Bøger af Kimberly McCreight

"When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom's bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose 'out of control' emotions and 'unsafe' behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks. Kat has been lying. She's not just a lawyer; she's her firm's fixer. She's damn good at it, too. Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up to her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats"--

"When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom's bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose 'out of control' emotions and 'unsafe' behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks. Kat has been lying. She's not just a lawyer; she's her firm's fixer. She's damn good at it, too. Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up to her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats"--

From the author of Reconstructing Ameliacomes a gripping crime novel about a community struggling with the consequences of a devastating discovery

In Reconstructing Amelia, the stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight, Kates in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughters exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughternow. But Kates stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then its already too late for Amelia. And for Kate.An academic overachiever despondent over getting caught cheating has jumped to her death. At least thats the story Grace Hall tells Kate. And clouded as she is by her guilt and grief, it is the one she forces herself to believe. Until she gets an anonymous text: She didnt jump. Reconstructing Amelia is about secret first loves, old friendships, and an all-girls club steeped in tradition. But, most of all, its the story of how far a mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she couldnt save.Fans of Gillian Flynns Gone Girl will find Reconstructing Amelia just as gripping and surprising.

From New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight comes a thriller following a group of college friends reuniting in a cabin in upstate New York for a weekend, during which a secret or two is bound to slip out - and one of them will lead to murder.

COMING SOON FROM AMAZON AND NICOLE KIDMANS BLOSSOM FILMSA New York Times Summer Reads Selection | A People Best Book of the Summer | A Library Reads Pick | A Book Riot Addictive New Thriller to Add to Your TBR Pile | A Book of the Month Selection | A Publishers Weekly Summer Reads Pick | A Bookish Most-Anticipated Novel | A Good Morning America "e;Binge This!"e; PickBig Little LiesmeetsPresumed Innocentinthis irresistible domestic drama (Washington Post) fromtheNew York Timesbestselling author ofReconstructing Amelia, in which a womans brutal murder revealsthe perilous compromises some couples makeand the secrets they keepin order to stay together.Lizzie Kitsakis is working late when she gets the call. Grueling hours are standard at elite law firms like Young Crane, but theyd be easier to swallow if Lizzie was there voluntarily. Until recently, shed been a happily underpaid federal prosecutor. That job and her brilliant, devoted husband Samshe had everything shed ever wanted. And then, suddenly, it all fell apart.No. Thats a lie. It wasnt sudden, was it? Long ago the cracks in Lizzies marriage had started to show. She was just good at averting her eyes.The last thing Lizzie needs right now is a call from an inmate at Rikers asking for helpeven if Zach Grayson is an old friend. But Zach is desperate: his wife, Amanda, has been found dead at the bottom of the stairs in their Brooklyn brownstone. And Zachs the primary suspect.As Lizzie is drawn into the dark heart of idyllic Park Slope, she learns that Zach and Amanda werent what they seemedand that their friends,a close-knit group offellow parents at the exclusive Brooklyn Country Day school, mightbe protectingtroubling secrets of their own. In the end, shes left wondering not only whether her own marriage can be saved, but what it means to have a good marriage in the first place.

The perfect life. The perfect neighbourhood. The perfect murder? Welcome to Park Slope, where everyone has something to hide... _____________ When young lawyer Lizzie gets a call for help from an old friend accused of murdering his wife, she reluctantly says yes. Zach is the chief suspect in his wife, Amanda's, murder but there's no way he could be guilty - is there? The further Lizzie dives into the glossy world of Brooklyn's Park Slope, the more she realises that things don't add up. Zach doesn't know the most basic details of his wife's past, and Amanda's friends don't even know he exists. And in uncovering the truth, Lizzie will be forced to confront dark secrets that lie at the heart of her own seemingly perfect marriage...

Litigation lawyer and harried single mother Kate Baron is shocked when her daughter's exclusive Brooklyn private school calls to tell her that Amelia?her intelligent, high-achieving fifteen-year-old?has been caught cheating. But when Kate arrives at Grace Hall, she's blindsided by far more devastating news: Amelia is dead. Despondent, she's jumped from the school's roof. At least that's what Grace Hall and the police tell Kate. It's what she believes, too, until she gets the anonymous text: Amelia didn't jump. Now, Kate is going to find the truth?no matter where it leads. Sifting through Amelia's e-mails, text messages, and Facebook posts, Kate reconstructs the pieces of her daughter's life and the people in it, uncovering why she was on Grace Hall's roof that day?and how she died.A superb blend of Tana French and Jodi Picoult, Reconstructing Amelia is a story of secrets and lies, friends and bullies. It's about how well any parent really knows their child and how far one mother will go to vindicate the memory of a daughter whose life she could not save.

Kate, alenemor og ambitiøs partner i et advokatfirma i New York, får en dag et bekymrende opkald fra sin teenagedatters privatskole. Amelia har snydt og er blevet bortvist. Kate skal hente hende med det samme, men da hun når frem til skolen, bliver hun mødt af en ventende ambulance og en chokerende besked: Amelia er død. Skolens og politiets forklaring er, at Amelia har begået selvmord ved at springe ud fra skolens tag, men da Kate senere modtager en anonym sms - Amelia sprang ikke - beslutter hun sig for selv at finde sandheden. Hun søger efter spor på de sociale medier, i e-mails og sms’er for at rekonstruere Amelias liv og de begivenheder, der førte op til den skæbnesvangre dag, men intet kunne have forberedt hende på det, hun finder …SANDHEDEN OM AMELIA er en spændende debutroman, der på fremragende vis giver et indblik i en teenageverden med første forelskelser, venskaber, hemmeligheder og løgne. Den handler om forholdet mellem mor og datter, udfordringerne ved at jonglere karriere og familieliv og mest af alt; en mors altoverskyggende kærlighed."Sandheden om Amelia er en gennemtænkt, uhyggelig realistisk roman." — USA Today"McCreight portrætterer ungdommens mørke med både ulykkelig kærlighed, giftige venskaber, drilleri og usikkerhed. Fans af litterære thrillere vil kunne lide romanen og dens originale opbygning." — Publishers Weekly