A nerve-tingling and atmospheric thriller from master of suspense Nicci French about two families shattered by tragedy and the secrets that have been waiting decades to be revealed.
On the day of Alec Salter’s fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children—especially fifteen-year-old Etty—grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn’t return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan’s father—and the Salters’ neighbor— Duncan Ackerley, floating in the river. The police conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide.
Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley returns to Glensted with his older brother to make a podcast based on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Alec, stricken with dementia, is entering an elder care facility while Etty helps put his affairs in order. But when the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases.
Allegations fly, secrets come to light, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. With the podcast making national news, London sends Detective Inspector Maud O’Connor to Glensted to take over the investigation. She will stop at nothing to uncover the truth as a new and terrifying picture of what really happened to Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley emerges.
© 2024 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780063298323
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 19 maart 2024
A nerve-tingling and atmospheric thriller from master of suspense Nicci French about two families shattered by tragedy and the secrets that have been waiting decades to be revealed.
On the day of Alec Salter’s fiftieth birthday party, his wife, Charlotte, vanishes. Most of the small English village of Glensted is at the party for hours before anyone realizes she is missing. While Alec brushes off her disappearance, their four children—especially fifteen-year-old Etty—grow increasingly anxious as the cold winter hours become days and she doesn’t return. Then Etty and her friend Morgan find the body of Morgan’s father—and the Salters’ neighbor— Duncan Ackerley, floating in the river. The police conclude that Duncan and Charlotte were having an affair before he killed her and committed suicide.
Thirty years later, Morgan Ackerley returns to Glensted with his older brother to make a podcast based on their shared tragedy with the Salters. Alec, stricken with dementia, is entering an elder care facility while Etty helps put his affairs in order. But when the Ackerleys ask to interview the Salters, the entire town gets caught up in the unresolved cases.
Allegations fly, secrets come to light, and a suspicious fire leads to a murder. With the podcast making national news, London sends Detective Inspector Maud O’Connor to Glensted to take over the investigation. She will stop at nothing to uncover the truth as a new and terrifying picture of what really happened to Charlotte Salter and Duncan Ackerley emerges.
© 2024 HarperAudio (Luisterboek): 9780063298323
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 19 maart 2024
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Irene
19 mrt 2024
Deze heb ik honderd jaar geleden al gelezen. Eén ster voor de deceptie.
Mrs
19 mrt 2024
Zo irritant elke keer. Deze staat al lang op Storytell.
AJ
22 mrt 2024
Charlotte Salter vanishes on the night of her husband 50th birthday party. While he is utterly unconcerned, Charlotte's four children know that something is terribly wrong. Shortly after the disappearance the body of a family friend is found, binding the children of two families in a 30 year uncertainty as to what happened to their respective parents. However a podcast intended to be a cathartic process leads to unexpected answers. The husband and wife team of Nicci French gifts us with a dark, emotional and oppressive novel, which stays a mystery till the very end.
Marjan
23 mrt 2024
De allersaaiste NF ooit gelezen/beluisterd. Tip: sla gerust enige uren over; je pakt de draad zó weer op (als je tenminste benieuwd bent naar de ontknoping)
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