Bücher von Wendy Walker

'A brilliant read' B A Paris Two sisters go missing Only one returns.

In the year 1993, twelve year old Wendy cannot seem to get along with anyone, and this includes her bossy and stubborn Aunt Zelda, with whom Wendy lives. Wendy loves watching an 80's cartoon about three Sprites that get into trouble all the time. One night, Wendy's dreams come true when the three Sprites arrive in a time machine that looks like a spaceship. They say that they came to life magically and, unable to get along with the producer of their old TV show, they decided to travel to 1993 so they could live with Wendy, who is their biggest fan.Aunt Zelda reluctantly allows the Sprites to live with her and Wendy, but Wendy and the outspoken Sprites keep getting into trouble with Aunt Zelda who is mean and cranky. All Wendy wants to do is find meaning and purpose in life, but that doesn't seem to happen.Wendy and the Sprites realize that they have a more serious problem than Aunt Zelda on their hands when another 80's cartoon character travels to 1993 - the arch villain Wowzer. Wowzer wants to spread racist messages to children using television. Wendy finally finds purpose when she and the Sprites hatch a plan to thwart Wowzer on national TV. Can they get their lives together so they can stop Wowzer from indoctrinating the nation's children?Filled with 80's and 90's pop culture references, this is a fun, easy-to-read book for children 8 and older, and anyone young at heart.

Step into picture-perfect Wilshire, home to some of the most privileged people in the world, where one woman's desperate act could bring the precariously balanced social order crashing down...Wilshire, Connecticut, the gilded enclave of Manhattan's prosperous elite, appears to be a vision of suburban tranquility: the mansions are tastefully designed, the lawns are expertly manicured, and the streets are as hushed as the complexities in the residents' lives. Rosalyn Barlow, the most envied woman in Wilshire, is waging a battle of social manipulation to silence the scandalous gossip that threatens her daughter's reputation while her self-made billionaire husband grows more and more distant in his young retirement. But for fourteen year-old Caitlin Barlow, navigating life as a teenager in a culture of wealth and sexual promiscuity has become far more perilous than either of her parents knows. Newcomer Sarah Livingston has nothing but disdain for everyone and everything around her and a growing terror at having another child in a world she's come to resent. As she is pulled into the Barlow family's storm, the walls begin to close in around her marriage and the life she once thought she wanted. And for Jacqueline Halstead, who's just discovered her husband is under investigation for fraud surrounding his hedge fund, saving her family from total ruin means doing the unthinkable - and shaking the Barlow family, Wilshire's insular community, and herself to the core.

Take a peek beyond the perfectly-manicured lawns of Hunting Ridge. For four wives who live there, all is not as it seems...Former child prodigy Love Welsh can't seem to banish the demons that ended her career. Now a devoted mother and wife, her quest for a resolution to her secret past will place at risk the life she has created. Her neighbor, part-time divorce attorney Marie Passeti, struggles with a difficult case and her unexpected feelings for the young intern working at her side. In a mansion across town, Gayle Beck enjoys the social status that her family's "old money" guarantees, but inside her fairy tale, life grows darker with each passing day. Gayle's friend, Janie Kirk, who is both envied and loathed for her exceptional beauty and expert homemaking, is losing the battle to remain satisfied in a passionless marriage, and falls into a surprising affair.As the women plan a charity gala, their not-so-perfect lives are slowly exposed. And as springtime comes to a close, each woman faces the most difficult challenge of all: reconciling her innermost desires with the path that she has chosen.

»Ich stand frierend im Wald, von Furcht erfüllt zu scheitern. Es stand so viel auf dem Spiel. Sie mussten mir meine Geschichte glauben. Sie mussten Emma finden. Und um Emma zu finden, mussten sie nach ihr suchen. Es hing allein von mir ab, ob meine Schwester gefunden wurde.«Früh an einem Sonntagmorgen im Juli ist Cassandra ¿ Cass ¿ Tanner plötzlich wieder da. Sie steht auf der Türschwelle ihres Elternhauses und sagt immer wieder ¿Findet Emma!¿Drei Jahre zuvor waren die 15-jährige Cass und ihre zwei Jahre ältere Schwester Emma spurlos aus der Kleinstadt in Connecticut verschwunden. Niemand konnte sich erklären, was passiert war. Es gab keine Hinweise, keine Zeugen, nur Emmas Auto am Strand, daneben ihre Schuhe, die Autoschlüssel und ihr Portemonnaie auf dem Sitz. Die Ermittlungen liefen ins Leere, Emma und Cass blieben vermisst.Nur die forensische FBI-Psychologin Dr. Abby Winter hatte schnell eine Theorie zu diesem ungewöhnlichen Fall, eine Theorie, die nur zu schmerzlich mit ihrer eigenen Kindheit und Jugend in Verbindung steht. Aber niemand glaubte an ihre Sicht der Dinge.Jetzt erzählt Cassandra, was Emma und ihr widerfahren ist. Je mehr sie preisgibt, desto klarer erkennt Abby, dass etwas an Cass¿ Geschichte nicht stimmen kann. Und dass sie selbst die ganze Zeit über recht hatte: Cassandra und Emma sind in keiner ¿normalen¿ Familie groß geworden. Ihr Leben schien nach außen unbeschwert, war aber im Inneren eine psychische Hölle. Perfekte Täuschung, unbarmherzige Manipulation. Die Dämonen der Kindheit lauern noch immer im Elternhaus der Tanner-Schwestern. Abby wird diese Dämonen ans Licht zerren müssen, um eines zu verstehen: Warum ist Cass zurückgekehrt? Und wo werden sie Emma finden?Nach Dark Memories ¿ Nichts ist je vergessen nimmt SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Wendy Walker ihre Leser mit auf eine hochmanipulative Reise ¿ soghafte, faszinierende und schockierende Psycho-Spannung, die erschüttert und nicht mehr loslässt.

How far would you go to protect your daughter?'Deeply intriguing and provocative,... ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN is not to be missed'-KARIN SLAUGHTERSince the night she was attacked, Jenny Kramer hasn't been able to recall what happened. Her parents and the doctors saw to that. Her mother couldn't prevent the terror in the woods, but she's done all she can to stop it ruining Jenny's life. The only thing that now bothers Jenny is the scar carved into her lower back. Which she can't stop touching.But if Jenny can't remember her attacker, he can't be caught. He could be the man next to her right now, the one who caught just her eye.And he hasn't forgotten anything...