Download or read book The Girl Upstairs written by Georgina Lees and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Don’t miss The Lost Wife – the brand new jaw-dropping thriller from Georgina Lees* ‘Compelling, heartbreaking and beautifully written. This superb thriller will stay in my mind for a very long time’ B P Walter, Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Dinner Guest

Download or read book The Woman Upstairs written by Claire Messud and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told with urgency, intimacy, and piercing emotion, this New York Times bestselling novel is the riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and abandoned by a desire for a world beyond her own. Nora Eldridge is a reliable, but unremarkable, friend and neighbor, always on the fringe of other people’s achievements. But the arrival of the Shahid family—dashing Skandar, a Lebanese scholar, glamorous Sirena, an Italian artist, and their son, Reza—draws her into a complex and exciting new world. Nora’s happiness pushes her beyond her boundaries, until Sirena’s careless ambition leads to a shattering betrayal. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • A Washington Post Top Ten Book of the Year • A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Book • A Huffington Post Best Book • A Boston GlobeBest Book of the Year • A Kirkus Best Fiction Book • A Goodreads Best Book

Download or read book Upstairs Girls written by Michael Rutter and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2012-11-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prostitutes make up one of the most engaging chapters in the story of the American West. Upstairs Girls opens a window on the lives of these women for hire. Historian Michael Rutter offers a thorough and fascinating history of prostitution in the West, with details on why women turned to this profession and what their lives were like. Chapters on the notorious madams, the tragic Chinese sex trade, occupational hazards, rowdy dancehall girls, and the efforts of the ''Moral Purity Movement'' supplement the heart-breaking and sometimes humorous profiles on some of the most famous madams and prostitutes in history.

Download or read book The Wife Upstairs written by Rachel Hawkins and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Top 10 New York Times bestseller ‘I was completely blown away by The Wife Upstairs. This is a compulsive, irresistible retelling of Jane Eyre with a modern, noir twist – and wow, does it work’ Samantha Downing, bestselling author of My Lovely Wife

Download or read book The Upstairs Room Winner of the Newbery Honor written by Johanna Reiss and published by Graymalkin Media. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Newbery Honor-winning book shows us that in the steady courage of a young girl lies a profound strength that can transcend the horrors of war. This is the true story of a girl's extraordinary survival during the German occupation of Holland of World War II. Annie was only ten years old, but because she was Jewish, she was forced to leave her family, her home, and everything she knew. Annie was taken in, far from home, by complete strangers who risked everything to help her. They showed Annie where she had to stay - the cramped upstairs room of their farmhouse. She would remain there while Nazis, who were ever vigilant, patrolled the streets outside. If Annie made even a sound from upstairs, or if a nosy neighbor caught sight of her in the window, it would surely mean a death sentence for her and the family that took her in. Elie Wiesel writes, “This admirable account is as important in every aspect as the one bequeathed to us by Anne Frank." A Newbery Medal Honor Book, ALA Notable Book, and winner of the Jewish Book Council Children’s Book Award. Be sure to read the moving sequel "The Journey Back" by Johanna Reiss.

Download or read book The Upstairs House written by Julia Fine and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Chicago Review of Books Fiction Award A Good Morning America Book of the Month Selection • A Popsugar Must-Read Book of the Month • A Buzzfeed Most Anticipated Book of the Year • A The Millions Most Anticipated Book of the Year “Provocative…. [An] assured, beautifully written book.” —Sarah Lyall, New York Times In this provocative meditation on new motherhood—Shirley Jackson meets The Awakening—a postpartum woman’s psychological unraveling becomes intertwined with the ghostly appearance of children’s book writer Margaret Wise Brown. There’s a madwoman upstairs, and only Megan Weiler can see her. Ravaged and sore from giving birth to her first child, Megan is mostly raising her newborn alone while her husband travels for work. Physically exhausted and mentally drained, she’s also wracked with guilt over her unfinished dissertation—a thesis on mid-century children’s literature. Enter a new upstairs neighbor: the ghost of quixotic children’s book writer Margaret Wise Brown—author of the beloved classic Goodnight Moon—whose existence no one else will acknowledge. It seems Margaret has unfinished business with her former lover, the once-famous socialite and actress Michael Strange, and is determined to draw Megan into the fray. As Michael joins the haunting, Megan finds herself caught in the wake of a supernatural power struggle—and until she can find a way to quiet these spirits, she and her newborn daughter are in terrible danger. Using Megan’s postpartum haunting as a powerful metaphor for a woman’s fraught relationship with her body and mind, Julia Fine once again delivers an imaginative and “barely restrained, careful musing on female desire, loneliness, and hereditary inheritances” (Washington Post).

