Si può impedire un omicidio che è già avvenuto?

È appena scoccata la mezzanotte nei tranquilli sobborghi di Liverpool. Jen, affacciata alla finestra, sta aspettando che il figlio diciottenne torni a casa. Non ha rispettato il coprifuoco. A un certo punto ecco che il ragazzo compare, ma non è solo: si sta avvicinando a qualcuno, e ha qualcosa in mano. Impietrita, nel giro di pochi secondi Jen assiste a una scena che non si sarebbe mai immaginata: suo figlio accoltella un uomo. Non riesce a crederlo. Todd, un adolescente spiritoso e felice, ha appena ucciso uno sconosciuto, proprio lì, sulla strada di casa, sotto ai suoi occhi. Non sa chi sia. Non sa perché. Sa soltanto che il suo futuro è distrutto. Diverse ore più tardi, si addormenta sul divano, stremata. Ma quando si sveglia… è il giorno precedente. La scena da incubo a cui ha assistito non ha ancora avuto luogo. Questo strano viaggio a ritroso nel tempo comincia a ripetersi a ogni risveglio: è l’occasione, per Jen, di ripercorrere la loro vita familiare alla ricerca di indizi. Tassello dopo tassello, emergono dei particolari su suo figlio di cui era completamente all’oscuro, e la faccenda si fa sempre più inquietante. Da qualche parte, nascosta nel passato, c’è una soluzione, e Jen non ha altra scelta: deve trovarla.

In che misura le colpe dei figli dipendono dai genitori? Crediamo di conoscere le persone che amiamo, ma è proprio in famiglia che si nascondono i segreti più inconfessabili. Gillian McAllister, autrice bestseller di fama internazionale, firma il thriller dell’anno: un avvincente mistero che si annida tra le mura domestiche e si svela poco a poco, in un crescendo di tensione costruito in maniera magistrale.

«Questo romanzo è perfezione, ogni parola, ogni momento. Un capolavoro. Uno dei migliori libri che io abbia mai letto».
Lisa Jewell

«Questo sarà il vostro giallo dell’anno. Un thriller avvincente che gioca con ogni aspettativa. Una lettura assolutamente affascinante!».
Janice Hallett

«Non trovavo un incipit tanto intrigante da parecchio tempo, e la storia che segue è decisamente all’altezza! Questa sì che è bravura nello scrivere romanzi».
Ian Rankin

«Audace, ingegnoso, esilarante, ricco di colpi di scena. Una narratrice virtuosa. Immergetevi! È il posto giusto e il momento giusto».
A.J. Finn

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

“It’s perfection, every word, every moment. A masterpiece . . . One of the best books I’ve ever read.” —Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Absolutely AMAZING. The plot is astonishing—original and ingenious. But it’s much more than that; the love Jen has for her son and her husband is beautiful. The stakes are so high because they’re so meaningful.” —Marin Keyes, internationally bestselling author

“A brilliantly genre-bending, mind-twisting answer to the question How far would you go to save your child?” —Ruth Ware, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Daring, inventive, exhilarating, twisted. This is virtuoso storytelling. Please dive in. It’s the right place and the right time.” —A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“A work of such genius it leaves you in awe. Wrong Place, Wrong Time is impossibly clever, daringly original and heart-rending. Exceptional.” —Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End

From UK bestselling author Gillian McAllister comes an astonishing, compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him, deemed “clever, original, and so addictive it should come with a warning” by Alice Feeney, bestselling author of Rock Paper Scissors

Can you stop a murder after it’s already happened?

Late October. After midnight. You’re waiting up for your eighteen-year-old son. He’s past curfew. As you watch from the window, he emerges, and you realize he isn’t alone: he’s walking toward a man, and he’s armed.

You can’t believe it when you see him do it: your funny, happy teenage son, he kills a stranger, right there on the street outside your house. You don’t know who. You don’t know why. You only know your son is now in custody, his future shattered.

That night you fall asleep in despair. All is lost.

Until you wake . . .

. . . and it is yesterday.

And then you wake again . . .

. . . and it is the day before yesterday.

Every morning you wake up a day earlier, another day before the murder. With another chance to stop it. Somewhere in the past lies an answer. The trigger for this crime—and you don’t have a choice but to find it . . .

