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Emily Barr

    10. Oktober 1971

    Emily Barr verfasst fesselnde psychologische Thriller und spannungsgeladene Erzählungen, die sich mit den dunkleren Seiten der menschlichen Psyche und zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen auseinandersetzen. Ihr Stil zeichnet sich durch scharfen Einblick in die Motivationen ihrer Charaktere und die Fähigkeit aus, eine eisige Atmosphäre zu schaffen, die den Leser tief in die Handlung zieht. Barr versteht es meisterhaft, Spannung aufzubauen und unerwartete Wendungen einzubauen, was ihre Werke zu einem unvergesslichen Leseerlebnis macht. Ihre Geschichten werden für ihre Originalität und ihre Fähigkeit, den Leser bis zum Schluss in Atem zu halten, gefeiert.

    Emily Barr
    The Perfect Lie
    Deine letzte Spur
    Jeder Tag kann der schönste in deinem Leben werden
    Wir waren doch Freundinnen
    Deine dunkle Seele
    Ghosted – Eine unmögliche Liebe
    • The Other Girl

      • 400 Seiten
      • 14 Lesestunden

      Two girls meet on a train journey. One of them - privileged, chaotic - is heading to an exclusive Swiss rehab centre following months of partying and living wildly. The other - who couldn't be more different - is down to her last penny, running away. When they get off the train they are both pretending to be the other. Just for a short period, of course. Just until the rehab stint is over . . .

      The Other Girl2025
      3,8
    • Set in a hot summer in Cornwall, the story follows 16-year-old Senara Jenkins and her friends who uncover secrets while retrieving their drone from Cliff House. As Senara becomes entangled with the lives of wealthy individuals, she faces dilemmas about keeping certain secrets hidden. This Level 5 Reader, suited for B1 learners, features complex sentence structures and is enhanced with illustrations. It includes exercises for grammar and vocabulary practice, along with online resources for additional support.

      Penguin Readers Level 5: This Summer's Secrets (ELT Graded Reader)2025
    • A Girl Can Dream

      • 367 Seiten
      • 13 Lesestunden

      Love story and un-love story intertwine in the brand-new thriller-romance from the globally bestseller author of The One Memory of Flora Banks, Emily Barr.Venice, 2024Hazel is on a spontaneous holiday with her stepbrother, Enzo, and best friend, Phoebe. They have just helped Hazel escape her increasingly destructive relationship with her older boyfriend, and have come away to celebrate her being her again.In the dreamy Italian sunshine, Hazel is managing to relax, to stop looking over her shoulder in case Freddie has followed her here. But there's a girl she keeps seeing in the city. A girl with beautiful eyes. And whenever Hazel sees her and their eyes meet, something strange seems to happen - de ja vu, at first, and then even stranger things that make her wonder if she's really in Venice at all . . .England, 2022Hazel goes to see an up-and-coming local band with Enzo and some friends. She locks eyes with the lead singer, Freddie, during a song, and he finds her afterwards and slips her his number. She's not even 16. He is ten years older. She knows it's stupid. She didn't even think it was boys she was into.Things with Freddie start wonderfully - flowers, dates, he even writes a song about her. It's everything a girl could dream of. Until it's absolutely not . . .

      A Girl Can Dream2024
      3,7
    • This Summer's Secrets

      • 432 Seiten
      • 16 Lesestunden

      A bold new story for fans of We Were Liars , intertwining past and present, love and loss, from the bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks.' A sun-splashed Cornish thriller with a dark heart, ideal for YA fans of E Lockhart' GuardianONE HOT SUMMER, FIRST LOVE AND SO MANY BURIED SECRETS . . .Senara has never been in love before. She's not done anything exciting before. Always the sidekick . . . Until the summer that changes everything.Cliff House is closed off for most of the year until its rich Londoner owners come down to Cornwall for the summer. This year, despite herself, Senara finds herself pulled into this world of wealth and ease, sunbathing and beautiful people. She even finds herself falling in love for the first time.But Cliff House and its owners are hiding things. They've been hiding things for too long and now, despite all their efforts, their secrets are coming out . . . Secrets that involve Senara's friends and her family in a way she could never have imagined.'This is another young adult novel that will have younger readers transfixed' The Metro'A slow-burn summer novel packed with intrigue' Culturefly - 22 Books to add to your Summer Reading ListRead more captivating fiction from Emily The One Memory of Flora BanksThe Truth and Lies of Ella BlackThe Girl Who Came Out of the WoodsThings to do Before The End of the WorldGhosted

