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Elisabeth Carpenter

    Cette auteure situe principalement ses histoires dans le nord de l'Angleterre, tirant son inspiration de l'atmosphère et de la vie de la région. Son premier roman a été publié en 2017 et elle continue d'explorer ce paysage bien-aimé dans son œuvre actuelle. Son écriture capture l'essence du nord, en faisant un personnage à part entière.

    11 Missed Calls
    99 Red Balloons
    • 99 Red Balloons

      • 352pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Two girls go missing, decades apart. What would you do if one was your daughter? Eight-year-old Grace is last seen in a sweetshop. Her mother Emma is living a nightmare. But as her loved ones rally around her, cracks begin to emerge. What are the emails sent between her husband and her sister? Why does her mother take so long to join the search? And is there more to the disappearance of her daughter than meets the eye? Meanwhile, ageing widow Maggie Taylor sees a familiar face in the newspaper. A face that jolts her from the pain of her existence into a spiralling obsession with another girl – the first girl who disappeared… This is a gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist that will take your breath away.

      99 Red Balloons
      3,9
    • 11 Missed Calls

      • 376pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Here are two things I know about my mother: 1. She had dark hair, like mine. 2. She wasn't very happy at the end. Anna has always believed that her mother, Debbie, died 30 years ago on the night she disappeared. But when her father gets a strange note, she realises that she's never been told the full story of what happened that night on the cliff. Confused and upset, Anna turns to her husband Jack - but when she finds a love letter from another woman in his wallet, she realises there's no-one left to help her, least of all her family. And then a body is found...

      11 Missed Calls
      3,3