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Lisa Jewell

    19. červenec 1968

    Lisa Jewell je britská autorka populární fikce. Mezi její knihy patří Ralph's Party, Thirtynothing, After The Party a později Pak byla pryč, The Family Upstairs, Invisible Girl a The Night She Disappeared. Její nejnovější kniha Nic z toho není...

    Lisa Jewell
    The Night She Disappeared
    Rodina z podkroví
    Pod dohledem
    Beze svědků
    Nic z toho není pravda
    Dům, ve kterém jsme vyrůstali
    • 2024

      Breaking the Dark, the first book in the brand-new Marvel Crime series, introduces fans to a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe, and will continue with original novels featuring fan-favorite characters like Luke Cage, written by S.A. Cosby, and Daredevil, written by Alex Segura. _'The pace doesn't let up, the characters never once slip. Tricksy, endlessly interesting and pure entertainment, don't miss this one.' Gillian McAllister'Fresh, lively, insightful-and the action scenes hit like a chop. A really cracking story.' AJ Finn'Classic Lisa Jewell with an amazing twist!' Jenny Colgan'Reveals the depth and complexity of one of the most fascinating and indomitable characters in the Marvel canon.' S. A. Cosby _Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were. They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to them.To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark and Fox had spent the summer with Belle-but can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas?Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a better place, not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole generation of young people?Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel yet.

      Breaking the Dark: A Jessica Jones Marvel Crime Novel
    • 2024

      Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were. They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to them.To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark and Fox had spent the summer with Belle—but can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas?Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a "better place", not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole generation of young people?Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel yet.

      Breaking the Dark
    • 2023

      Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for Alix's series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. Alix agrees to a trial interview. Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging. Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has inveigled her way into Alix's life - and into her home. Soon she begins to wonder who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?[Bokinfo]

      None of This is True
    • 2022

      Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu... Cate vit à Londres avec son mari et leurs deux enfants. Ces derniers temps, Roan rentre de plus en plus tard, et ses petites attentions se raréfient. Il y a des signes qui ne trompent pas : persuadée que son mari a une liaison, Cate se met à l'épier de façon maladive. Mais cette mère de famille va bientôt avoir d'autres sources d'inquiétude : sa fille, Georgia, affirme avoir été suivie à son retour de l'école. Et l'une de ses camarades prétend avoir été agressée à deux pas de là, avant de retirer sa plainte. Cate a sa petite idée sur le coupable : son voisin d'en face, Owen Pick, un vieux garçon qui la met mal à l'aise. Le soir de la Saint-Valentin, une jeune femme disparaît dans le quartier - et la dernière personne à l'avoir vue vivante, c'est lui. " Un roman aussi captivant qu'émouvant. Lisa Jewell tient toujours ses promesses. " Clare Mackintosh " J'ai lu ce roman d'une traite. C'est son meilleur ! " Jojo Moyes " A travers ce roman sombre, Lisa Jewell explore les facettes les plus noires de l'âme humaine et déjoue tous les pronostics jusqu'à un dénouement imprévisible." Daily Mail (Payot)

      Je serai ton ombre
    • 2022

      The Family Upstairs was just the beginning...______________________________________________________________________The Family Upstairs has gripped audiences around the world, becoming a smash hit with readers everywhere.

      The Family Remains