Bøger af Gregg Dunnett

Billy Wheatley is Missing. Presumed Dead.When Billy Wheatley heads off to college, he exchanges small island life for the excitement of the mainland. And while he's able to ignore the temptations of drink, drugs, and sex which preoccupy the less able students around him, when he attracts the attention of a more sophisticated clique, he is far more at risk.They live within the rarefied air of exclusive restaurants, members-only clubs and exquisite privacy, where they debate the politics, art, and science that Billy yearns to master. But they also harbor a dark secret which funds it all. Except that secret is about to spectacularly implode, leaving Billy perfectly positioned to take the fall.Soon he finds himself accused of a murder - which he just might have actually committed. And with no way out of a net that is closing around him fast, it seems this might be a very premature end for a young man's promising career, and extraordinary life.The Island of Dragons is the fourth book in the international bestselling Rockpools series by British author Gregg Dunnett. With thousands of five-star reviews in the US and UK, the series is currently being translated into several foreign languages, and is being considered for a major film or TV series.

La llegada de un misterioso desconocido interrumpe la paz y tranquilidad de la isla de Lornea.Es un joven encantador y lo suficientemente rebelde como para llamar la atención de Ámbar, la mejor amiga de Billy.A su vez Billy, que ya ha cumplido dieciséis años, ha conseguido una codiciada plaza en un barco de investigación para estudiar tiburones blancos en la costa australiana. Pero cuando encuentra pruebas de un delito a bordo, incluso aquí no puede evitar investigar.De regreso en la isla, Billy no quiere entrometerse en la relación de Ámbar con su misterioso novio, pero no puede ignorar que hay algo que no encaja con el recién llegado.¿Quién es en realidad el nuevo amigo de Ámbar? ¿Qué le ha traído hasta la isla? ¿Y por qué hay ciertas personas que lo quieren muerto?Billy comienza a buscar respuestas y cuando la vida de Ámbar se pone en peligro, Billy no parará hasta salvarla.

Cuando Billy Wheatley comienza la universidad atrae la atención de un sofisticado grupo con un oscuro secreto.Esta pandilla vive entre restaurantes exclusivos y clubes privados donde debaten sobre política, arte y ciencia a un nivel que Billy anhela dominar. Pero también albergan un oscuro secreto que lo financia todo. Cuando ese secreto se revela de manera espectacular, Billy se encuentra en la posición perfecta para asumir las culpas.Pronto se ve acusado de un asesinato, que quizá pueda haber cometido, y sin poder salir de una red que se cierra peligrosamente a su alrededor.¿Podrá ser este un final muy prematuro, no solo para la prometedora carrera de Billy, sino también para su extraordinaria vida?

Mi hermana se llamaba Layla. Sé quién la mató. Ella me lo dijo.Gale, un niño de diez años, está hundido en el dolor tras la muerte de su hermana mayor, Layla. Sus padres continúan absortos en una investigación policial que aún no ha logrado capturar al asesino.En estas atroces circunstancias, Gale ha creado un refugio donde la figura silenciosa y fantasmal de Layla lo acompaña. Él sabe que no es real, su terapeuta de duelo le ha explicado que es sólo una creación de su subconsciente y desaparecerá a medida que Gale se recupere. Pero si eso es cierto, Gale no desea mejorar.Y entonces, Layla hace algo completamente inesperado. Le revela quién la asesinó...Entre sombras es un thriller cautivador que no podrás dejar de leer.

Con solo 14 años, Billy Wheatley ya ha resuelto dos asesinatos, bueno, más o menos.Billy decide abrir una agencia de detectives privados en la solitaria Isla de Lornea. De manera algo inesperada encuentra una socia y consigue una cliente de verdad, aunque ambas resultan ser un poco extrañas a su manera.Billy y su socia Ámbar comienzan a investigar el caso de un hombre que desapareció hace más de cuarenta años. Y aunque parezca una historia antigua, sus erráticos esfuerzos destapan pistas que se suponía que debían permanecer enterradas para siempre.A su vez, el oscuro pasado de Billy regresa para perseguirlo de la manera que menos se esperaba. Billy debe combinar su ingenio, astucia y optimismo para desentrañar ambos misterios antes de que sea demasiado tarde.Porque al menos una de las personas en las que creía poder confiar está dispuesta a acabar con él.Solo que no es la que él cree.

