Ergebnis für "The Girl in the Window" in Alle Kategorien

Alana: She’s outside my house again. She must think I haven’t seen her, that I don’t notice her watching me. I’m shocked by how similar we look. I have no idea why she’s here. But her arrival could change everything. Laura: I stare at her through the window. She looks exactly like me, except her make up is flawless, her hair is perfect and she’s wearing expensive clothes. I know it’s crazy, but I have to find out who she is. I visited this windswept Cornish village when I was a child, does she have a connection to my past?

Every morning, I sit at the same table of my favourite café, sip my cappuccino, and watch them. The woman has no idea I’m watching, day after day, unravelling the secrets of her life. I see the way she smiles when he arrives, how she glances over her shoulder… like someone who is hiding something. She thinks she’s in control, but has no idea I’m on to them… I know a lot more about the man. For a start, he’s not who he pretends to be – his lies are as plain as the nose on your face. There’s more to this story than meets the eye, a lot more than I’ll ever let on.

Sarah grew up behind closed doors and drawn curtains, where secrets festered and survival became a full-time job. Her childhood home—tucked at the end of a gravel road in small-town Kentucky—held more than its fair share of darkness. In *The Girl in the Window*, S. Lee Davis delivers a gut-wrenching and beautifully told true story of trauma, silence, and resilience. Told through a child’s eyes and a survivor’s memory, this memoir traces the path of a girl who was overlooked by the world but never stopped watching it.

Als eine junge Frau tot in einem Hotelzimmer gefunden wird, erschüttert die Nachricht die ganze Stadt. Doch für Hanna wird sie zum persönlichen Albtraum - denn in der Tasche ihres Mannes Max entdeckt sie die Schlüsselkarte zu genau diesem Zimmer. Seit Wochen wirkt Max fahrig, kommt spät nach Hause. Hanna fürchtet, dass er sie betrügt - aber könnte er auch in einen Mord verwickelt sein?

Als Phoebe nach Kroatien auswandert, hat sie viele Träume und Fragen im Gepäck. Sie scheint ihr Leben auf ihrer Fensterbank zu verbringen. Ihre Blicke schreiben tausende Geschichten, doch in Sprachen, die Phoebe nicht versteht. Und mit jedem Versuch, sie besser kennenzulernen, scheint die Kluft zwischen ihnen zu wachsen.

Anna Fox lebt allein. Ihr schönes großes Haus in New York wirkt leer. Trotzdem verlässt sie nach einem traumatischen Erlebnis ihre Wohnung nicht mehr. Anna verbringt ihre Tage damit, mit Fremden online zu chatten, zu viel zu trinken - und ihre Nachbarn durchs Fenster zu beobachten. Bis eines Tages die Russels ins Haus gegenüber einziehen - Vater, Mutter und Sohn. Bei dem Anblick vermisst Anna mehr denn je ihr früheres Leben, vor allem, als die neue Nachbarin sie besucht.

Hüte dich vor dem Nebel und dem Geruch von Salz ... Wer von der Magie befallen ist, die im Nebel von Blunder lauert, wird von der Königsgarde vernichtet. Doch Elspeth Spindle lebt, dank des düsteren Wesens, das in ihrem Geist gefangen ist und ihr enorme Kräfte verleiht. Eines Nachts begegnet sie im Wald einem geheimnisvollen Mann. Ravyn Yew, Hauptmann der Königsgarde, will den Fluch des Nebels brechen.

When five-year-old Elsie Button was snatched from a garden in a sleepy town on the Welsh island of Anglesey, and a local man later confessed, it sent shockwaves through the tight-knit community. How could one of their own do such a thing? Especially when his own little girl was the same age – and the victim's best friend. Kathryn and her family left under the cloak of darkness one night, unable to bear the shame, and the anger of their neighbours. She hardly remembers that time. Now, she suffers the consequences of living under an assumed name, always looking over her shoulder.

Don’t miss AJ Finn’s eagerly anticipated new thriller, END OF STORY! “As the plot seizes us, the prose caresses us. . . [Finn] has not only captured, sympathetically, the interior life of a depressed person, but also written a riveting thriller that will keep you guessing to the very last...

Amber is barely holding it together. In the midst of a messy divorce, sometimes the only thing that gets her out of bed is spying on her handsome neighbor Caleb. She fantasizes about trading places with Caleb’s spouse and makes it no secret that she’d kill for that kind of life. Her words come back to haunt her when Caleb’s wife is murdered and Amber becomes a top suspect.

For fans of Uprooted and For the Wolf comes a dark, lushly gothic fantasy about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom—but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking. Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to...

A family secret. A century of heartache . . . The Girl on the Cliff is an evocative, moving story of family, loss and hope, from Lucinda Riley, the international bestselling author of The Seven Sisters series. After a devastating loss, Grania Ryan flees her life as an artist in New York and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story—a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the...

This camping trip is Chris’s last chance to repair his relationship with his daughters, Kayla and Emma. Nothing’s been the same since they lost their mom. But things go wrong as soon as they get to the mountains. When they make camp, nine-year-old Emma runs off into the woods. By the time they find her, there’s a snowstorm rolling in. And Emma’s leg is badly broken. They need to find shelter, fast. They think they’re safe when they come across an old farmstead. The woman inside welcomes them in from the howling blizzard and straps up Emma’s leg.

Daniel Silva delivers another spectacular thriller starring Gabriel Allon, The English Girl. When a beautiful young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, a prime minister’s career is threatened with destruction. Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, is thrust into a game...

The second book in Jan Karon’s bestselling Mitford series confirms that a trip to Mitford is good for the soul His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, uninvited. As...

Disgraced ex-cop Angie Pallorino is determined to make a new start for herself as a private investigator. But first, she and her lover, newly promoted homicide detective James Maddocks, attempt a quiet getaway to rekindle a romance struggling in the shadows of their careers. The peace doesn’t last long when human skeletal remains are found in a nearby mossy grove. The peace doesn’t last long when human skeletal remains are found in a nearby mossy grove.

A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book Named one of the Best Books of the Year by TIME, NPR, Elle, and The Boston Globe “Searing… rigorously researched but never stuffy… Gilbert has compiled perhaps the first comprehensive examination of turn-of-the-millennium mainstream...

It's field trip day! It's always fun to have some time away from school, and Rebekah especially enjoys field trips, because she almost always finds something interesting to explore. And today, they are getting a chance to step back in time. When the tour guide tells the students that they can explore the old village, except for the one house at the end, of course Rebekah's curiosity is sure to get the best of her. Especially when she's sure that she sees someone waving to her from the window. How could that be? Is the girl real? Rebekah is on the case!

In the sequel to the nationally bestselling The Bear and the Nightingale, a gifted young woman with ties to the old magic of her homeland blazes a trail out of the frozen wilderness and into the court intrigues of Moscow. “A masterfully told story of folklore, history, and magic with a...