Bøger af Shari Lapena

Hvem ville flygte i panik fra et lykkeligt hjem? Du venter på, at din elskede mand kommer hjem fra arbejde. Du er i gang med at lave aftensmad og glæder dig til at høre om hans dag. Det er det sidste, du husker. Du vågner op på hospitalet uden nogen anelse om, hvordan du havnede der. De siger, at du var skyld i en ulykke. Du kørte galt i den mest farlige og kriminelle del af byen, hvor du aldrig har sat dine ben før. Politiet mistænker dig for en forbrydelse. Din mand nægter at tro, du har gjort noget galt. Din bedste veninde er ikke så sikker i sin sag. Og selv aner du ikke, hvad du skal tro … --- Den canadiske forfatter Shari Lapena, der fik sit store internationale gennembrud med debutkrimien Naboparret, har skrevet endnu en suveræn psykologisk thriller.

Hvor godt kender du egentlig din nabo, din partner – eller dig selv? Din nabo sagde, at du ikke skulle tage din baby med til middagen. Ikke noget personligt, hun kunne bare ikke holde ud at høre hende græde. Din mand sagde, at du skulle slappe af. I var jo lige inde hos naboparret, og babyalarmen var tændt. Din datter sov sidste gang, du kiggede til hende. Men nu, hvor du løber op ad trappen i det dødstille hus, er dit værste mareridt blevet til virkelighed. Hun er væk. Du har aldrig ringet til politiet før. Nu er de i jeres hus. Hvem ved, hvad de kommer til at finde … Shari Lapenas psykologiske thriller NABOPARRET er blevet en international bestseller. En baby forsvinder sporløst. Begge forældre gemmer på mørke hemmeligheder. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Title: Everyone Here is Lying, Author: Shari Lapeña, Publication Year: 2023-07-06, Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd, Language: eng

** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **The unputdownable new thriller from the 'queen of the one-sit read' and No.1 bestselling author of Everyone Here is Lying'I inhaled this book in less than 48 hours . . . What Have You Done? exceeded all expectations.' LIZ NUGENT'When the murderer is revealed, you'll want to read it all over again.' Woman & Home'The queen of page-turners.' ANDREA MARA--------Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill. The teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from school. Everyone knows everyone. Curtains rarely twitch. Front doors are left unlocked.But this morning all of that will change.Because Diana Brewer isn't lying safely in her bed where she belongs. Instead she lies in a hayfield, circled by vultures, discovered by a local farmer.How quickly a girl becomes a ghost. How quickly a town of friendly, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects, a place of fear and paranoia.Someone in Fairhill did this. Everyone wants answers.And one innocent question could be deadly._______'Captivating.' Publishers Weekly'The novel's emotional heft will linger with readers.' Kirkus'Lapena is a master of suspense, and she doesn't disappoint here.' Library JournalPraise for Shari Lapena:'A modern master of the psychological thriller.' STEVE CAVANAGH'Shari Lapena keeps you guessing until the very last page.' PAULA HAWKINS'The undisputed queen of dysfunctional families.' CLARE MACKINTOSH'An expert in both pace and the placing of clues and misdirections.' Literary Review'Shari Lapena is the queen of the "just one more chapter" read.' SARAH VAUGHANShari Lapena, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024Shari Lapena, Sunday Times bestseller July 2024Not a Happy Family, Richard and Judy Book Club pick, Spring 2023

A neighborhood filled with secrets is unraveled after the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl. This is a thrilling work of domestic suspense that will have you guessing: Who took Avery Wooler?

**********Readers love Shari Lapena:`Best book I've read in ages'`5* fast paced, twisting thriller'`The pace never let up'`On the edge of my seat to the end'`I haven't picked up a book in 9 years and I'm so glad that I picked this up!

She didn't see it coming . . . But one of us did. THE GRIPPING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EVERYONE HERE IS LYING AND THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR. 'A modern master of the psychological thriller.' STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of Fifty Fifty and The Accomplice'The queen of page-turners' ANDREA MARA, bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing----Bryden and Sam have it all - thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condominium, supportive friends and a cherished daughter. The perfect life for the perfect couple. Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden - working from home that day - has failed to collect their daughter from daycare. Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife's car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her cell phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall. Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It's as if she just walked out. How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all?With every minute that passes - and as questions swirl around their community - Bryden and Sam's past seems a little less perfect, their condominium less safe, their friends, neighbours and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . . ----'Keeps you guessing until the very last page.' PAULA HAWKINS, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train'Shari Lapena is the undisputed queen of dysfunctional families.' CLARE MACKINTOSH, bestselling author of The Last Party*** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW***Shari Lapena, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door "The most addictive book I've read in ages--so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant." --Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Family Remains "Lapena is a master of manipulation." --USA Today Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families. William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn't feel so safe. And William isn't the only one on his street who's hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery's neighbors become increasingly unhinged. Who took Avery Wooler? Nothing will prepare you for the truth.

