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Eine Nacht in den Wäldern. Eine Party, die aus dem Ruder läuft. Eine Leiche im Morgengrauen. Am Tag nach Halloween wird in den Wäldern von Thorncombe ein Mädchen tot aufgefunden – im weißen Kleid, mit einer schwarzen Vogelmaske und rätselhaften Worten, die ihr jemand auf Arme und Beine gekritzelt hat. Handelt es sich um einen Ritualmord? Oder eine Party, die eskaliert ist?

At 26, Lillian feels trapped by life. Her marriage to Charles Oberon has not turned out the way she expected it would. To her it seems she is just another object captured within the walls of Cloudesley, her husband's beautiful manor house tucked away high in the Chiltern Hills. But with a young stepson and a sister to care for, Lillian accepts there is no way out for her. Then Charles makes an arrangement with an enigmatic artist visiting their home, and his presence will unbalance everything she thought she knew and understood.

The Tides are a family full of secrets. Returning to Clifftops, the rambling family house high on the Dorset coastline, youngest daughter Dora hopes for a fresh start, for herself and the new life she carries. But can long-held secrets ever really be forgiven? And even if you can forgive, can you ever really learn to love again? Secrets of the Tides is the spellbinding debut from Hannah Richell; a rich and compelling family drama with a dark thread of suspense at its heart.

Enhver familie har sine hemmeligheder. Nogle er bare små hvide løgne; andre er mere seriøse, som utroskab og bedrag. Og nogle hemmeligheder er så frygtelige, at de bør gemmes langt, langt væk, for hvis de nogensinde blev afsløret, ville de med sikkerhed splitte en familie ad. Familien Tide er en familie med mange hemmeligheder. Dora, familiens yngste, bor i en lejlighed i et faldefærdigt varehus sammen med sin kunstnerkæreste Dan. Hele sit liv har hun skøjtet på overfladen, men da hun bliver gravid vendes hendes verden op og ned, og hun vender hjem til Clifftops, familiens gamle hus ved Dorset kyst, for at konfrontere sin fortid.

The river can take you home. The river can take you under.... In their ramshackle Somerset home, its gardens running down to the river, the Sorrells have gathered for a last-minute wedding. Lucy is desperate to reunite her fractured family. Eve is fighting to keep her perfect life together. Their father hovers at the edge of events with his second wife. Their mother, Kit, a famous author whose stories have run dry, still seethes with resentment towards her youngest child. And Margot, who left home eight years ago under a black cloud, is forced to come face to face with her darkness.

In their ramshackle Somerset home, with its lush gardens running down to the river, the Sorrells have gathered for a last-minute wedding - an occasion that is met with trepidation by each member of the family. Lucy, the bride, has begged her loved ones to attend - not telling them that she has some important news to share once they’ve gathered. Her prodigal baby sister, Margot, who left home after a devastating argument with their mother, reluctantly agrees, though their family home is the site of so much pain for her.

1955: At 26 years old, Lillian Oberon is young, beautiful, and married to the wealthy and handsome Charles Oberon. She is also the mistress of Cloudesley, a lavish estate. But not long after her nuptials, she begins to feel her marriage is a sham. Like the treasures her husband collects, she is just another possession. Lillian has made peace with her unfulfilling marriage and fate - until a charismatic artist visits for the summer. The present day: Having abruptly broken off her engagement, Maggie Oberon escapes to Australia....

On Halloween, a group of teenage students meet in the woods near Sally in the Wood, a road steeped in local lore and rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a murdered girl. By the end of the night, one student will be dead. Rachel, the school guidance counselor, is trying to keep a handle on her increasingly distant teenaged daughter, Ellie, while students and parents panic and mourn. Her ex-husband and detective Ben, dealing with a personal crisis of his own, has concerns about his daughter’s safety as he investigates the death.

Everyone in the small town of Thorncombe knows the tales of the haunted woods where the birds don’t sing and a girl in a white dress roams, luring people to their deaths. But when a girl in white is found dead the morning after Halloween, carefully posed at the bottom of an old stone folly, the community is thrown into shock and turmoil. Local police detective Ben Chase is assigned to the murder investigation, but when the victim is identified as a student from a prestigious nearby school, tensions rise.

Ein packender Destinationsthriller vor der atemberaubenden Küste Cornwalls – atmosphärisch, abgründig, fesselnd. Max and Annie Kingsley sind mit ihrem zwölfjährigen Sohn von London nach Cornwall gezogen. Zur Einweihung ihres luxuriösen Campingplatzes haben sie alte Studienfreunde eingeladen: TV-Star Dominic und seine Patchwork-Familie, die Ärztin und frischgebackene Mutter Kira sowie die Freigeister Jim und Suzie mit ihren Kindern. Doch bereits am ersten Abend kommt es am Lagerfeuer zu Auseinandersetzungen. Am nächsten Tag zieht von der zerklüfteten Küste her ein Unwetter auf.

Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race to set up a glamping site in the wilds of Cornwall. They invite old university friends – TV star Dominic, doctor and new mum Kira, and free-spirited Jim and Suze – and their children for a trial weekend but the reunion quickly veers off-course. First, there’s The Incident around the campfire on the first night. The following afternoon, a storm quickly develops off the rugged North Coast. When one of their group goes missing, all hell breaks loose.

Max and Annie Kingsley have left the London rat race with their twelve-year-old son to set up a glamping site in the wilds of Cornwall. Eager for a dry run ahead of their opening, they invite three old university friends and their families for a long-needed reunion. But the festivities soon go awry as tensions arise between the children (and subsequently their parents), explosive secrets come to light, and a sudden storm moves in, cutting them off from help as one in the group disappears.

1980. On a hot summer's day five friends stumble upon an abandoned cottage hidden deep in the English countryside. Isolated and run-down, it offers a retreat, somewhere they can escape from the world. But as the seasons change, tensions begin to rise. Three decades later, Lila arrives at the remote cottage. Bruised from a tragic accident and with her marriage in crisis, she finds renovating the tumbledown house gives her a renewed sense of purpose. But why did the cottage's previous inhabitants leave their belongings behind? And why can't she shake the feeling that someone is watching her?