Bücher von Melissa Albert

The New York Times bestselling author Melissa Albert returns in this supernatural thriller about a girl who uncovers dangerous secrets surrounding disappearances in her small town. Perfect for fans of Cynthia Murphy, This Book Kills and Dark and Shallow Lies.One winter's night, four people go missing: three high school students and a teacher, with no other link apparent among them.One of the lost is Nora's enigmatic friend, Becca, who vanishes after the lifelong friends have a transformative fight. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca's disappearance, she uncovers dark events in her high school's past.With each discovery Nora makes about the vanished four and her suburb's secrets, she becomes increasingly aware her friend was hiding far more than she realized. She must dig deep to discover whether Becca is perpetrator or victim, and to unravel the mystery of the goddess, a desperate and dangerous creation born out of female rage. But there are other forces at work - and they're willing to protect or destroy the legacy of the goddess at any cost.

Geh hin, wo alles beginnt ... Hazel Wood zieht alle in seinen Bann.Seit Alice denken kann, wird sie vom Unheil verfolgt. Dann stirbt ihre Großmutter, die mysteriöse Märchenerzählerin Althea Proserpine, und kurz darauf verschwindet Alices Mutter spurlos. Zurück bleiben die Worte "Halt dich fern von Hazel Wood". Alice spürt, dass sie ihre Mutter erst wiedersehen wird, wenn sie an den Anfang ihrer eigenen Geschichte geht. Schritt für Schritt entdeckt sie eine unheimliche Wahrheit. Um endlich frei zu sein, bleibt Alice nur eine Wahl: Sie muss nach Hazel Wood ... Dorthin, wo alles beginnt.Ein Roman wie ein Rausch: Herausragender, international gefeierter All-Ager mit absoluter Sogwirkung, düsteren Märchenelementen, eingebettet in das urbane Setting New Yorks..

'I couldn't put it down' Karen M. McManus'Every line reads like an incantation' V.E. SchwabSECRETS. LIES. SUPER-BAD CHOICES. WITCHCRAFT. This is Our Crooked Hearts - a gripping mystery crossed with a pitch-dark fantasy from Melissa Albert, global bestselling author of The Hazel Wood.In our family, we keep our magic close, but our secrets closer . . . Ivy's summer kicks off with a series of disturbing events. As unnatural offerings appear on her doorstep, she's haunted by fragmented memories from her childhood, suggesting there's more to her mother, Dana, than meets the eye.Dana's tale starts the year she turns sixteen, when she embarks on a major fling with the supernatural. Too late she realizes that the powers she's playing with are also playing with her.Years after it began, Ivy and Dana's shared story will come down to a reckoning between a mother, a daughter and the dark forces they never should have messed with.'Electrifyingly brilliant' Katherine Webber'Riveting' Angeline Boulley