What Lies in the Woods

A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER! <BR><BR>A woman invited to her wealthy fiance's family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret-and that she's been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods.<BR><BR>A whirlwind romance.<BR>When Theodora Scott met Connor-wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family-she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he's brought her to Idlewood, his family's isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives.<BR><BR>Stay away from Connor Dalton.<BR>Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can't ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood.<BR><BR>I've been here before.<BR>Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragments of her memories. Someone here has a shocking secret that they will do anything to keep hidden, and Theo is in terrible danger. Because the Daltons do not lose, and discovering what happened at Idlewood may cost Theo everything.

The USA TODAY Bestseller! Three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count.<BR><BR>"A propulsive and intricate psychological thriller. . . Meticulously plotted. . . Family connections prove both their damage and their worth in this community-focused thriller." -Kirkus (starred review)<BR><BR>Fourteen years ago, the Palmer sisters-Emma, Juliette, and Daphne-left their home in Arden Hills and never returned. But when Emma discovers she's pregnant and her husband loses his job, she has no option but to return to the house that she and her estranged sisters still own . . . and where their parents were murdered.<BR><BR>Emma has never told anyone what she saw the night her parents died, even when she became the prime suspect. But her presence in the house threatens to uncover secrets that have stayed hidden for years, and the sisters are drawn together once again. As they face their memories of the past, rivalries restart, connections are forged, and, for the first time, Emma starts to ask questions about what really happened that night.<BR><BR>The more Emma learns, the more riddles emerge. And Emma begins to wonder just what her siblings will do to keep the past buried, and whether she did the right thing staying quiet about what was whispered that night: "No one can know."

'Eine fesselnde Geschichte voller schwindelerregender Wendungen. Randvoll mit Spannung hat sie mich bis zum Ende in Atem gehalten!' FREIDA McFADDENSie sind reich. Sie sind privilegiert. Und du bist nicht willkommen.Schneebedeckte Wälder, hoch aufragende Berge und ein abgelegenes Anwesen. Idlewood ist das luxuriöse Winterdomizil der Daltons. Theodora ist zum ersten Mal hier, um die skeptische Familie ihres Verlobten Connor für sich zu gewinnen. Doch es wird schnell klar, dass sie auf Idlewood nicht willkommen ist. Irgendjemand folgt ihr, und immer wieder erhält sie Drohnachrichten, sich von Connor fernzuhalten. Schon bald wird Theo von altbekannten Albträumen heimgesucht, und das beklemmende Gefühl, schon einmal auf Idlewood gewesen zu sein, wird immer stärker. Welches Geheimnis birgt das Anwesen? Und welche Geheimnisse hütet Theo selbst, die besser im Dunkeln bleiben sollten? Ein abgelegenes Anwesen. Eine privilegierte Familie. Eine ungebetene Besucherin.Theo erinnert sich nicht an die ersten Jahre ihrer Kindheit, und bisher konnte sie die Lücken und weniger schönen Kapitel ihres Lebens gut verbergen. Doch die Daltons bekommen immer, was sie wollen - und dass Theo etwas zu verbergen hat, ist ihnen sofort klar. Als Theo in einer brachliegenden Hütte eine unvorstellbare Entdeckung macht, nimmt ihre Reise in die eigene Vergangenheit rasant an Fahrt auf. Wird Theo die Wahrheit überleben können?Dieser Closed-Setting-Thriller der USA Today Bestsellerautorin Kate Alice Marshall ist die ideale Lektüre für alle, die dunkle Geheimnisse und eiskalte Spannung lieben'Ein faustgroßes Geschenk in grünes Glanzpapier verpackt und mit rotem Band verschnürt, steht auf dem Fensterbrett.Ich schaue hinaus. Der Wald ist still. Keine Spur von meinem Besucher.Ich entriegele das Fenster und öffne es vorsichtig, damit die Schachtel nicht in den Schnee fällt. Stattdessen fällt sie nach innen und landet in meiner wartenden Hand. Sie ist leicht und scheinbar leer. Auf dem Etikett, das daran klebt, steht in Schreibmaschinenschrift ein einziges Wort: Dora.Mein Mund ist trocken wie Papier, mein Blut gefriert. Seit Jahren hat mich niemand mehr so genannt.Ich ziehe am Ende des Geschenkbandes. Es löst sich und fällt auf den Boden. Ich öffne den Deckel der Schachtel. Das Einzige, was sich darin befindet, ist ein Stück Papier. Fünf Worte und sonst nichts: Du hättest nicht kommen sollen.'