Download or read book The Burning Girl A Novel written by Claire Messud and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist "[A] masterwork of psychological fiction.… Messud teases readers with a psychological mystery, withholding information and then cannily parceling it out." —Chicago Tribune Julia and Cassie have been friends since nursery school. They have shared everything, including their desire to escape the stifling limitations of their birthplace, the quiet town of Royston, Massachusetts. But as the two girls enter adolescence, their paths diverge and Cassie sets out on a journey that will put her life in danger and shatter her oldest friendship. The Burning Girl is a complex examination of the stories we tell ourselves about youth and friendship, and straddles, expertly, childhood’s imaginary worlds and painful adult reality—crafting a true, immediate portrait of female adolescence. Claire Messud, one of our finest novelists, is as accomplished at weaving a compelling fictional world as she is at asking the big questions: To what extent can we know ourselves and others? What are the stories we create to comprehend our lives and relationships? Brilliantly mixing fable and coming-of-age tale, The Burning Girl gets to the heart of these matters in an absolutely irresistible way. The Burning Girl was named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, NPR, Financial Times, Town & Country, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Refinery29, and Literary Hub.

Download or read book The Lady Upstairs written by Halley Sutton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A racy and hard-to-put-down piece of neo-noir."--Washington Post A modern-day noir featuring a twisty cat-and-mouse chase, this dark debut thriller tells the story of a woman who makes a living taking down terrible men...then finds herself in over her head and with blood on her hands. The only way out? Pull off one final con. Jo's job is blackmailing the most lecherous men in Los Angeles--handsy Hollywood producers, adulterous actors, corrupt cops. Sure, she likes the money she's making, which comes in handy for the debt she is paying off, but it's also a chance to take back power for the women of the city. Eager to prove herself to her coworker Lou and their enigmatic boss, known only as the Lady Upstairs, Jo takes on bigger and riskier jobs. When one of her targets is murdered, both the Lady Upstairs and the LAPD have Jo in their sights. Desperate to escape the consequences of her failed job, she decides to take on just one more sting--bringing down a rising political star. It's her biggest con yet--and she will do it behind the Lady's back, freeing both herself and Lou. But Jo soon learns that Lou and the Lady have secrets of their own, and that no woman is safe when there is a life-changing payout on the line. A delicious debut thriller crackling with wit and an unforgettable feminist voice, The Lady Upstairs is a chilling and endlessly surprising take on female revenge.

Download or read book The Woman Upstairs written by Ruth Heald and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Oh... my... goodness. What a rollercoaster of a read, just brilliant, full of twists and turns and I was gripped from the first page. A brilliant, addictive psychological thriller... A nail-biting and edge-of-your-seat ending.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars You'd be lost without her... She's the shoulder you cry on when the father of your children disappears. She's the person you turn to when he comes back, begging for forgiveness. She's by your side when you discover his guilty secrets. She helps rock your babies to sleep when they cry. She's your friend when you have no one else. She's the woman upstairs, whose feet you hear treading around as you drift off at night, thankful you aren't alone. But what if you're about to lose everything because of her? One of the most twisted, shocking, heart-stopping psychological thrillers you'll ever read! Fans of K.L. Slater, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train, prepared to be kept up way past your bedtime as you race through this addictive page-turner. Readers absolutely love The Woman Upstairs 'WOW!... This book has more twists than a corkscrew. You no sooner get through with one twist and BAM the next one comes.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'Wow and wow again! A stonkingly goodread... I raced through this, it's that good!!' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars 'Whoa!! I stayed up till 6am reading this! I needed to know the ending! This book is TWISTED.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'WOW!!... Fabulous.' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars 'Sooooo good! I couldn't put this book down and flipped pages late into the night... Must read!' Goodreads Reviewer 'Brilliant... Another thoroughly engrossing read from an author who is quickly becoming one of my favourites. I cannot think of a single thing that I did not love about this book... This is a compulsive and addictive read from the word go, and I simply devoured it.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'What an amazing book!' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'Absolutely brilliant... Very addictive... I so recommended this book!' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'A fantastic thriller that I could not put down.' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'A book that will leave you spellbound!!!' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'This was quite the thriller rollercoaster! Many twists and turns - very suspenseful!... A surprising twist at the end. Definitely recommend!' NetGalley Reviewer, 5 stars 'I read this book in one day since I just couldn't put it down! I have read a lot of mysteries but this one kept you guessing through the whole book and what I thought were the answers turned out to be wrong! You will definitely want to pick this one up!!' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

