Bøger af Maud Ventura

Daisy Jones and the Six meets Patricia Highsmith in this addictive, intense novel about the brutal and ferocious road to glory, from the award-winning author of My Husband.  Ever since she was a child, Cléo, the French-American daughter of two academics, has had only one obsession: becoming a famous singer. Over the years, to everyone's surprise but her own, she overcomes every obstacle and becomes a global superstar with millions of dollars, countless awards, and several Los Angeles villas to her name. But as any celebrity will tell you, getting to the top is one thing; staying there is another. Now thirty-three years old, Cléo is taking her first real vacation in years, on a remote island with no one else in sight. With the never-ending spin cycle of her life finally on pause and no paparazzi peeking out from behind the coconut palms, she can work on her fourth album in peace. Except that with so much time to think, she can't help but ruminate on her past-including how, just six months earlier, things started to go very, very wrong . . . Taking place between New York, Paris, Los Angeles, and the South Pacific, How to Become a Celebrity is a brilliant sophomore novel from Maud Ventura that dives intoxicatingly deep into the machinations of one woman's complicated mind, and her relentless pursuit of fame.

Sie führt ein perfektes Leben mit dem perfekten Mann. Doch liebt er sie genau so sehr, wie sie ihn liebt? Sie muss es herausfinden. Und dazu ist ihr jedes Mittel recht.Sie ist eine Frau, die alles hat: eine Karriere, ein schönes Haus, zwei wunderbare Kinder und den perfekten Ehemann, den sie nach 15 Ehejahren liebt wie am ersten Tag. Alles ist zu schön, um wahr zu sein. Und vielleicht ist es das auch gar nicht: Liebt auch ihr Mann sie so wie am ersten Tag? Und wird er sie immer lieben? Wie sicher kann sie sich sein? Sie will es wissen – und beginnt, ihren Mann auf die Probe zu stellen. Erst nur ein bisschen. Dann immer mehr. Und dann geht sie zu weit.Die Nummer-1-Bestsellersensation aus Frankreich: Die Geschichte einer Obsession – "gewagt, aufregend, unentrinnbar!" (A.J. Finn)Maud Ventura, geboren 1992, ist eine französische Radiojournalistin und Podcast-Chefredakteurin des nationalen Senders NRJ, wo sie in ihrer Sendung Lalala über die vielen Facetten der Liebe nachdenkt. Ihr Debütroman Mein Mann, mit dem Prix du Premier Roman ausgezeichnet, wurde in Frankreich zum meistverkauften Debüt des Jahres 2021 und zu einem Best- und Longseller-Phänomen.

In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband--but can their marriage survive her passionate love?A Belletrist Book Club Pick - An Amazon UK Best Book of the Year - Winner of France's First Novel Prize - Named a Best Book of the Summer by Vogue - theSkimm - Oprah Daily - The MillionsAt forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband, whose wealthy background allows her to transcend her own social class. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated.Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, testing him to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . ."Fans of Caroline Kepnes' You or Gillian Flynn will find My Husband to be a new, satisfying, and unnerving take on the relationship-suspense genre." --Booklist (starred review)

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DAGGER FOR CRIME FICTION IN TRANSLATIONPRIZE WINNER OF FRANCE'S FIRST NOVEL AWARD'Riveting' OBSERVER'Totally addictive' ALICE SLATER'I couldn't put it down' JOHN BOYNEFrom the outside, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated.Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve. And she tests him - setting traps to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .With the surprise of Gone Girl, the bleakness of The Talented Mr Ripley and the sinister charm of the Netflix thriller You, My Husband is a bold and exhilarating story of passion and the dark secrets that lie beneath a seemingly healthy marriage.

In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband?but can their marriage survive her passionate love?At forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated. After all, would a truly infatuated man ever let go of his wife's hand when they're sitting on the couch together?Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve. And she tests him?setting traps to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .The winner of France's First Novel Prize in 2021, My Husband builds on the premise of hits like Gone Girl and Fates and Furies?how well can you really know your spouse??and adds the tension and creepy obsession of You. The result is an irresistible read?compelling, tense, and engaging, infused with sly subversive humor, and told in an utterly original voice that makes it unforgettable.Translated from the French by Emma Ramadan