Florianne Vidal Książki

Pisarz Owen Quine zaginął. Jego żona zleca sprawę prywatnemu detektywowi Cormoranowi Strike’owi. Kobieta sądzi, że mąż potrzebował kilku dni dla siebie, jak to zdarzało się już wcześniej. Strike ma go odnaleźć i sprowadzić do domu. W trakcie śledztwa okazuje się, że powód zniknięcia Quine’a może być znacznie poważniejszy niż podejrzewa żona. Pisarz właśnie ukończył rękopis będący jadowitym portretem niemal wszystkich jego znajomych. Gdyby książka została opublikowana, zrujnowałaby niejedno życie, więc wielu osobom mogło zależeć na uciszeniu autora. A kiedy ten zostaje odnaleziony – brutalnie zamordowany w dziwacznych okolicznościach – rozpoczyna się wyścig z czasem, by zrozumieć motyw bezwzględnego zabójcy, zabójcy, jakiego Strike do tej pory nie spotkał…

Joss Cole, a burned out public defender from LA, has opted for a quieter life in Washington State. Then into her office walks Dean Belden in search of a lawyer to help him set up a business. Within days Belden appears before a federal grand jury and, just minutes before testifying, he is killed. Meanwhile, Gideon van Ry, a nuclear fission expert in California, is troubled by the failure to account for two nuclear devices missing from the former Soviet Union. Under a false bill of lading, they were shipped to a company called Belden Electronics, and Gideon's only lead is the lawyer who incorporated Belden Electronics - Joss Cole...

On a train departing from Manchester, a woman sits among sleepy commuters, wiping away tears and trying to remain unnoticed. Emily has a happy marriage, a child, and a beautiful home. Yet, she has just abandoned it all, relying on a train ticket and a new name. Hours earlier, she had dressed quietly and left the bedroom without a glance at her husband, certain that if he woke, he would stop her from leaving. Her departure was surprisingly easy; all it took was some money and a few essentials in her bag, while she pushed aside thoughts of those she was leaving behind. Emily is determined to seek a new beginning, to build a life entirely opposite to the respectable one she has led until now. However, a shadow looms: the memory of her twin sister, Caroline, who has always hated her and seemingly tried to ruin her life at every turn. What secret binds the two sisters, and what event from their past casts a dark shadow over Emily's escape? Is it truly so simple to disappear and start anew?