Second Skin

Simone Beaudelaire

Sinossi

Elisa Monroe’s controlling husband Alex declares it’s time for them to buy a house and start a family, but Elisa doesn’t want either. He manipulates her into buying the house anyway, and she realizes that the only way to have a life that belongs to her is to leave him. But how?
 
Marshalling support from her colleagues, her therapist and domestic violence workers, Elisa begins the slow process of breaking free. But Alex is not willing to let her go, and he escalates from bullying to outright abuse, revealing that he is a much more dangerous creature than she could ever have imagined.
 
Will Elisa escape with her life? Or will what lies beneath the second skin finally devour her alive?
 
Trigger warning: This paranormal suspense novel contains scenes of reproductive rape and domestic violence. Reader discretion is advised.

Disponibile da: 06/02/2022.

Lunghezza di stampa: 182 pagine.

Altri libri che potrebbero interessarti

Burying the Newspaper Man

Curtis Ippolito

A cop finds the body of the man who abused him long ago, in this “dark, noir thriller echoing the best works of Hammett and Lehane, [yet] altogether original” (Stephen J. Golds, author of Always the Dead). Marcus Kemp is a beat cop living a normal life in San Diego, California—until the day he makes a shocking discovery: a dead body in the trunk of a stolen car. Worse, the victim turns out to be the man who abused him as a child. Marcus instinctively wants to help the killer get away with murder and, disregarding his police oath, will stop at nothing to make it happen. With both his job and freedom in jeopardy, Marcus’s investigation leads him to an unexpected suspect, and he is soon faced with an impossible decision. Can he finally bury the past before it drags him under?

Mostra libro

The Things I Didn't Do

Charlotte Barnes

A writer interrogates a woman who may or may not have killed her husband, in a taut tale of psychological suspense by the author of Sincerely, Yours.After twenty-five years in the remote English countryside, living under an assumed name, Erica Miller has decided it’s time for the world to hear her story—from her point of view, rather than from the tabloids or the gossips who think she got away with murder.She hires Prudence Carr to write about her privileged childhood, her marriage, the affairs, the day her husband disappeared, and the day his body was found in the marshes. Despite evidence against her, the jury refused to convict, leaving Erica to live a life of quiet isolation.Erica has a lot to say. But as the story unfolds, so does Prudence. It is clear that this project could make Prudence’s career. In this compelling novel of mystery and deceit, everything will depend on who gets the last word . . .

Mostra libro

The Girl in the Mud: A Story of...

Elena Vance

Description：
Born on the fifteenth of July, the day her mother died, Grace is branded a curse by her village. When her father brings home a new wife, Grace's world shrinks further. While her stepbrothers, Ethan and Leo, are cherished, Grace is the unwanted daughter—burdened with chores, denied an education, and fed on scraps of affection. In the shadow of her stepmother's cruelty and her father's indifference, Grace clings to one fragile hope: her brother Ethan's promise to help her escape. But when her stepmother hides Grace's high school acceptance letter, shattering her dreams, Grace must find the strength to fight for her future. Can she rise from the mud of her circumstances and bloom, or will the weight of her family's disdain crush her spirit forever? A poignant and powerful coming-of-age story about survival, the bonds that save us, and the unbreakable will of a girl determined to write her own destiny.

Mostra libro

The Demon on my Phone

Bobby Burgess

This is a story about Dwayne Washington, a customer service representative. Dwayne is good at his job, however one day he comes across a Demon on his phone. He couldn't believe at first, but the demon kept calling. What will Dwayne find out and why does the demon keep calling?

Mostra libro

The Last Dance

Mark Billingham

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingham that introduces Detective Miller: a man who's unique, unconventional, and criminally underestimated. 
 
 
 
Maverick sleuth Declan Miller is back at work following the murder of his wife (and amateur ballroom dancing partner) Alex. Working with new partner and heavy metal enthusiast DS Sara Xiu, he is tasked with investigating the double killing of gangland family scion Adrian Cutler and IT consultant Barry Shepherd at the Sands Hotel. Initial evidence suggests a hired gun and a botched job. The search for the hitman begins and Miller begins to reconnect with his old network—his ballroom dancing friends, homeless informant Finn, and even the ghost of his wife who keeps showing up in his kitchen. The fact Alex had been investigating the Cutler family prior to her death complicates things, and as Miller gets closer to the truth, he realizes the danger is walking right up to his doorstep . . .

Mostra libro

Sexton Blake: Caribbean Crisis &...

Mark Hodder, Michael Moorcock

Michael Moorcock’s triumphant return to Britain’s adventuring detective, Sexton Blake! His first published novel restored, revised, expanded … and presented with a brand new prequel story! 
 
A deep sea mission … 
A baffling murder … 
 
Beneath a sky of limpid sapphire blue, the research ship Gorgon rolls gently on the scintillating waters of the Caribbean Sea. 
 
Below, two men in a bathysphere, lowered more than a 150 fathoms into the crushing depths. But when the sphere is raised, there is only one man inside … and he has a knife in his back! 
 
Now Sexton Blake must answer an impossible question: How did the killer escape?

Mostra libro