Megan Abbott

A close-knit street, the clink of glass on glass, summer heat. Two girls on the brink of adolescence, throwing cartwheels on the grass. Two girls who tell each other everything. Until one shimmering afternoon, one of them disappears. Lizzie is left with her dread and her loss, and with a fear that won't let her be. Had Evie tried to give her a hint of what was coming, a clue that she failed to follow? Caught between her imaginary guilt, her sense of betrayal, her own powerful need, and the needs of the adults around her, Lizzie's voice is as unforgettable as her story is arresting.

THE FEVER holds true to its title: It's dark, disturbing, strangely beautiful and utterly unshakeable" -- Gillian Flynn. In this impossible-to-put-down "panic attack of a novel,"* a small-town high school becomes the breeding ground for a mysterious illness. Deenie Nash is a diligent student with a close-knit family; her brother Eli is a hockey star and her father is a popular teacher. But when Deenie's best friend is struck by a terrifying, unexplained seizure in class, the Nashes' seeming stability dissolves into chaos. As rumors of a hazardous outbreak spread through school, and hysteria and contagion swell, a series of tightly held secrets emerges, threatening to unravel friendships, families, and the town's fragile sense of security. A chilling story about guilt, family secrets, and the lethal power of desire, THE FEVER is "a potboiler in the truest, best sense" and "a great novel, full stop."** *Jodi Picoult **"Slate"

Sobrecogedora montaña rusa, una novela sobre los límites desesperados de deseo, los celos y la ambición, y el thriller psicológico más sensacional de Megan Abbott hasta el momento

Addy y Beth son animadoras del equipo de la escuela secundaria. La llegada de un nuevo entrenador, atractivo, intimidante y autoritario, interrumpe sus vidas

Deenie et ses meilleures amies Lise, Gabby et Skye ne pensent qu'à une chose : qui l'a déjà fait ? est-ce que ça fait mal ? Elles passent leur temps à pianoter nerveusement sur leur téléphone et à éc

Lizzie and Evie are inseparable. They walk home from school together, sleep over at each other''s houses, even flirt with boys together. And they tell each other everything. Or at least, that''s what Lizzie thinks - until Evie goes missing, and Lizzie suddenly realises their friendship wasn''t quite what she thought. A novel about two young girls discovering their sexuality; about fathers and daughters; about family and friendship; about jealousy, secrets and lies, The End of Everything is a powerful reminder that things aren''t always what they seem. "A gripping and disturbing novel, a fever dream of adolescent desire and adult complicity".

One of the Best Books of 2016--NPR, the Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, Elle, Thrillist, Publishers Weekly, Time Out New York, Self and Kirkus The audacious new novel about family and ambition from "one of the best living mystery writers" (Grantland) and bestselling, award-winning author of The Fever, Megan Abbott. How far will you go to achieve a dream? That's the question a celebrated coach poses to Katie and Eric Knox after he sees their daughter Devon, a gymnastics prodigy and Olympic hopeful, compete. For the Knoxes there are no limits--until a violent death rocks their close-knit gymnastics community and everything they have worked so hard for is suddenly at risk. As rumors swirl among the other parents, Katie tries frantically to hold her family together while also finding herself irresistibly drawn to the crime itself. What she uncovers--about her daughter's fears, her own marriage, and herself--forces Katie to consider whether there's any price she isn't willing to pay to achieve Devon's dream. From a writer with "exceptional gifts for making nerves jangle and skin crawl" (Janet Maslin), You Will Know Me is a breathless rollercoaster of a novel about the desperate limits of parental sacrifice, furtive desire, and the staggering force of ambition.s

On October 7, 1949, dark-haired starlet Jean Spangler kissed her five-year-old daughter good-bye and left for a night shoot at a Hollywood studio. "Wish me luck," she said as she crossed her fingers, winked, and walked away. She was never seen again. The only clues left behind: a purse with a broken strap found in a nearby park, a cryptic note, and rumors about mobster boyfriends and ill-fated romances with movie stars. Drawing on this true-life missing person case, Megan Abbott''s The Song Is You tells the story of Gil "Hop" Hopkins, a smooth-talking Hollywood publicist whose career, despite his complicated personal life, is on the rise. It is 1951, two years after Jean Spangler''s disappearance, and Hop finds himself unwillingly drawn into the still unsolved mystery by a friend of Jean who blames Hop for concealing details about Jean''s whereabouts the night she vanished. Driven by guilt and fear of blackmail, Hop delves into the case himself, feverishly trying to stay one step ahead of an intrepid female reporter also chasing the story. Hop thought he''d seen it all, but what he uncovers both tantalizes and horrifies him as he plunges deeper and deeper into Hollywood''s substratum in his attempt to uncover the truth. In the tradition of James Ellroy''s The Black Dahlia and Joyce Carol Oates''s Blonde, The Song Is You conjures a heady brew of truth and speculation, of fact and pulp fiction, taking the reader on a dark tour of Tinseltown, from movie studios, gala premieres, and posh nightclubs to gangsters, blackmailing B-girls, and the darkest secrets that lie behind Hollywood''s luminous façade. At the center of it all is Hop, a man torn between cutthroat ambition and his own best intentions.

