterious woman, now nowhere to be found, and the dead man's lover as suspects. And then there is another murder - of another Avon Escorts boy. Deep in the heart of the West Country, Constance an Freddie Lange live a comfortable existence on the land the Lange's have farmed for centuries. But when Constance falls out badly with her beloved son, a student, the happy family unit is fractured, leading eventually to tragedy. Although the two worlds are poles apart, Rose Piper and Constance Lange's paths are destined to cross . . . .
When routine police enquiries reveal evidence indicating that Jane Ferguson's assumed suicide was actually a murder, her husband becomes the chief suspect. Called in to launch a major inquiry, Detective Inspector David Vogel discovers that nothing connected with the death is as it seems, uncovering a succession of shocking family secrets.
A man lies dead on his kitchen floor, his body punctured by multiple stab wounds. Beside him sits his silent, traumatised wife. DCI David Vogel reckons he's seen it all before - an abused wife snaps after years of suffering within a deeply tormented marriage - but he comes to realize that nothing about this case is as straightforward as it seems.
In 1967 young Jennifer Stone discovers the corpse of an unidentified young woman in the sea. The next day a local girl disappears; she never reappears and the murder remains unsolved. Twenty years later Jennifer, now a successful newspaper reporter, has to uncover the secrets of the murders.
Friends: can you really trust them? The next thrilling novel from Hilary Bonner.
A fascinating psychological suspense novel - the first in a new series featuring Bristol-based detective DI Vogel
