Mindy Mejía

A completely gripping thriller full of dark family secrets and packed with suspense. For fans of Jane Harper.There is a place in Minnesota with hundreds of miles of glacial lakes and untouched forests called the Boundary Waters. Ten years ago a man and his son trekked into this wilderness and never returned. Until now.Lucas Blackthorn is nineteen, semi-feral, and now incarcerated in Congdon Psychiatric Institute after committing a violent assault. The police are desperate to hear his story; all Lucas wants is to return to the Boundary Waters, and his father.Therapist Maya Stark is tasked with preparing Lucas to face the world's questions. Maya has her own unfinished business with the Boundary Waters and, as she and Lucas grow closer, she sees a chance for them to help each other. She is prepared to risk everything to reunite him with his father and get answers to the questions that have haunted her all her adult life. But sometimes finding the truth is the worst thing you can do...

A completely gripping thriller full of dark family secrets and packed with suspense. For fans of Jane Harper.There is a place in Minnesota with hundreds of miles of glacial lakes and untouched forests called the Boundary Waters. Ten years ago a man and his son trekked into this wilderness and never returned. Until now. Lucas Blackthorn is nineteen, semi-feral, and now incarcerated in Congdon Psychiatric Institute after committing a violent assault. The police are desperate to hear his story; all Lucas wants is to return to the Boundary Waters, and his father. Therapist Maya Stark is tasked with preparing Lucas to face the worlds questions. Maya has her own unfinished business with the Boundary Waters and, as she and Lucas grow closer, she sees a chance for them to help each other. She is prepared to risk everything to reunite him with his father and get answers to the questions that have haunted her all her adult life. But sometimes finding the truth is the worst thing you can do...

SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH A haunting piece of fictionA suspenseful and heart-wrenching thriller about ambition, obsession, and what happens when the lies we tell about ourselves become indistinguishable from the truthRobin Wasserman, author of Girls on FireNo one keeps more secrets. No one is better at hiding them. Full of twists and turns, with an ending you will never see coming and characters that will stay with you long after the book is finished, THE LAST ACT OF HATTIE HOFFMAN is perfect for fans of THE ROANOKE GIRLS and THE DRY.Eighteen-year-old Hattie Hoffman is a talented actress, loved by everyone in her Minnesotan hometown. When shes found stabbed to death on the opening night of her school play, the tragedy rips through the fabric of the community.Sheriff Del Goodman, a close friend of Hatties dad, vows to find her killer, but the investigation yields more secrets than answers: it turns out Hattie played as many parts offstage as on. Told from three perspectives, Dels, Hatties high school English teacher and Hattie herself, The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman tells the story of the Hattie behind the masks, and what happened in that final year of her life. . .Wonderfully evocative of its Midwestern setting and with a cast of unforgettable characters, this is a book about manipulation of relationships and identity; about the line between innocence and culpability; about the hope love offers and the tragedies that occur when it spins out of control.

Dark and atmospheric, with palpably vivid details and complex characters harboring plenty of secrets (Kimberly Belle, internationally bestselling author of The Marriage Lie), this riveting and suspenseful thrillerby the author of the critically acclaimed Everything You Want Me to Befollows the mysterious disappearance of a boy and his stunning return ten years later.There is a place in Minnesota with hundreds of miles of glacial lakes and untouched forests called the Boundary Waters. Ten years ago, a man and his son trekked into this wilderness and never returned. Search teams found their campsite ravaged by what looked like a bear. They were presumed dead until a decade later...the son reappears. Discovered while ransacking an outfitter store, he is violent and uncommunicative and is sent to a psychiatric facility. Maya Stark, the assistant language therapist, is charged with making a connection with the high-profile patient. No matter how hard she tries, he refuses to answer questions about his father or the last ten years of his life. But Maya, who was abandoned by her own mother, has secrets, too. And as shes drawn closer to this enigmatic boy who is no longer a boy, shell risk everything to reunite him with his father who has disappeared from the known world. A breathless mytstery filled edge-of-your-seat twists and turns, Leave No Trace is as thrilling as whitewater rapids and as dark as the Minnesotan wilderness itself (Amy Gentry, internationally bestselling author of Good as Gone).