Megan Abbott at her very best. Cool, crisp, chilling.'' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train Kit has risen to the top of her profession. She''s on the brink of achieving everything she wanted, but someone is standing in her way - Diane. Diane made Kit who she is today, lit the ambition that''s driven her - and now she knows something that could burn Kit''s world to the ground. But Diane has a secret of her own, and Kit hasn''t forgotten. She remembers the worst thing Diane ever did, and how it blew their friendship apart. Diane is beginning to think that Kit is just like her. Maybe she''s right. Ambition: It''s in the blood . . . Give Me Your Hand is a blistering thriller from Megan Abbott.

De uma das mais promissoras autoras na area do thriller Addy Hanlon sempre foi a melhor amiga de Beth Cassidy e a sua parceira de confiança. Ambas cheerleaders temidas pelas raparigas da escola, atingiram o pico das suas carreiras no secundario e lideram uma claque intensamente competitiva e admirada por todas as colegas - ate ao momento em que chega a nova treinadora. Dominante e carismatica, e uma emissaria do mundo adulto alem do alcance das jovens, a treinadora Colette French seduz Addy e as outras cheerleaders com o seu charme. Apenas Beth, incapaz de aceitar a nova autoridade, permanece fora do circulo de confiança da treinadora, tentando por todos os meios recuperar a sua posic?o como cheerleader de topo. Mas quando um crime abala a comunidade, comeca uma investigaço policial que tem como alvo as alunas da escola. A medida que se aproxima o final da epoca, Addy e Beth ir?o aprender, da pior forma, que as fronteiras entre lealdade e amor podem ser um terreno perigoso num jogo que ja ultrapassou todos os limites.

O panico lancado por um misterioso contagio ameaca destruir amizades e familias num suburbio idilico A familia Nash e muito unida. Tom e um professor bastante popular, pai de dois adolescentes: Eli, uma estrela de hoquei adorado por todas as raparigas, e a sua irm? Deenie, uma estudante exemplar. Mas a estabilidade que os rodeia e despedacada quando a melhor amiga de Deenie e possuida por convulses na escola. Rumores de uma epidemia incendeiam-se como um rastilho de polvora pela comunidade. O pior de todos vira ao de cima... e nada mais sera igual. A medida que cresce a histeria e o contagio se propaga, emerge uma serie de segredos profundos que ameaca destruir amizades, familias e a propria seguranca da pacata cidade. Deixe-se contagiar pelo talento de Megan Abbott, uma das vozes mais originais da sua geraço, numa historia tenebrosa sobre culpa... segredos de familia... e o poder letal do desejo.

¡El thriller juvenil estrenado en Netflix! Abby y Beth siempre han sido grandes amigas. Veteranas del equipo de animadoras, tienen una reputación que mantener. Colette, su nueva entrenadora, pondrá a prueba su amistad al formar un grupo exclusivo en el que Beth parece no encajar. Un extraño suicidio sacudira su mundo y la policia rapidamente sospechara del entorno de Colette. El amor y la lealtad pueden ser algo peligroso. Una historia en la amistad y el amor se enfrentan a la ambicion y el poder.

Gloria Denton, una superviviente de la era dorada del hampa, capaz de tratarse de igual a igual con los más notorios criminales de la época, como Bugsy Siegel y Lucky Luciano, ha decidido que necesita una sucesora. Astuta y despiadada, Gloria pondra el mundo a los pies de su protegida... siempre y cuando este dispuesta a pagar el precio. Megan Abbott recrea con elegancia y brillantez el mundo del crimen organizado en esta obra galardonada con el Edgar a la mejor novela.

¡El thriller juvenil estrenado en Netflix!Abby y Beth siempre han sido grandes amigas. Veteranas del equipo de animadoras, tienen una reputación que mantener.Colette, su nueva entrenadora, pondrá a prueba su amistad al formar un grupo exclusivo en el que Beth parece no encajar.Un extraño suicidio sacudira su mundo y la policia rapidamente sospechara del entorno de Colette.El amor y la lealtad pueden ser algo peligroso.Una historia en la amistad y el amor se enfrentan a la ambicion y el poder.