No juegues con ellas / Our Kind of Game

Todos tenemos secretos. Si cuentas la misma historia una y otra vezal final se convertirá en la verdad.

«Un thrillerdeslumbrante sobre los extremos a los que se puede llegar para proteger a los seres queridos». –Publishers Weekly

2019. Stella Parker tiene la vida que siempre soñó: un esposo al que ama, dos hijos que crecen felices por los que ella renunció a una carrera de éxito como abogada y una hermosa casa en uno de los barrios más elegantes de Washington D.C. Pero tras un extraño encuentro nocturno con su vecina Gwen, la vida de Stella se verá sumida en el caos y el oscuro secreto de su pasado sobre el que ha construido su vida amenazará con salir a la luz.

1987. Julie Waits es una adolescente de 13 años cuyo máximo sueño es ser animadora, la puerta de entrada a una vida de adolescente normal, con amigas y fiestas de pijamas, una vía de escape de la vida con su madre viuda y los novios terribles con los que se lía y que acaban viviendo con ellas.

A medida que Stella reflexiona sobre lo que en realidad llevó a Gwen a su puerta esa noche, la respuesta se vuelve cada vez más aterradora y evidente.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

“A riveting and suspenseful debut. Copeland’s contemporary take on the balance of power in relationships, and the desire for control, is not to be missed.”—New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Karin Slaughter

A gifted new suspense writer makes her sizzling debut with this serpentine tale exploring all the ways in which men enact violence on women, how women try to reclaim their own sense of self, and the lingering effects on their children’s lives.

2019. Stella Parker has the life she’s always wanted: a loving husband, two happy children that she gave up her thriving law career to raise, and a beautiful house in the tony suburbs of Washington, DC. But when her neighbor Gwen shows up at her door, claiming to know things about her, Stella’s life is thrown into turmoil and she’s forced to reckon with the dark secret upon which she’s built her life.

1987. Julie Waits yearns to be a cheerleader—a gateway to a world of normalcy with best friends and sleepovers, and an escape hatch from life with her widowed mother, the terrible men she attracts, and the upheaval caused by their abrupt and constant moves. But when her mother decides those relationships are over, the past becomes a forbidden subject that Julie can never revisit.

As Stella probes deeper into what brought Gwen to her door, the answer—and who Julie is to her—become increasingly, terrifyingly, clear.

Filled with shocking twists and turns, this is a book that both asks what it means for a woman to be in control of her life while also highlighting the impact of small daily violences upon women, and the connection between physical and psychological harm.