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Lesley Thomson

    Lesley Thomson élabore des récits qui explorent la vie et le monde intérieur des femmes, examinant souvent leurs expériences au milieu des changements sociétaux et des crises personnelles. Son écriture se caractérise par une profonde empathie et une perspicacité aiguë de la psyché humaine. Elle ancre ses histoires dans des décors tangibles, analysant les relations complexes et les dilemmes auxquels ses personnages sont confrontés. Thomson est célébrée pour sa voix authentique et sa profondeur émotionnelle, ce qui rend son œuvre profondément résonnante auprès des lecteurs.

    The Detective's Secret
    The Playground Murders
    Death of a Mermaid
    The House With No Rooms
    The Companion
    The Distant Dead
    • 2023

      Cleaner Stella Darnell and her sidekick Jack Harmon investigate a mystery in East Sussex with its roots in WWII in the new psychological procedural in the Detective's Daughter series.

      The Mystery of Yew Tree House
    • 2022

      In a grand old mansion in the middle of the Sussex countryside, six people have seen more than they should... The new standalone thriller from Lesley Thomson.

      The Companion
    • 2021

      Cleaner-turned-detective Stella Darnell connects a murder in Tewkesbury Abbey to a decades-old mystery in wartime London.

      The Distant Dead
    • 2020

      Death of a Mermaid

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture
      3,7(15)Évaluer

      Freddy left her childhood home 22 years ago and swore never to return. But now her parents are dead, and she's back in her hometown to help her brothers manage the family fishmonger. Then one of her old school friends goes missing.

      Death of a Mermaid
    • 2019

      The Playground Murders

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture
      3,5(17)Évaluer

      When a woman is found dead, and the killer is linked to the murder of a little girl in 1980, Stella is the woman for the case. But dredging up the past can be dangerous...

      The Playground Murders
    • 2018

      A new case for sees Stella, the detective's daughter, and Jack moving to the country in order to solve a cold case.

      The Death Chamber
    • 2017

      Stella Darnell is the detective's daughter. She's convinced she's found a crime scene. But what was the crime, and who was the victim?

      The Dog Walker
    • 2016

      The House With No Rooms

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture
      3,8(24)Évaluer

      Stella Darnell, the Detective's Daughter, investigates a decades-old mystery in Kew Gardens.

      The House With No Rooms
    • 2015

      The Detective's Secret

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture
      3,7(477)Évaluer

      Stella Darnell, the Detective's Daughter, investigates a twenty-year-old unsolved murder.

      The Detective's Secret
    • 2014

      The Detective's Daughter

      • 496pages
      • 18 heures de lecture
      3,4(104)Évaluer

      A tense, evocative thriller set on the freezing banks of the Thames. A woman reconnects with her dead father by solving the murder case that obsessed him in life.

      The Detective's Daughter