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En hæsblæsende psykologisk thriller om en seriemorder, fortalt af dem, der står ham nærmest: hans 13-årige datter, hans kæreste – og det ene offer, han har skånet. Aidan Thomas er en hårdtarbejdende familiefar og en nogenlunde elsket skikkelse i den lille by i den nordlige del af staten New York, hvor han bor. Han er den slags mand, der altid giver en hånd med og har et godt ord til alle. Men Aidan har en mørk hemmelighed, som han har holdt skjult for alle i byen og for dem, der står ham nærmest. Han er kidnapper og seriemorder. Aidan har myrdet otte kvinder, og der er en niende, som han har udset sig til at dø: Rachel, der holdes fanget i et skur i baghaven og frygter for sit liv. Da Aidans kone dør, bliver han og hans trettenårige datter Cecilia tvunget til at flytte. Aidan har intet andet valg end at tage Rachel med og præsentere hende for Cecilia som en »familieven«, der har brug for et sted at bo. Aidan satser på, at Rachel efter fem års fangenskab er for hjernevasket og bange til at forsøge at flygte. Men Rachel er en kæmper og en overlever og indser, at Cecilia måske netop er den livline, hun har ventet på i alle disse år. Mens Rachel afprøver grænserne for sin nye tilværelse, begynder hun at knytte en skrøbelig forbindelse til Cecilia. Og da Emily, der ejer en lokal restaurant, forelsker sig i den flotte enkemand, bliver hun draget ind i Rachels og Cecilias kreds og kommer faretruende tæt på at opdage Aidans hemmelighed. Fortalt gennem Rachels, Cecilias og Emilys perspektiver udforsker Den tavse gæst den psykologiske virkning af Aidans forbrydelser på kvinderne i hans liv – og båndene mellem disse kvinder, som giver dem styrken til at kæmpe tilbage. Den tavse gæst er både en intens thriller og en skarpsindig skildring af traumer, overlevelse og magtdynamikker – en elektrificerende debutthriller af et stort talent.

A twisty, sexy debut exploring the dark side of true crime fandom and the blurry lines of female friendship, perfect for fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, Gillian Flynn, My Favorite Murder, and Fleabag Conspiracy theories from Reddit seduce a disaster-prone woman into an obsession with solving her older sister’s cold-case disappearance Ten years ago, Theodora “Teddy” Angstrom’s older sister, Angie, disappeared. Her case remains unsolved. Now Teddy’s father, Mark, has killed himself. Unbeknownst to Mark’s family, he had been active in a Reddit community fixated on Angie, and Teddy can’t help but fall down the same rabbit hole. Teddy’s investigation quickly gets her in hot water with her colleagues at the pretentious high school where she teaches English, her gun-nut boyfriend, and her long-lost half brother. Further complicating matters is Teddy’s growing obsession with Mickey, a charming amateur sleuth who is eerily keen on helping her solve the case. Bewitched by Mickey, Teddy begins losing her grip on morality. As she struggles to reconcile new information with old memories, her erratic behavior reaches a fever pitch, but she won’t stop until she finds Angie—or destroys herself in the process. A biting critique of the internet’s voyeuristic entitlement, Rabbit Hole is an outrageous and heart-wrenching character study of a mind twisted by grief—and a page-turning mystery that’s as addictive as a late-night Reddit binge.

From New York Times bestselling author Kate White comes a gripping novel about one woman’s dangerous quest to recover lost memories someone would rather she never find. The key to her missing memories could bring relief—or unlock her worst nightmares. On a cold, rainy morning, finance journalist Ally Linden arrives early to work in her Manhattan office, only to find that she’s forgotten her keycard and needs to have a colleague she’s never met let her in. When her boss finally arrives, he seems surprised to see her—because she hasn’t worked there in five years. Ally knows her name, but little else, and it’s only after several hours in an emergency room and multiple interviews with the hospital psychiatrist that she begins to piece together important facts: she lives on the Upper West Side; she’s now a freelance personal finance journalist; she’s married to a lovely man named Hugh. But she still can’t recall what happened to her during the previous two days. When she learns that she’s experienced a dissociative fugue state, Ally tries to think of triggers and remembers that she’d been seeing a therapist about a traumatic event from her childhood, in which she came across evidence for a murder that was never solved. Desperate to unearth answers, Ally focuses on figuring out where she spent the missing forty-eight hours. As ominous details of the two days pile up, so does the terrifying pressure: she must recover the time she lost before the time she has left runs out. Featuring Kate White’s signature twists and turns, Have You Seen Me? is a harrowing read that will keep readers guessing until its shocking ending.