“Another ingeniously plotted genre-bender… McAllister succeeds in making us care, and the result is a tour de force.” — The Guardian

“This entertaining look at motherhood and memory will resonate with many." — Publishers Weekly

Dopo aver passato la serata con la tua migliore amica, stai tornando a casa, da sola. Non c’è nessuno in giro.
Poi senti il rumore che ogni donna teme. Passi. Qualcuno ti sta seguendo. E si avvicina.
Tu sei sicura che sia lui: il tizio che ti ha importunato al bar. Insistente, molesto.
I passi sono sempre più vicini. Ormai lui è proprio alle tue spalle.
E allora reagisci d’istinto. Ti giri. Spingi. L’uomo perde l’equilibrio e cade lungo la scalinata. Poi rimane immobile, con la faccia a terra.
E adesso? Devi fare una scelta.
Restare
Chiami un’ambulanza. Soccorri l’uomo, e scopri che non è quello del bar. Ora devi convincere la polizia, tuo marito, la tua famiglia e i tuoi amici che sei innocente. Che eri in pericolo. Che non hai fatto nulla di male. Che è stato un incidente. Riuscirai a dimostrarlo?
Scappare
Ti guardi attorno. Nessuno ha visto niente. Te ne vai. E il giorno dopo scopri che l’uomo è morto. E che non era quello del bar. Ora devi solo distruggere tutte le prove che possono collegarti a lui. E mentire, a tutti. A tuo marito, alla tua famiglia, ai tuoi amici. Riuscirai a resistere?
 

'There was a point during JUST ANOTHER MISSING PERSON where I sat up and shouted in shock. Gillian McAllister stunned me . . . and she will stun you too. I dare you to not ingest this in one sitting' JODI PICOULT

'Gillian McAllister knocks it out of the park yet again with this exquisitely plotted, seamlessly constructed police drama filled with clever twist after clever twist, gasp out loud reveals and beautifully realised characters. Just tremendous' LISA JEWELL

'Amazingly good' MARIAN KEYES

PRE-ORDER THE HEART-STOPPING NEW NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

'Starts with an impossible, irresistible premise - a woman who vanishes into thin air - and takes the reader on a thrilling journey of blind alleys and audacious twists. This is McAllister at the height of her powers' Erin Kelly

'Another masterpiece from the queen of the emotional thriller. This book has one of the best twists I've ever come across' Beth O'Leary
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OLIVIA.
22 years old.
Last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley.
And not coming back out again.
Missing for one day and counting . . .

Julia is the detective heading up the case. She knows what to expect. A desperate family, a ticking clock, and long hours away from her husband and daughter. But Julia has no idea how close to home it's going to get.

Because there's a man out there. And his weapon isn't a gun, or a knife: it's a secret. Her worst one.

He tells her that her family's safety depends on one thing: Julia must NOT find out what happened to Olivia - and must frame somebody else for her murder . . .

What would you do?
________

'The new queen of the what-would-you-do crime thriller is back with a tightly-plotted and twist-packed tale which will send your head spinning' ELLORY LLOYD

PRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER

'Perfection, every word, every moment. One of the best books I've ever read' LISA JEWELL

'Ingenious. A book to blow your mind and break your heart' ERIN KELLY

'Brilliantly plotted, perfectly paced . . . Genius. Simply genius' ADELE PARKS

'I am totally in awe. This is one story I will not forget' HEIDI PERKS

'Genre-bending and totally original. A tour de force!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS

'This is bravura novel-writing' IAN RANKIN

'Extraordinary' HARRIET TYCE

The compulsive and gripping thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author of Everything but the Truth and Anything You Do Say

'Addictive, clever, twisty. McAllister's best book yet' SUN

You'd trust your sister with your life. But should you?
_________

The police say she's guilty.

She insists she's innocent.

She's your sister.

You love her.

You trust her.

But they say she killed the person you care about most . . .
_________

'I read it in a breathless day and a half - I loved every page, every character, every twist and turn' Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of Then She Was Gone

'As tense as a piano string' Sunday Times

'Tense, compelling, the suspense is expertly controlled' Daily Mail

'One of the best courtroom dramas I've ever read' Cara Hunter, bestsellling author of Close to Home

**The Sunday Times top ten bestseller**

Do you ever check your partner's phone?
Should you?
Are you prepared for the consequences?

Everything but the Truth is Gillian McAllister's stunning breakthrough thriller about deceit, betrayal and one woman's compulsive need to uncover the truth

It all started with the email.

Rachel didn't even mean to look. She loves Jack and she's pregnant with their child. She trusts him.

