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Los viajeros imaginarios (Serie Ulysses Moore #Volumen 12)
by Pierdomenico BaccalarioSpencer, el eterno enemigo de Ulysses Moore, está dispuesto a vengarse a toda costa. ¿Podrán impedir Jason, Julia y Rick que destruya las Puertas del Tiempo? El futuro de los viajeros imaginarios pende de un hilo: Spencer, el acérrimo enemigo de Ulysses Moore, ha logrado escapar de su destierro y está atacando Kilmore Cove desde el Mary Gray, su legendario barco de velas negras. Cañonazo a cañonazo, está destruyendo el pueblo y, con él, las Puertas del Tiempo, únicas vías de acceso a los lugares imaginarios... Esta vez, los jóvenes viajeros van a necesitar ayuda de todo el mundo para superar la amenaza, incluso de los Incendiarios. Mientras Julia y Jason resguardan a sus vecinos en un antiguo refugio construido bajo el desfiladero; Rick acudirá con un submarino desde Venecia para contraatacar; y Tommy convencerá a la tripulación del barco para que se amotine. Aun así, los chicos pronto descubrirán que sin Ulysses Moorejamás vencerán a Spencer. No en vano, él es el único que una vez logró derrotarlo...
Los visitantes (Agencia Lockwood #1)
by Jonathan StroudLucy, George y Anthony forman la Agencia Lockwood. Su misión: nada menos que hacer frente a una epidemia de fantasmas que están sembrando el pánico en Inglaterra Desde que se desató «el Problema» las Islas Británicas han sido poco a poco invadidas por los Visitantes, es decir, fantasmas, espectros y demás manifestaciones del otro mundo. Aunque solo se manifiestan de noche y son totalmente imperceptibles para los adultos, pueden llegar a ser peligrosos de verdad. Las Agencias de Investigación y Control Psíquico son las encargadas de luchar contra estas inquietantes presencias. La agencia Lockwood & Co. es de lo más peculiar: no es una de esas agencias súper modernas con sede en el centro de Londres, sino más bien de las pequeñas y destartaladas. Sus únicos integrantes son la intrépida agente Lucy Carlyle, que tiene el don de detectar espectros; Anthony Lockwood, el carismático propietario de la agencia; y George..., bueno, George es George. Los tres chicos tienen talento y están preparados para enfrentar cualquier desafío y resolver todos los misterios. Y, aunque tienen sus diferencias, están de acuerdo en lo más importante: los adultos son un estorbo y van a tener que resolver su misión sin su ayuda. Aunque no va a ser nada fácil porque, en asuntos de fantasmas, ¿quién puede estar seguro del todo? Rick Riordan, eminencia en el género, ha dicho... «Esta novela te mantendrá leyendo hasta bien entrada la noche, y luego querrás dejar las luces encendidas... ¡Añade Los Visitantes a tu lista de libros que hay que leer!» Y la prensa afirma... «El queridísimo autor de la trilogía «Bartimeo» regresa con una serie nueva de cazafantasmas adolescente. No va a decepcionar a los fans; pues encontrarán fantasmas feroces, giros ingeniosos y unos protagonistas estupendos.» The Bookseller
Los zombis atléticos (Serie Bat Pat #Volumen 11)
by Roberto PavanelloUndécima entrega de las apasionantes aventuras del murciélago detective Bat Pat y los hermanos Silver: Leo, Martin y Rebecca. ¡¡¡HOLA!!! SOY BAT PAT.OS VOY A CONTAR UNA HISTORIA QUE OS PONDRÁ LOS PELOS DE PUNTA...¿ESTÁIS PREPARADOS? A Leo le acaban de dar una noticia de miedo: a partir de ahora, y por orden expresa del médico, tendrá que apuntarse a hacer deporte después de clase. ¿El objetivo? Ponerse en forma, ¡evidentemente! Pero lo que nadie le ha dicho todavía es que, además de sudar como un pollo, en los entrenos hará unos amiguitos de lo más horripilante...
