Jason Rekulak

A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets. Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy. Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body. Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force. Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.

A dazzling debut novel—at once a charming romance and a moving coming-of-age story—about what happens when a fourteen-year old boy pretends to seduce a girl to steal a copy of Playboy but then discovers she is his computer-loving soulmate.Billy Marvin’s first love was a computer. Then he met Mary Zelinsky.Do you remember your first love?The Impossible Fortress begins with a magazine…The year is 1987 and Playboy has just published scandalous photographs of Vanna White, from the popular TV game show Wheel of Fortune. For three teenage boys—Billy, Alf, and Clark—who are desperately uneducated in the ways of women, the magazine is somewhat of a Holy Grail: priceless beyond measure and impossible to attain. So, they hatch a plan to steal it.The heist will be fraught with peril: a locked building, intrepid police officers, rusty fire escapes, leaps across rooftops, electronic alarm systems, and a hyperactive Shih Tzu named Arnold Schwarzenegger. Failed attempt after failed attempt leads them to a genius master plan—they’ll swipe the security code to Zelinsky’s convenience store by seducing the owner’s daughter, Mary Zelinsky. It becomes Billy’s mission to befriend her and get the information by any means necessary. But Mary isn’t your average teenage girl. She’s a computer loving, expert coder, already strides ahead of Billy in ability, with a wry sense of humor and a hidden, big heart. But what starts as a game to win Mary’s affection leaves Billy with a gut-wrenching choice: deceive the girl who may well be his first love or break a promise to his best friends.

From the bestselling author of Hidden Pictures comes a breathtaking work of suspense about a father trying to save his daughter from a life-altering decision that will put everything he loves on the line. Frank Szatowski is shocked when his daughter, Maggie, calls him for the first time in three years. He was convinced that their estrangement would become permanent. He’s even more surprised when she invites him to her upcoming wedding in New Hampshire. Frank is ecstatic, and determined to finally make things right. He arrives to find that the wedding is at a private estate—very secluded, very luxurious, very much out of his league. It seems that Maggie failed to mention that she’s marrying Aidan Gardner, the son of a famous tech billionaire. Feeling desperately out of place, Frank focuses on reconnecting with Maggie and getting to know her new family. But it’s difficult: Aidan is withdrawn and evasive; Maggie doesn’t seem to have time for him; and he finds that the locals are disturbingly hostile to the Gardners. Frank needs to know more about this family his daughter is marrying into, but if he pushes too hard, he could lose Maggie forever. An edge-of-your-seat thriller that delves deep into the heart of one family, The Last One at the Wedding is a work of brilliant suspense from a true modern master.

Меллорі Квінн виходить з реабілітаційного центру та влаштовується нянею в родину Максвеллів. Вона задоволена своєю роботою, нарешті відновлює фізичну форму й досягає стабільності в житті. Дівчина має доглядати за п’ятирічним сором’язливим хлопчиком Тедді. Він завжди носить із собою олівці та альбом для малювання, де зображує дерева, кроликів, повітряні кульки. Але одного разу в альбомі хлопчика з’являється моторошний сюжет. Темний ліс і чоловік, який тягне тіло мертвої жінки. Малюнки Тедді стають дедалі зловіснішими. Де п’ятирічна дитина могла бачити такі криваві картини? Меллорі здогадується, що хлопчик став свідком чогось жахливого. Усе це скидається на якесь божевілля. Те, що дівчина побачить на наступному малюнку Тедді, змусить її захлинутися мовчазним криком…

"Mallory Quinn tem 21 anos e está pronta para começar de novo após uma tragédia que quase lhe custou a vida. E a sorte parece estar do seu lado pois consegue um emprego como ama interna de um menino de 5 anos. Mallory gosta imediatamente de Teddy, um rapaz doce e tímido habituado a falar com uma amiga imaginária chamada Anya. Sempre acompanhado por um caderno e lápis, Teddy faz os rabiscos típicos das crianças: árvores, coelhos, balões. Mas um dia, ele desenha algo diferente… algo bastante sinistro… e não fica por aí. À medida que os seus desenhos se tornam mais detalhados e assustadores, a própria Mallory começa a desconfiar de que algo está errado com ele. Nenhuma criança de 5 anos consegue atingir aquele grau de complexidade. É como se os desenhos fossem feitos por outra pessoa. Mas quem? Não está mais ninguém em casa. Certo? Atormentada, Mallory pressente que o tempo escasseia e está disposta a tudo para decifrar o enigma e salvar Teddy – e a si própria – antes que seja tarde de mais."

Appena uscita dalla riabilitazione, Mallory accetta un lavoro come babysitter per i coniugi Maxwell. La ragazza si crea presto una sua routine e si lega sinceramente a Teddy, un bambino dolce e timido che non si separa mai dal suo album da disegno. Alberi, conigli e palloncini sono i suoi soggetti preferiti, oltre ad Anya, la sua amica immaginaria. Ma un giorno sul foglio compare un uomo che trascina il corpo senza vita di una donna e da quel momento le sue opere diventano sempre più sinistre, le figure sempre più realistiche, ben oltre l'abilità di un bambino di cinque anni. Per Teddy è colpa di Anya, è lei a dirgli cosa rappresentare e a guidare la sua mano. C'è qualcosa che non va e, anche se può sembrare una follia, solo Mallory può scoprirlo prima che sia troppo tardi.

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