Alison Gaylin ist eine Bestsellerautorin, deren Thriller sich oft mit den Komplexitäten der menschlichen Psyche befassen. Mit ihrem charakteristischen Stil erforscht sie die dunkleren Aspekte der menschlichen Natur und moralische Mehrdeutigkeit, wodurch sie die Leser bis zum Schluss in Atem hält. Ihre Fähigkeit, fesselnde Charaktere und vielschichtige Handlungsstränge zu erschaffen, zeichnet sie als Meisterin des Spannungsgenres aus. Gaylins erzählerischer Ansatz ist bekannt für seine Intensität und seinen prägnanten Dialog.
Brenna Spector hat eine besondere Gabe: Sie kann sich an alles erinnern, jeden Moment ihres Lebens sehen, riechen, hören, schmecken. In ihrem Job als Privatdetektivin ist das ein Segen, für sie persönlich ein Fluch. Ihr neuester Fall: ein vermisstes Mädchen. Brenna gerät schnell in einen Strudel aus Obsessionen, Sex, Schuld und Mord – und privaten Alpträumen. Ist die Vermisste etwa Brennas vor Jahren spurlos verschwundene kleine Schwester?
Was würdest du tun, wenn du nicht vergessen kannst? Wenn du nicht weißt, wo deine Liebsten sind? Wenn jede Erinnerung dich zum schrecklichsten Moment deines Lebens führt? Seit der Entführung ihrer Schwester vor vielen Jahren leidet die Privatdetektivin Brenna Spector unter einem seltenen Phänomen: Sie kann sich mit allen Sinnen an jede Situation erinnern. Jeden vergangenen Moment zu sehen, zu hören und zu riechen ist ein Segen in ihrem Beruf, aber eine Qual in ihrem Leben. Vor allem, als Brennas neuester Fall zu einem vermissten Mädchen führt, das auf die gleiche Art verschwand wie ihre eigene Schwester.
Set against the backdrop of a notorious 1976 murder spree in Southern California, the story explores the lasting impact of trauma on Quentin Garrison, a podcast producer seeking answers about the presumed-dead killer April Cooper. As he investigates, Robin Diamond, a film columnist grappling with personal turmoil and online harassment, receives a disturbing call from Quentin. Their lives intertwine as shocking revelations unfold, leading Robin to question her family's past and the trustworthiness of those around her.
Set in the glamorous yet treacherous world of Hollywood, this psychological suspense novel weaves a dark tale of revenge and betrayal. It explores themes of presumed guilt, lost innocence, and the weight of dirty secrets intertwined with family ties. With a richly atmospheric narrative, it draws comparisons to the works of bestselling authors like Laura Lippman, Gillian Flynn, and Harlan Coben, promising a captivating experience for fans of the genre.
When Brenna Spector was a child, her older sister stepped into a strange car never to be seen again. This traumatic event triggered in Brenda a rare neurological disorder that enables her to recall every detail of every day of her life, except - cruelly - that dark day when her sister disappeared. Nowadays Brenna puts her unusual skill to use as a missing persons investigator and it's while she's trying to find local woman Carol Wentz that she discovers connections to another child's disappearance, ten years earlier. Before too long a link to her own past emerges. Could this be the answer she's been hunting for all these years?
The new novel from award-winning crime writer, A.L. Gaylin.
"Sunny Randall's newest client, Blake, seems to have it all: he is an Instagram influencer, with all the perks the lifestyle entails--a beautiful girlfriend, wealth, and adoring fans. But one of those fans has turned ugly, and Sunny is brought on board by Blake's manager, Bethany, to protect him and to uncover who is out to kill him. In doing so, she investigates a glamorous world rife with lies and schemes...and ties to a dangerous criminal scene. When Bethany goes missing and the threats against Blake escalate, Sunny realizes that in order to solve this case, she has to find out exactly who Blake and Bethany are, behind the Instagram filters. While digging into their pasts, she is also forced to confront her own, as old friends--and ex-husbands--reappear. With a combination of old-school crime-solving skills and modern internet savvy, Sunny will stop at nothing to catch a killer"--
The USA Today bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of If I Die Tonight delivers an absorbing, addictive tale of psychological suspense--with a Serial-esque podcast twist--reminiscent of the bestsellers of Laura Lippman and Harlan Coben. For thirteen days in 1976, teenage murderers April Cooper and Gabriel LeRoy terrorized Southern California's Inland Empire, killing a dozen victims before perishing themselves in a fire... or did they? More than 40 years later, twentysomething podcast producer Quentin Garrison blames his troubled upbringing on the murders. And after a shocking message from a source, he has reason to believe April Cooper may still be alive. Meanwhile, New York City film columnist Robin Diamond is coping with rising doubts about her husband and terrifying threats from internet trolls. But that's nothing compared to the outrageous phone call she gets from Quentin... and a brutal home invasion that makes her question everything she ever believed in. Is Robin's beloved mother a mass murderer? Is there anyone she can trust? Told through the eyes of those destroyed by the Inland Empire Killings--including Robin, Quentin, and a fifteen-year-old April Cooper--Never Look Back asks the question: How well do we really know our parents, our partners--and ourselves?
On June 28, 1980, Kelly Michelle Lund shoots and kills Oscar-nominated director John McFadden at a party in his home. For years, speculation swirls over the enigmatic seventeen-year-old’s motives. Convicted of the murder, she loses her youth and her freedom—but keeps her secrets to herself. Thirty years later—and five years after her release from prison—the past has come back to haunt Kelly. Her father-in-law, movie legend Sterling Marshall, is found in a pool of blood in his home in the Hollywood Hills—dead from a shot to the head, just like his old friend John McFadden. Once again, Kelly is suspected of the high-profile murder. But this time, she’s got some unexpected allies who believe she’s innocent of both killings. But is she?
Aimee En, once a darling of the '80s pop music scene, stumbles into a police station claiming that a teenage boy stole her car, then ran over another young man who'd rushed to help. As the boy's life hangs in the balance, the events of that night begin to come into focus. But is everything as it seems?