Лучшие книги Элоди Харпер

Роман — переосмысление судьбы женщин в древних Помпеях. История о том, как изменить обстоятельства, простить себя и обрести внутреннюю свободу. Амара — рабыня в Помпеях, ее тело принадлежит мужчинам, которых она презирает. Но ее дух не сломлен. Днем она гуляет по улицам с подругами по несчастью, находя утешение в смехе и мечтах о лучшем будущем. За пять лет до извержения Везувия обреченный город живет беззаботной жизнью: пышные празднества, пиры на богатых виллах, бои гладиаторов. На улицах Помпеев полно возможностей, и даже раб способен поймать удачу за хвост. Но какую цену придется заплатить? Амаре предстоит узнать, чем она готова пожертвовать ради свободы. Для кого эта книга: Для поклонников романов "Песнь Ахилла" и "Цирцея" Мадлен Миллер, "Безмолвия девушек" Пэт Баркер, "Тысячи кораблей" Натали Хейнс. Для любителей греческих ретеллингов. Для любителей историй о женской дружбе, поддержке и человечности.

Амара больше не рабыня, "Волчье логово" осталось в прошлом. Теперь у нее есть красивый дом, дорогая одежда и слуги. Но все это она может потерять, если лишится благосклонности своего покровителя. Долгожданная свобода ускользает: в новой жизни Амару не отпускает прошлое. Во снах она видит "Волчье логово" и подруг, которых оставила, а днем ее преследует бывший хозяин. Чтобы стать по-настоящему свободной, ей сперва нужно стать такой же безжалостной, как он.

The final instalment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy

'Beautiful, moving, captivating.' Jennifer Saint
'Vivid, unsentimental and compelling.' The Times

Amara's journey has taken her far; from a slave in Pompeii's wolf den to a high-powered courtesan in Rome... though her story is not over yet.

While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii. But it is AD 79, and mighty Mount Vesuvius is about to make itself known...

"Wild Swimming", an epistolary tale of aquatic horror, stands out among visions of evil toys and post-apocalyptic survival. A reservoir in Lithuania leads wild swimmer Chrissie to some deep and very dark revelations, as she writes to her friend in the story that Stephen King judged the winner of Guardian short story contest. “My favourite, however – and the winner – is Wild Swimming,” said King. “It is told via email, making it part of a small but interesting genre: the 21st‑century epistolary tale. One central image could have come straight out of an EC horror comic from the 1950s. Once again, we are told not too much (that the Russians may have deliberately drowned the inhabitants, for instance), but just enough. The central plot element – wild swimming – is new and novel, something I’d never encountered before.”

The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glamorous yet perilous...

Amara has escaped her life as a slave in the Wolf Den, the city’s most notorious brothel, but now her survival depends on the affections of her patron: a man she might not know as well as she once thought.

At night in the home he bought for her, the house with the golden door, Amara’s dreams are haunted by her past. She longs for her sisterhood of friends—the women at the brothel she was forced to leave behind—and worse, finds herself pursued by the cruel and vindictive man who once owned her. To be truly free, she will need to be as ruthless as he is.

Amara knows her existence in Pompeii is subject to Venus, the goddess of love. Yet finding love may prove to be the most dangerous act of all.

This is the second installment in Elodie Harper's acclaimed Wolf Den Trilogy, which reimagines the lives of women long overlooked.

Dr Janet Palmer is the new lead psychologist at HMP Halvergate in a remote, bleak area of Norfolk. At first, she was excited by the promotion. Then she starts to see how many secrets are hiding behind the high walls.

A string of inmates have committed suicide, leaving no reasons why, and her predecessor has disappeared - along with his notes. The staff are hostile, the threat of violence is ever-present, and there are rumours of an eyeless woman stalking the corridors, punishing the inmates for their sins.

Janet is determined to find out what is really going on. But the longer she stays and the deeper she digs, the more uncertain she feels.

Halvergate is haunted by something. But it may be a terror worse than ghosts...