      This Summer's Secrets2023
      3,7
    • Ghosted – Eine unmögliche Liebe

      • 448 Seiten
      • 16 Lesestunden

      Ein tragischer Todesfall und eine unmögliche Liebe Als Ariel zufällig Joe trifft, einen hübschen Jungen, den sie noch nie gesehen hat, spürt sie sofort eine besondere Verbindung zu ihm. Aber auf die Nachricht, die sie ihm schreibt, erhält sie keine Antwort. Er hat sie geghostet und sie wird ihn wohl nie wiedersehen. Aber dann begegnet sie ihm doch, an genau demselben Ort. Er benimmt sich, als habe er sie noch nie gesehen. Bald begreift Ariel: Er ist dort gestorben und durchlebt immer wieder seinen letzten Tag. Und nur Ariel kann ihm helfen, herauszufinden, wer ihn umgebracht hat. Eine hochemotionale Liebesgeschichte mit einem packenden Twist

      Ghosted – Eine unmögliche Liebe2023
      5,0
    • Ghosted

      • 400 Seiten
      • 14 Lesestunden

      An emotional love story with a thrilling twist from the globally bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks. Ariel's accidental meeting with a handsome stranger called Joe is completely perfect; they have a connection like she's never known before. They exchange numbers and agree to meet when he is back from a trip to France. But when Ariel messages him, the number Joe gave her is disconnected. He's ghosted her. She assumes she will never see him again. Except she does. Again and again. Ariel returns to the place she and Joe met, and is stunned to find him there, not in France as he said he'd be, and behaving as if he has no idea who she is. It turns out that their first meeting has been life-changing for them both, actually it's even more than that for Joe. But what do you do when - with every day that passes - you're literally growing apart from the best person you've ever known . . . ?

      Ghosted2022
      3,9
    • I walked home. I kept hearing footsteps behind me, but every time I turned around, no one was there ... What would you do when you hear the news that humans have done such damage to the earth that there might only be a limited amount of safe air left - a year's worth at most? You'd work through your bucket list, heal rifts, do everything you've never been brave enough to do before? Olivia is struggling to do any of this. What it is she truly wants to do? Who does she want to be? Then out of the blue comes contact from a long-lost cousin Olivia didn't even know existed. Natasha is everything Olivia wants to be and more. And as the girls meet up for a long, hot last summer, Olivia finds Natasha's ease and self-confidence having an effect on her. But Natasha definitely isn't everything she first appears to be . . .

      Things to do Before the End of the World2021
      3,4
    • Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks has an illness and can't remember anything for very long. She writes notes to herself to help her remember things. But one day, Flora kisses a boy and she remembers it. Flora must find the boy who kissed her and learn why she still has that one memory

      Penguin Readers Level 5: The One Memory of Flora Banks2021
      3,4
    • Bajo la apariencia de una vida normal, Ella Black esconde un rasgo de carácter inquietante: en su interior anida un impulso destructor —al que llama Bella, contracción de Bad Ella— que se apodera de sus actos y causa estragos en su día a día. Sin embargo, esta batalla íntima no es su único secreto: tras verse forzada por sus padres a un precipitado e inexplicable viaje a Brasil, descubrirá que su existencia se cimenta sobre un engaño. Disgustada y confundida, Ella se lanza a una búsqueda desesperada que la conducirá al lugar más insospechado, las favelas de Río de Janeiro, con el propósito de desvelar las verdades y mentiras que, como dos fuerzas contrapuestas, iluminan y ensombrecen lo más hondo de sí misma. En este relato trepidante, que se desarrolla en escenarios casi cinematográficos y con un ritmo vertiginoso, Emily Barr —autora del aclamado éxito de ventas El último recuerdo de Flora Banks— indaga en la convulsa psique de una joven que lucha por conocer su identidad y liberarse de las ataduras que coartan su personalidad.

