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London 2011: In the early hours of a summer morning, a young woman is killed by a bus. A tragic accident? Or suicide? A year later, her devastated husband, Adrian Wolfe, is determined to find out. Adrian and Maya had only recently married, and he'd always believed they were happy together. His children from his two previous marriages loved her. And Maya loved them. She had a job she enjoyed, she had plenty of friends, and she and Adrian were trying for a baby. They seemed to have the perfect life. Why then might she have wanted to kill herself? When Adrian finds a hidden stash of poisonous emails on Maya's laptop he begins to identify the dark cracks in her life. Because everyone has secrets. And secrets have consequences. Some of which can be devastating.

How long have you been sitting out here?' 'I got here yesterday.' 'Where did you come from?' 'I have no idea.' East Yorkshire: Single mum Alice Lake finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. Against her better judgement she invites him in to her home. Surrey: Twenty-one-year-old Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. Then the police tell her that her husband never existed. Two women, twenty years of secrets and a man who can't remember lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell's brilliant new novel.

Youre back home after four years working abroad, new husband in tow.Youre keen to find a place of your own. But for now youre crashing in your big brothers spare room.Thats when you meet the man next door.Hes the head teacher at the local school. Twice your age. Extraordinarily attractive. You find yourself watching him.All the time.But you never dreamed that your innocent crush might become a deadly obsession.

A family in a sun-drenched kitchen filled with love and laughter. Picture an Easter weekend when tragedy strikes - so unexpected, so devastating that no one can talk about it. The years pass the children become adults. Gradually they lose touch as the secret between them tears them apart.

Una vieja casa victoriana acoge los sueños y los fracasos de sus peculiares inquilinos.Toby, un poeta sin trabajo y sin libro publicado, vive en una rancia mansión de Londres con cuatro peculiares inquilinos: una aspirante a cantante, una actriz, un anciano, un adolescente que quiere ser aviador y su madre arrepentida que lo abandono a los pocos meses de nacer. Pese a vivir siempre rodeado de gente, Toby se ha convertido en un hombre solitario y retraido. Pero una herencia inesperada le da la oportunidad de empezar de cero, de liberarse de la casa y de esos curiosos inquilinos que, de algun modo, constituyen su familia

In a rambling house, failed poet Toby Dobbs has created a refuge for people who need one. But when a quiet tragedy and an unwelcome letter interrupt Toby's sedate existence, he needs his housemates to find some direction in their lives. Leah Pilgrim has watched the tenants of the house over the road for several years, and when the owner of 31 Silversmith Road asks her for advice, he opens the door not only to the eccentric building across the street - but to five lives in various stages of turmoil. Can Toby and Leah help these misfits to grow up, move on and move out? And in doing so, can they make their own dreams come true?

un día te preguntas qué habrá sido de tu primer amor el día siguiente te topas con él después de doce años sin verlo y lo peor es que... su mirada aún te derrite Cuando Delilah se cruza de nuevo en el camino de Dig Ryan, la caprichosa jugada del azar pone de los nervios a Nadine, complice y colega de Dig desde el instituto. Ya en el colegio Delilah era la pesadilla de Nadine y ahora regresa poniendo en peligro su relacion con Dig. Claro que, ya es hora de admitir lo que antes se negaba: Nadine esta enamorada de Dig y, de hecho, ¡siempre lo ha estado! Y la mejor prueba es que empieza a comportarse del modo mas torpe e infantil posible con resultados previsibles. Un sinfin de calamidades se desencadena y termina por confundirlo todo y a todos, aunque de paso revelan que las personas suelen ocultar muchos mas secretos y contradicciones de lo que aparentan.

Deux copains d''enfance partagent un appartement. Débarque une ravissante colocataire. il n''en faut pas plus pour que cette jolie maison victorienne du sud de londres se retrouve sens dessus dessous, dans la plus pure tradition des vaudevilles amoureux. resumons : au rez-de-chaussee, ralph tombe amoureux fou de jemima, qui croit, elle, etre sous le charme de smith, lequel nourrit une passion pour la bimbo du dernier etage. mais cette derniere fricote avec le type du premier dont la femme a peut-etre des vues sur... Bref, les portes claquent, les quiproquos abondent, les dialogues fusent. dans cette comedie moderne au gout acidule, l''amour, l''ambition, l''amitie sont au rendez-vous. londres devoile ses secrets les plus branches. et l''humour a bien entendu droit de... city.

En una casa a pie, no poeta Toby Dobbs ha creado un refugio para personas que necesitan una. Pero cuando una tragedia silenciosa y una carta inoportuna Sedat interrumpir la existencia de Toby, que necesita su casa para encontrar compañeros de dirección en algunos de sus vidas. Leah Peregrino ha visto los inquilinos de la casa en la carretera durante varios años, y cuando el propietario o el 31 de plata Smith Road pide para su asesoramiento, que abre la puerta no sólo para el excéntrico edificio cruzando la calle -, pero a cinco vidas en diferentes pasantías o agitación. Toby y puede ayudar a estos Leah Misfits a crecer, avanzar y salir? Y al hacerlo, pueden hacer sus propios sueños?

