From Richard and Judy bestselling author Saskia Sarginson, The Stranger is a devastating love story full of intrigue and dark secrets. 'Immersive, gripping, will pull at your heartstrings' Gilly Macmillan, international bestselling author We all have our secrets. Eleanor Rathmell has kept one her whole life. But when her husband dies and a stranger arrives at her door, her safe life in the idyllic English village she's chosen as her home begins to topple. Everyone is suspicious of this stranger, except for Eleanor. But her trust in him will put her life in danger, because nothing is as it seems; not her dead husband, the man who claims to love her, or the inscrutable outsider to whom she's opened her home and her heart. Praise for Saskia Sarginson: 'Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down' Sun on The Twins 'Atmospheric, readable, beautifully evoked' Sunday Mirror on Without You 'Stunning in its insight and beautifully written' Judy Finnigan on The Twins 'A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour' NZ Women's Weekly
A sweeping and turbulent drama about the anxieties of postwar Britain, where one strong and inspirational young woman looks to find her place, no matter the cost. Sometimes, the truth lies in fiction It’s hard to be an American girl in 1957. Especially when your dad’s job means you have to move four thousand miles from home. Especially if you’d rather play baseball than wear a dress. Especially if you see your mom fraying a little more from anxiety each day. And especially if being five minutes older means you have to protect your fragile twin brother. Still, Hedy Delaney loves her family, and she’s trying to make the best of her new life on a U.S. airbase in England. After all, her dad’s a war hero, her mother’s a beauty, and her brother’s a brainiac who writes moving stories about space travel. Then one tragic day, the unforeseen occurs and all three are ripped away, leaving Hedy alone with countless questions. What really happened on the airbase? What went on behind military closed doors? What were the secrets that could never be told? And how could any of it have led to her family’s destruction? In her search for the truth, Hedy turns to a story her brother began months before he died. Deciding to finish what her brother started, Hedy begins to piece together what happened to her family. But whether she’s ready for what she’ll discover is another matter entirely. A sweeping and turbulent family drama, The Wonderful asks whether writing fiction can uncover fact, and if it’s ever better to let the truth remain hidden. Sometimes, it’s safer not to finish what you’ve started.
Brand New from Saskia Sarginson ‘Please, I need your help. You’re the only person I can turn to. The only person who can pretend to be me...’ When Alice gets a desperate message from her estranged identical twin sister Cecily, she can’t help herself. She has to say yes. Pushing down the memories of the terrible childhood that ultimately tore them apart, she arrives at her sister’s house. Cecily has left instructions: how to work the oven, what to cook for supper, what to say to her husband. She says she’ll only be gone a week. She just needs to contact a lawyer, sort her head out, and work out how to get away from her marriage safely. Alice barely knows why she’s agreed. But as she puts the key in the door, she wonders if – in coming to help her sister – she might be putting herself in the most terrible danger. Because when Cecily stops replying to messages, and the words ‘die, die, die’ appear scrawled in lipstick on the bathroom mirror, Alice realizes – someone is out to get Cecily. And now they think Alice is her... An absolutely pulse-pounding psychological thriller – with a twist that literally nobody will see coming – from bestselling author Saskia Sarginson. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Shari Lapena and Gone Girl. Readers love Saskia Sarginson: ‘Totally hooked from the beginning, unable to put it down, intrigued by each little twist, highly recommended. You will not be disappointed!!!’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A truly gripping page-turner... I can't recommend this book highly enough.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Gripped me from the start... I couldn’t stop reading. I had to know what would happen next... An emotional rollercoaster... Filled with many surprising twists and turns.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wonderful... I just couldn’t put it down! I needed to know what happened. There are so many wonderful twists to the story and the full story is not revealed until remarkably close to the conclusion... A fantastic and gripping read.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Awesome... kept me turning the pages until I finished it.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Haunting... a terrific read – one that had me turning the pages until late into the night.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Definitely my kind of read... Dark, but it’s powerfully written and so deep. I loved getting my teeth and my emotions into this read.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An outstanding page-turner. Loved it... My kind of book, part thriller and part love story. I highly recommend it.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Really interesting... Disturbing... A great psychological read examining the effect of the sins of the father.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘OMG – this book was AWESOME – not only did it keep me interested but it kept me guessing... This is now in my “Fav” folder and not many books are there.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘She has a breathtaking command of human psychology in all its complexity... It is a page turner. It is a thriller. But as with the best of its genre, it is much more. It is also a study of grief and love, cruelty and ambition, prejudice and greed.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
1984 -- Suffolk, England. When 17-year-old Eva goes missing at sea, everyone presumes that she drowned. Her parents' relationship is falling apart, undermined by guilt and grief. But her younger sister, Faith, refuses to consider a life without Eva; she's determined to find her sister and bring her home alive. Close to the shore looms the shape of an island -- out of bounds, mysterious, and dotted with windowless concrete huts. What nobody knows is that inside one of the huts Eva is being held captive. That she is fighting to survive -- and return home. . .
