Rene Denfeld Bücher

Vor 20 Jahren verschwand ihre Schwester. Naomi selbst hat kaum Erinnerungen an dieses Ereignis – und doch will die »Kinderfinderin« die Spur aufnehmen. Die Suche führt sie direkt in die Dunkelheit von Portland in Oregon, wo mehr Kinder auf der Straße leben als im Rest des Landes. Und immer wieder findet man die Leichen junger Mädchen im Fluss ... Dort trifft Naomi auf Celia, ein zwölfjähriges Mädchen, das vor ihren Eltern geflohen ist. Der Vater missbrauchte sie, die Mutter ist suchtkrank. Ceilas einzige Hoffnung sind die Schmetterlinge. Sie sieht sie überall um sich herum – ihre schillernden Beschützer und Führer auf den trostlosen Straßen. Poetisch, fesselnd und bittersüß. Rene Denfeld schickt Naomi, die Ermittlerin mit der unheimlichen Fähigkeit vermisste Kinder zu finden, ein weiteres Mal auf eine emotionale Suche. Washington Post: »Erinnert uns daran, dass Geschichten nach wie vor eines der wirkungsvollsten Mittel sind, mit dem wir unseren dunkelsten menschlichen Impulsen begegnen können.« Kirkus Reviews: »Naomi zeigt uns die Botschaft von Denfelds gesamter Arbeit auf: Kein Mensch verdient es, vergessen zu werden.« Margaret Atwood: »Ein herzzerreißender, an den Nerven zerrender und doch hoffnungsvoller Roman.«

Vor drei Jahren, als ihre Familie nach einem Weihnachtsbaum in den frostigen Wäldern von Oregon suchte, verschwand Madison Culver. Drei Jahre - und immer noch keine Spur von der damals Fünfjährigen. Ist sie tot? Doch eine Leiche hat man bisher nicht finden können. Madisons Eltern wenden sich in ihrer Verzweiflung an die »Kinderfinderin« Naomi, eine Privatermittlerin mit dem unheimlichen Talent, Vermisste aufzuspüren. Da sie in ihrer Kindheit selbst einmal verschleppt wurde, kann sie sich besonders gut in solche Fälle hineinversetzen. Während Naomi nach und nach die schrecklichen Tatsachen im Fall Madison aufdeckt, durchdringen Scherben eines dunklen Traums ihre Erinnerung … Ein atemberaubender, literarischer Pageturner, erzählt mit den wechselnden Stimmen von Naomi und einem außergewöhnlich fantasievollen Kind. Publishers Weekly: »Intensiv und einfallsreich, herzzerreißend und überraschend ... Der Schluss raubt den Lesern den letzten Atem.« CrimeReads: »Ein ergreifend schöner, schauriger Roman über eine knallharte, lebensechte Heldin.« Booklist: »Denfelds Roman greift auf Elemente des Horrors, des Krimis, des Märchens und sogar der Liebesgeschichte zurück, um das Erbe der Gewalt und die Widerstandsfähigkeit der Schwächsten unter uns zu erkunden.«

Sets out to reverse the popular opinion that women are inherently less aggressive than men. Drawing on her experience as one of the first female amateur boxers allowed to train and compete in the ring, Denfeld presents a revisionist view of women, aggression and violence.

Even monsters need peace. Even monsters need a person who truly wants to listen - to hear - so that someday we might find the words that are more than boxes. Then maybe we can stop men like me from happening...A prisoner sits on death row in a maximum security prison. His only escape from his harsh existence is through the words he dreams about, the world he conjures around him using the power of language. For the reality of his world is brutal and stark. He is not named, nor do we know his crime. But he listens. He listens to the story of York, the prisoner in the cell next to him whose execution date has been set. He hears the lady, an investigator who is piecing together York's past. He watches as the lady falls in love with the priest and wonders if love is still possible here. He sees the corruption and the danger as tensions in 'this enchanted place' build. And he waits. For even monsters have a story...

From the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted, a compelling and poignant story of sibling bonds, monsters masquerading as caretakers, terrifying secrets, and the power of love to right even the most egregious wrongs.Twenty years ago, a nine-year-old boy was swept away by powerful waves on a remote Oregon beach, his body lost to the sea. Only a stone memorial remains to mark his tragic death. For most of her life, Amanda Dufresne had no idea she had an older brother named Dennis Owens, or that he had died. Adopted as a baby, she learned about him while looking into her late birth mother, and is curious to know more about this lost sibling. A solitary young woman, Amanda has always felt distanced from the world around her. Her brain works differently from others, leaving her feeling set apart. Her one true companion is the orphaned polar bear she cares for working at the zoo. By getting to know her birth family, she hopes to understand more about herself. Retired police officer Larry Palmer is a widower with nothing but time and in need of a purpose. He offers to help Amanda find answers. The search leads to shocking and heartbreaking discoveries. Dennis Owen had been a forgotten foster child abandoned to a home for disturbed boys off the coast. As Amanda and Larry dig deeper into the past, the two stumble upon decades of cruelty and hidden crimes—including a barbaric treatment still used today. Told in Rene Denfeld’s inimitable style, Sleeping Giants is an enthralling and heartbreaking novel that burrows deep in the heart and will leave no reader untouched.

Naomi Cottle is an investigator who finds missing children. But the one child she has never been able to find is her sister. The two were abducted when they were very young but only Naomi managed to escape. Now, twenty years later, there is at long last a clue that her sister might still be alive. Celia is a street child. Her life is tough and she has seen more things that any child should. But the local librarian turns a blind eye when she goes there almost every day to gaze at her favourite book, where she escapes, through her imagination, into a world of wheeling, colourful butterflies. However someone is watching Celia. Street children have been going missing and the town has been turning a blind eye. It is only when Naomi turns up, looking for her sister, that they find someone who will listen to them. And someone who might give them hope.