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Lily knows every inch of Aurora Island—she came here to disappear. Hidden away, a mile off the mainland, it’s a paradise of beautiful beaches and picture-postcard villages. The perfect place to reinvent yourself. To keep secrets buried. But this summer, women are vanishing—in a chilling alphabetical pattern. First Alice. Then Beccy. Then Corinne. Each disappearance more mysterious than the last, leaving no trace behind.

Lucy und Savvy waren nicht nur beste Freundinnen, sondern auch die It-Girls ihrer texanischen Kleinstadt: hübsch, smart und von allen beneidet. Bis zu jener verhängnisvollen Nacht, in der Savvy brutal ermordet wird und man Lucy wenig später auf der Landstraße findet – von Kopf bis Fuß mit dem Blut ihrer besten Freundin beschmutzt und ohne jegliche Erinnerung an die vergangenen Stunden. Die Tat bleibt ungeklärt, und niemand weiß, was in jener Nacht tatsächlich geschehen ist.

Hanna möchte mit ihrem Freund Jan die Weihnachtszeit in der Berghütte seiner Familie verbringen, um sich dem gemeinsamen Hobby, dem Lesen, hinzugeben. Doch Jan wird überraschend aufgehalten und so sitzt Hanna in der Einöde fest – fernab von Strom, Handyempfang und Nachbarn. Lediglich Jans Patenonkel, der kauzige Förster Georg, wohnt im Tal und hält sich häufiger an der Hütte auf, als es Hanna lieb ist. Statt wie geplant, in ihre geliebten Romane abzutauchen, steht ihr nur ein einziges, rätselhaftes E-Book zur Verfügung.

Blake and Lucy were once inseparable - two girls bound by secrets, dares, and the kind of friendship that cuts deeper than blood. Until the day everything shattered. Years later, Blake's life is collapsing, and the only way to fix it is to confront the past she's tried so hard to forget. She forces herself to reach out to Lucy in a letter, a first step toward redemption. But as Blake begins to write, unsettling memories surface. Shadows she thought she'd buried twist into new shapes. And she starts to wonder: What if the strange little girl didn't stay little?

Casey Fletcher è un’attrice da poco rimasta vedova. Nel tentativo di sfuggire ai gossip su di lei, si è ritirata nella pace della tranquilla casa di famiglia su un lago nel Vermont. Armata di binocolo e diverse bottiglie di bourbon, passa il tempo osservando Tom e Katherine Royce, l’affascinante coppia che vive nella casa oltre il lago. Insieme sono uno spettacolo: Tom è un innovatore tecnologico di successo, mentre Katherine, un’ex modella, è una donna bellissima. Un giorno, Casey salva Katherine dall’annegamento e così le due stringono un’amicizia.

Kun Violan uudet naapurit muuttavat taloon numero 33, kaikki vaikuttaa täydelliseltä. Huolitellun nurmikon ja kohteliaiden hymyjen takana piilee kuitenkin synkkiä salaisuuksia. Rauhallisia eläkepäiviä viettävä Viola ajautuu tutkimaan naapuriperheensä outoa käytöstä ja paljastaa huolestuttavan valheiden verkon. Perheen isä Rhys on epämiellyttävä. Äiti Wendy näyttää kadottavan otteensa todellisuudesta. Kun Viola livahtaa sisälle taloon numero 33, hän löytää lukitun huoneen ja sinne kätketyn salaisuuden.

Cat is young, and pretty, and shy. At work, she blushes almost every time I talk to her. She reminds me sometimes of how I used to be–before marriage, before children. Before I was afraid. So when she tells me, nervously, that she’s considering dating again, and asks if I have any friends who might suit her… I know exactly what I’m going to do. I’m going to set her up with my husband. I think I’m being so clever. No one would do what I’m doing, so neither of them will suspect a thing. Least of all him.

Lissy weiß, dass sie unendlich dankbar sein sollte. Doch wieso erinnert sie sich eigentlich nicht? Und warum fühlt sie sich immer öfter wie eine Fremde in ihrer eigenen Familie, in ihren vier Wänden – sogar in ihrer eigenen Haut? Als ihre kleine Tochter sie plötzlich nicht mehr in ihrer Nähe haben will und behauptet, sie sei nicht ihre Mutter, begreift Lissy, dass sie niemandem mehr trauen darf. Nicht der neuen Untermieterin im Gästehaus, die sich Tag für Tag tiefer in ihr Leben drängt und sich in ihren Gedanken einnistet. Nicht ihrer Familie. Und auf gar keinen Fall sich selbst.