Nunca se sabe lo que ocurre en la casa de al lado.Dos parejas, dos casas y un montaña rusa de mentiras, traición y secretos entre maridos y mujeres. La vecina nos ha invitado a una pequeña fiesta en su casa pero prefiere que mi hija de seis meses no vaya. Nada personal, es solo que no soporta la idea de que llore. Y mi marido está de acuerdo. Después de todo, dice, es la casa de al lado. El plan que me propone es que nos llevemos el monitor infantil y nosturnemos para ir a verla cada media hora. La niña duerme la última vez que voy a verla. Pero ahora la casa me parece excesivamente tranquila, así que subo tan rápido como puedo las escaleras hasta que confirmo que mi peor pesadilla se ha hecho realidad: ¡mi hija ha desaparecido! Nunca hasta hoy había tenido que llamar a la policía. Pero ahora están en mi casa y quién sabe lo que pueden llegar a encontrar. ¿De qué eres capaz cuando has sobrepasado tus límites? ¿De verdad conoces a tus vecinos? ¿Y a tu marido? ¿Y a ti misma? Las personas somos capaces que casi cualquier cosa. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Instant New York Times bestsellerIt all started at a dinner party. . . A domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors--a twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives. . . Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all--a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story. Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they've kept for years. What follows is the nerve-racking unraveling of a family--a chilling tale of deception, duplicity, and unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist. This novel was the "talk of the town" during the 2016 London Book Fair. A fast-paced, addictive thriller that you cannot put down. The premise of the story will not leave an apathetic audience: Were the parents irresponsible by leaving a 6-month-old baby girl alone in the house? Was it necessary or was it all a planned?

"Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill, Vermont ... But this morning all of that will change. Because Diana Brewer isn't lying safely in her bed where she belongs. Instead she lies in a hayfield, circled by vultures, discovered by a local farmer. How quickly a girl becomes a ghost. How quickly a town of friendly, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects, a place of fear and paranoia. Someone in Fairhill did this. Everyone wants answers. And one innocent question could be deadly"--

"Simultaneously published in hardcover in Great Britain by Transworld, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2024"-- Title page verso.

William Wooler's affair ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. Returning home, his difficult nine-year-old daughter Avery is unexpectedly home from school, so he loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declare her missing. Witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true... so who took Avery Wooler?

"William Wooler is a family man--on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter Avery unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Who took Avery Wooler?"--]cProvided by publisher.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Another thrilling domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door“The most addictive book I've read in ages—so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant.” —Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Family Remains “Lapena is a master of manipulation.” —USA TodayWelcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families. William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he’s been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper. Hours later, Avery’s family declares her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn’t feel so safe. And William isn’t the only one on his street who’s hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery's neighbors become increasingly unhinged. Who took Avery Wooler?Nothing will prepare you for the truth.

Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all-- a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story. Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they've kept for years.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The twisty new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and A Stranger in the HouseA weekend retreat at a cozy mountain lodge is supposed to be the perfect getaway . . . but when the storm hits, no one is getting awayIt's winter in the Catskills and Mitchell's Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing--maybe even romantic--weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge woodburning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up with a good murder mystery.So when the weather takes a turn for the worse, and a blizzard cuts off the electricity--and all contact with the outside world--the guests settle in and try to make the best of it.Soon, though, one of the guests turns up dead--it looks like an accident. But when a second guest dies, they start to panic. Within the snowed-in paradise, something--or someone--is picking off the guests one by one. And there's nothing they can do but hunker down and hope they can survive the storm--and one another.

While Stephanie struggles with the disorienting effects of sleep deprivation, there's one thing she knows for certain - she has everything she ever wanted. Then a woman from his past arrives and makes a horrifying allegation about his first wife.

