The Perfect Stranger
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
In the masterful follow-up to the runaway hit All The Missing Girls, a journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who - it emerges - might never have existed at all. When friends Leah and Emmy move to Pennsylvania to start again, Leah has no...
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In the masterful follow-up to the runaway hit All The Missing Girls, a journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who - it emerges - might never have existed at all. When friends Leah and Emmy move to Pennsylvania to start again, Leah has no idea how life will spiral out of control in the wake of Emmy's sudden vanishing.
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In the masterful follow-up to the runaway hit All the Missing Girls-a "fiendishly plotted thriller" (Publishers Weekly)-a journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who may never have existed at all.Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes they move to rural Pennsylvania, where Leah can get a teaching position and both women can start again. But their new start is threatened when a woman with an eerie resemblance to Leah is assaulted by the lake, and Emmy disappears days later.
Determined to find Emmy, Leah cooperates with Kyle Donovan, a handsome young police officer on the case. As they investigate her friend's life for clues, Leah begins to wonder: did she ever really know Emmy at all? With no friends, family, or a digital footprint, the police begin to suspect that there is no Emmy Grey. Soon Leah's credibility is at stake, and she is forced to revisit her past: the article that ruined her career. To save herself, Leah must uncover the truth about Emmy Grey-and along the way, confront her old demons, find out who she can really trust, and clear her own name.
Everyone in this rural Pennsylvanian town has something to hide-including Leah herself. How do you uncover the truth when you are busy hiding your own?
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The Perfect Stranger CHAPTER 1 Character, Emmy called it, the quirks that came with the house: the nonexistent water pressure in the shower; the illogical layout. From the front porch, our house had large sliding glass doors that led directly to the living room and kitchen, a hallway beyond with two bedrooms and a bathroom to share. The main door was at the other end of the hall and faced the woods, like the house had been laid down with the right dimensions but the wrong orientation.
Probably the nicest thing I can say about the house was that it's mine. But even that's not exactly true. It's my name on the lease, my food in the refrigerator, my glass cleanser that wipes the pollen residue from the sliding glass doors.
The house still belongs to someone else, though. The furniture, too. I didn't bring much with me when I left my last place. Wasn't much, once I got down to it, that was mine to take from the one-bedroom in the Prudential Center of Boston. Bar stools that wouldn't fit under a standard table. Two dressers, a couch, and a bed, which would cost more to move than to replace.
Sometimes I wondered if it was just my mother's words in my head, making me see this place, and my choice to be here, as something less than.
Before leaving Boston, I'd tried to spin the story for my mother, slanting this major life change as an active decision, opting to appeal to her sense of charity and decency-both for my benefit and for hers. I once heard her introduce me and my sister to her friends: "Rebecca helps the ones who can be saved, and Leah gives a voice to those who cannot." So I imagined how she might frame this for her friends: My daughter is taking a sabbatical. To help children in need. If anyone could sell it, she could.
I made it seem like my idea to begin with, not that I had latched myself on to someone else's plan because I had nowhere else to go. Not because the longer I stood still, the more I felt the net closing in.
Emmy and I
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had already sent in our deposit, and I'd been floating through the weeks, imagining this new version of the world waiting for me. But even then, I'd steeled myself for the call. Timed it so I knew my mother would be on her way to her standing coffee date with The Girls. Practiced my narrative, preemptively preparing counterpoints: I quit my job, and I'm leaving Boston. I'm going to teach high school, already have a position lined up. Western Pennsylvania. You know there are whole areas of the country right here in America that are in need, right? No, I won't be alone. Remember Emmy? My roommate while I was interning after college? She's coming with me.
The first thing my mother said was: "I don't remember any Emmy." As if this were the most important fact. But that was how she worked, picking at the details until the foundation finally gave, from nowhere. And yet her method of inquiry was also how we knew we had a secure base, that we weren't basing our plans on a dream that would inevitably crumble under pressure.
I moved the phone to my other shoulder. "I lived with her after college."
A pause, but I could hear her thoughts in the silence: You mean after you didn't get the job you thought you'd have after graduation, took an unpaid internship instead, and had no place to live?
"I thought you were staying with . . . what was her name again? The girl with the red hair? Your roommate from college?"
"Paige," I said, picturing not only her but Aaron, as I always did. "And that was just for a little while."
"I see," she said slowly.
"I'm not asking for your permission, Ma."
Except I kind of was. She knew
The first thing my mother said was: "I don't remember any Emmy." As if this were the most important fact. But that was how she worked, picking at the details until the foundation finally gave, from nowhere. And yet her method of inquiry was also how we knew we had a secure base, that we weren't basing our plans on a dream that would inevitably crumble under pressure.
I moved the phone to my other shoulder. "I lived with her after college."
A pause, but I could hear her thoughts in the silence: You mean after you didn't get the job you thought you'd have after graduation, took an unpaid internship instead, and had no place to live?
"I thought you were staying with . . . what was her name again? The girl with the red hair? Your roommate from college?"
"Paige," I said, picturing not only her but Aaron, as I always did. "And that was just for a little while."
"I see," she said slowly.
"I'm not asking for your permission, Ma."
Except I kind of was. She knew
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Autoren-Porträt von Megan Miranda
Megan Miranda is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, The Perfect Stranger, The Last House Guest, which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, The Girl from Widow Hills, Such a Quiet Place, The Last to Vanish, and The Only Survivors. She has also written several books for young adults. She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from MIT, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children. Follow @MeganLMiranda on Twitter and Instagram, @AuthorMeganMiranda on Facebook, or visit MeganMiranda.com.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Megan Miranda
- 2017, 352 Seiten, Masse: 14,9 x 22,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster US
- ISBN-10: 1501166891
- ISBN-13: 9781501166891
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Praise for THE PERFECT STRANGER"Miranda's eerie suspense thriller...smartly examines the slippery theme of personal identity. In a world where identities are regularly lost, stolen or sacrificed for reasons innocent and otherwise, it's not enough to wonder where Emmy has gone. We need to know who she is if she is who she says she is--and if she exists at all."
