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Goldmann Verlag (2009), Edition: 1., 542 pages
Description
Fesselnd, abgründig, raffiniert - einfach meisterhaft. Die neue Charlotte Link! In tiefer Nacht sinkt ein Boot vor der Küste Schottlands. Nichts als ihr Leben können die deutschen Aussteiger Nathan und Livia Moor retten. Von der Engländerin Virginia Quentin und deren Mann werden sie mit dem Notwendigsten versorgt, doch dann folgt der undurchsichtige Nathan Virginia ungebeten in das Zuhause der Familie nach Norfolk. Virginia, die ihn anfangs nur aufdringlich findet, öffnet sich ihm bald mehr als je zuvor einem anderen Menschen. Dann geschieht das Unfassbare: Virginias siebenjährige Tochter verschwindet spurlos ...
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LibraryThing member kakadoo202
she let you geuss until the page who is the killer. Typical CHARLOTTE LINK. I like the fat that people where not jsut good or just bad. Lots of grey zones.
LibraryThing member pathogenik
I'd give it four and a half stars. I really did enjoy reading it, it is a very nice story that concentrates on the emotional life everyone leads alone, especially when around others. It isn't a story you'd always remember, but it does touch the reader in many places and raises some questions about
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how alone one could be in a relationship, etc... i loved it :) Show Less
LibraryThing member Ameise1
This is my second Charlotte Link and I love her stories. Also this book is so complex that it lasted until the last moment until I recognized the true culprit.
Virginia Quentin spends her holidays together with her husband and her seven-year-old daughter Kim in the Hebrides. As a boat accident
Virginia Quentin spends her holidays together with her husband and her seven-year-old daughter Kim in the Hebrides. As a boat accident
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Nathan and Livia Moor lost their sailing ship and all their belongings, Virginia receives the two. She leaves their holiday home with them and travels back to England with her family. Her husband has political ambitions, but she never accompanies him at events. Virginia carries a big secret that makes her sick. Nathan and Livia follow Virginia and her family. He recognizes Virginia's lability and takes advantage of it. She falls in love with him and wants to start a new life with him. This is the one main plot of the book, the other plot revolves around young girls who are kidnapped, sexually abused and killed. This is also getting closer to Virginia's daughter. Will the police be able to rescue Kim and who is the culprit? Maybe Nathan? Virginia begins to doubt everything and everyone. Show Less
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542 p.; 4.76 inches
ISBN
3442468531 / 9783442468539