A perfect holiday gift.Shari Lapena's new thriller,AN UNWANTED GUEST,is available now!';Smart and suspenseful. . . you'll never see the ending coming.' --PureWowIn this neighborhood, danger lies close to home. A domestic thriller packed full of secrets, and a twisty story that never stopsfrom the bestselling author of The Couple Next DoorHe looks at her, concerned. ';How do you feel?'She wants to say, Terrified. Instead, she says, with a faint smile, ';Glad to be home.'Karen and Tom Krupp are happythey've got a lovely home in upstate New York, they're practically newlyweds, and they have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life together. But one day, Tom returns home to find Karen has vanishedher car's gone and it seems she left in a rush. She even left her pursecomplete with phone and IDbehind.There's a knock on the doorthe police are there to take Tom to the hospital where his wife has been admitted. She had a car accident, and lost control as she sped through the worst part of town.The accident has left Karen with a concussion and a few scrapes. Still, she's mostly okayexcept that she can't remember what she was doing or where she was when she crashed. The cops think her memory loss is highly convenient, and they suspect she was up to no good.Karen returns home with Tom, determined to heal and move on with her life. Then she realizes something's been moved. Something's not quite right. Someone's been in her house. And the police won't stop asking questions.Because in this house, everyone's a stranger. Everyone has something they'd rather keep hidden. Something they might even kill to keep quiet.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERShari Lapena's new thriller,AN UNWANTED GUEST, is available now!';The twists come as fast [as] you can turn the pages.'People';Provocative and shocking.'Lisa Gardner,New York Times bestselling author of Find Her';I read this novel at one sitting, absolutely riveted by the storyline. The suspense was beautifully rendered and unrelenting!' Sue Grafton,New York Timesbestselling author ofXIt all started at a dinner party. . .A domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighborsa twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wives. . .Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it alla loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night, when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately lands on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story.Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets they've kept for years.What follows is the nerve-racking unraveling of a familya chilling tale of deception, duplicity, and unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist.

El nuevo y electrizante thriller de la autora de La pareja de al lado.«Un novela que enorgullecería a Agatha Christie»- USA Today.Los huéspedes que van llegando al encantador y remoto hotelito Mitchell's Inn se observan mutuamente con interés, pero desde una prudente distancia. Todos ellos han recalado allí en busca de un relajante (quizá hasta romántico) fin de semana en medio del bosque y lejos de sus vidas. Pero cuando una violenta tormenta azota las montañas, el grupo se ve completamente aislado del resto del mundo. Nadie puede entrar… ni salir. Entonces descubren el primer cadáver, y la horrible verdad sale a la luz. Tienen a un asesino entre ellos. Y no hay escapatoria. «Una estupenda historia policiaca con un delicioso sabor a Agatha Christie. A los fans de la autora les encantará, ¡y cualquiera que disfrute de una buena novela de misterio la devorará!»Library Journal«Si lo que buscas es un thriller que no puedas dejar, estás de suerte: la autora superventas Shari Lapena ha vuelto con una nueva novela... Va a ser un éxito.»Heat«Demostrando que los tiempos cambian pero la gente no, Lapena ha escrito una sólida novela de intriga que enorgullecería a Agatha Christie.»USA Today«Una novela para morderse las uñas que te leerás en una noche.»Entertainment Weekly«Un thriller hábilmente planteado y sabiamente dosificado que mantendrá a los lectores tratando de adivinar (y aterrorizados) hasta el último minuto.»Bustle ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Shari Lapena's new thriller, AN UNWANTED GUEST, is available now!"Smart and suspenseful. . . you'll never see the ending coming." --PureWowIn this neighborhood, danger lies close to home. A domestic thriller packed full of secrets, and a twisty story that never stops-from the bestselling author of The Couple Next DoorHe looks at her, concerned. "How do you feel?" She wants to say, Terrified. Instead, she says, with a faint smile, "Glad to be home."Karen and Tom Krupp are happy-they've got a lovely home in upstate New York, they're practically newlyweds, and they have no kids to interrupt their comfortable life together. But one day, Tom returns home to find Karen has vanished-her car's gone and it seems she left in a rush. She even left her purse-complete with phone and ID-behind.There's a knock on the door-the police are there to take Tom to the hospital where his wife has been admitted. She had a car accident, and lost control as she sped through the worst part of town.The accident has left Karen with a concussion and a few scrapes. Still, she's mostly okay-except that she can't remember what she was doing or where she was when she crashed. The cops think her memory loss is highly convenient, and they suspect she was up to no good. Karen returns home with Tom, determined to heal and move on with her life. Then she realizes something's been moved. Something's not quite right. Someone's been in her house. And the police won't stop asking questions.Because in this house, everyone's a stranger. Everyone has something they'd rather keep hidden. Something they might even kill to keep quiet.