-New York Times Book Review
"YA author ¬Miranda, who moved into the adult market with All the Missing Girls, proves she isn't a one-hit wonder with this exciting thriller. Its twisty tale with many layers-a little romance, great writing, and an awesome storyline-will keep psychological suspense fans turning the pages."
-Library Journal
"Solid plot...an entertaining read."
-Kirkus Reviews
"An excellent second novel of psychological suspense...Highly recommended for fans of Alafair Burke, Gillian Flynn, and Lisa Lutz, and for all readers who like their female characters clever and resourceful, even when their best friends become their worst nightmares."
-Booklist
"Fans of Gillian Flynn, Chevy Stevens, and Jennifer McMahon will devour this relentlessly paced and deftly plotted thriller...An irresistible and riveting page-turner, Miranda weaves several mysteries together, leading to the intricate climax. The story moves at a feverish, unfaltering pace, keeping readers just as perplexed as the characters."
-Publishers Weekly
"Rivals her debut adult novel, "All the Missing Girls."...This book will keep you on the edge of your seat."
-Virginian Pilot
"What is excellent, even template-worthy, about The Perfect Stranger is the pace of information...At the heart of this splendidly written story though is the question of trust and friendship and how each is implied in the other."
-January Magazine
"The distinct and well-defined characters add to the suspense, complete with twists and turns, and will make the
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reader wonder."
-New York Journal of Books
"The Perfect Stranger" is a page-turner...This is not a book that lingers; it quickly hurdles its readers to its thrilling final moments...Miranda's descriptions, character development and story captivate in what can only be described as the beginning of a bright future for the young adult thriller author."
-Deseret News
"Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will blow through this new thriller, a follow-up to Miranda's best-seller All the Missing Girls."
-PureWow
Praise for ALL THE MISSING GIRLS
***A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***
A New York Times Book Review "Editors' Choice"
"This thriller's all of your fav page-turners (think: Luckiest Girl Alive, The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl) rolled into one."
-theSkimm
"Both [Gillian] Flynn's and Miranda's main characters also reclaim the right of female characters to be more than victim or femme fatale... All the Missing Girls is set to become one of the best books of 2016."
-Los Angeles Review of Books
"Extremely interesting...a novel that will probably be called Hitchcockian."
-The New York Times Book Review
"Are you paying attention? You'll need to be; this thriller will test your brain with its reverse chronological structure, and it's a page-turner to boot."
-ELLE
"Intricately plotted...Ms. Miranda brings heightened suspense and a twist to this familiar scenario by telling the story, which unfolds over 15 days, in reverse chronological order."
-The New York Times
"Fast-paced and frightening, All the Missing Girls will teach you why it's dangerous to go into the woods alone at night."
-Refinery29
"All the Missing Girls is the archetypal murder mystery, the kind it seems like everyone has been hungry for since Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and Paula Hawkins's Girl on a Train."
-Cosmopolitan.com
"A new spin on a classic "missing person" thriller, All the Missing Girls is the perfect read for thriller fans."
-Bustle.com
"A twisty, compulsive read--I loved it."
-Ruth Ware, author of THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10
"Fiendishly plotted..."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Darkly nostalgic....Miranda takes a risk by telling the story backward, but it pays off with an undroppable thriller, plenty of romantic suspense, and a fresh take on the decades-old teenage-murder theme."
-Booklist
-New York Journal of Books
"The Perfect Stranger" is a page-turner...This is not a book that lingers; it quickly hurdles its readers to its thrilling final moments...Miranda's descriptions, character development and story captivate in what can only be described as the beginning of a bright future for the young adult thriller author."
-Deseret News
"Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will blow through this new thriller, a follow-up to Miranda's best-seller All the Missing Girls."
-PureWow
Praise for ALL THE MISSING GIRLS
***A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***
A New York Times Book Review "Editors' Choice"
"This thriller's all of your fav page-turners (think: Luckiest Girl Alive, The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl) rolled into one."
-theSkimm
"Both [Gillian] Flynn's and Miranda's main characters also reclaim the right of female characters to be more than victim or femme fatale... All the Missing Girls is set to become one of the best books of 2016."
-Los Angeles Review of Books
"Extremely interesting...a novel that will probably be called Hitchcockian."
-The New York Times Book Review
"Are you paying attention? You'll need to be; this thriller will test your brain with its reverse chronological structure, and it's a page-turner to boot."
-ELLE
"Intricately plotted...Ms. Miranda brings heightened suspense and a twist to this familiar scenario by telling the story, which unfolds over 15 days, in reverse chronological order."
-The New York Times
"Fast-paced and frightening, All the Missing Girls will teach you why it's dangerous to go into the woods alone at night."
-Refinery29
"All the Missing Girls is the archetypal murder mystery, the kind it seems like everyone has been hungry for since Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and Paula Hawkins's Girl on a Train."
-Cosmopolitan.com
"A new spin on a classic "missing person" thriller, All the Missing Girls is the perfect read for thriller fans."
-Bustle.com
"A twisty, compulsive read--I loved it."
-Ruth Ware, author of THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10
"Fiendishly plotted..."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Darkly nostalgic....Miranda takes a risk by telling the story backward, but it pays off with an undroppable thriller, plenty of romantic suspense, and a fresh take on the decades-old teenage-murder theme."
-Booklist
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