Die ehemalige Strafverteidigerin Amy Engel schreibt fesselnde psychologische Thriller. Ihre Werke tauchen tief in dunkle Geheimnisse und komplexe Familiendynamiken ein, oft mit einer Südstaaten-Gotik-Sensibilität. Sie ist bekannt für ihre gruselige Atmosphäre und verstörenden Charaktere. Engel erforscht die Folgen verborgener Vergangenheiten und die psychologischen Auswirkungen von Traumata.
Nach einem verheerenden Krieg hat sich das Leben aller verändert: Die Mädchen der Verlierer sind auf ewig dazu verdammt, die Söhne der Gewinner zu heiraten. Nur eine kann für Gerechtigkeit sorgen: Ivy Westfall. Doch dazu muss sie Bishop Lattimer töten, Sohn des Präsidenten – und ihr Bräutigam … Bishop ist jedoch nicht wie gedacht, sondern der einzige Mensch, dem sie wirklich vertrauen kann. Prompt verliebt sich Ivy und steht vor einer folgenschweren Entscheidung.
"Engel makes good use of her setting; the fight for survival on the cusp of winter stokes the sense of danger in a way that matches Ivy's roiling feelings, and the love story moves with the slow-growing heat that Ivy needs." —Kirkus Reviews Beyond the fence. I am still alive. Barely. My name is Ivy Westfall. I am sixteen years old and a traitor. Three months ago, I was forced to marry the president's son, Bishop Lattimer—as all daughters of the losing side of the war are sold off in marriage to the sons of the winners. But I was different. I had a mission-to kill Bishop. Instead, I fell in love with him. Now I am an outcast, left to survive the brutal savagery of the lands outside of civilization. Yet even out here, there is hope. There is life beyond the fence. But I can't outrun my past. For my actions have set off a treasonous chain of events in Westfall that will change all of our fates—especially Bishop's. And this time, it is not enough to just survive...
In Shangri-La, her first full-length play, Amy Ng lays bare the contradictions and private pain of cultural tourism.
From the bestselling author of The Roanoke Girls comes a riveting mystery and poignant exploration of guilt, loss and devastation.
From the bestselling author of The Roanoke Girls comes a new novel with the same incredible atmosphere, strong sense of place and dark heart. The Familiar Dark will blow you away. In a small town beset by poverty in the Missouri Ozarks two 12-year-old girls are found dead in the park. Their throats have been cut. Eve Taggert's daughter was one of them. Desperate with grief, she takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened to her little girl. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life - having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose parenting lessons she tried hard not to mimic. But with her daughter gone, Eve has no reason to stay soft. And she is going to need her mother's cruel brand of strength if she's going to face the truth about her daughter's death.
Returning to her family's Kansas estate in the hopes of discovering the fate of her missing cousin, Lane reconnects with a young man from her past and is confronted by dark family secrets that prompted her to flee years earlier
A prodigiously talented young musician, an Ivy League school, a life changing allegation. Premiered at Hampstead Theatre, Amy Ng's explosive new play asks whether we can ever escape our past and investigates the destructive side of our search for acceptance.
