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Phillis A. Whitney

    9. září 1903 – 8. únor 2008

    Phyllis A. Whitney byla americká autorka detektivních románů, která psala pro mladé čtenáře i dospělé. Její díla často zasazovala do exotických míst a bývala označována za „královnu americké gotiky“.Whitney se ve svých příbězích zaměřovala na napětí a atmosféru, čímž si získala oblibu u širokého publika.

    The Singing Stones
    Daughter of the Stars
    The Trembling Hills
    Listen for the Whisperer
    The Red Carnelian
    Spindrift
    • 2018

      Lost Island

      • 234 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970.

      Lost Island
    • 2007

      The bestselling novel of ghosts, forbidden love, ambition and redemption by the 'American queen of the Gothics' New York Times

      The Trembling Hills
    • 2006

      Als Hallie auf die Insel kommt um das Verschwinden von Susan zu klären bekommt sie es mit Misstrauen,Eifersucht,Angst und Wut zu tun.Sie möchte gerne das Verschwinden von Susan klären und muss gleichzeitig ihre kaputte Ehe reparieren.Kann Hallie das mysteriöse Verschwinden von ihrer Freundin aufklären? Und kann sie Ihre Ehe retten?

      Der Fluch des Amethysts
    • 2004

      The Singing Stones

      • 352 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      Despite her misgivings, child psychologist Lynn McLeod returns to Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to help ten-year-old Jilly, her ex-husband Stephen's child. But what she finds at the secluded household are more questions. And the danger that threatens both Stephen and Jilly soon closes tightly around Lynn. And all the while, the soft, hypnotic sound in the wind--the eerie yet beautiful music of the Singing Stones--lures Lynn into a realm of mystery, murder, and dormant passion. And, perhaps, to the key to her own destiny...

      The Singing Stones
    • 1999

      Listen for the Whisperer

      A Novel

      • 258 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení
      3,9(966)Ohodnotit

      Haunted by a dark past, Laura Worth, a once-famous Hollywood actress, faces the return of a murderer from twenty years ago. Her daughter, Leigh Hollins, embarks on a quest to reunite with her mother, only to discover that their reunion is marred by danger. As Laura is stalked and terrorized, Leigh finds herself in peril as well, revealing the chilling connection between their lives and the unresolved violence of the past. The story intertwines familial bonds with suspense and the haunting shadows of fame.

      Listen for the Whisperer
    • 1994
    • 1994

      Lacey Elliott discovers that the father who has been missing for most of her life was murdered, and the murderer is nearby.

      Daughter of the Stars