New Releases by Lisa Jewell

''Dit is zowel een grijpt-je-bij-de-strot-thriller als een aangrijpend familiedrama. Fantastisch.’ – A.J. Finn, auteur van De vrouw in het raam Je bent weer terug in je geboortestad na vier jaar in het buitenland. Met een nieuwe man aan je zij. Jullie zijn op zoek naar een eigen plek, maar logeren voorlopig bij je broer. En dan ontmoet je zijn buurman. Directeur op de plaatselijke school. Twee keer zo oud als jij. Extreem aantrekkelijk. En je begint hem te volgen. Maar je had nooit kunnen vermoeden dat een onschuldige verliefdheid zich zou ontpoppen tot een dodelijke obsessie. Of dat iemand anders jou zou gaan volgen... ‘Ik volg je brengt het idee van een obsessie naar griezelige nieuwe hoogten.’ – PopSugar

Ena stunden var hon där. Och sen var hon borta.För tio år sedan slogs Laurels liv i spillror. Hennes femtonåriga dotter Ellie försvann spårlöst och hittades aldrig. Laurel har aldrig givit upp hoppet på att hitta Ellie, men när hon en dag träffar en karismatisk man blir hon handlöst förälskad. När hon därefter träffar mannens nioåriga dotter, hoppar Laurels hjärta över ett slag.Den lilla flickan är nämligen oroväckande lik Laurels sedan länge försvunna dotter.Vad hände egentligen med femtonåriga? Finns hon fortfarande kvar i livet?I Och sen var hon borta tar brittiska författaren Lisa Jewell ett rejält kliv från spännande relationsromaner till en fullblodad thriller. Denna pulshöjande deckare har toppat listorna i England och hyllats av recensenter.

She was fifteen, her mother''s golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone. Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of finding her. And then she meets a charming and charismatic stranger who sweeps her off her feet. But what really takes Laurel''s breath away is when she meets his nine-year-old daughter. Because his daughter is the image of Ellie. Now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back. What really happened to Ellie? And who still has secrets to hide?

VAD HÄNDE I PARKEN? Du bor vid en pittoresk gemensam park, en oas i Londons storstadsbuller, där dina barn kan springa fritt, in och ut i de andra husen. Du har känt dina grannar i åratal, och du litar på dem. Du tror att dina barn är säkra. Men är de verkligen det? Midsommarkväll: en trettonårig flicka hittas medvetslös i ett mörkt hörn av den gemensamma trädgården. Vad hände egentligen med henne? Och vem är ansvarig? Trovärdiga karaktärer, en spännande historia och en mörk hemlighet i dess kärna: Flickorna i parken är Lisa Jewell när hon är som bäst.

Clare and her two pre-teen daughters, Grace and Pip, move into Virginia Terrace, a cluster of flats and houses surrounding a communal garden. It's a place where families feel safe and children can run free. Neighbours have known each other for years, and trust each other implicitly. But then, after the annual garden party - a glorious summer's day of getting together and enjoying a barbecue, listening to music, having a few glasses of wine, letting the children play - the unspeakable happens. Grace is found by Pip, unconscious and half undressed, her face a bloody mess. And as a police investigation is launched, the secret games that the residents of Virginia Terrace have been playing for decades are about to be horribly, brutally exposed ...

Successful architect and grief-stricken widower Adrian Wolfe begins to investigate his third wife''s death, trying to determine whether it was suicide or just a tragic accident.

From the New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True and Then She Was Gone comes an unforgettable saga that follows the Bird family and how one tragedy ripples throughout their lives for years. Meet the picture-perfect Bird family: pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and towheaded twins Rory and Rhys, one an adventurous troublemaker, the other his slighter, more sensitive counterpart. Their father is a sweet, gangly man, but it’s their beautiful, free-spirited mother Lorelei who spins at the center. In those early years, Lorelei tries to freeze time by filling their simple brick house with precious mementos. Easter egg foils are her favorite. Craft supplies, too. She hangs all of the children’s art, to her husband’s chagrin. Then one Easter weekend, a tragedy so devastating occurs that, almost imperceptibly, it begins to tear the family apart. Years pass and the children have become adults, while Lorelei has become the county’s worst hoarder. She has alienated her husband and children and has been living as a recluse. But then something happens that beckons the Bird family back to the house they grew up in—to finally understand the events of that long-ago Easter weekend and to unearth the many secrets hidden within the nooks and crannies of home.

In a hospice in Bury St Edmunds, a man called Daniel is slowly fading away. His friend Maggie sits with him every day; she holds his hand and listens to the story of his life, to his regrets and to his secrets. And he tells her about the children he has never met, conceived with women he never even touched.

In a rambling house, failed poet Toby Dobbs has created a refuge for people who need one. But when a quiet tragedy and an unwelcome letter interrupt Toby''s sedate existence, he needs his housemates to find some direction in their lives. Leah Pilgrim has watched the tenants of the house over the road for several years, and when the owner of 31 Silversmith Road asks her for advice, he opens the door not only to the eccentric building across the street - but to five lives in various stages of turmoil. Can Toby and Leah help these misfits to grow up, move on and move out? And in doing so, can they make their own dreams come true?

Remember falling in love for the first time? Remember thinking, This is The One? Remember life getting in the way? From adolescent snogging to apartment shares, relationships, career crises, and children, Vince & Joy is the unforgettable story of two lives lived separately but forever entwined. Back in the 1980s, teenagers Vince and Joy met, fell desperately in love, and never quite said good-bye. Now nearly twenty years later they''ve both begun to ask themselves if that long-ago romance was the enduring love that they''ve been searching for.

A hilarious, dead-on-target story from the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Upstairs. Brothers Tony, Sean, and Ned had the perfect upbringing, but now that they are grown up, real life is starting to get in the way. Tony’s dealing with divorce and a weight problem. Novelist Sean is up against a serious case of writer’s block and a shock announcement from his “perfect” new girlfriend. Their parents have a new lodger, Gervase—why is Bernie, their mother, so keen to give this unsavory waif a home? And what is the real reason for kid brother Ned’s surprise return from his travels in Australia?