Alexandra Connor est une auteure dont les œuvres captivent les lecteurs par leur puissance narrative. Son écriture aborde souvent de profondes émotions humaines et des dynamiques interpersonnelles complexes. Connor excelle dans la création d'images vives et de personnages mémorables qui résonnent longtemps après la dernière page. Sa voix distinctive et son exploration perspicace de la condition humaine en font une voix significative de la littérature contemporaine.
To outsiders, the golden child of David and Virginia Hall looks set to inherit not only talent, but also wealth and comfort. But after an appalling tragedy, such a future seems threatened, as Isabel Hall finds herself the reluctant inheritor of her parents' complex and bitter past.
A spoilt child learns the lessons of life the hard way, in this warm family saga set in Wigan from 1920s to 1950s. Our heroine is brought to live with her maiden aunts as a young child. They are formidable sisters, counting themselves a cut above the neighbours, because they run a genteel hairdressing salon. They dote on their pretty niece, although they're also devoted to their brother -- something not right with him, but nobody likes to talk about it. The girl grows into a beautiful woman, who knows how to make the most of her charms. But when tragedy, family shame and betrayal force her to confront the real world, she shows everyone that there's more to her than a pretty face after all.
Widowed Jacob Clark has been training his daughter Suzannah to take over his tailoring business. Suzannah is the sensible one and she's happy with the unconventional role her father has found for her. Suzannah's also a beauty, and she's caught the eye of the most eligible of bachelors, Edward Lyle, the son of a powerful local politician who is horrified at the thought of being connected by marriage to such a lowly family. When Suzannah's brother Girton is taken in by the charms of scheming Rina Taylor, Suzannah is right to fear that chaos and scandal will follow, giving Noel Lyle the ammunition he needs to prise his son away from Suzannah ... or so Noel thinks. But the two young people whose lives he is setting out to destroy are less malleable than he imagines...
Having grown up on a prosperous Yorkshire estate, Freddie Clements' childhood was blighted by the cruelty of her father. Marrying a wealthy American offers her emotional security, yet a chance encounter with a dangerous man has disastrous and deadly consequences.
Three sisters: three very different lives. Ellen, generous, funny and capable, runs a billiards hall with Reg. Louise has her eyes set on better things and heads for Australia with her businessman husband. And Lily, fair and fragile, having lost her man to the war, can barely cope with her two small daughters. What ever problems they face, the solutions are all in the family..
The head of Francisco Goya was stolen from his tomb in the wake of his death. No one has ever known what happened to it. Until now. Leon Golding has always been ignored by the art world he loves, but he's finally going to make his name as the man who found the skull of Goya. But he's asked the wrong people to help him prove he's right. Now everyone wants to own the most prized piece of art history ever to come to light ... And they're ready to kill for it.
London, 1732. William Hogarth is called to a murder scene. A woman lies dead, her unborn child ripped from her body. It is a warning. Hogarth painted the future King leaving her bed. He must destroy the painting to survive.But her killers made one mistake. They left the Prince's son alive.Centuries later, one man holds proof of this line of succession and keeps a watchful eye on the Prince's heir. The legacy is a terrible burden, but also an incredible opportunity.During a flight in a private jet, when a fellow passenger speaks of having gained possession of proof of this, the Royal Family's darkest secret, everything changes.Within hours of the flight, three of the seven passengers have been silenced.Who killed them? Why? To keep the secret or expose it? Where is the proof?As the body count rises, Alex Connor ratchets up the tension is this page-turning thriller that brings history into the present with devastating consequences.
Dr George Cochrane led a comfortable life on the outskirts of Pendleton. He lived there with his wife and son Michael. During the day he was the doctor to the worst streets of the nearby city. There was no house that was too dismal and no patient too poor. Everyone loved him and his gruff humour. Then his wife died, and somehow Michael never could make up for the loss, even though he followed in his fathers footsteps. His friend Harry always outshone him. Bumptious and brilliant Harry was aiming for the top. Then the Second World War made him. No one could hold a candle to Harry. However, there is one young rival who is watching and biding her time. She is acknowledging his ambition and ability as her own, and that is Michael's daughter, Mel.
Owen Zeigler, un famoso gallerista londinese noto nell'ambiente come esperto di pittura olandese del Seicento, viene brutalmente ucciso creando sconcerto nel mondo dell'arte internazionale. Il figlio Marshall, finora estraneo all'attività del padre, inizia a indagare alla ricerca di qualche indizio che gli consenta di individuare il colpevole. Owen era a conoscenza di un segreto in grado di gettare un'ombra sinistra sulla figura del grande pittore Rembrandt, un segreto che può avere effetti devastanti su uno dei mercati più redditizi e competitivi del mondo e che l'assassino sembra voler proteggere a tutti i costi. Marshall si rende conto che è proprio questo il motivo per il quale suo padre è stato ucciso e dovrà agire con la massima prudenza, perché può essere lui stesso la prossima vittima. Riuscirà a scoprire la verità? Di chi si può davvero fidare? Sopravviverà abbastanza a lungo per fare luce su un segreto tenuto nascosto per secoli? Ambientato nell'esclusivo mondo delle gallerie d'arte e dei collezionisti di Amsterdam, Londra e New York, Il segreto di Rembrandt è un thriller pieno di colpi di scena in cui si mescolano abilmente fiction e storia. Con questo romanzo Alex Connor attinge alla biografia di uno dei più celebri pittori di tutti i tempi per reinventarne il lato oscuro in una corsa mozzafiato contro il tempo, alla ricerca di una verità inaspettata e letale.
VENEZIA, 1555. La città del doge è avvolta da un rigido inverno e da una nebbia inquietante, mentre sui banchine emergono cadaveri irriconoscibili, vittime di un serial killer spietato. LONDRA, oggi. Gli studiosi d’arte sono in fermento per un dipinto di Tiziano, ritenuto perduto, che ritrae Angelico Vespucci, un mercante veneziano. L'opera cattura i tratti somatici di Vespucci, ma non la sua anima crudele. Si sospetta che Vespucci possa essere il mostro responsabile di atrocità, avendo torturato e ucciso giovani donne, un crimine mai provato. Dopo il ritrovamento del dipinto, una serie di cadaveri senza pelle viene scoperta in tutto il mondo. Chi si cela dietro questi omicidi? Un dipinto di Tiziano nasconde un antico segreto. I canali di Venezia sono teatro di orrori, mentre l’assassino continua a seminare il terrore. «Un thriller bestseller. Un’autrice che possiamo definire, senza ombra di dubbio, la nuova Dan Brown in gonnella.» Libero. «Il giallo di Alex Connor, ai primi posti della classifica dei libri più venduti, è ambientato nel mondo dell’arte.» Il Corriere della Sera. «Trovare una brava scrittrice di thriller non è semplice, ma trovarne una straordinaria come Alex Connor è quasi impossibile.»
