Bøker av Joshilyn Jackson

I dette spillet kan til og med å vinne være dødeligAmy Whey er tilfreds med sitt ordinære liv og de enkle gledene det fører med seg. Å drive med dykkeopplæring, bake småkaker for nye naboer, delta i bokklubb i nabolaget sammen med venninnen Charlotte. Hennes største gleder i livet er familien: den hengivne professorektemannen, den femten år gamle stedatteren og den skjønne nyfødte sønnen. Og Charlotte, da. Den trofaste og alltid støttende venninnen.Men alt det trygge og ordinære står for fall da den vakre og mystiske Roux blir med i bokklubben. Roux bergtar de andre kvinnene med sin uimotståelige sjarm. Hun passer på at alle har nok vin og lokker dem med på et spill som handler om å dele hemmeligheter. Bare uskyldig moro. Men Amy vet bedre. Noe ondt har kommet inn i livet hennes - en hunndjevel som kjenner til den forferdelige sannheten om hvem hun er og hva hun en gang har gjort. Og om hun ikke gir Roux det hun ber om, kommer hun til å måtte betale for det.Amy vet hva følgene blir dersom hun ikke vinner over Roux. Men det som skremmer henne mest, er alt hun mister dersom hun vinner ...Ikke delta dersom du ikke har råd til å tape«Den perfekte thrilleren.»People«Bestselgerforfatter Jackson legger for dagen dramatiske avsløringer om kvinnenes komplekse fortid.»Time«Du er herved advart: Dette er en våken-hele-natta-type bok. Fullstendig oppslukende.»Kirkus Reviews«... varmt anbefalt ... Viser til det fulle hvor dyktig hun er til å skrive gripende, karakterdrevet skjønnlitteratur. Leserne vil sluke den fengslende historien, med sine mange vrier og vendinger.»Library Journal«Neglebitende spenning ... Jackson utnytter sitt talent for å skape uperfekte, kompetente og mangefasetterte romanfigurer og skriver intelligent spenning ... et nytt høydepunkt i Jacksons karriere.»Booklist«En smart, original thriller med troverdige, tiltalende romanfigurer og en skremmende avsløring. Jeg kunne ikke bla om sidene fort nok.»Clare Mackintosh«Vidunderlig - spenning og overraskelser, troverdige romanfigurer og et nifst, truende bakteppe. Dette føles som boken Jackson var født til å skrive.»Lee ChildNevnt som en bok du må lese av USA Today, People, Wall Street Journal, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle og mange flere

From the New York Times bestselling author of Never Have I Ever comes the hair-raising story of a mother who moves herself and her daughter across the country to lose a dangerous stalker?only to discover that it will take more than distance to escape him.HIS GAME. HIS RULES. HER LIFE.It started with the letters...For actress Meribel Mills, disturbing fan mail is part of the price of fame. So when she starts getting creepy letters written in fruit-scented marker she is mostly unphased and diligently files them along with her other messages from unhinged fans. After all, she's a single mom approaching forty, not the kind of hot young celeb who sparks dangerous obsessions. But there's something different about Marker Man...He's been in her home...Meribel's sheets smell of unfamiliar cologne, and objects have gone missing around the house. Plus, the letters have become more perverse, with drawings of a naked Meribel tied up or chopped into pieces. While the police insist that stalkers hardly ever escalate to violence, Meribel has played the dead girl one too many times on TV to risk becoming her in real life. She and her daughter move from Los Angeles to Atlanta for a fresh start?but no distance is great enough.He's watching her...Years of being in front of a camera have given Meribel a superpower?she can feel eyes on her, a creeping sensation like bees inside her skin. And someone definitely has her in their sights. Could Marker Man have followed her all the way across the country?Who else might be watching?her ex-husband? The lover she left behind in LA? Her new neighbor? Suddenly, every man in her life is a suspect, but she can't keep herself and her daughter safe from a monster she can't identify. When the paths of all of these men collide, Meribel will find herself alone in the fight of her life, desperate to protect those she loves as danger closes in from all sides.If he can't have her, no one can.

