My name is Stacey Woods and I was raped... Stacey is the victim of a terrible sexual attack. She does not feel able to go to the police, or talk about it to anybody other than her best friend, Patrice. Patrice, outraged, when she cannot...
Psychological fiction
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Author:Cassidy, AnneSummary: - Author:McBride, EveSummary:
2015 Arthur Ellis Award — Nominated, Best First Novel A terrible tragedy tears a family apart. In a serene city in the extravagant mid-eighties, the privileged Warne family is victimized when their talented and artistic eleven-year-old...
- Author:Van Rensburg, LaureSummary:
Ellie, an NYU grad student, is eager for the perfect weekend away with her boyfriend Steven, a wealthy and privileged professor at Barnard College. When they head out for their romantic break, they're both excited to get to know...
- Author:Benlabed, SalahSummary:
Menacé de mort, un reporter doit quitter son pays livré à la terreur et se retrouve seul avec sa fille à Montréal. Notes d’une musique ancienne est le journal de l’aventure, peu ordinaire mais si fréquente, de ce déplacé qui redécouvre...
- Author:Lavigne, FrançoisSummary:
Un roman exaltant, d’une écriture finement ciselée, qui nous emmène au plus profond des êtres, dans un récit implacable, rythmé comme un mouvement d’horloge, et qui mène à une improbable conclusion, à l’utopique rédemption. Un livre d’...
- Author:Benlabed, SalahSummary:
Après avoir passé plus de la moitié de sa vie en France, Souad retourne, comme on court à la chaloupe quand survient le naufrage, dans son pays d’origine qu’elle ne reconnaît plus, sinon dans ses souvenirs… Tout a changé. Elle aussi....
- Author:Koontz, Dean R.Summary:
Odd Thomas confronts deadly adversaries in a decaying Hollywood estate.
- Author:Koontz, Dean R.Summary:
He's odd. Odd Thomas, to be precise. Genius fry-cook at the Pico Mundo Grill, boyfriend to the gorgeous Stormy Llewellyn - and possibly the only person with a chance of stopping one of the worst crimes in bloody history of murder....
- Author:Kim, Michael ByungJuSummary:
With the rapidly cascading Asian Financial Crisis threatening to go global and Korea in imminent meltdown, investment banker Dae Joon finds himself back in his native Seoul as part of an international team brought in to rescue the...
- Author:Grøndahl, Jens ChristianSummary:
This elegant and nuanced literary gem explores the intricacies of friendship, secrets, and two marriages, for fans of The Dinner and Dept. of Speculation. "Often I am happy and yet I want to cry; / For no heart fully shares my joy...
- Author:Everett, FelicitySummary:
When two couples on the cusp of mid-life decide it is time for a collective move north, it means a fresh start for them all. But as the reality of their new living arrangements slowly sinks in, the four friends face their own mid-life...
- Author:King, JamesSummary:
English novelist Guy Boyd's publisher forces him, against his inclination, to write a biography of the late Gabriel Brown, an eminent dealer in Old Masters. From the start, the project rattles the young Englishman, who has little...
- Author:Cook, MéiraSummary:
After twenty years Max Binder is still in love with his fiery wife, Maggie, and is determined to get her the perfect fortieth birthday gift. But Max’s singular desire — to make his wife happy — leads to an unexpected event that changes...
- Author:McConaghy, CharlotteSummary:
From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with...
- Author:Divakaruni, Chitra BanerjeeSummary:
Nine people get trapped in the basement of an Indian consulate after an earthquake hits their American city. Emotions run high as the building begins to flood and the chance of survival dwindles. In oder to set their minds at ease, one...
- Author:Babcock, BeccaSummary:
I move around the side of the house. There is a thick mass of shrubs on the north-east side. Juniper, and caragana gone wild. Without thinking, I pluck a flower and put it into my mouth, savouring the delicate yellowness of its flavour...
- Author:Cole, TejuSummary:
Feeling adrift after ending a relationship, Julius, a young Nigerian doctor living in New York, takes long walks through the city while listening to the stories of fellow immigrants until a shattering truth is revealed.
- Author:Parris, AmandaSummary:
In this striking debut, Amanda Parris turns the spotlight on the Black women who organize communities, support their incarcerated loved ones, and battle institutions, living each day by a ride-or-die philosophy, strengthening their...
- Author:Petterson, PerSummary:
Sixty-seven-year-old Trond Sander lives secluded in a far corner of Norway. Casting his mind back to 1948, he recalls a horse stealing prank with his best friend that turned tragic and changed his life forever.
- Author:Cusk, RachelSummary:
"Rachel Cusk's Outline is a novel in ten conversations. Spare and stark, it follows a novelist teaching a course in creative writing during an oppressively hot summer in Athens. She leads her students in storytelling exercises. She...
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