Perfect for fans of One Day in December and Notting Hill, this is an unforgettable love story about sliding doors and chance encounters by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author. 'I raced through this sweet, emotionally satisfying rom-com' Good Housekeeping 'I was enamoured with this story' Prima __________________________________________ What if you've already crossed paths with the love of your life? Cora and Jacob live in London's vast metropolis; he at one end of the Central Line, she at the other. Their paths have crossed a thousand times without them knowing. When a chance encounter on the underground brings them together, it seems they're destined to fall in love. But although they live in the same city, their worlds are miles apart. Jacob's life is uncluttered, while Cora's is full of complications. And as events begin to divide them, they start to wonder: Are they meant to be together, or were they never meant to meet? __________________________________________ Readers are falling in love with Saskia Sarginson's novels . . . 'With echoes of David Nicholls's One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses' Good Housekeeping 'Intensely romantic' Sunday Mirror 'A wonderful, heart-tugging romance' Prima 'A raw, emotional book about love in all its guises' Sun 'A gorgeous story of what-ifs and maybes' Miranda Dickinson 'Heartbreaking' Bella 'Timeless and moving' Holly Miller 'So much more than a love story' Lisa Ballantyne 'Have tissues to hand' Best 'Touching, deftly written' Ella Allbright
With echoes of David Nicholls's One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Intensely romantic' SUNDAY MIRROR 'Wonderful, heart-tugging' PRIMA 'Timeless and moving' HOLLY MILLER Perfect for fans of ONE DAY and ME BEFORE YOU, this is a heartbreaking love story spanning three decades that starts and ends on a bench, by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author. __________________________________________ It begins at the end. It begins on a bench, on a heath, where a woman waits for a man. Ten years ago, they made a pact: On this bench, on this day, they will end a love affair that's spanned three decades, or start again. They should never have met. They should never have fallen in love. But they did, until a lie separated them for a lifetime. Can they fix the mistake, forgive the lie, erase the years in-between? Can what was lost ever truly be found? __________________________________________ Readers are falling in LOVE with The Bench . . . 'I loved this book from beginning to end' ***** Reader review 'A raw, emotional book about love in all its guises' Sun 'I cried at the end, they were happy tears!' ***** Reader review 'Heartbreaking' Bella 'What an epic love story, I loved this so much' ***** Reader review 'Irresistible' Jemma Wayne 'Beautiful, painful, heart-breaking' ***** Reader review 'Honest, tender' Emma Rous 'Poignant and heart-wrenching' Mary Chamberlain 'I absolutely loved it' ***** Reader review 'Beautiful' Cecilia Ekbäck 'I fell head over heels in love with it' Fiona Mitchell 'Wonderful storytelling' ***** Reader review 'Wonderful' Lisa Ballantyne *THE NEW LOVE STORY FROM SASKIA SARGINSON, SEVEN MONTHS OF SUMMER, IS OUT NOW*
One week to fall in love. Seven months apart. A summer to make it right. 'An emotional rollercoaster of a read. I cried with joy and sadness' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'So gripping and heartbreaking . . . Read if you like One Day' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ___________ 1993. When Kit meets Summer on the backpacking trip of a lifetime, he falls head over heels in love, certain that what they have is much more than just a holiday romance. On returning home, Kit is confident he'll be able to find the magical girl he met. But when he follows the clues Summer told him about her life, the person he thought he knew doesn't seem to exist. Heartbroken that she lied to him, and with no way of contacting her, Kit moves to the Suffolk coast for a fresh start. Little does he know that Summer is living just a few miles away - and is incapable of forgetting Kit too. But as the months pass, Kit and Summer's paths never collide. Their lives move on, and a hazy, sun-drenched summer begins. By the time they meet, will it be too late to start again? ___________ Perfect for fans of One Day by David Nicholls and Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, this is a sweeping summer love story about sliding doors and heart-breaking near misses. 'Loved this so much - I read it all in one, on tenterhooks' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'Highly recommended this beautiful book to absolutely everyone' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review
