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In Osaka verpassen zwei Fremde, Jake und Mariko, ihren Flug. Beim Abendessen stoßen sie auf eine verstörende Gemeinsamkeit. Von seinen Schuldgefühlen getrieben, folgt Jake Marikos Hinweisen auf die Spur dieser Frau, reist von Land zu Land und sammelt Zeugnisse von Menschen, deren Leben Schaden nahm, als die Fotografin auftauchte und ein Porträt im Morgengrauen schoss.

An exploited child worker in the silver mines of Bolivia finds an ally – but at what cost? A young woman's affair has terrifying repercussions when her lover's wife dies. A sailor's wife takes her communion with Nature a little too far…From a hungry young woman who is not what she seems, to a boy who has taken his mother's advice a little too seriously; from disfigured girls willing to pay any price to fit in, to an immigrant who cannot escape his tormentor; from a new home with a sinister secret, this collection plumbs the depths of the psyche and dredges up some very modern horrors.

When two grieving strangers meet by chance in Osaka airport they uncover a disturbing connection. Jake's best friend and Mariko's twin brother each died, 6,000 miles apart, in brutal and unfathomable circumstances. Each encountered a mesmerising, dark-haired woman in the days before their deaths. A woman who came looking for Mariko - and then disappeared. Jake, who has carried his loss and guilt for a decade, finds himself compelled to follow the trail set by Mariko's revelations. It's a trail that weaves across continents and centuries, leading back to the many who have died.

Sales management is the crucial yet often overlooked bridge between the sales force and upper management. It’s a role filled with high expectations but little guidance, where many find themselves navigating no-man’s land without a map. This book is for those who have been thrust into sales management without training, for leaders who want to understand the vital role of sales managers, and for anyone seeking practical, street-smart insights into balancing the pressures of both sales and leadership.

In Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they've both brutally lost loved ones whose paths crossed with the same beguiling woman no one has seen since. Following traces this mysterious person left behind, Jake travels from country to country gathering chilling testimonies from others who encountered her across the decades—a trail of shattered souls that eventually leads him to Theo, a dying sculptor in rural New Mexico, who knows the woman better than anyone—and might just hold the key to who, or what, she is.