      La verdad y las mentiras de Ella Black / The Truth and Lies of Ella Black2019
      3,5
    • The girl who came out of the woods

      • 400 Seiten
      • 14 Lesestunden

      TFW you wake up and realise you're trending... #GirlOutoftheWoods Arty has always lived in the Clearing, a commune hidden in the forests of south India. But her happy life, separate from the rest of the world, is shattered after a terrible event. For the first time, Arty must leave her home, and head into the intriguing but frightening outside world. On the streets of India, a chance encounter leads to her becoming an unwilling overnight celebrity. As she embarks on her journey, she discovers she is being followed by thousands of strangers, who seem to know her every move... Forced to fight against mysterious hashtags and being constantly photographed, how can she find the help she desperately needs? Everything is changing too fast for this girl who came out of the woods... could she be running into a trap? The new thriller from the acclaimed author of The One Memory of Flora Banks, perfect for fans of Karen McManus, E. Lockhart and Sophie McKenzie. Praise for The Girl Who Came Out of the Woods: 'Compelling and brilliantly written'- Fabulous Magazine 'Barr brilliantly captures Arty's naivety and eager innocence as she's swept up in the globalised world of capitalism and social media'- The Observer 'A pacey, original thriller' - The Guardian 'Arty's fresh insights into the world make for an amusing, poignant story' - The Sun

      The girl who came out of the woods2019
      3,8
    • The Truth and Lies of Ella Black

      • 288 Seiten
      • 11 Lesestunden

      Barr is superb at evoking the heightened emotions of adolescence: the exhilarating thrill of first love, the intensity of fear and rage at adults' deception and the need to discover one's own identity. With disturbing undertones, vivid characters and authentic dialogue, this is a worthy successor to her wonderful debut, The One Memory of Flora Banks Daily Mail

      The Truth and Lies of Ella Black2018
      3,1
    • Ночной поезд

      • 416 Seiten
      • 15 Lesestunden

      Скучающая в провинции замужняя красавица завела роман с симпатичным попутчиком в поезде, сбежала с ним, а потом, после какой-то ссоры, убила? Такова версия полиции, расследующей дело об исчезновении Лары Финч и гибели ее бойфренда Гая. И только тихая, скромная Айрис — подруга Лары — уверена: полиция ошибается. Лара не преступница, а жертва преступления. Не зря она все время кого-то боялась, жила в постоянной тревоге, как будто оглядываясь через плечо и готовясь к бегству… Но как помочь Ларе, пока не стало слишком поздно? C несвойственной ей отвагой Айрис начинает поиски и шаг за шагом продвигается по следу старых грехов и темных, опасных секретов…

      Ночной поезд2017
      3,3
    • Sie hat kein Gedächtnis und nur eine Erinnerung, und dafür geht sie bis ans Ende der Welt. Emily Barrs außergewöhnlicher Coming-of-Age-Roman erzählt die Geschichte eines Mädchens, das für einen Kuss bis zum Nordpol reist und durch Briefe aus Paris die kleinen Wunder des Lebens entdeckt. Ungewöhnlich berührend und bezaubernd! Flora Banks Leben ist wie ein farbenfrohes Puzzle, das sie jeden Tag neu zusammensetzen muss. Sie muss sich daran erinnern, wer sie ist, denn seit ihrem 10. Geburtstag bleibt ihr nichts im Gedächtnis. Doch plötzlich gibt es diese eine Erinnerung, die nicht verschwindet: der Kuss mit einem Jungen am Strand. Mit ihrem Handy, Briefen von ihrem Bruder und einem prallgefüllten Notizbuch macht sich Flora auf eine Reise, die sie zu sich selbst führt. Zum ersten Mal kann sie entscheiden, wer sie wirklich sein will.

      Jeder Tag kann der schönste in deinem Leben werden2017
      3,4
    • Als Sam seine Frau am Bahnhof abholen will, ist Lara spurlos verschwunden. Statt ihrer steht plötzlich die Polizei vor seiner Tür. Im Zug wurde die Leiche eines Mannes gefunden, und Lara ist der einzige Fahrgast, dessen Spur sich verliert. In seiner Verzweiflung vertraut Sam sich Laras Freundin Iris an. Ebenso wie Sam befürchtet auch sie, dass Lara etwas zugestoßen ist. Auf der Suche nach Antworten beginnt sie, die letzten Monate im Leben ihrer Freundin zu rekonstruieren und stößt dabei auf Ungeheuerliches ...

