Anda Witsenburg Ordre des livres

The most hilarious and heartwarming debut of the year, from a totally fresh and original new voice.

Alice Shoemaker habitually goes to great lengths to avoid telling the truth about herself and her past. After agreeing to help out a friend by shopping and cleaning for the unknown man staying at Cuckoo House, she soon becomes suspicious that her strange and obnoxiously rude client has something to hide. Clayton Miller's life is a mess. His career as one of the country's best comedy scriptwriters has stalled, and his long-term girlfriend has left him for his ex-best friend and ex-writing partner. Just when he thinks his life couldn't get any worse, he commits a spectacularly public fall from grace, and with the press hounding him, his agent banishes him to the middle of nowhere until the dust has settled. When Alice and Clayton discover the truth about each other they form an unlikely friendship —until Alice discovers Clayton has betrayed her in the worst possible way.

There are clues that something isn't quite right in Heptonclough, including the mysterious accidental deaths of three toddlers over the last ten years. It is not until Tom's siblings, two-year-old Milly and five-year-old Joe, go missing in turn that the little village's evil secret turns the Fletchers' dreams into a nightmare.

It's been over thirty years since New York City medical examiner Jack Stapleton graduated college and lost touch with former classmates Shawn Doherty and Kevin Murray. Once a respected ophthalmologist, Jack's life was altered by a tragic accident that shattered his family. Now remarried to fellow medical examiner Laurie Montgomery and a father, Jack's life seems stable. However, a post-mortem on a young college student treated by a chiropractor prompts him to delve into alternative medicine, questioning why some seek care outside traditional practices. Meanwhile, Shawn, now a renowned archaeologist and biblical scholar, has received permission for a final dig beneath Saint Peter's in Rome, despite his grudge against the Catholic Church. His startling discovery carries significant ecclesiastical and medical implications. When Kevin, now Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, learns of Shawn's findings, he becomes desperate to suppress them to protect his political ambitions within the Church. Kevin reaches out to Jack for help in safeguarding this explosive secret, one that could change lives forever.