***TOP-TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR*** From Richard & Judy bestselling author of The Twins comes a haunting and suspenseful new novel about a girl with a secret - and a past that is destined to catch up with her... 'There are some books which are so compelling, the plots so engaging and the writing so perfectly paced and accessible that simply captivate the reader and this for me was one such book' We Love This Book Despite everything life has thrown at Eliza Bennet, she's living the life she's worked so hard to achieve. She's who she wants to be, where she wants to be and with the man she loves. But Eliza is living a lie. Her real name is Klaudia Myer, and Klaudia is on the run, escaping her old life and a terrible secret buried at the heart of her family. Eliza feels as though she's been running away her whole life. But when her father comes to her with a terrible request, she knows her double life is about to be exposed. How much longer is it safe to carry on pretending? This is a haunting and deeply powerful story about identity and the deep secrets that lie at the heart of every family. Praise for Saskia Sarginson: 'This enthralling read will keep you up long into the night' Ruth Ware on The Other Me 'Storytelling at its very best. A moving tale about how guilt and shame can govern lives and how only love and generosity can change that' Cecilia Ekback on The Other Me 'Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down' Sun on The Twins 'Stunning in its insight and beautifully written' Judy Finnigan on The Twins 'A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour' NZ Women's Weekly
The Richard and Judy Bestseller 'Outstandingly good. Part-thriller, part-love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down' Sun They were identical in every way Until the unthinkable tore them apart Isolte and Viola are twins. Inseparable as children, they've grown into very different adults: Isolte, a successful features writer for a fashion magazine with a photographer boyfriend and a flat in London, and Viola, desperately unhappy and struggling with a lifelong eating disorder. What happened all those years ago to set the twins on such different paths to adulthood? As both women start to unravel the escalating tragedies of a half-remembered summer, terrifying secrets from the past come rushing back - and threaten to overwhelm their adult lives... 'Convincing and compelling . . . building tension that resonates even after the novel ends' Stylist 'This book got its hooks into us and wouldn't let go. Hypnotic, with real emotional punch' Star 'Gripping' Marie Claire 'Stunning in its insight and beautifully written' Judy Finnigan 'Touching and extremely readable' Sunday Mirror
With echoes of David Nicholls's One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Intensely romantic' SUNDAY MIRROR 'Wonderful, heart-tugging' PRIMA 'Timeless and moving' HOLLY MILLER Perfect for fans of ONE DAY and ME BEFORE YOU, this is a heartbreaking love story spanning three decades that starts and ends on a bench, by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author. __________________________________________ It begins at the end. It begins on a bench, on a heath, where a woman waits for a man. Ten years ago, they made a pact: On this bench, on this day, they will end a love affair that's spanned three decades, or start again. They should never have met. They should never have fallen in love. But they did, until a lie separated them for a lifetime. Can they fix the mistake, forgive the lie, erase the years in-between? Can what was lost ever truly be found? __________________________________________ Readers are falling in LOVE with The Bench . . . 'I loved this book from beginning to end' ***** Reader review 'A raw, emotional book about love in all its guises' Sun 'I cried at the end, they were happy tears!' ***** Reader review 'Heartbreaking' Bella 'What an epic love story, I loved this so much' ***** Reader review 'Irresistible' Jemma Wayne 'Beautiful, painful, heart-breaking' ***** Reader review 'Honest, tender' Emma Rous 'Poignant and heart-wrenching' Mary Chamberlain 'I absolutely loved it' ***** Reader review 'Beautiful' Cecilia Ekbäck 'I fell head over heels in love with it' Fiona Mitchell 'Wonderful storytelling' ***** Reader review 'Wonderful' Lisa Ballantyne *THE NEW LOVE STORY FROM SASKIA SARGINSON, SEVEN MONTHS OF SUMMER, IS OUT NOW*