In this whip-smart thriller featuring a brilliant female protagonist, a finely-tuned plot, and some truly spectacular writing (Cristina Alger, USA TODAY bestselling author) from the author of Leave No Trace, a high stakes crime triggers a womans complicated and potentially deadly search for the truth.Nora Trier catches thieves. As a forensic accountant, shes unearthed millions in every corner of the world. She prides herself on her independence, the most essential currency of accounting, until her firm is hired by Strike.An anti-corporate, feminist athletic empire, Strike is owned by Logan Russo, a brash and legendary kickboxer, and her marketing genius husband, Gregg Abbott. Theyre about to host a major tournament with twenty million dollars in prize money, and the chance for the champion to become the new face of the company. But Gregg suspects his wife already has a new face in mind in the form of a young trainer.When the prize money goes missing days before the tournament begins, Gregg hires Noras firm to find both the thief and the moneybut Nora has a secret connection to Strike. Her partner pressures her into taking the case anyway, hinting he has information that could change the course of the investigation in a shocking and deadly way.A tense and unpredictable thriller, Strike Me Down crackles with obsession, greed, lust, and plenty of ambition, and its loaded with more twists and turns than a spy novel (Kirkus Reviews).

Full of twists and turns, Everything You Want Me to Be reconstructs a year in the life of a dangerously mesmerizing young woman, during which a small towns darkest secrets come to the forefront...and she inches closer and closer to her death.High school senior Hattie Hoffman has spent her whole life playing many parts: the good student, the good daughter, the good citizen. When shes found brutally stabbed to death on the opening night of her high school play, the tragedy rips through the fabric of her small town community. Local sheriff Del Goodman, a family friend of the Hoffmans, vows to find her killer, but trying to solve her murder yields more questions than answers. It seems that Hatties acting talents ran far beyond the stage. Told from three points of viewDel, Hattie, and the new English teacher whose marriage is crumblingEverything You Want Me to Be weaves the story of Hatties last school year and the events that drew her ever closer to her death.Evocative and razor-sharp, Everything You Want Me to Be challenges you to test the lines between innocence and culpability, identity and deception. Does love lead to self-discoveryor destruction?

Il existe un endroit dans le Minnesota où une centaine de lacs gelés côtoient la forêt vierge. On appelle cette région sauvage les Boundary Waters. Seuls les plus expérimentés osent s’y aventurer. To

Todos creían conocer a Hattie Hoffman. Cuando fue asesinada, descubrieron lo equivocados que estaban.Hattie Hoffman está en el último año de instituto y tiene un futuro prometedor por delante como actriz. Cuando aparece brutalmente asesinada tras el estreno de la obra de teatro de la que era protagonista, la tragedia golpea a quemarropa la pequeña ciudad en la que vive. Del Goodman, el sheriff local, muy amigo del padre de Hattie, promete dar con el asesino, pero la investigacion acaba desvelando mas secretos que respuestas: Hattie tambien era una gran actriz fuera del escenario. Contada a partir de tres puntos de vista diferentes, la del sheriff, la del profesor de instituto de la joven y la de la propia Hattie, esta trepidante novela narra la historia de Hattie y de todo aquello que sucedio en su ultimo año de instituto. Absorbente y totalmente adictiva, esta es una novela ejecutada sobre arenas movedizas; una trama en la que la manipulacion, la identidad y la delgada linea que separa inocencia y culpabilidad se dan la mano para dejar al lector sin aliento hasta el final. Ten cuidado, Hattie Hoffman puede ser todo lo que tu quieras que sea.

Hattie Hoffman está en el último año de instituto y tiene un futuro prometedor por delante como actriz. Cuando aparece brutalmente asesinada tras el estreno de la obra de teatro de la que era protagonista, la tragedia golpea a quemarropa la pequeña ciudad en la que vive. Del Goodman, el sheriff local, muy amigo del padre de Hattie, promete dar con el asesino, pero la investigacion acaba desvelando mas secretos que respuestas: Hattie tambien era una gran actriz fuera del escenario. Contada a partir de tres puntos de vista diferentes, la del sheriff, la del profesor de instituto de la joven y la de la propia Hattie, esta trepidante novela narra la historia de Hattie y de todo aquello que sucedio en su ultimo año de instituto. Absorbente y totalmente adictiva, esta es una novela ejecutada sobre arenas movedizas; una trama en la que la manipulacion, la identidad y la delgada linea que separa inocencia y culpabilidad se dan la mano para dejar al lector sin aliento hasta el final. Ten cuidado, Hattie Hoffman puede ser todo lo que tu quieras que sea.