Lindsay Jayne Ashford Bücher

Jeder hat Geheimnisse, doch manche verändern das Leben für immer ... Mitten im Zweiten Weltkrieg erhält Eva die niederschmetternde Nachricht, dass ihr Mann vermisst wird und vermutlich tot ist. Sie lebt in einem dumpfen Schwebezustand der Ungewissheit vor sich hin, bis sie in der Hitze eines englischen Sommers Bill kennenlernt, einen schwarzen amerikanischen GI. Trotz ihrer unterschiedlichen Hintergründe kann keiner von ihnen die Liebe verleugnen, die sie in den folgenden verrückten Wochen erleben, in denen jeder Tag ihr letzter sein könnte. Nachdem Eva feststellt, dass sie schwanger ist, wird Bill wegen der Vorbereitungen zum D-Day an die Küste versetzt und lässt sie in einer engstirnigen Welt zurück. Wie weit wird Eva gehen, um ihre heranwachsende dunkelhäutige Tochter Louisa zu beschützen und die Vergangenheit zu vergessen? Und wie weit wird Louisa gehen, um die Wahrheit zu enthüllen?

Die Krimiautorin Agatha Christie reist heimlich im Orient-Express nach Bagdad, um ihre Scheidung zu vergessen. Auf der Reise lernt sie die Archäologin Katharina und die junge Nancy kennen und beschließt, Katharina bei einer Ausgrabung in Mesopotamien zu besuchen. Ein biografischer Roman über Christies Abenteuer im Orient.

Ein schillernder Roman über die goldene Epoche des Films von Bestsellerautorin Lindsay Ashford. Kalkutta, 1931: Die 19-jährige Estelle Thompson geht leidenschaftlich gern ins Kino. Denn nur in der Geborgenheit eines Lichtspielhauses kann sie vergessen, dass sie als »Mischling« weder Teil der britischen noch der indischen Gesellschaft sein kann. Ihr Leben ändert sich von Grund auf, als die junge Schönheit einen Amerikaner mit Verbindungen nach Hollywood kennenlernt. Sie verlässt Indien und ihr Weg führt sie ins aufregende London der dreißiger Jahre. Sie will ihre Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen – aus Estelle Thompson wird die Leinwandgöttin Merle Oberon. Sie lebt ihren Traum, doch sie weiß, dass es damit sofort vorbei ist, wenn jemand von ihrer indischen Abstammung erfährt …

As World War II rages, love, mystery, and secrets collide on the English coast in a riveting novel by the bestselling author of The Snow Gypsy. In April 1943 a young woman washes ashore on a deserted beach in Cornwall, England. With shorn hair and a number stitched on her tattered chemise, Alice is the survivor of a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat. She's found by the mysterious Viscount Jack Trewella, who suspects that she's a prisoner of war or a spy. But the secret Alice asks Jack to keep is one he could never have guessed, and it creates an intimate bond he never expected. With her true identity hidden beneath the waves, Alice grasps the chance to reinvent herself. But as she begins to fall for Jack, she discovers he has secrets too--ones echoing the legend of a mermaid said to lure men into the dark depths of the sea. For two strangers in the shadow of war, lost love, and haunting memories, is it time to let go of the past? Or to finally face it--whatever the risks?

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope--lost and found--in this powerful novel by the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express. Just weeks after World War II ends, three women from different corners of the world arrive in Germany to run a Displaced Persons camp. They long to help rebuild shattered lives--including their own... For Martha, going to Germany provides an opportunity to escape Brooklyn and a violent marriage. Arriving from England is orphaned Kitty. She hopes working at the camp will bring her closer to her parents, last seen before the war began. For Delphine, Paris has been a city of ghosts after her husband and son died in Dachau. Working at the camp is her chance to find meaning again by helping other victims of Hitler's regime. Charged with the care of more than two thousand camp residents, Martha, Delphine, and Kitty draw on each other's strength to endure and to give hope when all seems lost. Among these strangers and survivors, they might find the love and closure they need to heal their hearts and leave their troubled pasts behind.

In this gripping first novel from a trained criminologist, Megan Rhys has been asked to advise on the murders of two young prostitutes, dumped like rubbish in the streets. But there is something wrong with the information the police are giving her. Someone is trying to manipulate her investigation - and she is starting to doubt her own judgement. Now the killings are mounting up, and someone is breaking into Megan's house. She is being pressurised towards a solution, and everyone is trying to control her - including the murderer. Will she discover the truth in time?

From the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express comes a haunting novel of two women--one determined to uncover the past and the other determined to escape it. At the close of World War II, London is in ruins and Rose Daniel isn't at peace. Eight years ago, her brother disappeared while fighting alongside Gypsy partisans in Spain. From his letters, Rose has just two clues to his whereabouts--his descriptions of the spectacular south slopes of the Sierra Nevada and his love for a woman who was carrying his child. In Spain, it has been eight years since Lola Aragon's family was massacred. Eight years since she rescued a newborn girl from the arms of her dying mother and ran for her life. She has always believed that nothing could make her return...until a plea for help comes from a desperate stranger. Now, Rose, Lola, and the child set out on a journey from the wild marshes of the Camargue to the dazzling peaks of Spain's ancient mountain communities. As they come face-to-face with war's darkest truths, their lives will be changed forever by memories, secrets, and friendships.

When Jane Austen dies at the age of just 41, Anne, governess to her brother, Edward Austen, is devastated and begins to suspect that someone might have wanted her out of the way. Now, 20 years on, she hopes that medical science might have progressed sufficiently to assess the one piece of evidence she has - a tainted lock of Jane's hair. Natural causes or murder? Even 20 years down the line, Anne is determined to get to the bottom of the mysterious death of the acclaimed Miss Austen.

Two women disturb the dark history of a deceptively quiet postwar Cornwall village in a haunting novel by the bestselling author of A Feather on the Water and The Woman on the Orient Express. It's winter 1947 when newlyweds Ellen and Tony Wylde move into an abandoned Cornish farmhouse overlooking the sea. For both, it's a new beginning in the country, and together they're bringing Carreg Cottage back to life. Yet Ellen can't hide a creeping unease. There's the ominous iconography painted on their bedroom ceiling, the sinister doll hidden away in the chimney. And Tony seems more familiar with the peculiar villagers than he's letting on. Meanwhile, after nearly a decade away, young Iris returns to Cornwall seeking sanctuary in memories and longing for what she lost as a child. It was here that her mother died on the moors under a shroud of mystery and rumor--and was last seen alive in the isolated, long-shuttered cottage the Wyldes now call home. Discovering more about each other and themselves, Ellen and Iris soon unite in a quest to uncover every dark secret this village--and the West Country mist--holds before it destroys them.