Perfect for fans of One Day in December and Notting Hill, this is an unforgettable love story about sliding doors and chance encounters by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author. 'I raced through this sweet, emotionally satisfying rom-com' Good Housekeeping 'I was enamoured with this story' Prima __________________________________________ What if you've already crossed paths with the love of your life? Cora and Jacob live in London's vast metropolis; he at one end of the Central Line, she at the other. Their paths have crossed a thousand times without them knowing. When a chance encounter on the underground brings them together, it seems they're destined to fall in love. But although they live in the same city, their worlds are miles apart. Jacob's life is uncluttered, while Cora's is full of complications. And as events begin to divide them, they start to wonder: Are they meant to be together, or were they never meant to meet? __________________________________________ Readers are falling in love with Saskia Sarginson's novels . . . 'With echoes of David Nicholls's One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses' Good Housekeeping 'Intensely romantic' Sunday Mirror 'A wonderful, heart-tugging romance' Prima 'A raw, emotional book about love in all its guises' Sun 'A gorgeous story of what-ifs and maybes' Miranda Dickinson 'Heartbreaking' Bella 'Timeless and moving' Holly Miller 'So much more than a love story' Lisa Ballantyne 'Have tissues to hand' Best 'Touching, deftly written' Ella Allbright
RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'Gripping, emotional, utterly engrossing' Lisa Ballantyne 'Stunning writing and wonderful nuanced characterisation. I was hooked' Rosamund Lupton For fans of Maggie O'Farrell and Celeste Ng, How It Ends is a sweeping and turbulent drama about the anxieties of post-war Britain, where one strong and inspirational young woman looks to find her place, no matter the cost... 1957: Within a year of arriving at an American airbase in Suffolk, the loving, law-abiding Delaney family is destroyed. Did they know something they weren't allowed to know? Did they find something they weren't supposed to find? Only one girl has the courage to question what really went on behind closed doors . . . Hedy's journey to the truth leads her to read a manuscript that her talented twin brother had started months before he died, a story inspired by an experience in the forest surrounding the airbase perimeter. Only through deciding to finish what her brother started does Hedy begin to piece together what happened to her family. But would she have continued if she'd known then what she knows now? Sometimes, it's safer not to finish what you've started... Praise for Saskia Sarginson: 'An intense and brooding read, with a brilliantly claustrophobic sense of place' Sunday Mirror on How it Ends 'An engrossing read with endearing characters thrust into traumatic circumstances. It stayed with me long after the last page' Lisa Ballantyne on How It Ends 'Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down' Sun on The Twins 'Atmospheric, readable, beautifully evoked' Sunday Mirror on Without You 'Stunning in its insight and beautifully written' Judy Finnigan on The Twins 'This enthralling read will keep you up long into the night' Ruth Ware on The Other Me 'Inspirational and compelling' Candis Review on How it Ends 'A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour' NZ Women's Weekly
One week to fall in love. Seven months apart. A summer to make it right. 'An emotional rollercoaster of a read. I cried with joy and sadness' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'So gripping and heartbreaking . . . Read if you like One Day' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review ___________ 1993. When Kit meets Summer on the backpacking trip of a lifetime, he falls head over heels in love, certain that what they have is much more than just a holiday romance. On returning home, Kit is confident he'll be able to find the magical girl he met. But when he follows the clues Summer told him about her life, the person he thought he knew doesn't seem to exist. Heartbroken that she lied to him, and with no way of contacting her, Kit moves to the Suffolk coast for a fresh start. Little does he know that Summer is living just a few miles away - and is incapable of forgetting Kit too. But as the months pass, Kit and Summer's paths never collide. Their lives move on, and a hazy, sun-drenched summer begins. By the time they meet, will it be too late to start again? ___________ Perfect for fans of One Day by David Nicholls and Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, this is a sweeping summer love story about sliding doors and heart-breaking near misses. 'Loved this so much - I read it all in one, on tenterhooks' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'Highly recommended this beautiful book to absolutely everyone' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review
