Everyone loves a beautiful missing girl...
Look For Her ratchets up the tension while also offering moments of sheer grace.-Riley Sager, bestselling author of Final Girls
Beautifully written with an expertly twisty, surprising story, this is a must-read!
-- Chevy Stevens, New York Times bestselling author of Never Let You Go
Lilling might seem like an idyllic English village, but it's home to a dark history. In 1976, a teenage girl named Annalise Wood disappeared, and though her body was later discovered, the culprit was never found. Decades later, Annalise maintains a perverse kind of celebrity, and is still the focus of grief, speculation, and for one young woman, a disturbing, escalating jealousy.
When DNA linked to the Annalise murder unexpectedly surfaces, cold case detective Morris Keene and his former partner, Chloe Frohmann, hope to finally bring closure to this traumatized community. But the new evidence instead undoes the case's only certainty: the buried body that had long ago been confidently identified as Annalise may be someone else entirely, and instead of answers, the investigators face only new puzzles.
Whose body was unearthed all those years ago, and what happened to the real Annalise? Is someone interfering with the investigation? And is there a link to a present-day drowning with eerie connections? With piercing insight and shocking twists, Emily Winslow explores the dark side of sensationalized crime in this haunting psychological thriller.
Have you always wanted to write a novel?
Emily Winslow will help you develop the mindset and skills to get you started, keep you going, and see you through. Time to Write is a creative writing guide aimed at anyone who wants to write a novel and could use some support.
It contains 49 lessons, each easy to read and packed with insights based on experience. Emily has taken her own work to high levels with major publishers, and has learned from teaching at Cambridge University what makes students light up and what makes their work drastically, excitingly improve.
This book is full of encouragement, recognizing and affirming different work styles. It's a total handbook, teaching a broad range of specific writing skills with insight and clarity as well as covering topics around writing in-depth, such as how to give and take critique and how to evaluate publishers and agents.
It's time to write the stories inside you.
From the author of Look For Her
Emily Winslow is a precise and expert analyst of the darkest parts of the human psyche.
-- Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of Closed Casket
Set in the richly evoked pathways and environs of Cambridge, England, The Whole World unearths the desperate secrets kept by its many complex characters--students, professors, detectives, husbands, and mothers--that lead to deadly consequences.
Two Americans studying at Cambridge University, Polly and Liv, who are both strangers to their new home and both running away from painful memories, become quick friends. They find a common interest in Nick, a handsome, charming, seemingly guileless graduate student. For a time, the three engage in harmless flirtation, growing closer while doing research for Professor Gretchen Paul, the blind and devoted daughter of a semi-famous novelist. But a betrayal, followed by Nick's inexplicable disappearance, brings long-buried histories to the surface.
The investigation, helmed by Detective Chief Inspector Morris Keene and his partner, Detective Sergeant Chloe Frohmann, raises countless questions--from the crime that scars Polly's past to the searing truths concealed in family photographs which Gretchen cannot see. Soon the three young lovers will discover how little they know about one another, and how devastating the ripples of long-ago actions can be.
At once a sensual and irresistible mystery and a haunting work of penetrating insight and emotional depth, The Whole World marks the beginning of Emily Winslow's series of psychological suspense.
Published by William Morrow
From the author of Look For Her
Emily Winslow is a precise and expert analyst of the darkest parts of the human psyche.
-- Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of Closed Casket
Outside the city of Cambridge, England, the badly decomposed body of a young woman has washed up in the flooded fens. Detective Inspector Chloe Frohmann and her partner, Detective Chief Inspector Morris Keene, must identify the victim and uncover what malice hid her there.
Across the hallowed paths and storied squares of Cambridge University, the detectives follow scant clues toward the identity of the dead girl. Eventually, their search leads them to Deeping House, an imposing country manor where, over the course of one Christmas holiday, three families, two nannies, and one young writer were snowed in together. Chloe begins to unravel a tangled web of passions and secrets, of long-buried crimes and freshly committed horrors. But in order to reveal the truth--about mysterious letters, devastating liaisons, and murder--she may have to betray her partner.
In this stunning psychological thriller, Emily Winslow has crafted a literary prism. With uncommon perceptiveness, she tells her story through the eyes of many intricately drawn characters: a troubled young woman in the University's dead-letter office, an astronomy professor full of regret, an anxious man willing to kill to keep his past hidden. As their beautifully rendered stories coalesce, a piercing and haunting truth emerges. Masterful and memorizing, The Start of Everything will captivate to the very last page.
Published by William Morrow
From the author of Look For Her
Emily Winslow is a precise and expert analyst of the darkest parts of the human psyche.
-- Sophie Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of Closed Casket
Maxwell's fianc e, Imogen, is obsessed with her idyllic childhood in Cambridge, England, which was cut short by her parents' deaths at a young age, causing her and her siblings to be adopted by different families. With plans to move back there, the young couple travel to the city together, where Imogen's excitement is offset by Max's deeply unsettling d j vu: despite having no history there, something about Cambridge is all too familiar. As the wedding planning begins and Imogen's preoccupation with her lost younger brother intensifies, Maxwell is forced to consider that he may actually be Imogen's missing brother. Worse, he fears that she may already know that he is, and be marrying him anyway.
Meanwhile, Detective Chief Inspector Morris Keene languishes at home, struggling with a debilitating injury and post-traumatic stress, and his former partner, Detective Inspector Chloe Frohmann, investigates a suicide case in which Morris' daughter is suspected of having a hand. When buried skeletons are discovered next to an old barn, the suicide is linked back to Imogen's childhood, revealing horrors of the past and triggering new dangers in the present.
The third book by talented author Emily Winslow and featuring Cambridgeshire detectives Morris Keene and Chloe Frohmann, The Red House is a suspenseful and skillfully written mystery, twisting and unraveling in deft and unusual ways as the simultaneous investigations raise the question: for how long can you call your findings pure coincidence?
In the vein of Alice Sebold's Lucky, comes a compelling, real-life crime mystery and gripping memoir of the cold case prosecution of a serial rapist, told by one of his victims.
On the morning of September 12, 2013, a fugitive task force broke down the door of Arthur Fryar's apartment in Brooklyn. His DNA, entered in the FBI's criminal database after a drug conviction, had been matched to evidence from a rape in Pennsylvania years earlier. Over the next year, Fryar and his lawyer fought his extradition and prosecution for the rape--and another like it--which occurred in 1992. The names of the victims, one from January, the other from November, were suppressed; the prosecution and the media referred to them as Jane Doe.
Now, Jane Doe January tells her story.
Emily Winslow was a young drama student at Carnegie Mellon University's elite conservatory in Pittsburgh when a man brutally attacked and raped her in January 1992. While the police's search for her rapist proved futile, Emily reclaimed her life. Over the course of the next two decades, she fell in love, married, had two children, and began writing mystery novels set in her new hometown of Cambridge, England. Then, in fall 2013, she received shocking news--the police had found her rapist.
This is her intimate memoir--the story of a woman's traumatic past catching up with her, in a country far from home, surrounded by people who have no idea what she's endured. Caught between past and present, and between two very different cultures, the inquisitive and restless crime novelist searches for clarity. Beginning her own investigation, she delves into Fryar's family and past, reconnects with the detectives of her case, and works with prosecutors in the months leading to trial.
As she recounts her long-term quest for closure, Winslow offers a heartbreakingly honest look at a vicious crime--and offers invaluable insights into the mind and heart of a victim.
Have you always wanted to write a novel?
Emily Winslow will help you develop the mindset and skills to get you started, keep you going, and see you through. Time to Write is a creative writing guide aimed at anyone who wants to write a novel and could use some support.
It contains 49 lessons, each easy to read and packed with insights based on experience. Emily has taken her own work to high levels with major publishers, and has learned from teaching at Cambridge University what makes students light up and what makes their work drastically, excitingly improve.
This book is full of encouragement, recognizing and affirming different work styles. It's a total handbook, teaching a broad range of specific writing skills with insight and clarity as well as covering topics around writing in-depth, such as how to give and take critique and how to evaluate publishers and agents.
It's time to write the stories inside you.
Emily Winslow is a precise and expert analyst of the darkest parts of the human psyche. -internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah
American students Polly and Liv are giddy over the accents and architecture of Cambridge University. They both fall for the same charming graduate student.
Then he disappears.
Told through five narrators whose personal obsessions limit what each of them sees, The Whole Worldis the story of the desperation and malice that take them by surprise while they're all looking elsewhere.
The Whole World shines as a potent look at the self-absorption and angst of youth and the regrets and doubts of middle age.
- The Richmond Times-Dispatch
A first novel about growing up, having sex and going seriously off the rails at Cambridge University.
- Palm Beach Post summer reading list
What a ride! Read this book. - Decatur Daily
Emily Winslow is a precise and expert analyst of the darkest parts of the human psyche. -internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah
American students Polly and Liv are giddy over the accents and architecture of Cambridge University. They both fall for the same charming graduate student.
Then he disappears.
Told through five narrators whose personal obsessions limit what each of them sees, The Whole World is the story of the desperation and malice that take them by surprise while they're all looking elsewhere.
The Whole World shines as a potent look at the self-absorption and angst of youth and the regrets and doubts of middle age. - The Richmond Times-Dispatch
A first novel about growing up, having sex and going seriously off the rails at Cambridge University. - Palm Beach Post summer reading list
What a ride! Read this book. - Decatur Daily
A masterful whodunnit! - Number 1 NY Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner
The envelopes are addressed to simply Katja above the name of a Cambridge college, but no one by that name attends or works there. The early letters are desperate; the later ones are angry. No one knows who the messages are meant for, until a seemingly accidental death involves the police, who are already overwhelmed by an unidentified body in the fens.
Detective Inspector Chloe Frohmann struggles against DCI Morris Keene's theory of their case even as she's forced to confront evidence that he may be right, and lives hang in the balance.
Winslow is brilliant at portraying the ragged fragments of these lives. What emerges isn't a single killer with motive and means, but a tangle of stories crossing and colliding, stray intersections of incidents and accidents, misunderstandings and misreadings, all thanks to the myopia of individual perspectives and the self-centeredness of individual desires. -The Washington Post
The Start of Everything has the artistry of literature, the grittiness of a best-selling crime thriller, the complexity of an academic puzzle and characters you will not easily forget. - Booklover Book Reviews
Dazzling in its ingenuity and gripping in its suspense. - Shelf Awareness
A masterful whodunnit! - Number 1 NY Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner
The envelopes are addressed to simply Katja above the name of a Cambridge college, but no one by that name attends or works there. The early letters are desperate; the later ones are angry. No one knows who the messages are meant for, until a seemingly accidental death involves the police, who are already overwhelmed by an unidentified body in the fens.
Detective Inspector Chloe Frohmann struggles against DCI Morris Keene's theory of their case even as she's forced to confront evidence that he may be right, and lives hang in the balance.
Winslow is brilliant at portraying the ragged fragments of these lives. What emerges isn't a single killer with motive and means, but a tangle of stories crossing and colliding, stray intersections of incidents and accidents, misunderstandings and misreadings, all thanks to the myopia of individual perspectives and the self-centeredness of individual desires. -The Washington Post
The Start of Everything has the artistry of literature, the grittiness of a best-selling crime thriller, the complexity of an academic puzzle and characters you will not easily forget. - Booklover Book Reviews
Dazzling in its ingenuity and gripping in its suspense. - Shelf Awareness
Psychological crime writing at its best. - Kate Rhodes, author of the Isles of Scilly Mysteries
Maxwell's fiancée Imogen is obsessed with her idyllic childhood in Cambridge, which was cut short by her parents' deaths when she was only eight years old. She and her siblings were separated by adoption, and in adulthood she's managed to reconnect with them all except for the youngest. When she brings Maxwell to visit, he, too, remembers Cambridge, even though he never lived there. His unexpected déjà vu forces him to consider that he may actually be Imogen's missing brother. Worse, he fears that she may already know that he is, and be marrying him anyway.
Literal buried skeletons discovered next to an old barn link a suspicious suicide in the present day to Imogen's childhood, revealing horrors in the past and triggering danger in the present.
The Red House is a triumph. DI Chloe Frohmann is on top form, and never far from the truth. Time these excellent stories were snapped up by a TV company. - Books Monthly
Multi-layered and intriguing, satisfyingly twisty. I stayed up far too late to find out what had happened. - Bookbag
I could practically hear a click as I began The Red House. I was hooked before finishing the prologue. - Booklover Book Reviews
Psychological crime writing at its best. - Kate Rhodes, author of the Isles of Scilly Mysteries
Maxwell's fiancée Imogen is obsessed with her idyllic childhood in Cambridge, which was cut short by her parents' deaths when she was only eight years old. She and her siblings were separated by adoption, and in adulthood she's managed to reconnect with them all except for the youngest. When she brings Maxwell to visit, he, too, remembers Cambridge, even though he never lived there. His unexpected déjà vu forces him to consider that he may actually be Imogen's missing brother. Worse, he fears that she may already know that he is, and be marrying him anyway.
Literal buried skeletons discovered next to an old barn link a suspicious suicide in the present day to Imogen's childhood, revealing horrors in the past and triggering danger in the present.
The Red House is a triumph. DI Chloe Frohmann is on top form, and never far from the truth. Time these excellent stories were snapped up by a TV company. - Books Monthly
Multi-layered and intriguing, satisfyingly twisty. I stayed up far too late to find out what had happened. - Bookbag
I could practically hear a click as I began The Red House. I was hooked before finishing the prologue. - Booklover Book Reviews
Look for Her ratchets up the tension while offering moments of sheer grace. - NY Times bestselling author Riley Sager
In 1976, a teenage girl named Annalise Wood disappeared, and though her body was later discovered, the culprit was never found. Decades later, Annalise maintains a perverse kind of celebrity, and is still the focus of grief, speculation, and for one young woman, a disturbing, escalating jealousy.
When DNA linked to the Annalise murder unexpectedly surfaces, cold case detective Morris Keene and his former partner, Chloe Frohmann, hope to finally bring closure to this traumatized community. But the new evidence instead undoes the case's only certainty: the buried body that had long ago been confidently identified as Annalise may be someone else entirely, and instead of answers, the investigators face only new puzzles.
Winslow spins the plot to a satisfying and humane conclusion, with Keene and Frohmann again proving to be a winning pair. -Booklist
Look for Her is a fantastic mystery thriller and a sharp portrayal of grief, curiosity and jealousy. If you aren't already reading the series, you definitely should be. -BookTrib
Winslow paints a complex and compelling portrait of a cold case that is far from dead and buried. The combination of raw emotion and psychological sophistry is beguiling. -Booklover Book Reviews
Look for Her ratchets up the tension while offering moments of sheer grace. - NY Times bestselling author Riley Sager
In 1976, a teenage girl named Annalise Wood disappeared, and though her body was later discovered, the culprit was never found. Decades later, Annalise maintains a perverse kind of celebrity, and is still the focus of grief, speculation, and for one young woman, a disturbing, escalating jealousy.
When DNA linked to the Annalise murder unexpectedly surfaces, cold case detective Morris Keene and his former partner, Chloe Frohmann, hope to finally bring closure to this traumatized community. But the new evidence instead undoes the case's only certainty: the buried body that had long ago been confidently identified as Annalise may be someone else entirely, and instead of answers, the investigators face only new puzzles.
Winslow spins the plot to a satisfying and humane conclusion, with Keene and Frohmann again proving to be a winning pair. -Booklist
Look for Her is a fantastic mystery thriller and a sharp portrayal of grief, curiosity and jealousy. If you aren't already reading the series, you definitely should be. -BookTrib
Winslow paints a complex and compelling portrait of a cold case that is far from dead and buried. The combination of raw emotion and psychological sophistry is beguiling. -Booklover Book Reviews