Bøger af Belinda Bennett

What would you do if you came home one day and discovered your parents had disappeared? Vanished. Who would you tell? Mandy's parents are missing, but she can't tell anyone. Not a soul. After 20 years in prison for a crime she swears she did not commit, Mandy Jacobs has finally walked free - and into a nightmare. The intoxicating scent of freedom is shattered in the blink of an eye when she arrives home to an empty house; a home seemingly untouched for two decades, except for one room. Her room. In a tale of two halves, novella Hired Hands is told from different perspectives. Because there are always two sides to every story, it delves into the minds of both the innocent and the depraved. Part I - MandyMandy was just a teenager when she climbed over her boyfriend's bloodied, lifeless body and ran. Running was a mistake - a regret that stalked every day of the two decades she sat staring at peeling paint in a lonely prison cell. When freedom finally calls, it comes at a terrible price. What promised to be a happy homecoming is shot down by a sickening mystery only she can solve. Part II - Danielle The day the police finally come isn't the end of Danielle's nightmare... It is just the beginning. The timid shadow of her overbearing husband, she is caught up in a tangled web of murder and lies. And there is no way out. What police find at the bottom of the garden turns the spotlight full circle. Instead of looking at her husband, they are now shifting the focus of their inquiry - to her. Every aspect of Danielle's tortured life is put under the microscope by police investigating the disappearance of an elderly couple. Nobody seems to care that Danielle has been a missing person herself since she was eight years old. A shocking portrayal of lies, murder and more lies. Who will you believe? A brand new psychological thriller that exposes what can happen when the eyes of the law are looking the other way.

A flawed sprig of lace is the only clue to a killer's identity in this gripping, fast-paced wartime murder mystery. The body of murdered evacuee Lily Jones is pulled from the River Otter in Devon during the latter part of the Second World War, sparking a hunt for a killer. Thirteen-year-old Lily disappeared after attempting to get into a dance organised by military personnel at the ballroom of a prominent town centre hotel. She had waited in a queue for three hours, only to be turned away at the door. The girl standing next to her in the queue is later the only person who comes to her aid when she is attacked. Thinking she has saved her, Joan Hughes, a young lace-maker, runs home during the blackout. She is shocked to discover two days later that Lily has been reported missing and that she was most likely the last person to see her before she disappeared. This twisty, dark and shocking thriller follows Joan as she tries to piece together what happened to Lily in the fateful minutes after she left her side. With American and Canadian airmen, not to mention a British military base, on the town's doorstep, everything points to a stranger crime. But is it? In a story that charts Joan's innermost feelings, from the minute she slips on her sister's dress to go to the dance, to the moment she claps eyes on a defiled Lily running for her life and to the second the killer's identity is finally revealed, Lily's Grave will keep you eagerly turning pages to get to the truth. Inside: Lily's Grave is followed by a short, original story - Catherine's Curse.

BRIDGET JONES MEETS STACEY SLATER Money and love laced with humour are a potent mix in this brand new contemporary novella. What if the scumbag you took ten years to dump won a billion US dollars a week later? In this intoxicating, fast-paced drama, that is exactly what happens to Violet Faith. It was supposed to be a fresh start. After a decade of being used and abused by her loser of a boyfriend, Violet has finally had enough. But a week after ending her tumultuous relationship with Jake Jordan, her brave new world is rocked by a bombshell... He has scooped a huge fortune in a multi-rollover lottery win - with a ticket he bought online during a drinking binge. As Violet tries to put the past behind her, it is hard not to feel bitter when every twist and turn in his glittering new life makes the headlines. While he is living it up across the Pond, she's still working behind the counter at Burger World. Will the few worthless possessions he left uncollected on her doorstep help her rise above anger and humiliation, or only serve to torture her? Will his celebrity status drive her to distraction? It's every woman's worst nightmare.

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