Bücher von Calla Henkel

Sceptre's lead debut fiction title, OTHER PEOPLE'S CLOTHES is a Berlin-based literary thriller for fans of The Girls and The Secret History

'Blackly humorous and enjoyably twisted'Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train'A knotted mystery too intriguing to leave unpicked'Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller'Binge-worthy . . . a brilliantly immersive and almost cinematic experience'Jenny Mustard, author of Okay DaysRecently dumped and stuck with the mortgage, artist Esther Ray wants to burn the world, but instead, she reluctantly accepts a scrapbooking job from the deliriously wealthy Naomi Duncan. The scrapbooks, a secret birthday gift for Naomi's husband Bryce, trace the Duncan's twenty-five-year marriage. The conditions: Esther must include every piece of paper she's been sent, must sign an NDA, and must only contact Naomi using the burner phone provided. Otherwise she'll spoil the surprise.As Esther binges true-crime podcasts and works through the near-two hundred-boxes of Duncan detritus, she finds herself infatuated with the gilded family - until, mid-project, Naomi dies suspiciously. When Esther becomes convinced the husband killed her, she uses the scrapbooks' trove of information to insert herself into the Duncan's' lives to prove it. But the more Esther investigates, the further she is dragged back to the scorched earth of her past and the famous artist who paid her to disappear.Laced with pitch-black humour and conspiratorial unease, Scrap is a razor-sharp examination of wealth and power, art and truth, of the line between justice and revenge - and who gets to cross it.See what readers are saying about Scrap'No book has kept me so gripped since Gone Girl!!!'NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Such an original author . . . Highly recommended'NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I loved every single minute of this book. Its dark and mysterious with a twisty, unexpected story'NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I absolutely devoured this book. It was the kind of weird and intriguing story I can never get enough of' NetGalley reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Eigentlich kehren die ungleichen Freundinnen Zoe und Hailey New York den Rücken, um im Berlin der Nullerjahre Kunst zu studieren. Hailey auf der Suche nach Erfolg; Zoe, um über den Tod ihrer besten Freundin hinwegzukommen. Immer tiefer tauchen sie ins Berliner Nachtleben ein und versuchen, sich in der Szene einen Namen zu machen. Schließlich eröffnen sie einen illegalen Club in ihrer Wohnung, die ihnen die Krimi-Autorin Beatrice überlassen hat, und veranstalten immer wildere Partys. Schon bald verschwimmen die Grenzen zwischen Wirklichkeit und Fiktion, denn sie fühlen sich beobachtet: Benutzt Beatrice sie als Vorlage für ihren neuen Roman? Die beiden jungen Frauen beschließen, ihre Geschichte selbst zu inszenieren - mit einer blutigen Wendung.