Tracy Buchanan Knihy

Děti střeží hrozivé tajemství. Dokáže ho jejich matka odhalit dřív než policie? Melissa Byattová žije na malé vesnici Forest Grove. Životy lidí v místní komunitě jsou vzájemně úzce propojené. Melissin život je zdánlivě dokonalý – má milujícího manžela, tři šikovné děti a dům na krásném místě u lesa. Ale zdání klame. Jednou odpoledne, když přijde Melissa domů, stane se svědkem něčeho nepředstavitelného: najde manžela ležet pobodaného na podlaze. Děti jen stojí kolem a tiše na něj zírají. Ke svému zděšení si Melissa postupně uvědomí, že trestný čin musel spáchat někdo z nich. Ale kdo? A jaký důvod by dítě muselo mít, aby bodlo nožem vlastního otce? Váhá, co má udělat, ale pak se ve zlomku vteřiny rozhodne děti chránit, a to i za cenu, že bude lhát policii. Když však někdo z vesnice začne tvrdit, že ví víc, než by měl, Melissa začne v rámci vlastního pátrání odhalovat další tajemství, o nichž neměla ani tušení. Dokáže zjistit pravdu, zabránit skandálu a udržet rodinu pohromadě? A jsou děti skutečně tak nevinné, jak tvrdí?

Delemu a Emmě z městečka Forest Grove se splnil sen, když před devíti lety adoptovali dvouletouholčičku Islu. Žijí se svou adoptivní dcerou normální a spokojený život, dokud se jednoho dne do městanepřistěhuje nová rodina se dvěma syny. Jejich matka, Tatjana, se nápadně podobá biologické matce Isly.Ve stejné době se městem začínají šířit pomluvy o Emmě a narůstá i řada jejích zinscenovaných „selhání“.Emma znervózní a pojme podezření, že jí Tatjana chce Islu vzít. Stále více o sobě pochybuje a obává se, ženení dostatečně dobrou matkou.V zoufalství se obrací ke své sestře Harriet. A tehdy vychází najevo Emmino strašné tajemství, kterémnoho let skrývala a s nímž se nesvěřila ani vlastnímu manželovi.Kdo má však zájem tuto mladou ženu zdiskreditovat? A proč? Jde mu skutečně o to, aby ji připravil odceru?

The old house hides her darkest secret—and there’s no running away this time…Twenty years ago, Liz left Easthaven to escape the memory of one tragic night at Lakewell Manor. Only she and her best friend Tamsin saw what really happened, and in the aftermath they drifted apart. Now she’s forced back after a nasty divorce, with two daughters in tow, the shadows of that terrible night lurking on every corner. With a custody battle looming, she’s one wrong move away from her life falling apart completely.So when news arrives that Tamsin, too, is returning to Easthaven, Liz fears their reunion will bring the awful truth spilling out into the open. But when she finally meets Tamsin, now mistress of the clifftop house whose locked gates have guarded the friends’ secret all these years, she’s in for a surprise. Tamsin looks different, and she doesn’t remember Liz, let alone what happened that night…Something is clearly wrong. But confronting Tamsin means reliving the nightmare Liz has been running from for twenty years. Can she risk exposing what happened that night, knowing that the truth will destroy everything?

She thought she was the perfect mother--until the new neighbours moved in. Emma and Dele's dreams came true nine years ago when they adopted their daughter, Isla. It felt like fate, like they were meant to find each other, and now they're living the life they always wanted. But then one day a new family moves into Forest Grove--and Emma can't shake the chilling feeling that the wife looks just like Isla's birth mother. Emma tells herself that this sophisticated stranger can't possibly be the troubled woman she remembers from the adoption. But as they get to know each other and it becomes clear that Tatjana has a special interest in Isla, her suspicions grow. When small things start to go wrong and her parenting abilities are brought into question, Emma feels undermined, turning to her sister Harriet for support. But things only spiral further when secrets from her past suddenly resurface. With rumours swirling, Emma begins to doubt herself. Could Tatjana be Isla's birth mother? And, with everything that's happening, is Emma the right person to be raising her daughter at all?

"Then: A trip to the beach tore Becky's world apart. It was the day her mother Selma met the mysterious man she went on to fall in love with, and leave her husband and child for. Now: It's been a decade since they last spoke, but Selma has just weeks to live. And she has something important to tell Becky - a secret she been hiding for many years. She had another daughter. With the loss of her mother, Becky aches to find her sister. She knows she cannot move forward in her life without answers, but who can she really trust?"--Provided by publisher.

"Since Amber lost her child ten years ago, her sole focus has been keeping her small business afloat. Her life seems to be on hold, until the morning she finds a girl on the beach outside her gift shop. A girl who has no shoes, no name, and no idea where she came from. As a wildlife documentary maker, Gwyneth's work has taken her all over the world. But when she has a terrible accident in the remote Scottish Highlands, she is saved by the McClusky family and taken into their home. However, there is more to this family than meets the eye, and a long-held secret is threatening to tear them apart ..."--Publisher

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In this chilling tale from the bestselling author of Wall of Silence, a spark of malice ignites into an inferno of violence. Can one woman uncover the truth before it all goes up in flames? Eager for distraction in the aftermath of her messy divorce, Ellie Mileham dives into moderating the petty squabbles on her local Facebook group. When a prankster starts trolling uptight members, it's a welcome diversion at first. But then the war of words moves onto the streets of Forest Grove, with threatening letters escalating into violent destruction. It's suddenly clear there's something much more dangerous at play. With lives at risk, Ellie delves into the history of Forest Grove and realises the so-called rural paradise has a dark and sinister heart. As she pieces together the puzzle of her own troubled childhood on the edge of the forest, Ellie learns this is not the first time the villagers have been targeted by an anonymous vigilante with an axe to grind... Could the two cases be connected? Ellie is determined to find out. But with everybody watching and nobody quite what they seem, can she uncover the truth before online threats become nightmarish reality?

A DARK SECRET SHE'LL GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH TO UNCOVER ... Louise's mother is missing in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand. The only trace Louise can find is her mother's distinctive bag. Inside it is a beautiful atlas belonging to a writer named Claire. But what is the connection between Claire and Louise's missing mum, and can the atlas help Louise find her? Louise explores the mementoes slipped between the pages of the atlas and uncovers a life-changing revelation, a passionate love affair and a tragedy. And she learns a secret that nearly destroyed Claire and the man she loved - the same secret her mother has been guarding all these years ...