Just before the First World War, the Ramsay family go to their holiday home in the Hebrides, bringing several guests with them. While they are there, one of the children wants to visit a lighthouse. After a ten year gap, during which...
Psychological fiction
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Author:Woolf, VirginiaSummary: - Author:Pearson, Ryne DouglasSummary:
An artful criminal is hell-bent on killing his way to the top of the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List, in this electrifying tale of madness and murder.
- Author:Hooper, Kay.Summary:
A criminal is stalking women on the streets of Seattle. Four have been abducted, beaten, then blinded by this monster. Police sketch artist Maggie Barnes is called upon for her uncanny ability to listen to a victim's story and...
- Author:Mona, AwadSummary:
La vie de Miranda, professeure de théâtre à l'université, est un cauchemar éveillé. L'accident qui a mis fin à sa prometteuse carrière de comédienne lui a laissé des douleurs chroniques aiguës. Tout semble lui filer entre les...
- Author:Rachel CuskSummary:
In the wake of family collapse, a writer moves to London with her two young sons. The process of upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions—personal, moral, artistic, practical—as she endeavors to construct a new reality for...
- Author:Kobayashi, ErikaSummary:
Nine years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, Japan is preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. An unnamed narrator wakes up in a cold, sterile room, unable to recall her past. Across the country, the elderly begin...
- Author:Reed Petty, KateSummary:
“Spellbinding.” —Megan Abbott, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) “Extraordinary ... Fans of the formal inventiveness and twisty-turny narratives of Trust Exercise and A Visit From the Goon Squad will be immediately...
- Author:Kay, JackieSummary:
The death of famous jazz musician Joss Moody brings to light a dark secret--one that leaves his adopted son Colman searching for answers, and his wife Millie fleeing for the solitude of a remote Scottish village.
- Author:French, NicciSummary:
Psychotherapist Frieda Klein is called upon by DCI Karlsson to help solve a grisly murder in which the prime suspect is afflicted with a strange mental disorder. As the pair dig into the dead man's past, they find plenty of motive...
- Author:Maillard, KeithSummary:
An engrossing, timely, and contemporary novel about the bonds between twins, about sexuality and gender fluidity, and about the messy complexities of modern family life - the much-anticipated new novel in more than a decade by acclaimed...
- Author:Brooks, MarthaSummary:
A year after her mother's death, sixteen-year-old Sidonie still spends sleepless nights playing cards with her cat, Bogie. During the day she lies around and reads under the nose of her nineteen-year-old sister, Roberta, who angrily...
- Author:Bouchard, Jocelyne, Dupont-Champagne, ChristianeSummary:
Avec ce roman, Christiane Dupont-Champagne transmet son amour pour l'Afrique et son peuple ; elle y décrit d'une façon remarquable les émotions d'une jeune fille qui doit suivre sa famille dans un pays qui lui est...
- Author:Pontbriand, ClaireSummary:
Agrippée aux hanches de Yann, grisée par le vent et ses dix-sept ans, elle se sentait invincible sur la moto. Tout lui était permis. La journée était encore chaude. Je portais mes nouveaux pantalons fuchsia. Leur couleur vibrait dans la...
- Author:Gornall, LouiseSummary:
Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can't step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He's sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries...
- Author:Lowry, MalcolmSummary:
On a single, fateful day in Quauhnahuac, Mexico, 1938, a former British consul wrestles with his demons as his wife tries to rescue their marriage from his drinking problem.
- Author:Meunier, StéfaniSummary:
Océane est laide. Roch, défoncé. Contre toute attente, les trajectoires des deux adolescents s'entrecroisent, leur permettant de se réfugier en dehors du temps, à l'abri du regard des autres. Enfin libérés du carcan de la norme,...
- Author:Paule BaillargeonSummary:
Quatorze fois Huguette a été harcelée, touchée, embrassée contre son gré, violée. Quatorze fois elle s’est relevée, grelottante de honte ou couverte de sang. Et, comme toutes les Huguette, elle s’est refermée sur ses secrets. Quatorze...
- Author:Houde, NicoleSummary:
Dans le premier récit de ce recueil, Céline affronte courageusement la mort. Atteinte d’un cancer foudroyant, elle refuse tout traitement palliatif et retourne à l’Anse-St-Jean, son village natal, pour renouer, une dernière fois, avec...
- Author:Grégoire, MélissaSummary:
Marie a trente-trois ans et enseigne la littérature dans un collège. Contrainte de prendre un congé de maladie pour la deuxième fois, elle ne peut plus se réfugier dans la seule explication de l'épuisement professionnel. Est-il possible...
- Author:Carol, ShieldsSummary:
For all of her days, Reta Winters has enjoyed the useful monotony of happiness: a loving family, good friends, growing success as a writer of light fiction novels "for summertime." This placid existence cracks open one fearful day when...
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