Over a hundred years ago, the citizens of F- did something rather bad. And local school teacher Catherine Evans has made writing the definitive account of what happened when Ilsbeth Clark drowned in the well her life's work.The town's people may not want their past raked up, but Catherine is determined to shine a light upon that shameful event. For Ilsbeth was an innocent, after all. She was shunned and ostracised by rumour-mongers and ill-wishers and someone has to speak up for her. And who better than Catherine, who has herself felt the sting and hurt of such whisperings?But then a childhood friend returns to F -. Elena is a successful author whose book, The Whispers Inside: A Reawakening of the Soul, has earned her a certain celebrity. In search of a new subject, she takes an interest in the story of Ilsbeth Clark and announces her intention to write a book about the long-dead woman, focusing on the natural magic she believes she possessed.
You've never met a woman as dangerous as Bella Sorensen . . .THE FASCINATING REIMAGINING OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HISTORY'S ORIGINAL FEMALE SERIAL KILLER'Dark, twisted and dangerously addictive' SAM LLOYD, bestselling author of THE MEMORY WOOD'Extraordinary. Bruce does a marvellous job of reimagining this real-life murderer, without excusing her crimes' The TimesBella loves men. She loves them to death .. . ________Bella Sorensen knows the world is made for men.But she also knows what few others do: where women are concerned, men are weak. A woman unscrupulous enough can take from them what she wants. And so Bella sets out to prove to the world that a woman can be just as ruthless, black-hearted and single-minded as any man.
The winds shift nervously on the Kansas plain whispering of travelers lost and buried, whispering of witches. Something dark and twisted has taken root at the Bender Inn . . .At first the townspeople of Cherryvale welcome the rising medium Kate Bender and her family. Kate's messages from the Beyond give their tedious dreams hope and her mother's potions cure their little ills-for a price. No one knows about their other business, the shortcut to a better life. And why shouldn't their family prosper? They're careful. It's only from those who are marked, those who travel alone and can easily disappear, that the Benders demand their pound of flesh.But even a gifted seer like Kate can make a misstep. Now as the secrets festering beneath the soil of the family orchard threaten to bring them all to ruin, the Benders must sharpen their craft-or vanish themselves.
Cassandra Tipp, excéntrica escritora de novelas románticas, ha desaparecido y ha dejado una gran fortuna y un misterioso manuscrito. La policía supone que se trata de un homicidio. Sin embargo, los habitantes del pequeño pueblo en el que vivia no estan seguros de su muerte. Aunque resultara absuelta, nadie ha olvidado el juicio por el sobrecogedor asesinato de su marido. Siguiendo las instrucciones del testamento, sus sobrinos, Penelope y Janus, acuden a su mansion en busca de respuestas. ¿Que le sucedio a Cassie de niña en el bosque?, ¿a quien ha estado protegiendo? Y, lo mas importante para ellos, ¿como pueden acceder a su fortuna? Un thriller que combina el mejor domestic noir con un universo digno de Tim Burton. Deliciosamente terrorifico. The Guardian