But now she's seen it, she can't undo that moment. Or the chain of events it has set in motion.

Why has Jack been lying about his past? Just what exactly is he hiding? And doesn't Rachel have a right to know the truth at any cost?

'Packed with twists and turns that will make it almost impossible to put down!' Hello!

'Twisty and emotionally charged. Breathlessly brilliant' Heat

'A gripping, compelling page turner that kept me up half the night' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Lying in Wait

'Assured, suspenseful. Gripping from start to finish' Good Housekeeping

'Perfection. Intriguing and compelling. An exceptional debut' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I See You

'A beautifully written domestic noir full of secrets and lies' Claire Douglas, bestselling author of Local Girl Missing

'What would you do if you thought your partner was hiding something? Rachel thinks her boyfriend Jack is and, after delving into his past, discovers he may not be who he says he is. A thrilling book-club read, as it will have you debating moral dilemmas' Prima

Would you run, or stay and call an ambulance, if it was you that pushed him?

The gripping Sunday Times bestseller that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last page

'A relentless drumroll of suspense . . . ranks among the best psychological-suspense thrillers of recent years' A. J. Finn

'My heart was in my mouth whilst reading' 5***** Reader Review
__________

You can run, you can hide, but can you ever really disappear? . . .

Lauren's daughter Zara witnessed a terrible crime. But speaking up comes with a price, and when Zara's identity is revealed online, it puts a target on her back.

The only choice is to disappear.

From their family, their friends, even from Lauren's husband.

No goodbyes. Just new names, new home, new lives.

One mistake - a text, an Instagram like - could bring their old lives crashing into the new.

As Lauren will learn, disappearing is easy.

Staying hidden is much harder . . .
__________

'Bravo! How to Disappear is undoubtedly her best yet. Gripping and emotional - a cracking read' Clare Mackintosh

'Totally addictive, with twists that repeatedly pulled the rug from under my feet' Erin Kelly

'This book will take you on a whirlwind of emotions' 5***** Reader Review

'Tense and unpredictable. I couldn't put it down' Claire Douglas

'I read most of this with an anxious, twisty feeling in my stomach and there was a tear-filled moment' 5***** Reader Review

'If Jodi Picoult wrote psychological thrillers, they would look like this. A compulsive read with a jaw-dropping twist, I read it in a day' Rosamund Lupton

'I have never been as emotionally manipulated by a book as much as this one' 5***** Reader Review

'An intricate and spellbinding exploration of the devastating ripples that spread from a terrible crime' Holly Seddon

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY PICK

'Incredibly tense and gripping' ADELE PARKS
'Kept me guessing and kept me fooled. Clever, pacy and so gripping that my heart raced' C.L. TAYOR
'This absolutely blew me away. Properly unputdownable' 5***** READER REVIEW
'Another unputdownable what-would-you-do thriller, rich with McAllister's trademark twists and emotional depth' ERIN KELLY
________

What would you do to protect your family?

ANYTHING.

During a family holiday in Italy, you get an urgent call from your sister.

There's been an accident: she hit a man with her car and he's dead. She asks for your help.

She'd cover for you, so will you do the same for her?

But when the police come calling, the lies start . . .

And you each begin to doubt one another.

What really happened that night?

Who is lying to who?

AND WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO CRACK?
________

'From its propulsive opening to its devastating finale, That Night explores the terrible cost of family loyalty and the lines all of us might cross for those we love. Her best yet' TM LOGAN

'Tautly plotted and beautifully written. Gillian McAllister just gets better and better' Clare Mackintosh

'That Night was like watching a gripping, tense and claustrophobic box set! My heart was in my mouth the whole time. Her best yet' Claire Douglas

'Almost unbearably tense and an utterly absorbing read' Rosamund Lupton

'Had me absolutely gripped. Claustrophobic and tense and completely absorbing' Jane Fallon

'Beautifully written and incredibly gripping . . . it gave me genuine shivers. Masterfully done' Beth O'Leary

'So slippery, you will struggle to catch your breath. Gillian McAllister has secured her throne as the queen of the moral dilemma' Holly Seddon

'That Night is yet another triumph, intricately plotted and beautifully written' Jill Mansell

'That Night crept into my every waking thought. A claustrophobic, twisty novel that will have you asking, "what would I do?"' Lia Louis

READERS ARE HOOKED BY THAT NIGHT:

'A masterpiece' 5***** Reader Review

'I'm speechless . . . cannot recommend enough' 5***** Reader Review

'A pressure cooker of panic, excitement, fear, anger . . .