Brand New from Saskia Sarginson ‘Please, I need your help. You’re the only person I can turn to. The only person who can pretend to be me...’ When Alice gets a desperate message from her estranged identical twin sister Cecily, she can’t help herself. She has to say yes. Pushing down the memories of the terrible childhood that ultimately tore them apart, she arrives at her sister’s house. Cecily has left instructions: how to work the oven, what to cook for supper, what to say to her husband. She says she’ll only be gone a week. She just needs to contact a lawyer, sort her head out, and work out how to get away from her marriage safely. Alice barely knows why she’s agreed. But as she puts the key in the door, she wonders if – in coming to help her sister – she might be putting herself in the most terrible danger. Because when Cecily stops replying to messages, and the words ‘die, die, die’ appear scrawled in lipstick on the bathroom mirror, Alice realizes – someone is out to get Cecily. And now they think Alice is her... An absolutely pulse-pounding psychological thriller – with a twist that literally nobody will see coming – from bestselling author Saskia Sarginson. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Shari Lapena and Gone Girl. Readers love Saskia Sarginson: ‘Totally hooked from the beginning, unable to put it down, intrigued by each little twist, highly recommended. You will not be disappointed!!!’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A truly gripping page-turner... I can't recommend this book highly enough.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Gripped me from the start... I couldn’t stop reading. I had to know what would happen next... An emotional rollercoaster... Filled with many surprising twists and turns.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wonderful... I just couldn’t put it down! I needed to know what happened. There are so many wonderful twists to the story and the full story is not revealed until remarkably close to the conclusion... A fantastic and gripping read.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Awesome... kept me turning the pages until I finished it.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Haunting... a terrific read – one that had me turning the pages until late into the night.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Definitely my kind of read... Dark, but it’s powerfully written and so deep. I loved getting my teeth and my emotions into this read.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An outstanding page-turner. Loved it... My kind of book, part thriller and part love story. I highly recommend it.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Really interesting... Disturbing... A great psychological read examining the effect of the sins of the father.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘OMG – this book was AWESOME – not only did it keep me interested but it kept me guessing... This is now in my “Fav” folder and not many books are there.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘She has a breathtaking command of human psychology in all its complexity... It is a page turner. It is a thriller. But as with the best of its genre, it is much more. It is also a study of grief and love, cruelty and ambition, prejudice and greed.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Sie dachten alle, du wärst tot ... Die 17-jährige Eva lebt mit ihrer Schwester Faith und ihren Eltern im beschaulichen Suffolk an der britischen Küste. Als sie eines Tages einen Segelausflug mit ihrem Vater unternimmt, geschieht etwas Schreckliches: Das Boot kentert. Evas Vater verliert das Bewusstsein. Er wacht erst wieder auf, als ihn die Küstenwache aus dem Meer rettet - von Eva fehlt jede Spur. Nur ihre Schwimmweste wird treibend auf dem Wasser gefunden. Die Familie droht an dem Verlust der ältesten Tochter zu zerbrechen. Nur Faith will nicht glauben, dass ihre Schwester wirklich tot ist. Sie sucht verzweifelt einen Weg, um Eva zu finden. Dabei vertraut Faith auf das Einzige, was wirklich zählt - das Band zwischen Schwestern. Ein düsteres Familiendrama vor atmosphärischer Kulisse. Nach "The Stranger - Wer bist du wirklich?" ist "Without You - Ohne jede Spur" bereits der zweite Roman von Saskia Sarginson, der bei beTHRILLED erscheint. eBooks von beTHRILLED - spannende Unterhaltung.
It begins at the end. It begins on a bench, on a heath, where a woman waits for a man. Ten years ago, they made a pact: On this bench, on this day, they will end a love affair that's spanned three decades, or start again. They should never have met. They should never have fallen in love. But they did, until a lie separated them for a lifetime. Can they fix the mistake, forgive the lie, erase the years in-between? Can what was lost ever truly be found?
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