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Im humorvollen Bayern-Krimi Kalte Abreise vom vielfachen SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autor Andreas Föhr steckt Staatsanwältin Berit Decker mordsmäßig in der Klemme. So hatte sich Staatsanwältin Berit Decker den Urlaub am idyllischen Tegernsee nicht vorgestellt: Eigentlich will sie nur ein paar ruhige Tage im Wellnesshotel ihrer Familie verbringen. Doch dann sieht sie auf einem heimlich aufgenommenen Handyvideo ihren Vater im Morgenmantel, wie er etwas unbeholfen von einem Balkon auf einen anderen klettert und im Zimmer verschwindet. Offenbar sollte da ein amouröses Abenteuer vertuscht werden.

Tender, funny, exuberant, and packing an emotional wallop, Open When Alone is the story of a man forced to ask himself, “Am I the person I thought I was?” on the night of his twentieth wedding anniversary. “Reading Robert Travieso is like free-falling from a plane. . . . His voice’s...

Jack Friday's wickedly funny and irrepressible PI Peter Key returns with two new baffling cases. After surviving a brush with death, Peter Key is debating if he wants to stay in the detective game. On the one hand, his last case left him with a house in Austin, a loyal dog and enough money to...

“Darkly funny, wry, and deep…a layered smart thrill ride of ambition, romance, deception, and justice.” —Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of She Was Never Here Jayne is an aspiring writer, struggling to make a name for herself, when she meets an enigmatic man who offers her...

What on earth has PG Wodehouse, the creator of the Inimitable Jeeves and the hapless Bertie Wooster, got to do with a serious topic like the decline and fall of the British Empire? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is Quite a Lot. The British Empire depended on splendid show and display, but...

A merciless, darkly funny satire about a tastemaking editor whose cool-girl magazine job gives her just enough power to become a status monster. Have you ever considered what your tote bag says about you? Or pepper grinder? Or phone case? Connie Qing is a professional tastemaker. An editor at...

A new book from the author of A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage, following Lalla Rook, who is now the sole owner of a tech company and whose ambition continues to rise. In this darkly comic domestic thriller set in the North London suburbs of Hampstead and Muswell Hill, and the...

One of the last great magazines still standing. A coveted opening for editor in chief. Three ambitious candidates. In a thriller sure to make headlines from Marisa Kashino, bestselling author of Best Offer Wins, it’s anyone’s guess who will triumph in the race for the top job—if they...

Eager to try her hand at activism, a young woman in London moves in with her "friend" who is devoted to social issues, only for things to go awry, in this rediscovered queer Victorian novel. After her beloved father passes away, Althea Vane is adrift. Her mother is selling the beautiful home she...

A ruthlessly funny novel about a high school outsider’s obsession with the most popular boy in her class—and just how far she’ll go to insinuate herself into his life Bound for Christian college in the fall, Jodie spends the final weeks of her senior year trying and failing to be relevant...

Escape to beautiful Corfu, where the sea is sparkling, the food is irresistible and falling in love might just be on the menu… Maura is looking for a place to escape and lay low, and what better place to hide than an idyllic Greek island? But paradise comes with an unexpected complication...

‘Kerry Downes grabbed hold of my heart’ Kate Kemp * * * * * April has worked hard for everything in her life. She’s studied relentlessly to get the grades to go to university, and contorted herself to be exactly the person everyone else wants her to be. Ever since he was a kid, Jessie has...

Real love Or real life? Max and Eva have woken up in Camp, an in-between world of pristine purgatory. The weather is beautiful. There's a rolling schedule of organised fun. They can eat what they want, do what they want, and never have to worry about a thing. After thirty days, everyone in Camp...

One posh boarding school has dominated English life for hundreds of years. What would it take to topple it forever? A disgraced journalist and a charming fraudster are hired for a secret mission: regime change in the UK. Fifty deepfaked school boys, two OnlyFans models and one extremely...

A darkly compulsive and deliciously disturbing literary thriller about a young woman who is catfishing men online and whose identity is under threat of being revealed by a popular true crime podcast. Mairead has spent years curating a ‘good’ life: a pensionable job in Dublin, regular calls...

Meet Lalla Rook: CEO, mother of two, sociopath *Praise for M K Oliver* 'Lalla Rook is ruthless, unapologetic and shamelessly murderous, you're going to love her' Gillian McAllister 'Deliciously dark, clever satire. Lalla Rook is a genius creation. I absolutely loved it!' Shari...

A billionaire’s maniacal obsession with stealing a piece of Earth’s last iceberg intricately links lives across time and space in this far-reaching and propulsive tale about wealth, greed, and the ill-fated pursuit of immortality—for fans of How High We Go in the Dark and The Menu In a...

Once upon a time I had a friend named Diana who I spoke to every day. We were bound to each other through history and affection, as close as friends could be. Then she betrayed me. Bright, ambitious, and hopelessly competitive, Annie and Diana were inseparable young actresses cutting their teeth...

Sometimes it just feels good being bad… A tale of intrigue, revenge and excess, perfect for fans of Tasmina Perry. Playboy Casino owner and serial gambler, Tom Black, leaves a trail of broken hearts behind him wherever he goes. So when he disappears, it’s no surprise that foul-play is...

Desperate Housewives meets First Wives Club, set in the glamorous borough of Chelsea. On the King’s Road, revenge is sweeter than champagne… They are the ultimate ladies who lunch: Imogen, the beautiful ex-model, Calgary, the glamorous, former fashion editor, and Yasmin, the feisty ex-party...