Life Penalty

She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida. Fielding has made the woman-in-jeopardy genre her own. People"fielding knows how to turn the screws of suspense. The cleveland Plain Dealer"Dramatic and heart-rending. After giving up on the police, daring him to strike again in a spine-chilling search through a dark and dangerous underworld where only one of them can come out alive…joy Fielding is the bestselling author of the now-classic SEE JANE RUN, WHISPERS & LIES, NOW YOU SEE HER, MAD RIVER ROAD, as well as STILL LIFE, THE WILD ZONE, Gail decides to go after Cindy's murderer herself, SHADOW CREEK, and other acclaimed novels of suspense.

It’s every mother's worst nightmare and Gail Watson is living it: her six-year-old daughter Cindy was found brutally raped and strangled in a park only blocks from their home. The emotions are almost tangible. Richmond Times Dispatch"Tense and unforgettable. Anniston Star. Family and friends urge gail to get on with her life, but Gail is living for just one thing: to see her daughter's killer caught and punished.

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The Deep End

Joanne hunter's secure suburban world is falling apart. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida. Once you've got into it, there's no escaping. The new york times"runs rings around Mary Higgins Clark"--Kirkus. Danger and despair close in with each ring of the telephone. Each deadly message lures her inexorably towards the deep end…joy fielding is the bestselling author of the now-classic see jane run, whiSPERS & LIES, THE WILD ZONE, SHADOW CREEK, as well as STILL LIFE, NOW YOU SEE HER, MAD RIVER ROAD, and other acclaimed novels of suspense.

Lana and robin, her teenage daughters, claim every ounce of her energy. Eve, her best friend, is strangely distant. Only one person seems to care -- a stranger with a rasping voice, a tormentor with a vicious mind. Her husband's desertion after twenty years of marriage leaves her stunned. Her grandfather, who's been a pillar of strength and support, lies ill and helpless in a nursing home.

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Good Intentions

Another Fielding popular favourite. Library Journal. But renee has a troubled marriage of her own: chilling suspicions about her stepdaughter's hidden agenda and her handsome psychiatrist husband's after-hours consultations. She certainly never expected to feel such a strong attraction to him when they met and he offered her the perfect way to get even with her cheating husband.

And now, as their lives unravel in counterpoint during this hot Florida summer, Lynn and Renee are learning more than they ever wanted to know about love and betrayal. Joy fielding is the bestselling author of the now-classic see jane run, now you see her, shadow creek, as well as still life, MAD RIVER ROAD, THE WILD ZONE, WHISPERS & LIES, and other acclaimed novels of suspense.

Savvy divorce lawyer Renee Bower warns Lynn to be careful. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida. Buoys the spirits of anyone going through divorce. Chicago Tribune"Perceptive. Publishers weekly“the pace is brisk and the appeal and underlying strength of Lynn and Renee prevails. Lynn schuster didn't expect the phone call from Marc Cameron, the husband of the woman her own husband has recently left her for.

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Kiss Mommy Goodbye

Instead, who destroyed their marriage and almost destroyed Donna's sanity, this handsome, twisted man, vanishes with her little boy and girl, leaving only taunting phone messages behind. Donna begins a terror-filled quest to find her children, whispers & lies, a journey that will take her across the country and beyond the law…joy fielding is the bestselling author of the now-classic SEE JANE RUN, NOW YOU SEE HER, SHADOW CREEK, as well as STILL LIFE, THE WILD ZONE, MAD RIVER ROAD, and other acclaimed novels of suspense.

Donna cressy has no way of knowing that the goodbye kisses she receives from her children when ex-husband Victor picks them up for a day's outing are for all time. For victor does not return. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida. Immensely engrossing and fulfilling!"--Indianapolis News"A knockout!"--The New York Times.

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Missing Pieces: A Novel

How far will a mother go to protect her family from a madman?An unrivaled master of psychological suspense, Joy Fielding has written her most chilling and intricate novel yet--a compulsively readable look at the razor-thin line between daily domesticity and nerve-shattering terror. It had to end in blood.

Family therapist kate sinclair, healer of lost souls, perfect wife and mother, has suddenly become trapped in a nightmare of her own. Her teenage daughter has just discovered sex, lies, and rebellion. Her ex-boyfriend has returned to threaten her marriage. Her once-peaceful hometown is being awakened by chilling headlines: Another woman is missing.

Kate can sense the darkness gathering around her, can see the mistakes, the missteps, the missing pieces. She is afraid of what tomorrow will bring. Enter colin friendly, a man on trial for abducting and killing thirteen women--the handsome, "misunderstood" sociopath Kate's troubled sister plans to marry.

Colin loves women to death. He can't wait to see Kate and the girls again. One dark night when they are home alone, disarmed, ready for bed.


Heartstopper: A Novel

But that was before someone abducted and murdered a runaway teenage girl. And before the disappearance of popular and pretty Liana Martin. Alternating between the chilling journal entries of a cold-blooded murderer and the sizzling scandals of small-town life, Heartstopper is Joy Fielding's most exciting novel of suspense yet.

. Population: 4, 160 From the new york times and internationally bestselling author of Mad River Road comes a spine-tingling thriller about a picturesque Florida town -- and the killer determined to prey on its teenage girls. And as sheriff weber digs up more questions than answers in a dead-end investigation, one truth emerges: the prettiest ones are being targeted, the heartstoppers.