Los Últimos Momentos de Florence W. Aldridge
by Tanya Anne Crosby Yaiza Barrio ParraMenos de cuarenta y ocho horas. Eso es lo que le queda de vida a Florence W. Aldridge. Cada uno de los sucesos en la vida de una persona está conectado. El estado de nuestras vidas, en un momento dado, es la suma de todo lo que hemos hecho y de todos los sitios en los que hemos estado. Nuestra siguiente decisión determina no solo dónde acaba nuestra vida, sino en quién nos convertiremos a lo largo del camino. ¿Hasta dónde puede llegar una mujer para redimirse antes de que el reloj se pare? Estos son los últimos momentos de Florence W. Aldridge... Nota: esto no es un relato corto. Es una anécdota, un fragmento temporal que pretende ser un acompañante para Al norte de la locura y Al sur de la muerte. Aunque no es un relato por sí solo, este fragmento no contiene spoilers, de modo que se puede leer antes que las novelas.
Los ángeles de hielo
by Toni HillUna ambiciosa intriga psicológica de tintes góticos ambientada en la pujante Barcelona de principios del siglo XX. «En esta historia penetraremos en los más oscuros recovecos del alma humana, en las atrocidades que pueden cometer los seres atormentados por la venganza y el odio.»Tanto los vivos como los muertos.» Barcelona, 1916. A sus veintisiete años, Frederic Mayol ha dejado atrás una vida cómoda en la esplendorosa Viena y la traumática participación en una guerra que sigue asolando Europa. Psiquiatra y seguidor de las teorías psicoanalíticas, se enfrenta a su futuro puesto en un sanatorio ubicado en un tranquilo pueblo pesquero cercano a Barcelona, un enclave perfecto para superar los horrores vividos en el frente. Pero la clínica y sus alrededores no resultan ser tan idílicos como pensaba. Las sombras de un siniestro pasado se ciernen sobre los ángeles que decoran la fachada del edificio, como si quisieran revivir los acontecimientos que sucedieron en la casa siete años atrás, cuando el lugar era un prestigioso internado para jovencitas de buena familia que cerró sus puertas después de un trágico incendio. Atrapado entre el anhelo de desvelar el misterio que se esconde entre los muros del caserón y el amor que siente por Blanca, una de las antiguas alumnas del colegio, Frederic deberá enfrentarse a una perversa historia de obsesiones y venganzas hasta llegar a una revelación tan sorprendente como desoladora. Porque la verdad, aunque necesaria, no siempre supone una liberación; a veces incluso puede convertirse en una nueva condena. Toni Hill vuelve a demostrar su gran pulso narrativo y su habilidad para la creación de atmósferas en este fascinante best seller literario, poblado de personajes inolvidables y envuelto en un aliento inquietante. Reseñas:«La dosis exacta de misterio bien administrado, capaz de convertir incluso al lector más exigente en un auténtico adicto.»Qué Leer «Atmosférico... Los personajes son intrigantes y complejos, y el autor va deshaciendo hábilmente la madeja guardándonos una sorpresa final.»Library Journal
Los ángeles de hielo
by Toni HillUna ambiciosa intriga psicológica de tintes góticos ambientada en la pujante Barcelona de principios del siglo XX. «En esta historia penetraremos en los más oscuros recovecos del alma humana, en las atrocidades que pueden cometer los seres atormentados por la venganza y el odio.»Tanto los vivos como los muertos.» Barcelona, 1916. A sus veintisiete años, Frederic Mayol ha dejado atrás una vida cómoda en la esplendorosa Viena y la traumática participación en una guerra que sigue asolando Europa. Psiquiatra y seguidor de las teorías psicoanalíticas, se enfrenta a su futuro puesto en un sanatorio ubicado en un tranquilo pueblo pesquero cercano a Barcelona, un enclave perfecto para superar los horrores vividos en el frente. Pero la clínica y sus alrededores no resultan ser tan idílicos como pensaba. Las sombras de un siniestro pasado se ciernen sobre los ángeles que decoran la fachada del edificio, como si quisieran revivir los acontecimientos que sucedieron en la casa siete años atrás, cuando el lugar era un prestigioso internado para jovencitas de buena familia que cerró sus puertas después de un trágico incendio. Atrapado entre el anhelo de desvelar el misterio que se esconde entre los muros del caserón y el amor que siente por Blanca, una de las antiguas alumnas del colegio, Frederic deberá enfrentarse a una perversa historia de obsesiones y venganzas hasta llegar a una revelación tan sorprendente como desoladora. Porque la verdad, aunque necesaria, no siempre supone una liberación; a veces incluso puede convertirse en una nueva condena. Toni Hill vuelve a demostrar su gran pulso narrativo y su habilidad para la creación de atmósferas en este fascinante best seller literario, poblado de personajes inolvidables y envuelto en un aliento inquietante. Reseñas:«La dosis exacta de misterio bien administrado, capaz de convertir incluso al lector más exigente en un auténtico adicto.»Qué Leer «Atmosférico... Los personajes son intrigantes y complejos, y el autor va deshaciendo hábilmente la madeja guardándonos una sorpresa final.»Library Journal
Los ídolos
by Manuel Mujica LáinezLa novela con la que Mujica Lainez inaugura su "saga porteña". Dos amigos hechizados en su adolescencia por Los ídolos, único libro publicado por el enigmático escritor Lucio Sansilvestre, se reencuentran en Londres luego de más de diez años sin verse. Uno de ellos, Gustavo, sabe que el autor fantasmal vive en esa ciudad y está empecinado en encontrarlo. El otro, espectador cauteloso de la fascinación de su amigo, decide acompañarlo en la pesquisa. Logran dar con Sansilvestre sin demasiado esfuerzo, pero a partir de ese encuentro, la trayectoria de sus vidas da un vuelco definitivo. En esa zona inquietante entre el afecto y la obsesión, entre la veneración y el desprecio, se construye una trama seductora como un juego de espejos, en cuya espesura parece imposible no quedar atrapados.
