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Like Star Radley, his ex-girlfriend, and sister of the girl he killed. Duchess Radley, Star's thirteen-year-old daughter, is part-carer, part-protector to her younger brother, Robin - and to her deeply troubled mother.
En livsbekræftende fortælling om, hvordan mennesker overlever, og hvordan kærlighed – i alle dets forklædninger – vinder. ”Dette er et episk drama og et ægte mesterværk. Jeg vil blive overrasket, hvis jeg læser en bedre roman i år.” Daily Mirror Vinder af The Gold Dagger 2021.For tredive år siden blev Vincent King dømt for mordet på syvårige Sissie. Nu er han løsladt fra fængslet og vendt tilbage til barndomsbyen, Cape Haven i Californien. Hans bedste ven, kriminalbetjent Walker henter ham. Men ingen er glade for at se ham. Mindst af alle Star, Vincents tidligere kæreste og Sissies søster.Mordet på søsteren har sendt Star i en nedadgående spiral, at hun stadig er i live, er mest af alt takket være hendes trettenårige datter, den frygtløse, rebelske Duchess, som både tager sig af sin mor og sin femårige lillebror Robin. Hun lever som en udstødt, på kanten af samfundet og efter sine egne regler for at overleve, men også i forsøget på at beskytte sin lillebror og give ham det, der i hendes verden, er en normal barndom. Men i sin kompromisløshed sætter Duchess en lavine af tragiske hændelser i spil, som får fatale konsekvenser, ikke kun for hendes egen familie, men også for hele byen.CHRIS WHITAKER er fra Hertfordshire i England, hvor han bor med sin kone og tre børn. Han fik sit gennembrud i 2016 med romanen Tall Oaks, der vandt CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award. Vi begynder med slutningen har i 2021 vundet The Gold Dagger Award og The Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year. Når Chris ikke skriver, så arbejder han på det lokale bibliotek.
They knew the end was coming. They saw it ten years back, when it was far enough away in space and time and meaning. Her death is just the beginning of the end. With teachers losing control of their students and themselves, and the end rushing toward all of them, it leaves everyone facing the answer to one, simple question...
A model student and musical prodigy, she's a ray of light in the struggling small town of Grace, Alabama - especially compared to her troubled sister, Raine. Only Raine throws herself into the search, supported by a most unlikely ally. But perhaps there was always more to Summer than met the eye .
***A MISSING CHILD THRILLER WITH A DEVASTATING TWIST***'Noir has an anarchic new voice' SARAH HILARY'A brilliant, beautiful, sad, funny book . SEE WHAT THE WORLD IS ALREADY SAYING ABOUT THIS BRILLIANT DEBUT NOVEL'An absolute delight .
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