With a marriage on the rocks, thanks to her husband's online affairs, sex, Sandy wishes she'd never come to the seemingly quiet town with shocking depths of scandal, and a beautiful teenage daughter to protect, and brutality roiling beneath its surface. As sheriff john weber would attest, the deadliest predators to date in his tiny hamlet were the alligators lurking in the nearby swamps.

Welcome to Torrance, Florida. The pattern is chilling to Sandy Crosbie, the town's new high school English teacher. And this killer intends to give them their due.


She's Not There: A Novel

She’s tormented by media attention that has branded her a cold, incompetent mother, while she struggles to save her marriage. The new york times bestselling author of someone Is Watching weaves these spellbinding elements into a gripping novel of psychological suspense—a must-read for fans of Laura Lippman and Mary Higgins Clark.

. With fielding’s patented blend of complex characters and escalating suspense, she is in top form here. Karen robards   “Engrossing. The trip is supposed to be a celebration. What follows are days, weeks, and years of anguish for Caroline. Caroline’s husband, convinces her to leave their two young daughters, Hunter, Michelle and Samantha, alone in their hotel suite while the couple enjoys an anniversary dinner in the restaurant downstairs.

But returning afterward, Caroline and Hunter make a horrifying discovery: Two-year-old Samantha has vanished without a trace. Through it all, caroline desperately clings to the hope that Samantha will someday be found—only to be stung again and again by cruel reality. Praise for joy fielding’s someone is Watching   “Someone Is Watching gripped me from the first to the very last page.

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Someone Is Watching: A Novel

But it’s a harrowing battle that threatens to wreck Bailey’s credibility, compromise an investigation, and maybe even claim her sanity. Praise for someone is watching  “Someone Is Watching gripped me from the first to the very last page. Now the firm grip Bailey once had on her life is shaken. This seemingly harmless diversion becomes a guilty pleasure when Bailey fixates on the handsome guy across the street—until she realizes that he is also watching her.

And the presence of jade, Claire’s outspoken teen daughter, blows everyone else off the page. Publishers weekly starred review“A page­turning ride with a likable protagonist. Kirkus Reviews. A pulse-pounding thriller perfect for fans of lisa gardner and mary Higgins Clark with a sly nod toward Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film Rear Window, Someone Is Watching boasts the extraordinary edge-of-your-seat storytelling of bestselling author Joy Fielding at the height of her powers.

But old habits die hard, and soon Bailey finds a new use for her idle binoculars: casually observing from her window neighboring buildings and other people’s lives. Though comparisons to rear window will inevitably arise, Fielding has created something even more remarkable: a modern-day Gaslight in which both cat and mouse are real, flawed, and eminently relatable.

Jenny milchman“someone is watching is a gripping, fast-paced psychological thriller reminiscent of Rear Window and the works of Lisa Gardner. With the police making no headway in solving her case, she’s determined to overcome her terror and reclaim the power she lost by unmasking her attacker and taking him down herself.




Don't Cry Now

To a gathering darkness that threatens her innocent child—and herself. To a place where every truth becomes a lie—and every loved one is a stranger. You and Amanda. The warning draws bonnie wheeler to a place she has never been: To the brutally slain body of her husband's ex-wife. To a home where nothing is safe, and there's no one she can trust.

You're in danger. To the shattering of her perfect world by a murdered woman's secrets. No one.


The Bad Daughter: A Novel

Serves you damn right, she thought. More than two years since Robin and Melanie have spoken. Five years since she said goodbye to her hometown of Red Bluff, California, and became a therapist. Melanie’s message is dire: their father, his second wife, and his twelve-year-old stepdaughter have been shot—likely in a home invasion—and lie in the hospital in critical condition.

And someone may have put them all in grave danger. Yet even with all that distance and time and acrimony, the past is always with Robin. An author who knows her way around suburban angst. Kirkus reviews   “fielding, a sure hand at psychological suspense, amps up tension nicely here as the narrative reaches a high-energy conclusion.

Booklist   “keeps the reader turning the pages until the bombshell final shocker. Publishers Weekly. Now she must return to the family she left behind. It’s been more than five years since Robin turned her back on her father when he married her best friend. It seems that everyone—robin’s mercurial sister, her less-than-communicative nephew, and even Tara, her absent brother, her father’s wife—has something to hide.

A voice mail from her estranged sister, Melanie, sends Robin’s heart racing and her mind spiraling in a full-blown panic attack. The bad daughter explores the deadly differences between the lies we want to believe and the truths we wish not to know.


Still Life: A Novel

New york times bestselling author Joy Fielding delivers a riveting tale of suspense about a young woman caught in a nightmare somewhere between life and death. As she struggles to break free from her living death, she begins to wonder if what lies ahead could be even worse. Smart, suspenseful, and overwhelmingly addictive, Still Life is a novel her fans won't soon forget.

Beautiful, and the owner of a successful interior design business, Casey Marshall couldn't be more content with her life, happily married, until a car slams into her at almost fifty miles an hour, breaking nearly every bone in her body and plunging her into a coma. It is fielding's ability to get under the skin of her characters -- and her readers -- that has made her such a dependably bestselling author, " says the Calgary Herald.

Lying in her hospital bed, Casey realizes that although she is unable to see or communicate, she can hear everything. She quickly discovers that her friends aren't necessarily the people she thought them to be -- and that her accident might not have been an accident at all.