Bøger af Flynn Berry

Two sisters find they can't outrun their past in the riveting new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Northern Spy Three years after they narrowly escaped the IRA's worst punishment for informing, Northern Irish sisters Tessa and Marian Daly have built a new life in Dublin with their young children. Though Tessa is haunted by the abrupt and violent end to her old life, she does her best to immerse herself in the joys of Finn's childhood and the rhythms of her new job at the Irish Observer. It's a small island, though, and just as quickly as they disappeared, figures from the sisters' past surface to drag them back into the conflict. Tessa is told she must track down her old handler from MI5, Eamonn, and attempt to turn him into an IRA informant, or lose everything. Tessa's reunion with Eamonn revives a host of feelings she has long attempted to bury. As their relationship intensifies and the pressure mounts, long-held secrets rise to the surface, and Tessa must navigate a treacherous landscape of shifting loyalties, all while trying to protect her beloved son. With her signature hair-raising suspense, razor-sharp prose, and rich emotional depth, Edgar Award winner Berry has crafted both an unforgettable portrait of two fierce women in the Daly sisters, and her most spellbinding thriller to date.

"Three years after they narrowly escaped the IRA's worst punishment for informing, Northern Irish sisters Tessa and Marian Daly have built a new life in Dublin with their young children. Though Tessa is haunted by the abrupt and violent end to her old life, she does her best to immerse herself in the joys of Finn's childhood and the rhythms of her new job at the Irish Times. It's a small island, though, and just as quickly as they disappeared, figures from the sisters' past surface to reentrench them in the conflict. Tessa is told she must track down her old handler from MI5, Eamonn, and attempt to turn him into an IRA informant, or lose everything. Tessa's reunion with Eamonn revives a host of feelings she has long attempted to bury. As their relationship intensifies and pressure from the local authorities and the IRA mounts, long-held secrets bubble to the surface, and Tessa must navigate a treacherous landscape of shifting loyalties, all while trying to protect the child she holds most dear"--

The acclaimed author of Under the Harrow and A Double Life returns with her most thrilling novel to date - now a Reese's Book Club Pick.

';A thrilling page-turner.'Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train';Breathtaking . . . As shocking as it is satisfying.'The New York Times Book ReviewA riveting and sophisticated page-turner inspired by one of the most shocking true crimes in 20th century Britain: the Lord Lucan case. ';A better person would forgive him. A different sort of better person would have found him years ago.' Claire is a hardworking doctor leading a simple, quiet life in London. She is also the daughter of the most notorious murder suspect in the country, though no one knows it. Nearly thirty years ago, while Claire and her brother slept upstairs, a brutal crime was committed in her family's townhouse. The next morning, her father's car was found abandoned near the English Channel, with bloodstains on the front seat. Her mother insisted she'd seen him in the house that night, but his powerful, privileged friends maintained his innocence. The first lord accused of murder in more than a century, he has been missing ever since. When the police tell Claire they've found him, her carefully calibrated existence begins to fracture. She doesn't know if she's the daughter of a murderer or a wronged man, but Claire will soon learn how far she'll go to finally find the truth.Loosely inspired by one of the most notorious unsolved crimes of the 20th century the Lord Lucan caseA Double Life is at once a riveting page-turner and a moving reflection on women and violence, trauma and memory, and class and privilege.Named a Must-Read by Entertainment Weekly, Bustle,O Magazine, BBC, CrimeReads, and PureWow

The Secret History meets Lullaby in this phenomenal novel of privilege, deception and fury.

"A thriller for fans of The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl...[with] a striking, original voice all Berry's own." -The New York Times Book ReviewWinner of the Edgar Award for Best First NovelNamed one of the "10 Best Mystery Books and Thrillers of the Year" by The Washington Post Named one of the best books of the year by The Atlantic The award-winning psychological thriller about a young woman who finds her sister brutally murdered, and the shocking incident in their past that may hold the key to finding the killer, from the author of A Double Life and the forthcoming Northern SpyWhen Nora takes the train from London to visit her sister in the countryside, she expects to find her waiting at the station, or at home cooking dinner. But when she walks into Rachel's familiar house, what she finds is entirely different: her sister has been the victim of a brutal murder. Stunned and adrift, Nora finds she can't return to her former life. An unsolved assault in the past has shaken her faith in the police, and she can't trust them to find her sister's killer. Haunted by the murder and the secrets that surround it, Nora is under the harrow: distressed and in danger. As Nora's fear turns to obsession, she becomes as unrecognizable as the sister her investigation uncovers. A riveting psychological thriller and a haunting exploration of the fierce love between two sisters, the distortions of grief, and the terrifying power of the past, Under the Harrow marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.

'I couldn't stop. It's like Broadchurch written by Elena Ferrante. I've been telling all my friends to read it - the highest compliment' Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs

Udråbt som en af sommerens bedste bøger af Elle, Cosmopolitan og The Huffington Post. Flynn Berry bliver sammenlignet med så prominente forfattere som Gillian Flynn, Elena Ferrante og Paula Hawkins. Da Nora tager toget fra London for at besøge sin søster på landet, forventer hun, at søsteren vil tage imod hende på stationen, eller at hun vil være derhjemme i fuld gang med at lave mad. Men da Nora ankommer til søsterens hus, venter der hende noget ganske andet: Hun finder søsteren brutalt myrdet. Nora lammes af sorg, og samtidig ved hun med sig selv, at hun aldrig mere vil kunne vende tilbage til det liv, hun kender. Nora har af forskellige grunde ikke tillid til politiet, og hun mener ikke at kunne overlade efterforskningen af søsteres død til dem. Plaget af tabet af sin søster, og de hemmeligheder der omgiver søsterens død, udsætter Nora sig selv for stor fare, da hun selv begiver sig ud i at efterforske mordet. Hendes frygt bliver til besættelse, og hun forandrer sig i takt med afdækningen af søsterens liv. Skruestikken er en medrivende psykologisk thriller om sorg, og hvad den kan gøre ved os, om den frygtindgydende magt fortiden kan have over os og en undersøgelse af den stærke kærlighed mellem to søstre. En omhyggeligt tilrettelagt thriller, som fra allerførste side hylder læseren ind i sit spændingsmættede plot. – The Huffington Post Flynn Berry dimitterede fra Brown University, Rhode Island, USA. Og i forbindelse med sine studier dér, tog hun en MFA i creative writing på The Michener Center i Austin, Texas. Jeg kunne ikke stoppe med at læse. Det er sådan her, det må være, hvis Elena Ferrante havde skrevet [den britiske tv-serie, red.] Broadchurch. – Claire Messud (forfatter til The Woman Upstairs) Skruestikken er Flynn Berrys debutroman.