Loser Takes All (Classic, 20th-century, Penguin Ser.)
by Graham GreeneA Monte Carlo honeymoon becomes a gamble in Graham Greene&’s &“superbly well told&” comedy of love, marriage, and risk (J. B. Priestley). A modest London accountant on a budget, Mr. Bertram has settled on a honeymoon at the seaside resort of Bournemouth with his fiancée, Cary. However, Bertram&’s boss, the solicitous Herbert Dreuther, won&’t hear of anything so common. Bertram and Cary are to be married in Monte Carlo, after which they&’ll be Dreuther&’s guests on his private yacht and sail down the coast of Italy. It sounds too lovely to be true. And surely Bertram can afford one night at the Hôtel de Paris. But when the absentminded Dreuther fails to show, and days turn into weeks, Bertram and Cary find themselves well beyond their means. Unable to check out, trapped in luxury, and with nowhere to turn but the casino, Bertram has a plan—and absolutely no idea what there is left to lose.
Loser's Corner
by Antonin VarenneParisian street cop and amateur boxer George "The Wall" Crozat is racking up an impressive knockout record in the world of underground boxing. Failing to translate his small-time boxing success into a decent source of income, however, and unable to finance his nasty prostitution habit with his meager earnings as a police officer, he contemplates a drastic career change. Finally, unable to resist a tempting offer to make some cash using his fists as en enforcer, he unwittingly becomes a pawn in a very dangerous game. Meanwhile, we learn the unsettling story of the young socialist Pascale Verini, exiled to the Algerian front during the 1957 Algerian War. As soon as he gets to Algeria, Verini is transferred to a nightmare "farm" in deepest Sahara, where North African prisoners of war are mercilessly tortured and killed by the French, away from prying eyes and ears. Prix Quais du Polar winner Antonin Varenne draws on his father's experiences of France's colonialist past to illuminate one of the darkest pages of France's colonial history, even as he details the grim reality of being a beat cop in present-day Paris. The result is a darkly personal, elegantly gritty tale of conspiracy, torture, corruption, and revenge.
Loser's Corner
by Antonin Varenne2008. George 'The Wall' Crozat has racked up thirty-eight victories (twenty-three of them by knock-out), eight defeats, and an empty bank account. Finally ready to hang up the gloves and focus on his career as a police officer, his chief concern is how to fund his prostitution habit. When a shady bouncer offers him a photograph, an address and a chance to finally turn a profit with his fists, the temptation is irresistible. Before long the money is flowing, but Crozat has unknowingly become a pawn in a very dangerous game. Powerful forces are using his brutality to keep their own secrets, and Crozat teeters on the precipice of an abyss that stretches fifty years into the past, to the darkest chapter of France's colonial history. Switching effortlessly between past and present, and drawing on his own father's experience of the Algerian War, Antonin Varenne's darkly personal thriller shines a light on corruption, torture, conspiracy and revenge.
