Superbly tense and oozing with atmosphere, Anna Downes's debut, The Safe Place, is the perfect summer suspense, with the modern gothic feel of Ruth Ware and the morally complex family dynamics of Lisa Jewell.Welcome to paradise...will you ever be able to leave?Emily is a mess.Emily Proudman just lost her acting agent, her job, and her apartment in one miserable day.Emily is desperate.Scott Denny, a successful and charismatic CEO, has a problem that neither his business acumen nor vast wealth can fix. Until he meets Emily.Emily is perfect.Scott offers Emily a summer job as a housekeeper on his remote, beautiful French estate. Enchanted by his lovely wife Nina, and his eccentric young daughter, Aurelia, Emily falls headlong into this oasis of wine-soaked days by the pool. But soon Emily realizes that Scott and Nina are hiding dangerous secrets, and if she doesn't play along, the... Views: 665
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From Argentine literary powerhouse Ricardo Piglia, The Way Out is "an offbeat take on the campus novel, full of sex, intrigue, and marginalia" (Kirkus Reviews) that probes the lengths we go to hide our own truths and to uncover the secrets of others. In the mid 1990s Emilio Renzi leaves his unstable life in Argentina to take a visiting position at a prestigious university in New Jersey. Settling in for a semester of academic quietude, he is unexpectedly swept up in a secret romance with his colleague, the brilliant and enigmatic Ida Brown. But their clandestine relationship is cut brutally short by an apparent tragic car accident. Discontented with the police's lackluster inquiries into Ida's death, Renzi begins his own investigation. His suspicions are piqued as details emerge about a bizarre string of attacks targeting scientists and researchers. Then a radical manifesto appears in the press threatening continued violence. As... Views: 665
Small Town. Big Secrets.We don't get many visitors in Juniper, and the locals like to keep it that way.I've learned to keep my distance, too. The only thing outsiders find if they look too close is a cold and lonely grave.Then he arrives in town like my darkest, dirtiest dream: all muscle, tattoos, and a rough accent.They don't make men like that around here. Hell, they don't make men like that anymore.When he looks at me, it's like I've known him all my life.When he says my name, it's like he's already made me his.I can't stay away, even though I know I should.The lust between us is as elemental and all-consuming as a wildfire.He says he wants to protect me, but I can tell he's running from something too.You can't outrun the past, and no secret can stay buried forever.I've learned to keep my problems close to home. It's easier that way, because the only person you'll ever hurt is yourself.But he doesn't just want my body, he wants my heart. My trust.And I want to give in so badly, but what if the danger I'm hiding destroys us both? Views: 665
