Bøger af Susan Lewis

For readers of Lisa Jewell, Diane Chamberlain, and Jodi Picoult comes another gripping novel from internationally bestselling author Susan Lewis, about an eccentric old woman, the ghost-writer helping write her memoirs, and the destructive secrets binding them together.Ghost-writer Joely Foster has been asked to write the memoir of an eccentric old lady with a troubling past. Relieved to have a break from her own marital difficulties, Joely escapes to the woman's isolated house, where she gets to work writing about a pivotal event in Freda Donahoe's life. On its surface, the story is of a fifteen-year-old girl being groomed at school by her teacher. But Freda is determined to set the record straight by showing that the girl was complicit in the seduction, and had only called the police when she was spurned. But that's just half the story ...Joely delves into her work, learning more about the events that happened all those years ago. She is soon surprised to discover that the truth lies much closer to home and is bizarrely connected to her. How can Freda's past be linked to Joely? Could the teacher be someone near to her?As the story of Freda's past unravels, it spins Joely into a dangerous world of secrets and lies she could never have imagined, causing her to question everything she thought she knew about her family.Breathlessly intriguing from the first page to the last, My Lies, Your Lies is an unforgettable novel that intertwines the fascinating past of one mysterious woman to the present of another woman with a harrowing, unexpected twist.

International bestselling author Susan Lewis's riveting, unforgettable novel of a woman determined to protect her children--at all costs.A mother's worst nightmare becomes a reality...Angie Watts once had what seemed like an idyllic life: a house in a small town in the English countryside with her beloved husband Steve and their three adored children. She never could have predicted how her life would one day turn out. When her oldest son, Liam, grows from a sweet-natured boy to a troubled teen, Angie's world begins to crumble. Expelled from school and disappearing from home for days on end, Liam falls in with a notorious local gang. After arriving home one day to find their 5-year-old son with a syringe Liam has left lying around, Steve makes a rash decision that will have lasting repercussions on their family.Two years later, Steve is gone, Liam is missing, and with money running out, Angie and her other two children are on the brink of eviction. Then Angie is called into the police station and informed that there's been a murder--and Liam is a suspect. As Angie's desperation to save her family leads her to take drastic measures, her daughter secretly devises her own plan to save the family...which could put everyone in danger.Alternating between Angie's blissful life as a young mother and her present-day nightmare, Home Truths is a searing exploration of the lengths one mother will go to survive and protect her children.

L'écotourisme, une forme de tourisme de niche axé sur la nature, la faune et l'éducation, est un produit du mouvement environnemental mondial des années 1970. Au début des années 1990, l'écotourisme, de même que le tourisme de nature et d'aventure, était devenu l'un des secteurs de l'industrie du tourisme qui connaissait la croissance la plus rapide au monde, et il en est toujours ainsi aujourd'hui (Society, 2012). Les voyages de type écotouristique dans la délicate région de l'Antarctique, le seul endroit sur terre sans population humaine permanente, ont également connu une croissance rapide depuis les années 1990, et continuent de croître en termes de nombre de touristes ainsi que de diversité des activités entreprises.

From the internationally bestselling author of over 40 novels comes a gripping story of love, family, and the price of forgiveness, for readers of Diane Chamberlain and Lisa Scottoline.In prison, Archie Colbrook spends his time writing letters. Letters addressed to a person against whom he committed terrible, nameless harm. Archie knows he doesn't deserve forgiveness. Yes, he didn't mean to hurt anyone, and sure, he was only following orders. But does that matter? He still did it.In a small coastal town of Northern England, Claudia Winters hopes to feel safe for the first time in years after fleeing from her abusive husband with her mother and daughter. Their new life is supposed to be a fresh start. But Claudia knows the past won't stay hidden for long?and she can't help but feel that someone is watching her. And that something terrible is about to happen.Linked by one irrevocable act of violence, Archie and Claudia's lives intertwine. Claudia can't overlook what Archie did to her family?but is forgiveness the only way to truly move on?Tense, emotional, and gripping, Susan Lewis's latest novel is a spellbinding story of family and the power of forgiveness.

