Bøger af Hilary Davidson

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated examination of dress, clothing, fashion, and sewing in the Regency seen through the lens of Jane Austen's life and writings

Obsession. Betrayal. Rage. Paranoia. Lust. Revenge. Murder. Anthony Award-winning author Hilary Davidson's short stories invariably lead to dark places.In "Stepmonster," a jilted wife learns that the younger woman who stole her husband may be on the prowl again. In "Son of So Many Tears," the mother of a criminal discovers the carnage left behind by her son. In "Anniversary," a man prepares a very special meal for the girl of his dreams. In "Beast," a wedding-obsessed woman refuses to accept a bad breakup. In "Undying Love," a dead man with a fading memory tries to piece together the mystery of his own murder. In "Insatiable," a wealthy old man watches his beautiful wife seduce a new lover. In "Fetish," a father's terror about the sick, twisted world his daughter inhabits leads him to take some terrible measures to save her. In "The Other Man," a bar owner realizes his adulterous days may be numbered when a cuckolded husband starts stalking him. And in the title story, "The Black Widow Club," a young mother discovers that murder may be a family tradition.Read The Black Widow Club: Nine Tales of Obsession and Murder at your own risk.

Delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors based on her surviving garments and 161 letters, offering intimate insight into her life and times

Dominique Monaghan just wanted to get even with her two-timing, married boyfriend, a washed-up boxer stuck in a toxic marriage to a dangerously spoiled socialite. However, an elaborate blackmail scheme soon lands her in the middle of an unexpected kidnapping . . . and attempted murder. But who is actually out to kill whom?Desmond Edgars, Dominique's big brother, has looked out for his wayward sister ever since their mother was convicted of murdering many years ago, so when he receives a frantic phone call from Dominique in the middle of the night, he drops everything to rush to the rescue. But to find out what has really happened to his sister, the stoic ex-military man must navigate a tangled web of murder and deception, involving a family fortune, a couple of shifty lawyers, and a missing child, while wrestling with his own bloody secrets . . . .Hilary Davidson's Blood Always Tells is a twisted tale of love, crime, and family gone wrong, by the multiple award-winning author of The Damage Done and Evil in All Its Disguises.

Hilary Davidson''s The Next One to Fall takes place three months after the events of her debut novel, the Anthony Award-winning The Damage Done. Travel writer Lily Moore has been persuaded by her closest friend, photographer Jesse Robb, to visit Peru with him. Jesse is convinced that the trip will lure Lily out of her dark mood, but Lily is haunted by betrayal and loss. At Machu Picchu, the famous Lost City of the Incas, they discover a woman clinging to life at the bottom of an ancient stone staircase. Just before the woman dies, she tells Lily the name of the man who pushed her. When the local police investigate, the forensic evidence they find doesn''t match what Lily knows. Unable to accept the official ruling of accidental death, Lily hunts down the wealthy man who was the dead woman''s traveling companion and discovers a pattern of dead and missing women in his wake. Obsessed with getting justice for these women, Lily sets in motion a violent chain of events that will have devastating consequences.

The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson is the winner of the Anthony Award for Best First NovelLily Moore fled to Spain to get away from her troubled, drug-addicted younger sister, Claudia. When Claudia is found dead in a bathtub on the anniversary of their mother's suicide, Lily must return to New York to deal with the aftermath.The situation shifts from tragic to baffling when the body at the morgue turns out to be that of a stranger who had been using Claudia's identity. The real Claudia had vanished months earlier, reappearing briefly on the day the impostor died. As Claudia transforms from victim to suspect in the eyes of the police, Lily becomes determined to find her before they do.Is Claudia actually missing or is she playing an elaborate con game? And who's responsible for the body in the tub? Determined to learn the truth at any cost, Lily is unprepared for the terrible toll it will take on her and those she loves"Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go till the end."-Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author, on The Damage Done