Joanna Cannon Knihy

Kdo je bez viny, ať hodí kamenem Rok 1976, Anglie. Paní Creasyová zmizela a celá Ulice si šušká. Sousedé viní z jejího náhlého zmizení vlnu veder, ale desetiletá Grace s kamarádkou Tilly o tom nejsou tak docela přesvědčené. Léto pálí čím dál víc a dívky se rozhodnou vzít záležitost do vlastních rukou. Inspirovány místním vikářem začnou hledat Boha. Věří totiž, že když najdou jeho, mohly by najít i paní Creasyovou a přivést ji zpátky domů. Kurážná Grace spolu s hloubavou Tilly chodí od domu k domu a pátrají po indiciích. Slepá ulice postupně vydává svá tajemství a malé detektivky odhalí mnohem více, než si představovaly. Začíná se rozplétat komplikovaná historie lží a klamů. Každý v Ulici se snaží skrývat to, čím nezapadá. Uhlídat své zvláštnosti před ostatními je ale v dusivém letním parnu téměř nemožné. Trávníky usychají, chodníky se roztékají a životy sousedů se začínají obnažovat. Dívky si neuvědomují, že stejná tajemství rozplétala před svým zmizením i paní Creasyová.

Joanna Cannon tells her story as a junior doctor. We walk with her through the wards, facing extraordinary and daunting moments: from attending her first post-mortem, sitting with a patient through their final moments, to learning the power of a well- or badly chosen word

The bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep delivers a suspenseful and emotionally satisfying novel “infused with warmth and humor” (People) about a lifelong friendship, a devastating secret, and the small acts of kindness that bring people together. There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she’s my best friend. The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better. And the third thing…might take a bit more explaining. Eighty-four-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she thinks about her friend Elsie and wonders if a terrible secret from their past is about to come to light. If the charming new resident is who he claims to be, why does he look exactly like a man who died sixty years ago? From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Three Things About Elsie “breathes with suspense, providing along the way piercing, poetic descriptions, countless tiny mysteries, and breathtaking little reveals…a rich portrait of old age and friendship stretched over a fascinating frame” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). This is an “amusing and heartbreaking” (Publishers Weekly) story about forever friends on the twisting path of life who come to understand how the fine threads of humanity connect us all.

From the Sunday Times bestselling authorA NICE, NORMAL HOUSELinda has lived around here ever since she fled the dark events of her childhood in Wales. Now she sits in her kitchen, wondering if this is all there is – pushing the Hoover round and cooking fish fingers for tea is a far cry from the glamorous lifestyle she sees in the glossy catalogues coming through the door for the house’s previous occupant.A NICE, NORMAL HUSBANDTerry isn’t perfect – he picks his teeth, tracks dirt through the house and spends most of his time in front of the TV. But that seems fairly standard – until he starts keeping odd hours at work, at around the same time young women start to go missing in the neighbourhood.A NICE, NORMAL LIFE…If Linda could just track down Rebecca, who lived in the house before them, maybe some of that perfection would rub off on her. But the grass isn’t always greener: you can’t change who you really are, and there’s something nasty lurking behind the net curtains on Cavendish Avenue…