Ergebnis für "Fallen Hearts" in Psychothriller

Linda Conrads ist ihren Fans und der Presse ein Rätsel. Sie veröffentlicht Jahr für Jahr Bücher, die zu Bestsellern werden, lebt aber völlig zurückgezogen. Seit gut elf Jahren hat sie keinen Fuß mehr über die Schwelle ihres Hauses gesetzt. Die Medien spekulieren über eine mysteriöse Krankheit, doch den wahren Grund kennt niemand außer Linda selbst: Sie wird von einer schrecklichen Erinnerung gequält, denn vor vielen Jahren hat sie ihre jüngere Schwester Anna ermordet aufgefunden - und den Mörder flüchten sehen.

In the midst of a sea of holidaymakers, I find myself the lone outsider – no companion, no luggage. An enigma among the carefree crowd. I wonder what they’d do if they knew who I am. Who I really am… What is Liz running away from? Who is this woman my father married? Did he have any idea of what she was capable of? My gaze fixates on the once-familiar house that now feels like a distant memory. I can hardly believe how much my life has changed and that Liz, the woman who puts the word wicked into stepmother has completely vanished.

When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong—one of the most popular girls in school—disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school.

Watching and listening to Lou and Charlie used to leave me fraught with envy and loneliness. But now, living next door to my old adversary Liz, I long for the old days—when I was left alone. My sister Jenna can’t understand how the girl who was my childhood bully could now want to be my friend. People change, I tell her. But do they? Neither can she understand why Liz is paying for a cruise to atone for the misery she once caused me. There must be strings attached, Jenna says. She’s right. There is.