Download or read book The Girl Who Wasn t There written by Penny Joelson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Karen M. McManus and Kara Thomas comes this riveting new young adult crime thriller packed with mystery and suspense, from the acclaimed author of I Have No Secrets Nothing ever happens on Kasia's street. And Kasia would know, because her chronic illness keeps her stuck at home, watching the outside world from her bedroom window. So when she witnesses what looks like a kidnapping, she's not sure whether she can believe her own eyes... There had been a girl in the window across the street who must have seen something too. But when Kasia ventures out to find her, she is told the most shocking thing of all: There is no girl. Emotional and full of twists, The Girl Who Wasn't There is perfect for readers looking for: teen mystery books diverse, complex characters chronic illness representation books for teens that deal with social issues young adult suspense novels

Download or read book The Family Upstairs written by Lisa Jewell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare to be hooked . . . A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell. * #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * * OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD * * HOLLY WILLOUGHBY'S SUMMER READING HIGHLIGHT * 'I read it all in one sitting.' Colleen Hoover 'I loved The Family Upstairs!' Sarah Jessica Parker 'Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish...' Olivia Colman 'A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.' Ian Rankin 'Rich, dark and intricately twisted' Ruth Ware _______________ In a large house in London's fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. They've been dead for several days. Who has been looking after the baby? And where did they go? Two entangled families. A house with the darkest of secrets. _______________ More love for The Family Upstairs . . . 'My eyes were glued to this book!' Hayley Morris 'You don't read a Lisa Jewell book, you fall into it.' Erin Kelly 'I swear I didn't breathe the whole time I was reading it.' Clare Mackintosh 'Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive.' Guarian 'I had a thrilling for-God's-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read' Ruth Jones 'Absolutely brilliant.' Sarah Pinborough 'Glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.' AJ Finn 'I was hooked from the first page.' Alice Feeney 'Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark and twisty .' Jane Corry 'It's absolutely bloody brilliant.' Tammy Cohen 'I genuinely struggled to put this one down.' The Unmumsy Mum

Download or read book The Girl Before written by JP Delaney and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a BBC One and HBO Max limited four-part series, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show; Misbehaviour) and multiple Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy-nominated actor David Oyelowo (Selma; Les Misérables) “A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense” (Lee Child) that spins one woman’s seemingly good fortune, and another woman’s mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life. The request seems odd, even intrusive—and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating. EMMA Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate Street. The house is an architectural masterpiece: a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings. But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house retains full control: no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform its occupant—and it does. JANE After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds One Folgate Street she is instantly drawn to the space—and to its aloof but seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the home’s previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror, as the girl before. Praise for The Girl Before “Dazzling, startling, and above all cunning—a pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense.”—Lee Child “The Girl Before generates a fast pace. . . . [J. P.] Delaney intersperses ethics questions on stand-alone pages throughout the book. . . . The single most ingenious touch is that we’re not provided either woman’s answers.”—The New York Times “J. P. Delaney builds the suspense.”—Vanity Fair “Immediate guarantee: You will not be able to put this book down. . . . Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will realize that there’s not only more where that came from, but it’s also more thrilling.”—American Booksellers Association

Download or read book Invisible Girl written by Lisa Jewell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-08-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thriller following a group of people--including a virgin in his thirties who's found himself inadvertently sucked into the dark world of involuntary celibate forums, and his neighbors--whose lives intersect when a young woman disappears.

Download or read book The Party Upstairs written by Lee Conell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An electrifying debut novel that unfolds in the course of a single day inside one genteel New York City apartment building, as tensions between the building's super and his grown-up daughter spark a crisis that will, by day's end, change everything. Ruby has a strange relationship to privilege. She grew up the super's daughter in the basement of an Upper West Side co-op that gets more gentrified with each passing year. Though not economically privileged herself, her close childhood friendship with Caroline, the daughter of affluent tenants, and the mere fact of living in such a wealthy neighborhood, close to her beloved Natural History Museum, brought her certain advantages, even expectations. Naturally Ruby followed her dreams and took out loans to attend a prestigious small liberal arts college and explore her interest in art. But now, out of school for a while, she is no closer to her dream job, or anything resembling it, and she's been forced by circumstances to do the last thing she wanted to do: move back in with her parents, back into the basement. And Caroline is throwing one of her parties tonight, in her father's glorious penthouse apartment, a party Ruby looks forward to and dreads in equal measure. With a thriller's narrative control, The Party Upstairs distills worlds of wisdom about families, great expectations, and the hidden violence of class into the gripping, darkly witty story of a single fateful day inside the Manhattan co-op Ruby calls home.

