In her unexpected emergence into literature as an active part of the matter (remember that Ashley carried out book editing tasks for a large publishing house before being forced to write by circumstances), this Canadian writer ended up doing well that with time and dedication we can all carry out the most complex of our passions.
A torrent of creativity like the one that once represented Joel dicker for a noir genre shared by Audrain, in which a more complete seasoning that addresses all types of aspects from the most human to the sociological is always good, in order to awaken possible imbalances capable of leading to the dark issues of noir. Because there are no passions unleashed without prohibitions, nor hidden vices without manifest virtues... Paradoxes that make the human being a constant unreal reflection where anything can happen, in this type of stories almost always for the worse.
Top recommended books by Ashley Audrain
Instinct
To begin with, this proposal by Audrain had its hook from the imprint of the new narrator who delves into magnetic plot stereotypes for suspense readers. Memory, the past, traumas, the psyche as a self-destructive weapon, the inner labyrinth..., all that that awakens concern in the reader and that makes it essential to discover the truth in the trompe l'oeil of apparent everyday life.
Blythe does not know what is true and what is a lie: is she living the life she always wanted, with a perfect husband and daughter? Or is he repeating his sordid family history, marked by detachment and abuse? Is Fox, her husband, the ideal partner and father or does she have a parallel life?
Is your daughter Violet a bright girl or is she evil from birth? It all depends on the day, nothing may seem true. Blythe fears not being up to the task and a second child seems then the solution. So comes Sam, the baby that any mother dreams of. Instinct is a novel that remains recorded. A story of horror and redemption, an exploration of the origin of evil and how family trauma passes from mother to daughter.
The rumor
It is usually very common for writers assigned, or to be assigned, to very marked genres to abound in new novels from titles in tune. After Instinct comes Rumor... And we all know, more or less, what we can expect. It's just that this type of proposal also involves turning when we least expect it. And that's what happens here. And this is how you will rack your brains imagining where the thing will break…
Summer is coming to an end and Whitney and Jacob have organized a barbecue for their neighbors, which Whitney's best friend Blair attends with her husband and daughter; and Rebecca and Ben, a childless couple. While the hostess is divided between her work, the need to attend to her guests and her uncontrollable son Xavier, the elderly Mara, who has preferred not to attend the event, watches the party from her garden, looking for the small paper airplanes that Xavier gave her. throws from his window at night.
When the mother loses her temper with the child, everyone chooses to ignore it, a decision that they will have to review when, one morning months later, the little one mysteriously falls from their window.
While Xavier fights for his life, the women of Harlow Street face a dilemma: continue as if nothing had happened or finally listen to the rumor of their intuition, which will uncover secrets that none of them wanted to face.
Ashley Audrain returns with an exploration of female friendship, envy, desires enhanced and silenced by motherhood, and the inexorability of one's own intuition in a shocking thriller that is an urgent read.