Can you trust your father, when they say he killed your mother? . . . THE RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THAT NIGHT

'Suspenseful and heartfelt, with a superb ending' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'An intricately plotted, twisty page-turner. Wow' 5**** READER REVIEW
'Absolutely unputdownable' ERIN KELLY
'Gripping and full of surprises with heartbreaking twist' 5**** READER REVIEW
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17 years after being convicted of murder, Izzy's father is finally released from prison.

She wants nothing to do with him - but he claims to be innocent.

She's always believed he killed her mother, but now doubts are creeping in.

Because if he's telling the truth, then someone else has been lying all this time . . .
________

'Both grips and thrills. Her best yet!' Lucy Clarke

'This sharp, super-readable thriller stands out thanks to its taut plot and characters you really care about' Sun

'Haunting, compelling, and all too possibly true' Jane Corry

'Heart-pounding, emotionally enriching, thrilling' Holly Seddon

'Flawless plotting and gripping from the first page to the last' Jill Mansell

»Ungewöhnlich und vollkommen einzigartig. Ein Meisterwerk, das es in sich hat!« Claire Douglas | Reese Witherspoons Book Club Pick für August 2022 | Der Sunday-Times- und New-York-Times-Bestseller endlich auf Deutsch!

Es ist nach Mitternacht, du wartest auf deinen Sohn. Du siehst ihn kommen, doch er ist nicht allein. Du kannst kaum begreifen, was du beobachtest – dein lebensfroher jugendlicher Sohn ermordet einen Fremden. 

Du weißt nicht, wen. Du weißt nicht, warum.

Du weißt nur, dass seine Zukunft verloren ist. Deine Welt zerbricht.

In dieser Nacht schläfst du verzweifelt ein. Als du aufwachst, bist du im Gestern, dann im Vorgestern. Jeden Morgen wachst du einen weiteren Tag vor dem Mord auf. Und du begreifst: Irgendwo in der Vergangenheit liegt eine Antwort, der Auslöser für dieses Verbrechen. Der Moment, in dem das Böse seinen Ursprung fand. Und deine einzige Chance, die Zukunft deines Sohnes zu retten ...

»Die faszinierendste Idee für einen Roman, die ich seit Langem gesehen habe!« Ian Rankin

»Gewagt, raffiniert, inspirierend, ungewöhnlich. Worauf warten Sie?« A.J. Finn

In ihrem außergewöhnlichen Thriller »Going Back« stellt die mehrfache britische Bestsellerautorin Gillian McAllister ihre Protagonistin Jen vor einige elementare Fragen. Denn würde eine Mutter nicht alles für ihr Kind tun? Selbst, wenn der eigene Sohn zum Mörder wird? Und was, wenn man die Möglichkeit bekäme, diesen Mord ungeschehen zu machen? Das Ergebnis ist ein atmosphärischer Zeitschleifen-Thriller, der Mutterschaft und mütterlichen Instinkt in den Fokus rückt.

Reese Witherspoon wählte Gillian McAllisters »Going Back« als Augustlektüre für ihren Buchclub und hob es damit auf Platz 2 der New York Times Bestsellerliste!

Das sagt Reese Witherspoon über das Buch:

»Die August-Lektüre des @reesesbookclub ist ›Going Back‹ von @gillianmauthor. Dieses Buch ist SO gut. Es handelt von einer Mutter, die sich Sorgen um ihren jugendlichen Sohn macht, weil er eines Abends lange unterwegs ist. Als sie aus dem Fenster schaut, sieht sie, wie er einen Mann in ihrem Vorgarten ersticht (!!), aber als sie am nächsten Morgen aufwacht, ist es der Tag, bevor ihr Sohn die Tat begeht. Sie reist immer weiter in die Vergangenheit zurück, um herauszufinden, was mit ihrem Sohn passiert ist. Das Buch ist EXTREM spannend und perfekt für den Abschluss des Sommers. Ich kann es kaum erwarten zu hören, was ihr denkt!«

Wen Gillian McAllister mit ihrem Thriller noch begeistert hat:

»Spannend. Verworren. Unerwartet feinfühlig.« The New York Times

»Ein genial angelegter Genre-Mix, der die Zeit rückwärts laufen lässt. Eine Meisterleistung!« The Guardian

»Dies ist Romanschreiben auf höchstem Niveau.« Ian Rankin

»Genial geplottet ...