Showing results by author "Emily Gunnis" in All Categories

When six-year-old Alice Hilton disappears on New Year's Eve 1979 from Yew Tree Manor, suspicion immediately falls on local boy Bobby James. Bobby claims he knows nothing about it, but his family has a grievance against Alice's landowner father. Tragically the child is never found. Decades later, Willow James, an architect working on a development at Yew Tree Manor, discovers that the land surrounding the house is holding a secret. 

A heartbreaking letter. A girl locked away. A mystery to be solved. 1956. When Ivy Jenkins falls pregnant she is sent in disgrace to St Margaret's, a dark, brooding house for unmarried mothers. Her baby is adopted against her will. Ivy will never leave. Present day. Samantha Harper is a journalist desperate for a break. When she stumbles on a letter from the past, the contents shock and move her. The letter is from a young mother, begging to be rescued from St Margaret's. Before it is too late.

Rebecca Waterhouse is just 13 when she witnesses her mother's death at the hand of her father in Seaview Cottage. But what else did she see? Years later, Rebecca's daughters Iris and Jessie know their mother will never speak of that terrible night. But when Jessie goes missing, with her gravely ill newborn, Iris realises the past may hold the key to her sister's disappearance.

Anul 1956. Atunci când Ivy Jenkins rămâne însărcinată, este trimisă în dizgrație la St Margaret, o casă întunecată, înfiorătoare pentru mamele necăsătorite. Copilul ei este adoptat împotriva voinței sale, iar Ivy nu va pleca niciodată din casa groazei. Anul 2017. Samantha Harper este o jurnalistă a cărei carieră se află în impas. Când îi cade în mână o scrisoare din trecut, conținutul o șochează și o tulbură. Scrisoarea este de la o mamă tânără, care imploră să fie salvată de la St Margaret, înainte de a fi prea târziu.

Sussex, 1956. Als die junge Ivy Jenkins ungewollt schwanger wird, schickt ihr liebloser Stiefvater sie fort - ins St. Margaret's Heim für ledige Mütter. Sie wird den düsteren Klosterbau nie mehr verlassen ... Sechzig Jahre später stößt Journalistin Sam in der Wohnung ihrer Großeltern auf Ivys flehentliche Briefe. Sie sind an den Vater ihres Kindes adressiert - aber wie sind sie zu Sams Großvater gelangt? Sam beginnt die schreckliche Geschichte von St. Margaret's zu recherchieren. Dabei stößt sie auf finstere Geheimnisse, die eine blutige Spur bis in die Gegenwart ziehen - auch in ihre eigene Gegenwart.