A flaming inferno shakes a mental hospital in the Bavarian Forest and the death of a patient brings a young psychologist dangerously close to the abyss of madness. What drove the arsonist to commit his self-destructive act? Is a mysterious book the key to the dramatic event? In his story The Darkness from the Books, Tobias Prediger succeeds in drawing the reader into the maelstrom of mental abysses in just a few pages.

Las dos mujeres no tienen nada en común, pero sus asientos en el vuelo a Denver en el que han embarcado están en la misma fila, por lo que intercambian algunos comentarios durante la travesía. En los días siguientes ambas envían mensajes de texto cada vez más inquietantes a sus amigos y compañeros de trabajo. Todo indica que han conocido al mismo hombre, un tipo atractivo llamado Trent McCarthy. Hasta que los mensajes cesan y las dos desaparecen sin dejar rastro.

Lauren kann es kaum erwarten, London zu verlassen und mit ihrem neuen Partner Paul und seinen beiden kleinen Kindern einen Neuanfang auf dem Land zu wagen. Doch in der Abgeschiedenheit fühlt sich Lauren isoliert, und Paul wird zunehmend kontrollierender. Stück für Stück weicht die anfängliche Freude einer nagenden Unsicherheit. Was verbirgt sich wirklich hinter der Fassade ihres vermeintlich perfekten neuen Lebens?

Nella tranquilla comunità rurale di Harlowe, nel New Hampshire, l'arrivo di Perly Dunsmore, un carismatico e misterioso banditore, sconvolge l'equilibrio dell'intero villaggio. Le aste di Dunsmore non sono semplici eventi: dietro la sua eloquenza si nasconde una forza manipolatrice che lentamente divora libertà, beni e anime. Un capolavoro di tensione e intensità, in cui ogni pagina, come il martelletto dell'asta, segna l'inizio di un incubo. Acclamato da Stephen King come uno dei migliori thriller degli anni '70.

When what you saw was impossible, is honesty always the best option? When Esther Butler sees a man with a gun following a woman in the dark city streets, she doesn’t hesitate to call the police. Minutes later in an empty building site, the man is dead. The police fired the shot. But when the smoke clears, there’s no weapon to be found. Esther knows what she saw. Yet as her story begins to unravel, she’s forced to question not just her memory, but her own safety. DC Josie Kaminski – assigned to the police team with the worst reputation in Leicester – is put on the case.

Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected London physician, secretly creates a potion that allows him to separate his moral self from his darker impulses. When he drinks it, he transforms into Edward Hyde—a cruel, violent figure who embodies Jekyll’s repressed desires. At first, Jekyll believes he can control this split existence, enjoying freedom from guilt while preserving his public reputation. But Hyde grows stronger and more independent, committing shocking crimes, including murder. Soon, Jekyll finds himself transforming into Hyde without taking the potion.

What if your dreams weren’t yours alone? Adam has always been a lucid dreamer. While others drift helplessly through nightmares, he shapes his dreams—bending reality, escaping danger, waking whenever he chooses. To Adam, dreams are freedom. Until something starts watching him.

Fourteen months after exposing a murder conspiracy, Jordan Blake wants nothing more than to return to their quiet life. But when a package arrives containing audio recordings from a dead woman, they're pulled back into the darkness. Natalie Volkov tried to expose a pharmaceutical theft ring operating through a rural Maryland pharmacy. She told the police. She had proof. Three weeks later, she was dead—ruled an accidental overdose.

‘My baby’s been taken,’ I sob into the phone. Blood is everywhere. My fiancé, Alex, is slumped beside the birthing pool, his head gashed open. The baby? Gone. I cradle my empty stomach, my empty arms. And then Alex looks at me — not with love, but with blame. This wasn’t how it was supposed to go. The move. The fresh start. The antenatal classes. The new friends. But nothing about this feels right. And as the sirens wail closer, I realize something terrible — someone planned this. Someone in our new life wanted our baby.

A writer flies in from Paris and she's exhausted, but there's a party at the house where she's staying. She meets a strange man with an unusual ability.

Diane Jeffrey returns with another suspenseful, twisty and brilliantly tense psychological crime thriller. How much can a parent ever truly know their child? When a young man is found murdered in a quiet rural village, it sends shock waves through the close-knit local community. But Carla is...

An absolutely gripping new thriller from the No.1 bestselling Queen of Gangland Crime! Don’t get mad, get even… 1999, Essex. Sharon, Jolene, and Evie have one thing in common – they’ve all been burned by one of the Bonds. Sharon’s seeking retribution after her husband’s affair...