Loser's Corner
by Antonin Varenne2008. George 'The Wall' Crozat has racked up thirty-eight victories (twenty-three of them by knock-out), eight defeats, and an empty bank account. Finally ready to hang up the gloves and focus on his career as a police officer, his chief concern is how to fund his prostitution habit. When a shady bouncer offers him a photograph, an address and a chance to finally turn a profit with his fists, the temptation is irresistible. Before long the money is flowing, but Crozat has unknowingly become a pawn in a very dangerous game. Powerful forces are using his brutality to keep their own secrets, and Crozat teeters on the precipice of an abyss that stretches fifty years into the past, to the darkest chapter of France's colonial history. Switching effortlessly between past and present, and drawing on his own father's experience of the Algerian War, Antonin Varenne's darkly personal thriller shines a light on corruption, torture, conspiracy and revenge.
Loser's Town
by Daniel DeppSummoned to the trailer of a Hollywood star who's receiving death threats, former stuntman-turned-private investigator, David Spandau, assumes this will be another routine case. It turns out to be anything but. A-list actor Bobby Dye has become entangled with B-list gangster Richie Stella, who just wants to make a movie - and you can't make a movie without a star. But as Richie and his cohorts are about to find out, the movie business makes the cocaine and heroin racket look like child's play. Meanwhile, Spandau finds himself drawn ever deeper into the crazy world of Bobby Dye, one of the handsomest, most idolized men on the planet - and also one of the loneliest. All Bobby wants is someone to talk honestly to him - but can he really cope with the blunt and bitter truth?
Losers, Weepers
by Ellery QueenAn ordinary office worker finds a whole lot of money—and winds up running for his life—in this twist-filled thriller by a mystery master. Jim Morgan can&’t afford the briefcase. His wife&’s spending has strangled him with debt, and he&’s down to his last $20. But the briefcase in the leather shop calls to him. It looks like something an executive would own. It smells like success. When he buys it, he feels a confidence he hasn&’t felt in years. He tells off the office bully. He talks his way into a raise. The briefcase has made him a new man—and soon, it will be his downfall. Stopping on his way home for a cocktail, Morgan sets the briefcase on the barroom floor. When he picks it up, it&’s filled with cash. He&’s walked off with $100,000 in stolen money. And getting rid of it will turn his life upside down—or end it.
Losing Brave
by Bailee Madison Stefne MillerFrom award-winning actress Bailee Madison and Reader’s Choice Award Finalist Stefne Miller, comes Losing Brave. More than a year has passed since seventeen-year-old Payton Brave’s twin sister went missing; and Payton, in her desperate attempt to hold on to what’s left of Dylan’s memory, is starting to crack.Lost in the mystery and turmoil of her sister’s disappearance, Payton must overcome the aftermath of being the one left behind. She’s unable to remember even the smallest piece of what happened the day Dylan vanished. When sudden and reckless outbursts throw her from the graces of popularity to the outskirts of high school society, her new status attracts a crowd of friends she never anticipated—including a troubling romance with her sister’s boyfriend, Cole.New clues unearth about the circumstances of her disappearance when another missing girl’s body is recovered from a nearby lake, the victim’s features eerily similar to Dylan’s. The more Payton pries open the clenches of her blocked memories, yielding to her need to know what happened, the further down the path of danger she goes. The darkness around her sister’s disappearance grows and the truth becomes more and more unbearable. And what she finds might just cost her her life.
Losing Brave Educator's Guide
by Bailee Madison Stefne MillerLosing Brave Educator's Guide is a companion to Losing Brave by Bailee Madison with Stefanie Miller. This guide can be utilized in the classroom, in a home school setting, or by parents seeking additional resources. Ideal for grades 7-12.
Losing Faith
by Adam MitznerAdam Mitzner's critically acclaimed legal thrillers have "more loops and flips than Coney Island's Cyclone" (Kirkus Reviews) and "more twists than a California cloverleaf interchange" (Bookreporter). His latest, a captivating examination of justice and ethics, will leave you guessing until the last page.Aaron Littman is the premier lawyer of his generation and the chairman of Cromwell Altman, the most powerful law firm in New York City, when a high-profile new client threatens all that he's achieved--and more. Nicolai Garkov is currently the most reviled figure in America, accused of laundering funds for the Russian Mafia and financing a terrorist bombing in Red Square that killed twenty-six people, including three American students. Garkov is completely unrepentant, admitting his guilt to Aaron, but with a plan for exoneration that includes blackmailing the presiding judge, the Honorable Faith Nichols. If the judge won't do his bidding, Garkov promises to go public with irrefutable evidence of an affair between Aaron and Faith--the consequences of which would not only destroy their reputations but quite possibly end their careers. Garkov has made his move. Now it's Aaron and Faith's turn. And in an ever-shocking psychological game of power, ethics, lies, and justice, they could never have predicted where those moves will take them--or what they are prepared to do to protect the truth.
