Megan Abbott

In 1950s Hollywood, an actress is haunted by a bookseller’s death: A novella from the Edgar Award-winning author of Give Me Your Hand.
 
In 1953, Penny is just another washed-up, wannabe Hollywood actress who is past her prime. She has settled in to a quiet lifestyle, and when she finds a low-rent bungalow in Canyon Arms, it’s a dream come true; Penny takes to the place instantly.
 
But the...

¡El thriller juvenil estrenado en Netflix! Abby y Beth siempre han sido grandes amigas. Veteranas del equipo de animadoras, tienen una reputación que mantener. Colette, su nueva entrenadora, pondrá a prueba su amistad al formar un grupo exclusivo en el que Beth parece no encajar. Un extraño suicidio sacudirá su mundo y la policía rápidamente sospechará del entorno de Colette. El amor y la lealtad pueden ser algo peligroso. Una historia en...

How does a respectable young woman fall into Los Angeles' hard-boiled underworld? Shadow-dodging through the glamorous world of 1950s Hollywood and its seedy flip side, Megan Abbott's debut, Die a Little, is a gem of the darkest hue. This ingenious twist on a classic noir tale tells the story of Lora King, a schoolteacher, and her brother Bill, a junior investigator with the district attorney's office. Lora's comfortable, suburban life is jarringly...

After receiving an alarming call from her estranged sister, tough-as-nails Sheriff Normandy Gold headed to Washington DC in the hopes of tracking her down. Discovering a link to a high-class prostitution ring, Normandy - with the help of local Detective Paul Sturges - must now dig deeper in order to uncover the disturbing truth behind her sister's disappearance.

Normandy Gold is hot on the trail of her sister's killer – a trail that has led all the way to the White House. She's close – a little too close for the comfort of those responsible. While Gold has been tracking them, they have been closing their own net around the tough-as-nails sheriff in return. In this deadly game of cat and mouse – who will catch whom?

After heading to Washington DC to investigate her estranged sister's disappearance, tough-as-nails Sheriff Normandy Gold began to dig deep into the city's underground sex industry. Playing the part of a high-class escort, Normandy soon uncovered a disturbing trail of sex, politics and murder, leading her to focus her investigation on a certain US presidential candidate, Senator Selwyn Grange…

From the award-winning author of The Turnout and Give Me Your Hand: the searing novel of friendship and betrayal that inspired the USA Network series, praised by Gillian Flynn as "Lord of the Flies set in a high-school cheerleading squad...Tense, dark, and beautifully written." Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy's best friend and trusted lieutenant. Beth calls the shots and Addy carries them out, a long-established...