Don’t play games you can’t afford to lose. . . .Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it—teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy is her family: her devoted professor husband, her spirited fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, her adorable infant son. But Amy’s sweet, uncomplicated life begins to unravel when the mysterious and alluring Angelica Roux arrives on her doorstep one book club night.Sultry and magnetic, Roux beguiles the group with her feral charm. She keeps the wine flowing and lures them into a game of spilling secrets. Everyone thinks it’s naughty, harmless fun. Only Amy knows better. Something wicked has come her way—a she-devil in a pricey red sports car who seems to know the terrible truth about who Amy is and what she once did.When they’re alone, Roux tells her that if she doesn’t give her what she asks for, what she deserves, she’s going to make Amy pay for her sins. One way or another.To protect herself and her family and save the life she’s built, Amy must beat the devil at her own clever game, matching wits with Roux in an escalating war of hidden pasts and unearthed secrets. Amy knows the consequences if she can’t beat Roux. What terrifies her is everything she could lose if she wins.A diabolically entertaining tale of betrayal, deception, temptation, and love, filled with dark twists leavened by Joshilyn Jackson’s trademark humor, Never Have I Ever explores what happens when the transgressions of our past come back with a vengeance.

Laurel har klart å bygge et uklanderlig og godt liv for seg selv, mannen og datteren. Men en varm natt i august våkner hun av at datterens besteveninne Molly står ved sengen hennes. Molly leder henne til en livløs skikkelse som flyter i svømmebassenget. Det viser seg at det er Molly selv, og at hun er død. Med politiet i hagen og naboene som følger med over gjerdet føler Laurel at det perfekte livet hennes faller fra hverandre, og at den ubehagelige fortiden trenger seg på.Sammen med søsteren tar Laurel utfordringen som skal avsløre familiens skjulte hemmeligheter, den sanne siden av hennes tilsynelatende perfekte ekteskap og hva som egentlig skjedde med piken som sluttet å svømme.

Wonderfulsuspense and surprises, real characters, and a scary, ominous backbeat. This feels like the book Jackson was born to write. Lee Child, New York Times bestselling authorNamed aBest BookbyUSA TodayPeopleTheWall Street JournalTimeEntertainment WeeklyBustleand many more!From New York Timesbestselling authorJoshilyn Jackson, a twisting novel of domestic suspense in which a group ofwomen play a harmless drinking game that escalates into a war of dark pastsIn this game, even winning can be deadly...Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with itteaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy is her family: her devoted professor husband, her spirited fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, her adorable infant son. And, of course, the steadfast and supportive Charlotte. But Amys sweet, uncomplicated life begins to unravel when the mysterious and alluring Angelica Roux arrives on her doorstep one book club night.Sultry and magnetic, Roux beguiles the group with her feral charm. She keeps the wine flowing and lures them into a game of spilling secrets. Everyone thinks its naughty, harmless fun. Only Amy knows better. Something wicked has come her waya she-devil in a pricey red sports car who seems to know the terrible truth about who she is and what she once did. When theyre alone, Roux tells her that if she doesnt give her what she asks for, what she deserves, shes going to make Amy pay for her sins. One way or another.To protect herself and her family and save the life shes built, Amy must beat the devil at her own clever game, matching wits with Roux in an escalating war of hidden pasts and unearthed secrets. Amy knows the consequences if she cant beat Roux. What terrifies her is everything she could lose if she wins. A diabolically entertaining tale of betrayal, deception, temptation, and love filled with dark twists leavened by Joshilyn Jacksons trademark humor, Never Have I Ever explores what happens when the transgressions of our past come back with a vengeance.