Losing Faith
by Denise JadenA terrible secret. A terrible fate. When Brie's sister, Faith, dies suddenly, Brie's world falls apart. As she goes through the bizarre and devastating process of mourning the sister she never understood and barely even liked, everything in her life seems to spiral farther and farther off course. Her parents are a mess, her friends don't know how to treat her, and her perfect boyfriend suddenly seems anything but. As Brie settles into her new normal, she encounters more questions than closure: Certain facts about the way Faith died just don't line up. Brie soon uncovers a dark and twisted secret about Faith's final night...a secret that puts her own life in danger.
Losing Ground (Sloan and Crosby Mystery #21)
by Catherine AirdChief Inspector C.D. Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby are together again. The reason: The thief of an 18 century painting of a mansion. Followed immediately by a fire in the mansion. Followed by the discovery bones inside. Followed by the roof collapsing.
Losing Ground: A Mystery (Detective Chief Inspector C.D. Sloan)
by Catherine Aird"Fans have waited two years for another of Aird's Calleshire County police procedurals, and if you like golf, this well-crafted whodunit was especially worth the wait….Full of poetical, biblical and Shakespearian references, this fun read delivers a denouement that finishes the game well under par. Nicely played."–Publishers Weekly on Hole in One"Trust mystery writer Catherine Aird to add her own special twists and lots of biting wit to murder…the settings are classic, the characters delightfully quirky, and the words of wisdom many." –Boston Herald on Amendment of LifeThe dramatic theft of an 18th Century painting is discovered just moments before the old manor house from which it was stolen – and is uniquely depicted in the background of the portrait -- is set on fire. Making matters more grisly even is the pile of bones that is sighted in the blazing inferno moments before the roof collapses. What started as simple, if surprising, theft has quickly escalated to arson and, possibly murder, and now Detective Inspector Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby have to piece together, a puzzle which has its roots deep in Berebury's history. Although Tolmie Park, the property on which the manor house sits, has had a somewhat checkered and mysterious past there are those in the community who would fight to preserve it. There are also a number of factions within the area who have differing plans to develop the property, shrouding the fire in further suspicion. It is up D.C.I. C.D. Sloan to sift through this assortment of characters and, finally, illuminate the truth.
Losing Hope / Finding Cinderella Bind-up: A special bind-up edition featuring the second and third instalments in the beautifully emotional Hopeless series
by Colleen HooverA special bind-up edition from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover featuring the second and third instalments in the Hopeless series.Hopeless was the story of what happened when a troubled girl named Sky encountered a long-lost childhood friend, Dean Holder. Now, in Losing Hope, we discover the truth about Holder. Haunted by the young girl he couldn&’t save from imminent danger, his life has been overshadowed by guilt and remorse. He never stopped searching for her, but not once did Holder think that he would face greater pain if they ever reconnected. Holder reveals how Sky&’s youth affected him and his family, leading him to seek redemption by saving her.But is it only by loving Sky that he can finally begin to heal? In Finding Cinderella, a chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love. But this love has conditions: they agree it will only last one hour and be make-believe. When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that it only seemed perfect because they were pretending. Moments like that only happen in fairy tales. One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in love at first sight disappears the day he meets Six: a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Unfortunately for Daniel, finding true love doesn&’t guarantee a happily ever after . . . it threatens it. Will an unbearable secret from the past jeopardize their last chance at saving each other?
Losing Isaiah
by Seth MargolisA NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND FEATURE FILM STARRING HALLE BERRY AND JESSICA LANGE "Riveting...impossible to turn away from." —THE BOSTON GLOBE "Losing Isaiah pushes all the current cultural buttons...[Margolis] gets inside the head of every character." —THE WASHINGTON POST "[E]ngrossing and, to its credit, offers no pat answers to complicated issues." —PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY Three-year-old Isaiah has two mothers: and they both want him. Margaret Lewin adopted Isaiah as a newborn—and she and her husband, Charles, give the boy all the love a child could want and everything that money can buy. But can even the most loving, caring white family be responsible for raising a black child? Selma Richards is the boy's birth mother. When Isaiah was born she was illiterate, unemployed, and a crack addict. Giving up her son was the best thing for both of them—at the time. Now Selma has weaned herself off drugs, has a responsible job caring for another couple's child, and is learning to read. She's not rich and she doesn't live in the best neighborhood, but she's healed herself. LOSING ISAIAH raises one of the most complex and emotional moral questions of our times, and keeps you rooting for both women until the inevitable and heartrending conclusion in which one mother ends up losing her son.