      Deine letzte Spur2015
    • The Sleeper

      • 407 Seiten
      • 15 Lesestunden

      A tense, gripping psychological thriller, with Hitchcockian overtones, perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and Sophie Hannah.Iris's world is rocked when her friend Lara disappears while travelling on the sleeper train between Cornwall and London. The police investigation reveals that married Lara, a regular commuter on the night train, was secretly having an affair with another married commuter. Although they have yet to find Lara's body, the police suspect she was killed by her lover and dumped from the train as it sped through the countryside. Iris is unconvinced and starts to delve into what really happened to her friend. She soon discovers that Lara has been running away from a secret past and from someone who wants to do her harm. Iris's search takes her to the Far East where Lara travelled as a young woman. Here, Iris unveils the shocking truth and also finds herself in terrible danger...

      The Sleeper2013
      3,9
    • WENN DAS PARADIES ZUM ALPTRAUM WIRD. Es sollte ein Traumurlaub werden. Doch als Esther mit einer Reisegruppe einen Ausflug zu einer einsamen Insel unternimmt, geschieht das Unvorstellbare: Der Reiseleiter verschwindet - und mit ihm das einzige Boot. Während die Gruppe nun versucht, ihr Überleben auf der Insel zu sichern, nehmen die Spannungen zu, und in Esther keimt ein beängstigender Verdacht: Einer ihrer Mitreisenden verfolgt einen perfiden Plan, der sie alle das Leben kosten kann. DER NEUE ROMAN DER ERFOLGSAUTORIN VON 'DEINE LETZTE SPUR ' 'Ein echter Pageturner voller überraschender Wendungen, die der Erfolgsserie LOST ebenbürtig sind.' Cosmopolitan 'Emily Barr schreibt ausgezeichnete ebenso originelle wie spannende psychologische Thriller' Daily Mail

      Deine dunkle Seele2012
      3,7
    • A tense, unsettling, modern-day Rebecca from the queen of psychological, suspenseful women's fiction

      The First Wife2011
      3,7
    • Zilver Pockets - 458: Bedrieglijk

      • 397 Seiten
      • 14 Lesestunden

      We all have a dark side… Elizabeth Greene is devastated when her boyfriend of ten years leaves her for someone else. After a night of drowning her sorrows leads to an unexpected one-night stand, Elizabeth finds herself pregnant, alone and vulnerable. Helen has just discovered she has a sister she didn’t know she had. Bored with her privileged life in France and driven by a need to gain her parents’ approval, Helen sets out to find her sister and reunite her with her long-lost mother. When her search leads her to Elizabeth the two women become closely linked. But their connection to one another is founded on a dark deception, with the truth having extreme consequences…

      Zilver Pockets - 458: Bedrieglijk2010
      3,4
    • Klasgenoten

      • 367 Seiten
      • 13 Lesestunden

      Vier vriendinnen van de middelbare school treffen elkaar voor een reünie bij een van hen om te praten over een geheim uit hun verleden, waarvan een van hen niets af weet.

      Klasgenoten2010
      2,0
    • The Perfect Lie

      • 416 Seiten
      • 15 Lesestunden

      A girl flees to Venice to escape her dangerous past in this electrifying novel of intrigue, psychological tension and suspense... For Lucy Riddick, Venice has always been the dream destination. A dream inspired by the pretty picture pinned to her mother's kitchen wall. To Lucy, Venice seems the ideal place to lose herself. And now she needs to do just that. The secret she's been keeping from her boyfriend and her friends has finally caught up with her and Lucy needs to disappear - and fast. There's no better time to pack her bags and head for Italy. But what if, when she sets foot in Venice, Lucy finds that the one thing she has been running from, the one thing she has been trying to escape, is already there, lying in wait for her? Time to run away again? Or time to end the chase, once and for all?

