Is it simply another episode of mass hysteria, or something more sinister? In a quarantined city in which the inexplicable has already occurred, rumors, superstitions, and conspiracy theories abound.ĭuring these strange days, Faith works as a fulltime corpse collector and a freelance "truthologist," putting together disparate pieces of information to solve problems. In the aftermath of a deadly outbreak-reminiscent of the 1962 event of mass hysteria that was the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic-a city at the tip of Africa is losing its mind, with residents experiencing hallucinations and paranoia. With help from her new-found community, can she make her new life a success? But when a sudden family tragedy and a tricky tourist season threaten her new business, Niamh isn't so sure she can stick it out. Having fallen in love with the town of Camogli, she decides to stay and open a coffee shop - even if she has no idea what she's doing. So when her sister invites her to tag along on a work trip to Italy's Ligurian coast, impulsive Niamh jumps at the chance, and discovers a world of wine, opportunity and friendship. She's thirty-three, still living at home and was recently dumped. Niamh Kelly has made a right pig's ear of her life thus far. What happened to Stephanie Mailer? What did she know? And what really happened in Orphea all those years ago? The Italian Escape by Catherine Mangan Before she can give any more details however, Stephanie Mailer mysteriously disappears without trace, and Rosenberg and Scott are forced to confront the awful possibility that her suspicions might have been proved horribly true. In the summer of 1994, the quiet seaside town of Orphea reels from the discovery of two brutal murders.Ĭonfounding their superiors, two young police officers, Jesse Rosenberg and Derek Scott crack the case and arrest the murderer, earning themselves handsome promotions and the lasting respect of their colleagues.īut twenty years later, just as he is on the point of taking early retirement, Rosenberg is approached by Stephanie Mailer, a journalist who believes he made a mistake back in 1994 and that the real murderer is still out there, perhaps ready to strike again. The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer by Joel Dicker Someone is lying, and some secrets are worth killing to keep. Anna’s ex-husband, DCI Jack Harper, is suspicious of her involvement, until he becomes a suspect in his own murder investigation. When a woman is murdered in Blackdown village, newsreader Anna Andrews is reluctant to cover the case. The girls are fifteen - almost women, still children. As Rachel becomes increasingly fixated on Lily's absence, she finds herself breaking fragile trusts and confronting impossible choices she never thought she'd face. To be questioned time and again by the police. At the beginning of a stifling, sultry summer, everything shifts irrevocably when Lily doesn't come home one afternoon. Here, she works toward answers, uncovering hard truths about her parents and herself as she explores whether it's possible to change the course of her history. Instead, she found herself driven to face the difficult past she'd left behind a decade ago: a mother disabled by years of alcoholism, further handicapped by a tragic brain aneurysm a father who abandoned the family when she was three, now a meth addict in and out of recovery.Īfter years in New York City she's pulled home to Southern California by forces she doesn't totally understand, haunted by questions of legacy and trauma. After selling her first novel-a dream she'd worked long and hard for-Stephanie Danler knew she should be happy.
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