How well do you know the people you love? For one young woman returning to the past, the answer could be heart-shattering . . .Vivi Shager is living her dream. Raised with drive and ambition by a resolutely single mother, Vivi has a thriving law career, a gorgeous London apartment, and a full calendar that keeps her busy at work and at play. Then on the day of her twenty-seventh birthday, an undiagnosed heart condition sends Vivi's prospects for the future into a tailspin. Though she escaped her roots nearly a decade ago, she's forced to return to her childhood home to be cared for by her enigmatic mother. Vivi has always known the woman is hiding something and now that she's once again under the same roof, she's determined to find out what it is. While her condition makes her fragile, vulnerable, and fearful of what may happen, her spirit remains strong. Then comes an unexpected ray of light.Josh Raynor, a local veterinarian who his sisters claim is too handsome for his own good, brings a forbidden love to Vivi's world. Unaware of their families' difficult shared past, they are soon inseparable; all Vivi knows is that Josh is wrestling with a demon of his own.Then quite suddenly the awful truth is staring Vivi in the face and it changes everything.

18 years ago, Olivia learned to live without Sean Kenyon.As old feelings resurface, and new truths come to light, Olivia finds herself questioning everything.The past and present collide, and Olivia must uncover the truth before it's too late.

How far would you go to keep your family safe? The gripping new page-turner from the Sunday Times bestselling author of One Minute Later

`Susan Lewis has a gift for telling warm family stories that also take you by surprise. One Minute Later will make you savour every second' Jane Corry `Book of the month: An emotional and suspenseful page turner' Bella

Leanne and her teenage daughter Abby have recently been forced to move from London back to Kesterley-on-Sea, to Ash Morley Farm where Leanne grew up. But as Daniel becomes integrated into the family, Leanne starts asking herself questions about his father's conviction.

Charlotte Goodman is living the dream. However, haunted by the theft of a young girl, Charlotte begins to realise the enormity of something she did many years ago, and soon finds herself having to make the most harrowing decision any woman would ever have to face.

Andee Lawrence is in heaven. Well, the South of France to be exact. Ex-detective Andee has swapped freelance investigation and a broken marriage, for two months in Provence, renovating a villa with the new man in her life. Pottering around a small picturesque town on an early summer's day, she is at peace. But her world is about to be shattered.

When Jules Bright hears a knock on the door, the last person she expects to find is a detective bringing her the news she's feared for the last three years. Knowing the girl is coming back she needs to decide what to do. and which of them - her or Amelia - has the most to fear?

Josie Clark is a loving wife and mother. She and her husband Jeff don't have much and it's often difficult to make ends meet. But Josie will do anything to protect her family and keep them safe. Bel Monkton is a successful property developer, living in a beautiful house by the sea. She seems to have everything going for her, but she's lonely.

Her mother would never discuss the reasons she abandoned Italy when Lainey was a new born, nor has she ever stayed in touch with the family she left behind. Now Lainey's mother is dead, taking the secret with her, and leaving Lainey free to find out about her roots. Another secret Lainey never knew anything about.

Kesterly-on-Sea is full of secrets. Some are darker than others; many are shameful. One is even deadly. Andee is an ex-detective whose marriage is breaking up. So when a young female student disappears without trace, she throws herself into the search.

Preoccupied with her younger children, her husband's fidelity and their fledgling publishing company, Jenna doesn't realise the extent of her eldest daughter's unhappiness until the unthinkable happens.

The moment she begins to prepare for her first sale she knows she's made the right decision. She discovers a shocking truth, one that forces her to question everything she has ever known. Can she ever forgive them? Can they ever forgive themselves...?

Just as celebrated columnist Katie Kiernan thinks life is over, it suddenly arrives on her doorstep in the shape of her sister Michelle, and all the intrigue Michelle brings with her.