Ergebnis für "The Darling" in Historische Thriller

The Darling is Hannah Musgrave's story, told emotionally and convincingly years later by Hannah herself. A political radical and member of the Weather Underground, Hannah has fled America to West Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends and colleagues of Charles Taylor, the...

In 1886, a respectable young woman must acquire a husband. But Violet Pring does not want to marry. She longs to be a professional artist and live on her own terms. When her scheming mother secures a desirable marriage proposal from an eligible Brighton gentleman for her, Violet protests. Her family believes she is deranged and deluded, so she is locked away in Hillwood Grange Lunatic Asylum against her will. In her new cage, Violet faces an even greater challenge: she must escape the clutches of a sinister and formidable doctor and set herself free.

The book begins in 1961. Darling Dare’s life has been interrupted. For two-and-a-half years, her daughter Esther has been missing, abducted from her own house in the middle of the night. Darling is devastated. A man named Sam Steele, a self-proclaimed serial killer, psychopath, and criminal genius takes responsibility for Esther’s abduction and claims she is dead. Darling must use her hand-to-hand combat skills to stay alive against an onslaught of evil as she continues relentlessly to pursue information about Sam Steele.