Losing Leah
by Tiffany KingSome bonds can’t be broken.Ten years after the tragic disappearance of her twin sister Leah, sixteen-year-old Mia Klein still struggles to exist within a family that has never fully recovered. Deep in the dark recesses of her mind lies an overwhelming shadow, taunting Mia with mind-splitting headaches that she tries to hide in an effort to appear okay. Leah Klein's life as she knew it ended the day she was taken, thrust into a world of abuse and fear by a disturbed captor—"Mother," as she insists on being called. Ten years later, any recollections of her former life are nothing more than fleeting memories, except for those about her twin sister, Mia. As Leah tries to gain the courage to escape, Mia's headaches grow worse. Soon, both sisters will discover that their fates are linked in ways they never realized.
Losing Nicola
by Susan MoodyA woman returns to an English coastal village—the scene of a childhood crime—in a &“gripping murder mystery and . . . psychologically complex coming-of-age tale&” (Booklist). After losing her husband in World War II, Fiona Beecham brought her two children to live with their aunt on the coast of Kent. Alice and Orlando enjoyed a quiet adolescence in the sprawling Glenfield House. But that all changed when Nicola Stone arrived. Thirteen-year-old Nicola was manipulative, sexually precocious, and unnerving to the naïve Alice and Orlando. Then, only days after Alice&’s twelfth birthday, Nicola&’s body was found—beaten to death and barely concealed. Twenty years later, Alice returns to the small town of Shale to resettle after her divorce, and put to rest the unsolved murder that has haunted her for so long. As Alice fits together the pieces of that brutal summer, she realizes that no one has forgotten Nicola. Not the local boys she teased, the adults she affronted, or the friends she terrorized. But the secrets of the troubled girl&’s past hide a motive for murder beyond anything Alice ever imagined.
Losing Spring (Sutherland Series, The)
by V.C. AndrewsThis atmospheric and moving novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic and Landry series—now popular Lifetime movies—combines a forbidden romance with a family fortune and a young girl in peril.Caroline Bryer is the daughter of a very conservative TSA agent and former military brat, Morgan Bryer. Her mother, Linsey Bryer, is a descendent of the Sutherland real estate family. Their organized, suburban life in Colonie, New York is rigorously regulated and leaves little room for deviation from the norm. When Linsey, Morgan, and Caroline attend the wake of their neighbor Mr. Gleeson, they meet his charming daughter Natalie &“Nattie&” Gleeson, who works for the American ambassador to France. Linsey and Nattie strike up a fast friendship as women of a similar age in very different places in their lives—Linsey a devoted mother and housewife, and Nattie an international diplomat living an independent and freewheeling life. Their friendship soon evolves into a romance, leading to the collapse of Linsey&’s marriage and her disinheritance from the Sutherland family fortune. In true V.C. Andrews fashion, a whirlwind of unexpected death, family estrangement, and a forbidden inheritance become Caroline&’s new reality as she struggles to navigate the loss of her mother, the mind-boggling wealth of the Sutherland family (who quickly lock her away from the world), and the loss of contact with her father following the divorce.
Losing You
by Nicci FrenchIt's Nina Landry's birthday, and she's supposed to have her kids ready to leave in a few hours for a Christmas holiday in Florida with her new boyfriend, but her fifteen-year-old daughter Charlie spent the night at a friend's and hasn't come home yet. Not by ten a.m., not by eleven. Nina is getting angry--they have a plane to catch, and Charlie hasn't even bothered to pack. As time passes, though slower and slower by the minute, Nina becomes uneasy. Her anger gives way to worry, and that worry quickly builds into panic. By one p.m., she's wondering, has Charlie run away, or has something far worse happened? And why won't anyone--not the cops, not Charlie's friends, not Charlie's father--take her disappearance seriously? As day turns to night on their home of Sandling Island sixty miles from London, and a series of ominous secrets leads Nina from sickening suspicion to deadly certainty, the question becomes less whether she and her daughter will leave the island in time and more whether they'll ever leave it again. In LOSING YOU, the newest thriller from the long-acclaimed master of psychological suspense, Nicci French unravels one mother's life and replaces it with every mother's worst nightmare.