The third novel from the hugely popular, critically acclaimed author of Ralph's Party and Thirtynothing. Bee Bearhorn had a number one hit single in 1985. And was never heard of again. Fifteen years later she is found dead in her flat and nobody seems to care. Ana Wills has daydreamed for years about the famous and exotic half-sister she hasn't seen since she was thirteen and when she comes to London to clear out Bee's flat she is surprised to discover that her life was far from glamourous. Instead of going home, Ana tracks down Bee's two closest friends, mad Lol and strong, silent Flint and together they set out to find out whatever happened to Bee Bearhorn.

Dark secrets, a devastating mystery and the games people play: the gripping new novel from the bestselling author of The House We Grew Up In and The Third Wife. You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses. You've known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? Midsummer night: a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square. What really happened to her? And who is responsible? Utterly believable characters, a gripping story and a dark secret buried at its core: this is Lisa Jewell at her heart-stopping best.

Oscuros secretos, un misterio devastador: la absorvernte nueva novela de la autora de The House We Grew Up In y The Third Wife. Vives en una pintoresca plaza comunitaria, un oasis urbano en Londres donde los niños corren libres, dentro y fuera de las casas. Conoces a tus vecinos durante años y confias en ellos. Crees que tus hijos estan a salvo.... ¿pero realmente lo estan?

The gripping new novel from the bestselling author of The House We Grew Up In and The Girls.Two women, twenty years of secrets and a man who can''t remember lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell''s brilliant new novel.East Yorkshire: Single mum Alice Lake finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. Against her better judgement she invites him in to her home.Surrey: Twenty-one-year-old Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. Then the police tell her that her husband never existed.Two women, twenty years of secrets and a man who can''t remember lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell''s brilliant new novel.

When she was nine years old, Melody Browne's house burned down, taking every toy, every photograph, every item of clothing and old Christmas card with it. But not only did the fire destroy all her possessions, it took with it all her memories - Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday. Now in her early thirties, Melody lives in a council flat in the middle of London with her seventeen-year-old son. She hasn't seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but Melody doesn't mind, she's better off on her own. She's made a good life for herself and her son and she likes it that way. Until one night something extraordinary happens. Whilst attending a hypnotist show with her first date in years she faints - and when she comes round she starts to remember. At first her memories mean nothing to her but then slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. Her journey takes her to the seaside town of Broadstairs, to oddly familiar houses in London backstreets and to meetings with strangers who love her like their own. But with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. And Melody begins to wonder if she'll ever know the truth about her past...

Eleven years ago, Jem and Ralph fell in love. They thought it would be for ever, that they''d found their happy ending. Then two became four, a flat became a house. Romantic nights out became sleepless nights in. And they soon found that life wasn''t quite so simple any more. Now two people who were so right together are starting to drift apart. As they try to find a way back to each other, back to what they once had, they both become dangerously distracted. But maybe it''s not too late to recapture happily ever after...

When she was nine years old, Melody Browne´s house burned down, taking every toy, every photograph, every item of clothing and old Christmas card with it. But not only did the fire destroy all her possessions, it took with it all her memories _ Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday.

Una vieja casa victoriana acoge los sueños y los fracasos de sus peculiares inquilinos. Toby, un poeta sin trabajo y sin libro publicado, vive en una mansión en Londres con cuatro peculiares inquilinos: una aspirante a cantante, una actriz, un anciano, un adolescente que quiere ser aviador y su madre arrepentida que lo abandonó a los pocos meses de nacer. Pese a vivir siempre rodeado de gente, Toby se ha convertido en un hombre solitario y retraído. Pero una herencia inesperada le da la oportunidad de empezar de cero, de liberarse de la casa y de esos curiosos inquilinos que, de algún modo, constituyen su familia.

It's eleven years since Jem Catterick and Ralph McLeary first got together. They thought it would be for ever, that they'd found their happy ending. As everyone agreed, they were the perfect couple.Then two became four, a flat became a house. Romantic nights out became sleepless nights in. And they soon found that life wasn't quite so simple any more. But through it all Jem and Ralph still loved each other, of course they did.Now the unimaginable has happened. Two people who were so right together are starting to drift apart. And in the chaos of family life Ralph feels more and more as if he's standing on the sidelines, and Jem that she's losing herself. Something has to change. As they try to find a way back to each other, back to what they once had, they both become momentarily distracted - but maybe it's not too late to recapture happily ever after .A warm and involving novel that will restore your faith in life, love and the power of starting over, After the Party is Lisa Jewell at her unforgettable best.