Bøker av Megan Abbott

'This is Megan Abbott working at the absolute height of her talent' Attica LockeBestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott's revelatory and mesmerising new novel set against the hothouse of a family-run ballet studio. With their long necks and matching buns and pink tights, Dara and Marie Durant have been dancers since birth. Growing up, they were trained by their glamorous mother, founder of the Durant School of Dance. After their parents' death in a tragic accident, the sisters began running the school together, along with Charlie, Dara's husband and once their mother's prized student. Marie, warm and soft, teaches the younger students; Dara, with her precision, trains the older ones; and Charlie, back broken after years of injuries, rules over the back office. Circling around each other, the three have perfected a dance, six days a week, that keeps the studio thriving. But when a suspicious accident occurs, just at the onset of the school's annual performance of The Nutcracker, a season of competition, anxiety, and exhilaration, an interloper arrives and threatens the sisters' delicate balance. 'Abbott creates a dark and mesmerising world' Harriet Tyce'A dreamy, sexy, a deep dive into a subculture . . . You feel the characters' aches and pains in your joints, your feet and, most dangerous of all, your heart' Laura Lippman

Shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Dark, dangerous and compulsively readable, Dare Me by Megan Abbott is a gripping exploration of the teenage psyche. There's something dangerous about the boredom of teenage girls. Coach said that once. She said it like she knew, and understood. When Colette French arrives at school one fall and takes charge of the cheer squad, she brings a hint of threat. Sleek, remote and careless, she transforms the girls into warriors - and rivals. Addy and Beth find that for the first time they have secrets from one another. But their mentor is playing her own deadly game, and there is everything to lose.'Tense, dark and beautifully written' Gillian Flynn

'Tense, chilling and beautifully written, El Dorado Drive is an absolute knockout' HARLAN COBEN'A smart, twisty, and riveting family drama' KARIN SLAUGHTER'Suspenseful as all hell but also beautifully observed' DENNIS LEHANEThe thrilling new novel from bestselling writer Megan Abbott: a story about three sisters who join an exclusive club which promises to empower and enrich its members, but will actually put them in mortal danger...Pam, Debra and Harper are three sisters who grew up in Detroit when the city was a boom town thanks to the auto industry. Now in mid-life, their lives have faltered in different ways, mirroring the fortunes of their city. Debra's husband needs expensive medical treatment. Pam's partner is stealing her children's inheritance. And Harper has a big debt which is also a big secret. In desperate need of money, support and just some fun, the three sisters join The Wheel, a pyramid scheme posing as an exclusive women's club. As The Wheel turns, the money flows, the stakes get higher - and then a shocking murder tears everything apart. El Dorado Drive is a nail-biting, brilliantly dark story about class, money, women in mid-life, and the decline of the American dream.'Megan Abbott is quite rightly considered to be psycho thriller royalty' DAILY MAIL'A literary rock star' RILEY SAGER, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across the Lake'Always essential reading' IRISH TIMES

'Tense, chilling and beautifully written, El Dorado Drive is an absolute knockout' HARLAN COBEN'A smart, twisty, and riveting family drama' KARIN SLAUGHTER'Suspenseful as all hell but also beautifully observed' DENNIS LEHANEThe thrilling new novel from bestselling writer Megan Abbott: a story about three sisters who join an exclusive club which promises to empower and enrich its members, but will actually put them in mortal danger...Pam, Debra and Harper are three sisters who grew up in Detroit when the city was a boom town thanks to the auto industry. Now in mid-life, their lives have faltered in different ways, mirroring the fortunes of their city. Debra's husband needs expensive medical treatment. Pam's partner is stealing her children's inheritance. And Harper has a big debt which is also a big secret. In desperate need of money, support and just some fun, the three sisters join The Wheel, a pyramid scheme posing as an exclusive women's club. As The Wheel turns, the money flows, the stakes get higher - and then a shocking murder tears everything apart. El Dorado Drive is a nail-biting, brilliantly dark story about class, money, women in mid-life, and the decline of the American dream.'Megan Abbott is quite rightly considered to be psycho thriller royalty' DAILY MAIL'A literary rock star' RILEY SAGER, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across the Lake'Always essential reading' IRISH TIMES

'A novel of almost unbearable tension' Irish Times Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy has everything she ever wanted. When she and her husband, Jed, go to visit his father, Dr Ash, in his remote cottage, Jacy feels loved and cherished - until she has a health scare which threatens her pregnancy. As the days pass, Jacy feels trapped in the cottage, her body under the looking glass. But are her fears founded or is this - as Dr Ash suggests - a stubborn refusal to take necessary precautions to protect her unborn child? The dense woods surrounding the cottage are full of dangers, but are the greater ones inside?'Sultry, subversive, shades of Rebecca . . . I loved it' Harriet Tyce'Megan Abbott is quite rightly considered to be psycho thriller royalty . . . Every page is laced with quiet menace' Daily Mail'Feverish, razor sharp, and pulsing with dread' Riley Sagar'A story we'll never forget' Wall Street Journal

"'Honey, I just want you to have everything you ever wanted.' That's what Jacy's mom always told her. And Jacy felt like she finally did. Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy and her new husband Jed embark on their first road trip together to visit his father, Dr. Ash, in Michigan's far-flung Upper Peninsula. The moment they arrive at the cottage snug within the lush woods, Jacy feels bathed in love by the warm and hospitable Dr. Ash, if less so by his house manager, the enigmatic Mrs. Brandt. But their Edenic first days take a turn when Jacy has a health scare. Swiftly, vacation activities are scrapped, and all eyes are on Jacy's condition. Suddenly, whispers about Jed's long-dead mother and complicated family history seem to eerily impinge upon the present, and Jacy begins to feel trapped in the cottage, her every move surveilled, her body under the looking glass. But are her fears founded or is it paranoia, or cabin fever, or--as is suggested to her--a stubborn refusal to take necessary precautions? The dense woods surrounding the cottage are full of dangers, but are the greater ones inside?"--

Sex, violence and corruption collide in this gritty vigilante thriller set in 1970s Washington DC. When her younger sister is found at the center of a brutal murder investigation, tough-as-nails Sheriff Normandy Gold is forced to dive headfirst into the seedy world of 1970s prostitution.

A stunning, unputdownable psychological thriller from acclaimed author Megan Abbott.

A Richard and Judy Book Club selection.The End of Everything by Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me, is a taut and suspenseful novel of friendship, loss and the dark undercurrents of adolscence.A close-knit street, the clink of glass on glass, summer heat. Two girls on the brink of adolescence, throwing cartwheels on the grass. Two girls who tell each other everything. Until one shimmering afternoon, one of them disappears. Lizzie is left with her dread and her loss, and with a fear that won't let her be. Had Evie tried to give her a hint of what was coming, a clue that she failed to follow? Caught between her imaginary guilt, her sense of betrayal, her own powerful need, and the needs of the adults around her, Lizzie's voice is as unforgettable as her story is arresting. This is no ordinary tale of innocence lost . . .

Deenie, Gabby and Lise are best friends - a tight girl-unit negotiating their way through the troubled waters of their teens, a world of sex, secrets and intense relationships. When first Lise then Gabby falls prey to a mysterious illness, hysteria sweeps their school and, as more girls succumb, Deenie finds herself an outsider, baffled by the terrifying illness and scared that it could all be because of something she has done. Suffering with Deenie are her dad and her brother, both protective of Deenie, but each with secrets of their own . . . The Fever is an explosive novel in which Megan Abbott explores the lethal power of guilt and desire, and how mass hysteria can grip a community, making real our deepest fears.