?Part twisting suspense, part unflinching exploration??Susan Rebecca White, author of A SOFT PLACE TO LANDPaula Vauss spent the first decade of her life on the road with her free-spirited young mother, Kai, who told stories blending Hindu mythology with southern oral tradition to reinvent their history as they roved. But everything changed when Paula told a story of her own?one that landed Kai in prison and Paula in foster care.These days, Paula is a tough-as-nails divorce attorney with a successful practice in Atlanta. While she hasn't seen Kai in fifteen years, she's still making payments on that karmic debt?until the day her last check is returned in the mail, along with a mystifying note: ?I am going on a journey, Kali. I am going back to my beginning; death is not the end. You will be the end. We will meet again, and there will be new stories. You know how Karma works.?Desperate to find her mother before it's too late, Paula sets off on a journey of discovery that will take her back to the past and into the deepest recesses of her heart.

A stunning new novel by New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson: When a long-hidden grave is unearthed in the backyard, headstrong young Mosey Slocumb is determined to investigate. What she learns could cost her family everything...

It was an accident . . . wasn't it?Laurel Hawthorne has worked hard to create a good life for her family, determined not to raise her daughter in the subdued, secretive household that she herself grew up in. And everything is just fine until the night she is awoken by a ghost in her bedroom: the ghost of 14-year-old neighbour Molly, whose body is now floating, face-down and lifeless in Laurel's swimming pool.The whole town thinks it was an accident, but Laurel knows in her bones that there is something more sinister afoot. And that's when her perfect world begins to crumble. With the help of her eccentric sister, Laurel sets off on a mission to investigate what really happened to the girl who stopped swimming.But along the way she starts to uncover the truth about her family, and just what did happen in the woods all those years ago on a day she has managed to blank out - until now . . .***************Praise for THE GIRL WHO STOPPED SWIMMING:'Joshilyn Jackson has done it again . . . her skilful unravelling of family secrets and betrayal left me breathless. You must read this book!' - Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Water for Elephants'A ghost story, family psychodrama, and murder mystery all in one. A wild, smartly calibrated achievement' - Entertainment Weekly'A great tale [that] builds to an exciting and violent ending - one that surprises and yet seems to fit.' - USA Today'Jackson matches effortless storytelling with a keen eye for character and heart-stopping circumstances' - Publishers Weekly

There are gods in Alabama. I know because I killed one.When Lena Fleet goes to college, she makes three promises to God: she will stop sleeping with every boy she meets; she will never tell another lie; and she will never, ever go back to her hometown in Alabama. All she wants from God in return is that He makes sure the body is never found . . .But ten years later, it looks like God's going back on His deal. Lena's high school archenemy appears on her doorstep, looking for the golden haired football god who disappeared during their senior year. To make matters worse, her African American boyfriend has issued her with an ultimatum - introduce him to her lily-white family or he's gone.While she would rather burn in a fire than let him meet her steel magnolia Aunt Florence, her half-mad Mama, her sweet-as-pie cousin Clarice and the rest of her eccentric and racist family, Lena realises it is time to go home to Alabama and confront the past once and for all.As she digs through guilt and deception, she discovers how far she will go for love and a chance at redemption.*************Praise for GODS IN ALABAMA:'A plucky heroine with a sense of humour, a gripping tale and a mysterious dead body that needs explanation. [Jackson] takes the reader on a wild ride of despair, hope and redemption that no reader is likely to ever forget. What a storyteller!' - Adriana Trigiani, author of Lucia, Lucia'A startling page turner. This is a beautifully crafted, sassy novel, where nothing is quite as it seems. The way the final pieces of the jigsaw slot together . . . should surprise even the most jaded of readers' - GlamourThis winning novel is the kind that readers crave: you can't stop turning the pages, but you wish it would never end' - Christina Schwarz, author of Drowning Ruth'I couldn't put this book down. From the first chapter, the plot leaps forward and it doesn't stop twisting and turning until the last page' - Melanie Sumner, author of The School of Beauty