Out Christmas shopping one December afternoon, Jessica Gould meets the charming Dominic Lacey and impulsively agrees to go home with him for a drink. What follows is a Twelve Days of Christmas from hell as Lacey holds Jessica captive, forcing her to wear his missing wife's gowns and eat lavish holiday meals. Each day, he gifts her with one item from his twisted past-his dead sister's favorite toy, disturbing family photos, a box of teeth. As the days pass and the «gifts» become darker...
The collapse of a marriage creates a monster that feeds on the basest of our emotions. No one ever knows what really goes on behind the closed doors of a marriage in freefall. This work features real life tragedies which reveal that there are some people who take the words 'til death us do part' all too literally – with devastating results.
Love and lust are among the most powerful of emotions, but when joint thirst for violence is thrown into the mix, it creates the ultimate lethal cocktail. Exploring the deadly dynamic that exists within the relationships of men and women whose romantic obsession leads them to commit acts of bloody devastation. Includes case histories from around the world – some well known, others whose shocking truth is revealed for the first time. The horrific details of couples, that had they never met may...
Tõeliselt hirmutav. – Ruth Ware Sa näed oma töökaaslasi iga päev. Aga mis on see, mida sa nendes ei näe? Amira, Sarah, Paula, Ewan ja Charlie on aastaid koos töötanud – nad teavad, millist kohvi keegi neist eelistab, kelle isiklik elu on üks suur sasipundar, kes ei saa laste pärast öösiti magada. Kuid nende mugav kontorirutiin lüüakse segi, kui saabub uus agressiivne ülemus… Korraga muutub õhustik kõhedaks. Kes salamisi teisi vihkab? Keda piinab minevik? Kes on suuteline mõrvaks? ...
