The Heart Keeper

The Heart Keeper

Alex Dahl

Mystery / Fiction / Thriller

The heart-breaking, heart-pounding new thriller from the author of The Boy at the Door. How do you mend a broken heart? It's been three months since Alison Miller-Juul's world fell apart when her six-year-old daughter, Amalie, died in an accident. Three months of sympathy cards, grief counselling and gritting her teeth, but it's still only the vodka and pills that seem to help. Across town, Iselin Berg's life is finally looking up. Her seven-year-old daughter, Kaia, has survived a life-changing operation. After years of doctors, medication and hope, they can now start thinking about the future. When Alison uncovers a dangerous secret, she is left in turmoil. She can now see a way to heal her broken heart, but will she risk everything to do so? What readers are saying about ALEX DAHL: 'Absolutely brilliant ... I was in tears at points. I can't wait for the next story from this gifted writer' ...
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After She'd Gone

After She'd Gone

Alex Dahl

Mystery / Fiction / Thriller

An irresistible read... A truly revealing book about the disgusting side of the modelling world, but [Dahl's] powerful messaging never bogs the plot down' DAILY MAILUnsettling, gripping and glamorous. A timely psychological thriller about the danger of beauty, the lure of power, and the fierce love of a mother for her son.Liv keeps a low profile in Sandefjord, Norway: she's just another tired single mother, trying to make ends meet. She has never told her son about the secrets she carries or the life she lived before he was born. She will do anything to keep him safe.Anastasia's life is transformed when she moves from Russia to Milan to work as a model. She's rich. She's desired. But there's a dark side to the high-pressure catwalk shows; the sun-baked Italian palazzos; the drink-fuelled after-parties hosted by powerful men. Soon, she will do anything to escape.Selma is a journalist in Oslo. She's investigating scandals in the modelling industry, but can't get her article...
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Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever

Alex Dahl

Mystery / Fiction / Thriller

Alone and isolated in a vast Scandinavian forest, a therapist begins to read her client's novel manuscript, only to discover the main character is terrifyingly familiar... You are her therapist. Kristina is a successful therapist in central Oslo. She spends her days helping clients navigate their lives with a cool professionalism that has got her to the top. She is your client. But when her client Leah, a successful novelist, arrives at her office clearly distressed, begging Kristina to come to her remote cabin in the woods, she feels the balance begin to slip. But out here in the woods. When Leah fails to turn up to her next two sessions, Kristina reluctantly heads out into the wilderness to find her. Nothing is as it seems. Alone and isolated, Kristina finds Leah's unfinished manuscript, and as she reads she realises the main character is terrifyingly familiar... Praise for CWA shortlistee, Alex Dahl: 'Unsettling, layered,...
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Girl Friends

Girl Friends

Alex Dahl

Mystery / Fiction / Thriller

'Compelling... hauntingly dark' JANE SHEMILTTHEY CAN BUILD YOU UPCharlotte has it all: the successful career, the loving family. But, secretly, she is dangerously bored of her life. So when she meets free-spirited Bianka, it feels like fate – Bianka is exactly the person that Charlotte needs.OR TEAR YOU DOWNOn a girls' trip to Ibiza, home is forgotten as Charlotte dives head first into a life that is looser, wilder. She feels free, but there are devastating consequences: someone doesn't return home.As the aftermath of the holiday rips through her life back in London, Charlotte soon regrets ever breaking out of her carefully constructed routine – and begins to wonder whether meeting Bianka was really an accident at all... A fabulously creepy simmering 'glam-noir' thriller, perfect for fans of Caroline Kepnes, BA Paris, TM Logan and Verity by...
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The Boy at the Door

The Boy at the Door

Alex Dahl

Mystery / Fiction / Thriller

What would you do for the perfect life? Would you lie? Cheat? Or... kill? Cecilia Wilborg has the perfect life. A handsome husband, two beautiful daughters and a luxurious home in the picture-postcard town of Sandefjord. She's the type of woman people envy, and she wants to keep it that way. But then Tobias enters her life. He's a gentle, lonely eight-year-old boy. But he threatens to bring Cecilia's world crashing down.
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