      The Perfect Lie2010
      3,9
    • The Life You Want

      • 404 Seiten
      • 15 Lesestunden

      Fans of Rosamund Lupton and Sophie Hannah will adore this novel from the critically acclaimed author of BACKPACK. Ever wished you could just leave it all behind again? Emily Barr's unputdownable novel is about a mother of two with a seemingly perfect life who's cracking up and longing to get away from it all. But when she finally gets to go away, to India, things are far from what she expects... She has to go away to come home to what she loves again.

      The Life You Want2009
      3,7
    • We all have a dark side… Elizabeth Greene is devastated when her boyfriend of ten years leaves her for someone else. After a night of drowning her sorrows leads to an unexpected one-night stand, Elizabeth finds herself pregnant, alone and vulnerable. Helen has just discovered she has a sister she didn’t know she had. Bored with her privileged life in France and driven by a need to gain her parents’ approval, Helen sets out to find her sister and reunite her with her long-lost mother. When her search leads her to Elizabeth the two women become closely linked. But their connection to one another is founded on a dark deception, with the truth having extreme consequences…

      The Sisterhood2008
      3,6
    • Wir waren doch Freundinnen

      • 415 Seiten
      • 15 Lesestunden

      Was Frauen wollenAls Susie ihre alten Schulfreundinnen zu sich nach Südfrankreich einlädt, will sie auch ein bisschen mit ihrem neuen Glück angeben. Amanda, Izzy und Tamsin sollen das hübsche Haus, ihren attraktiven Freund und ihre Malerei ruhig bewundern. Doch das gemeinsame Wochenende gestaltet sich anders als geplant. Die drei Frauen reisen nämlich mit allerhand Sorgen im Gepäck an. Stress mit dem Nachwuchs, trauriges Liebesleben oder Übergewicht – alles ist dabei. Nicht gerade die besten Vorraussetzungen für ein paar harmonische Tage. Schon bald brechen die Wunden der Vergangenheit auf, und die Freundschaft der vier wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt.„Großartiges Lesefutter!“ (Cosmopolitan)

      Wir waren doch Freundinnen2007
      3,5
    • Plan B

      • 352 Seiten
      • 13 Lesestunden

      Emma adores living in Brighton, but she loves Matt more. When he suggests they buy the perfect farmhouse in the south of France, she reluctantly agrees, even though he continues commuting to London while she looks after their daughter and the builders. But France is not the idyll he promised, and when she discovers the true reason he spends half his time in London the foundations on which she's built her life start to crumble...

      Plan B2005
      3,7
    • Baggage

      • 352 Seiten
      • 13 Lesestunden

      At eighteen, your closest friend commits suicide. At twenty-nine, you're backpacking in the Australian outback when you see her. She has a husband. She has a ten-year-old son. She has a baby on the way. She claims to be someone else. But you'd recognise her anywhere. Back in England you tell your journalist boyfriend. While he never knew her, he always knew of her - her name is Daisy Fraser and she was awaiting trial over the deaths of four people when she jumped off the Severn Bridge. He thinks: This could be the scoop of the century. He says: Happy Christmas - I'm taking you to Australia to find Daisy.

      Baggage2005
      3,3
    • Jetlag

      • 381 Seiten
      • 14 Lesestunden

      Een jonge Engelse celliste breekt met haar man en gaat in Amerika op zoek naar haar vijftien jaar geleden ter adoptie afgestane dochter, maar dan beginnen er dreigbrieven te komen.

      Jetlag2004
    • Atlantic Shift

      • 341 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden

      Evie Silverman is performing the prelude to Bach's Cello Suite Number One in G major at the London Palladium when she decides to leave her husband. Jack can't understand why, but perhaps moving into a flat with the doll-like Megan and being single for a while will help her come to terms with the events of fifteen years ago. Only then the letters begin to arrive...

      Atlantic Shift2004
      3,2
    • Cuban Heels

      • 312 Seiten
      • 11 Lesestunden

      'We can't praise Emily Barr's novels enough; they're fresh, original and hugely readable' Glamour

      Cuban Heels2003
      3,3
    • Backpack

      • 384 Seiten
      • 14 Lesestunden

      From the publishers of "Thirtynothing" comes a sparkling comic debut that asks: Can a twenty-something woman find true love, inner peace, and clean linen on a journey through Asia?

      Backpack2001
      3,6