Download or read book The Couple Upstairs written by Shalini Boland and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our new home was supposed to be a chance to leave our past behind. But was moving here the worst mistake of our lives? All our friends and family were gathered, glasses raised to toast our fresh start. It should have been a night for happiness and celebration. Zac and I had worked so hard for this: our first home together, just minutes from the sea. But the dream quickly turned into a nightmare... We'd invited our neighbours too. I wanted to make a good impression - to show them we're exactly the sort of people they want living on their street. I hadn't thought about who they might be, the strangers I was letting in. It was going so well. There was laughter in the air and the wine was flowing. But then I noticed the narrowed eyes, the whispers. And then the lights went out. As my heart thumped in my chest, all the little things that had been going wrong since we moved here flashed through my mind: the food poisoning, the arguments, the flood of nasty reviews shaking my business. Am I going crazy? Or is someone trying to destroy us? From the USA Today bestselling author Shalini Boland comes an absolutely heart-thumping psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl and The Wife Between Us. Readers love Shalini Boland: 'WHAT A THRILLER!!!!... caused me sleepless nights because I couldn't put it down!!' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Oh my!!! Wow!!! Let's all hail Queen Shalini because this is another absolutely FANTASTIC book... A truly brilliant masterpiece' Little Miss Book Lover 87, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Boy this Shalini Boland woman sure knows how to write a book!!!!!!... That ending, wow!!!!!' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow!! Where to even start?!?... It kept me up most of the night!!!... I LOVED IT!!!!' Kirsty Whitlock, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Download or read book The Woman Next Door An Unputdownable Psychological Thriller with a Stunning Twist written by Sue Watson and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I suppose everyone has their reasons for living here. Who knows what lies behind the pretty curtains and the well-groomed lawns of Mulberry Avenue? Lucy has a kind and adoring husband, a job she loves as a teacher, and a house on Mulberry Avenue with floaty curtains and the softest bed linen. After her troubled childhood, she knows life will never be perfect, but it's pretty close. She's also got Amber, right next door. They never run out of things to talk about. Even if Amber's life - with her high-profile job and handsome, wealthy boyfriend - is more glamorous than Lucy's, they share a down-to-earth sense of humour. But then Amber starts to hint that her life isn't all it seems, and when she comes to Lucy, terrified, saying that she's getting threatening messages, Lucy promises to protect her. The closer Lucy gets to anyone, the harder it'll be to keep her past to herself. But Amber doesn't have anyone else, and Lucy welcomes her into her home. Lucy knows all too well that people aren't always what they seem. Sometimes they have secrets. And they'd do anything to keep them. Yet when Amber settles in a little too quickly, Lucy's still sure: she can trust her friend... can't she? Gripping and unputdownable, The Woman Next Door tells a story about the dark side of friendship, and has a final twist that will shock every reader. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train, Friend Request, and Clare Mackintosh. Readers love Sue Watson: 'Tense, atmospheric psychological thriller with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster. Impeccably written and a big fat 5***** from me. Awesome!' No. 1 bestselling author, Angela Marsons 'Gripping tension that builds and builds... I kept thinking I knew where she was going only to be knocked sideways... An absolute page turner of a read that sent my heart racing. Bravo to the new queen of psychological thrillers.' By the Letter Book Reviews, 5 stars 'Omg this book!!!!! Never have I felt such powerful emotions... when reading a novel... This really is such a compulsive read building the tension and a brilliant ending making it for me a real unputdownable novel... Read it you really won't be disappointed.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'What a read this was, reminiscent of B A Paris' Behind Closed Doors, with the twists of a Claire Mackintosh book... such a good read and just as I thought I had worked it out I was wrong!' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'Delivers an ending that will make you go WOW but you need to read it to see why! Straight into my Top 10 of the year and a really great read... Dark, disturbing and just everything you want from a psychological thriller and more.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

Download or read book The Girl Next Door written by Phoebe Morgan and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One little lie just became deadly... 'Utterly absorbing, I couldn't put this thrilling whodunnit down' C.L. Taylor, bestselling author of Her Last Holiday ‘A compelling page-turner’ Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle