Antoinette van Heugten

Max Parkman—autistic and whip-smart, emotionally fragile and aggressive—is perfect in his mother's eyes. Until he's accused of murder. Attorney Danielle Parkman knows her teenage son Max's behavior has been getting worse—using drugs and lashing out. But she can't accept the diagnosis she receives at a top-notch adolescent psychiatric facility that her son is deeply disturbed. Dangerous. Until she finds Max, unconscious and bloodied, beside a patient who has been brutally stabbed to death. Trapped in a world of doubt and fear, barred from contacting Max, Danielle clings to the belief that her son is innocent. But has she, too, lost touch with reality? Is her son really a killer? With the justice system bearing down on them, Danielle steels herself to discover the truth, no matter what it is. She'll do whatever it takes to find the killer and to save her son from being destroyed by a system that's all too eager to convict him.

Saving Max

After her mother is murdered and her baby girl goes missing, Nora de Jong must delve into her family's dark past to find a killer who just may not be a stranger. Original.

The Tulip Eaters

Max Parkman ist Autist und in den Augen seiner Mutter einfach perfekt - bis er des Mordes angeklagt wird. Ist ihr Sohn wirklich ein Mörder? Die erfolgreiche Rechtsanwältin Danielle Parkman kann das einfach nicht glauben. Sicher, das Verhalten ihres autistischen Sohnes Max war im Laufe der Jahre immer schlimmer geworden. Deswegen hatte sie sich in ihrer Verzweiflung ja auch an die renommierte Maitland-Klinik in Des Moines gewandt. Deren Diagnose lautete: Ihr Sohn ist tief gestört und gefährlich. Nun liegt Max bewusstlos und blutend neben einem Patienten, der brutal erstochen wurde. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass er die Tat begangen hat. Alles außer diesem Gefühl in Danielles Herzen. Gefangen zwischen Zweifeln und Angst versucht sie, die Unschuld ihres Sohnes zu beweisen. Was sie dabei entdeckt, lässt sie allerdings an ihrer eigenen geistigen Gesundheit zweifeln. Gefangen zwischen Zweifeln und Angst versucht Danielle, die Unschuld ihres Sohnes zu beweisen. Was sie dabei entdeckt, lässt sie allerdings an ihrer eigenen geistigen Gesundheit zweifeln.

Mutterliebst

In a riveting exploration of the power the past wields over the present, critically acclaimed author Antoinette van Heugten writes the story of a woman whose child’s life hangs in the balance, forcing her to confront the roots of her family’s troubled history in the dark days of World War II...

Et uskyldig offer I en fengslende historie om makten fortiden har over nåtiden, forteller den kritikerroste forfatteren Antoinette van Heugten om en kvinne hvis lille barns liv er i ytterste fare. Barnets mor blir tvunget til å komme til bunns i familiens vanskelige og brokete fortid fra andre verdenskrig. Nora de Jong opplever sitt livs mareritt. En dag kommer hun hjem fra jobben og finner moren brutalt drept. Den lille datteren hennes er forsvunnet. Den eneste ledetråden hun har, er liket av en ukjent mann på stuegulvet, med en pistol i hånden. Nora må finne Rose, så hun skyver sorg og fortvilelse til side og begynner å lete på egenhånd. Innholdet i et låst skrin hun finner på foreldrenes loft gir henne like mange spørsmål som svar, og det kan tyde på at drapsmannen ikke er en fremmed. Skal hun redde datteren sin, må hun grave enda dypere i familiens mørke fortid. Hun må til Amsterdam, hvor hennes egen ubearbeidede fortid og et vondt kjærlighetsbrudd hjemsøker henne på nytt. Mens Nora fortvilet pusler sammen sannheten ut fra en gammel familiedagbok, blir hun trukket tilbake til en by under nazistenes okkupasjon og hvor morens gamle allianser for lengst kan ha forseglet både hennes og Roses skjebne.

Et uskyldig offer

Max Parkman is perfect in his mother's eyes. Until he's accused of murder. Attorney Danielle Parkman can't deny her son's behavior has been getting worse—drugs and violent outbursts have become a frightening routine. But when she receives the diagnosis from a top-notch adolescent psychiatric facility that Max is deeply disturbed—and dangerous—it seems too devastating to accept. Until she finds Max, weapon in hand, at the bedside of a fellow patient who has been brutally stabbed to death. Separated from Max and trapped in a maelstrom of doubt and fear, Danielle's mothering instincts snap sharply into focus. The justice system is bearing down on her son, so she must use her years of legal experience to find out the truth, no matter what that might be. But has she, too, lost touch with reality? Is her son truly a killer? Previously published.

Jason Mott

Elaine Hussey

Paula Treick DeBoard

Shona Patel

Anyone who is part of a book club is very familiar with this constant question: What should we read next? Whether your club wants to travel back in time to exotic locations, or prefers to wrestle with big issues in a contemporary setting, this sampler of six extraordinarynovels has something for every book club: The Returned by Jason Mott, I'll Be Seeing You by Suzanne Hayes and Loretta Nyhan, Teatime for the Firefly by Shona Patel, The Sweetest Hallelujah by Elaine Hussey, The Tulip Eaters by Antoinette van Heugten and The Mourning Hours by Paula Treick DeBoard. Each excerpt is accompanied by a letter from the novel's editor explaining why the book is a perfect book club pick. There is also bonus material to enrich your discussions, including reading guides and author conversations. So, read on, enjoy, find the perfect book and be the star of your book club.

Antoinette van Heugten

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