With no streetlights and little light left in the sky, Erica nearly missed the narrow track to the isolated cottage.

Dear Diary, I saw Daddy do something weird again. I mean, worse than weird. I shouldn't even write it down here in case he finds this. But I need to tell someone. I'm so, so scared...

"One moment my beautiful daughter, her face flushed from the sun, her curls still wet from splashing in the ocean, was waiting in line for a strawberry ice cream, the next she was gone ... As I sit in her dimly lit bedroom, surrounded by flickering candles, I feel the crushing weight of my daughter's absence. It's been two years since Layla was murdered. The police have searched tirelessly for her killer, but they've found nothing--it's like whoever did it vanished into thin air. My once-perfect marriage is falling apart, we can hardly look at each other anymore. Our ten-year-old son Gale is struggling. He's changed since she died. He's more secretive and also ... I can't quite put my finger on it. They were so close, is this Gale coming to terms with her death? Still, unease creeps over me as I watch him. He just stares past me at something I can't see. Then one day, as I butter his toast for breakfast, my son tells me something that stops me in my tracks. 'I know who killed Layla.' I can barely get the words out to ask how. Looking at me with his serious little boy expression, he puts a hand on my arm. 'She told me'"--

Julia Ottley has a secret.She's burst onto the literary scene with the highest ever advance paid to a British debut author. Her novel - featuring a fabulous tower of translucent icy crystal - is garnering rave reviews. But as she embarks upon her new life, she discovers that nothing can be hidden forever, especially when living within walls of glass.She fights to keep her secret, but as the stakes steadily rise, she faces a stark choice. How far is she really prepared to go to stop her life from coming shattering down?Set on a beautiful and isolated island in the south west of England, The Glass Tower combines mystery and suspense with delicious dark humour. And just as readers of Gregg Dunnett have come to expect, there's a wicked twist at the end. "Don't miss The Glass Tower - This is a fabulous new writer, now at his glittering best!"Gregg Dunnett's first novel The Wave at Hanging Rock was published in 2016 and became the number one downloaded book in the US, UK, Canada and Australia Amazon stores. He is also the author of The Things you find in Rockpools, which was an Amazon UK and US bestseller, and which is now being considered for a Hollywood movie. His stories have received thousands of five star reviews, with readers loving his flowing writing style and frequent, thrilling twists.

Someone put her father in his grave. But they didn't bury his secrets…Alice is the smart and beautiful daughter of a powerful businessman. She lives a charmed life - until her father is killed in a tragic accident. Then she meets Jamie, a young man from a very different background, who has evidence that her father met a much darker end. Together they embark upon a search for the truth, delving into the murky background of Alice's family fortune. What they discover leads Alice to question everything about her father - and herself. But it also turns them into targets. Because whoever put Alice's father in his grave, meant his secrets to die with him. And now they're scrambling to bury them deep. Along with anyone who gets in their way. Can Alice unearth the truth before it's too late? Or will her judgement be clouded by her increasingly strong attraction to Jamie? With everyone around her lying, she must pick someone to trust. But get it wrong, and her next move will be her last.

How do you catch a killer - when you're just a kid?A teenage girl disappears from a beach town at the height of summer. Two months later the police still can't find her. And a quirky 11-year-old steps in to help.Billy can't tell anyone what he's up to, but he's confident of success. After all, he's something of a child prodigy (or at least he thinks he is). Either way, he's got very good reasons to want the police and coastguard off his beach.With an investigative style you won't see in any police textbooks, he follows the twists and turns of the case. But as all the clues begin to point towards one suspect, Billy realises he's in trouble. Because the person who took the girl is someone he knows. And when they find out Billy is onto them, they're going to need him dead.The Things you find in Rockpools is a gripping and twist-filled psychological-thriller from Amazon-bestselling author Gregg Dunnett.Read it now - and discover why a quarter of a million readers fell for his books in 2017.