A search & rescue expert. A kidnapped woman. The lost girls who haunt them both. <BR>"A haunting, dual-narrative thriller that traps you in the dark." -The Seattle Times<BR><BR>"A superb mystery. . . Readers will be thinking about this long after they turn the last page." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)<BR><BR>There is a girl in a basement.<BR>The door has stopped opening.<BR>The light is gone.<BR><BR>Stranger is trapped in the dark, with only her imagination and the scribbles on the wall left by long-dead girls to keep her company. Nearly out of food and water, she makes one last attempt to escape. But if the door opens at last, will it mean salvation, or only the beginning of her fight to survive? <BR><BR>Audrey is a search and rescue expert who never stopped looking for her ex-best friend, Janie, who disappeared when they were teenagers. Janie used to love the local legend of a forest witch who saves girls from bad men, but Audrey knows now that for every one saved, there's always another one lost. When she stumbles upon evidence in the forest that a teenage runaway might have actually been kidnapped from land belonging to the town's most prominent family, she will have to dig through decades of secrets to reveal the biggest one of all: what happened to the girls before.<BR><BR>Kate Alice Marshall, New York Times bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods, No One Can Know, and A Killing Cold, is back with the thrilling new novel Ashley Winstead calls, "magnetic, shocking, heartbreaking, and unputdownable."

Ustaca islenmis bu hikaye, güclü karakteri ve köpegiyle sizi tamamen icine alacak bir hayatta kalma savasi anlatiyor. Bu romani okurken saatlerin nasil akip gectigini fark etmeyeceksiniz bile.- Nancy Werlin, New York Times coksatan yazariSiginak BulAvlanAtes YakIntikam AlSonrasiJess yalnizdi. Yasadigi kulübe yanginda kül olmustu. Hizli hareket etmezse, ne yiyecegi konusunda endiselenmesine gerek kalmadan soguktan ölecekti. Fakat hala hayattaydi... simdilik.ÖncesiJess babasini görmeyeli on seneden fazla olmustu. Annesinin ölümü ve kendi bacaginin sakatlanmasiyla sonuclanan bir araba kazasindan sonra artik ormanin ortasinda babasiyla bir basina yasamak zorundaydi. Tam babasini tanimaya baslamisken, babasinin gecmisinden bir sir gelip onu öldürmüs ve Jessi tek basina birakmisti. Sonrasi Yaninda sadece babasinin köpegi kalan Jess yiyecek aramali, avlanmali, korunakli bir yer insa etmeli ve isinmaliydi. Kimi zaman etrafindaki yabani orman onu öldürecekmis gibi hissediyor, bazen de kendini hayal edebileceginden daha güclü hissediyordu.Jess hayatta kalacakti. Hayatta kalmak zorundaydi. Babasini kimin öldürdügünü biliyordu ve intikam almaliydi.Bu kitabi elimden birakamadim. Hikaye ürpermeme neden oldu. Hatchet ile Dirilisin bir birlesimi gibi adeta.- S.A. Bodeen, The Raftin ödüllü yazariYay gibi gergin, gerilim dolu bir roman.- The New York TimesMarshall bu ilk romaninda, kaleme aldigi heyecan dolu hayatta kalma hikayesiyle okurlari büyüleyecek.- Publishers WeeklyAkici anlatimin, karmasik karakterlerin, güclü bir yazimin, yabani hayatin ve intikamin muhtesem bir karisimi. Sizi tamamen icine cekecek.- Booklist, starred reviewMarshallin heyecan dolu romani ayni zamanda kusurlarla barismayi, sorunlar karsisinda cözüm üretmeyi ve gercek gücü bulmayi anlatan duygusal bir hikayesi.- BookPage