Patricia J. MacDonald

The second Sunday in May is a time to celebrate mothers and all those who are like mothers. This book discusses the origins of Mother's Day and explains how songs, poems, and food can prove useful in showing our appreciation for mothers, stepmothers, aunt. This book provides an overview of the history and traditions associated with Mother's Day.

Thirteen-year-old Fujiwara no Mitsuko, daughter of a noble family in the imperial court of twelfth century Japan, enlists the help of a shape-shifter and other figures from Japanese mythology in her efforts to save her older sister's life.

Concerned over her parents' impending divorce, convinced that her dependable boyfriend, Nate, doesn't understand her, and looking for a little more romance in her life, tenth-grader Brittany Parrish turns to the Internet and, miraculously, meets "the most perfect guy ever." But what begins as an innocent correspondence gradually becomes more sinister, and suddenly Brittany finds herself involved in something she had never imagined.

An unnamed narrator lives with her new husband, his two teenage daughters, and the unbanishable presence of his first wife, known only as 'she.' Obsessed with her, the narrator moves through her days presided over by the all-too-real ghost of the first marriage, fantasizing about how the first wife lives her life. Will the narrator ever equal 'she' intellectually, or ever forget about the betrayal that lies between them? And what of the secrets between her husband and 'she', from which the narrator is excluded?

Roman policier (suspense) Shelby a élevé seule sa fille Chloé à laquelle elle tient plus que tout. Cette dernière, à 25 ans, semble avoir trouvé la sérénité entre son travail, Rob, son second mari, et leur petit garçon de 5 ans, Jeremy. Pour leur anniversaire de mariage, Shelby décide díoffrir à Chloé et à Rob une croisière dans les Caraïbes tandis quíelle gardera Jeremy. Ce généreux cadeau va bientôt se révéler fatal : Shelby reçoit un appel lui annonçant que sa fille semble avoir disparu en mer, sans laisser de traces. On lui apprend aussi que, sur les bandes de vidéo surveillance, on voit Chloé, ivre morte, tituber dans les coursives, ce qui pourrait expliquer un accident. Mais Shelby, désespérée, ne peut accepter cette explication. Elevée par une mère alcoolique, elle déteste líalcool et nía jamais vu sa fille boire. Alors, que síest-il passé cette nuit-là, sur la mer ? Pour découvrir la vérité, Shelby est prête à tout, même à risquer sa vieÖ Une croisière aux Caraïbes qui tourne mal. Une mère qui ne se résigne pas à la mort " accidentelle " de sa fille. Un criminel au-dessus de tout soupçon... Jamais Patricia MacDonald n'aura autant mérité sa réputation de reine du suspense psychologique. Une croisière aux Caraïbes qui tourne mal. Une mère qui ne se résigne pas à la mort accidentelle de sa fille. Un criminel au-dessus de tout soupçon... Jamais Patricia MacDonald n'aura autant mérité sa réputation de reine du suspense psychologique. Biographie[s] d'auteur[s] Auteur de nombreux best-sellers, tous publiés dans la collection Spécial Suspense, l'Américaine Patricia MacDonald s'impose depuis des années comme une des reines internationales du suspense.

A nail-biting novel of domestic suspense from a best-selling author - When Morgan Adair arrives at the small seaside town of West Briar on the Long Island shore, she is looking forward to attending the baptism of her new godson, Drew. Morgan and Drew's mother, Claire, have been friends since childhood, and Morgan was delighted when Claire married the handsome Guy Bolton. But a few days after the christening, Morgan receives a devastating phone call from her friend . . .

Inspired by today's headlines, this riveting new novel by the Edgar Award-nominated author of The Girl Next Door tells the story of a young newlywed who survives a brutal attack and must confront the possibility that her husband tried to kill her.

Caitlin Eckhart finds her past coming back to haunt her when her six-year-old stepson is kidnapped from school, jeopardizing her relationship with her husband and everything she loves.

In this psychologically explosive story from “one of the most remarkable novelists of her generation” (People), the discovery of bones in a tin box sends shockwaves across a group of long-time friends. In the waning months of the second World War, a group of children discover an earthen tunnel in their neighborhood outside London. Throughout the summer of 1944—until one father forbids it—the subterranean space becomes their “secret garden,” where the friends play games and tell stories. Six decades later, beneath a house on the same land, construction workers uncover a tin box containing two skeletal hands, one male and one female. As the discovery makes national news, the friends come together once again, to recall their days in the tunnel for the detective investigating the case. Is the truth buried among these aging friends and their memories? This impromptu reunion causes long-simmering feelings to bubble to the surface. Alan, stuck in a passionless marriage, begins flirting with Daphne, a glamorous widow. Michael considers contacting his estranged father, who sent Michael to live with an aunt after his mother vanished in 1944. Lewis begins remembering details about his Uncle James, an army private who once accompanied the children into the tunnels, and who later disappeared. In The Girl Next Door Rendell brilliantly shatters the assumptions about age, showing that the choices people make—and the emotions behind them—remain as potent in late life as they were in youth.

When her husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a babysitter, Maddy Blake's tranquil suburban life is torn apart as she finds herself becoming attracted to her priest and realizes her own life is in danger

"Ever since her best friend Molly was murdered fifteen years before, Blair Butler has returned to her small hometown in the Pocono mountains as seldom as possible. Now she has been summoned home to see her terminally ill sister one last time--only for Celeste to make a shocking deathbed confession. Is it really true that the wrong man has spent fifteen years in jail for a crime he didn't commit? Having promised her dying sister that she would do her best to right the wrongs of the past, Blair sets out to discover what really happened that cold, wet November night fifteen years before: the night Molly's battered body was found in the woods behind her home. But is Blair prepared for the shocking truth?" -- Provided by publisher.

When a tragic house fire kills her beautiful sister Greta, Britt Andersen heads for the Vermont town that claimed her sibling's life. But who set the deadly blaze? With as many twists and turns as there are suspects, Suspicious Origin sweeps to a startling conclusion that will keep readers flipping pages until the very end.

A daughter sets out to discover the truth about her mother's death in this absorbing novel of psychological suspense. Eden Radley had a strained relationship with her mother ever since Tara deserted the family nine years before to run off with her much younger lover. But when she's told that her mother has killed herself and her severely disabled young son, Eden's half-brother, Eden is ridden with guilt. Her mother had tried to get in touch with her on the night she died, and Eden had ignored her text. Was Tara calling for help? Heading to Cleveland, Ohio, for the funeral, Eden discovers there was so much she didn't know about her mother, nor about her enigmatic, troubled stepfather Flynn Darby. And the more she learns, the more convinced she becomes that Tara's death was no suicide. Could Flynn really be guilty of murder ...?

A chilling novel about a 20-year-old murder, a present-day killer, a single mother on the run, and the controversial role of death penalty's in the criminal justice system.