Rebecca Fleetová ve svých dílech zkoumá složitost mezilidských vztahů a temné stránky zdánlivě dokonalých životů. Její styl se vyznačuje napjatou atmosférou a psychologickou hloubkou, která čtenáře vtáhne do víru nejistoty a tajemství. Fleetová mistrně odhaluje skryté motivace postav a jejich vnitřní boje, čímž vytváří znepokojivé a poutavé příběhy. Její tvorba se soustředí na odhalování pravdy ukryté pod povrchem zdánlivě obyčejných situací.
Dobře si rozmyslete, koho pustíte k sobě domů…
Caroline a Francis dostanou nabídku na krátkodobou výměnu bydlení. Rádi na týden opustí svůj městský byt, odpočinou si od běžných starostí a užijí si pobyt v honosném domě na předměstí Londýna. Jakmile se ubytují ve vile uprostřed zeleně, začnou na povrch znovu probublávat věci, které před časem málem zahubily jejich manželství. Caroline navíc začne v domě objevovat připomínky svého dřívějšího života a tajemství, na které se zoufale snaží zapomenout…
At turns heartbreaking and wise, tender and wry, Bobcat and Other Stories establishes Rebecca Lee as one of the most powerful and original voices in contemporary fiction. A university student on her summer abroad is offered the unusual task of arranging a friend's marriage. Secret infidelities and one guest's dubious bobcat-related injury propel a Manhattan dinner party to its unexpected conclusion. Students at an elite architecture retreat seek the wisdom of their revered mentor but end up learning more about themselves and one another than about their shared craft. In these acutely observed and scaldingly honest stories Lee gives us characters who are complex and flawed, cracking open their fragile beliefs and exposing the paradoxes that lie within their romantic and intellectual pursuits. Whether they're in the countryside of the American Midwest, on a dusty prairie road in Saskatchewan, or among the skyscrapers and voluptuous hills of Hong Kong, the terrain is never as difficult to navigate as their own histories and desires.
Everyone brings baggage to a new relationship. When Alex met Natalie she changed his life. After the tragic death of his first wife, which left him a single parent to teenage daughter Jade, he's determined to build a happy family. But his new-found happiness is shattered when the family home is gutted by fire and his loyalties are unexpectedly tested. Jade insists she saw a man in the house on the night of the fire; Natalie denies any knowledge of such an intruder. Alex is faced with an impossible choice: to believe his wife or his daughter? And as Natalie's story unravels, Alex realises that his wife has a past he had no idea about, a past that might yet catch up with her. But this time, the past could be deadly ..
