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Two years ago, Ruth was an ambitious journalist on the trail of a serial killer with a very specific calling card. Then her best friend became the latest victim, and Ruth's life fell apart. When police shelve the case, Ruth decides there is only one way to force them to keep looking: make him kill again. Or at least, make it look like he has… The good news: working at a funeral home has its perks, like access to fresh hearts she can use to stage convincing crime scenes. The bad news: the real killer has noticed Ruth's 'work' too, and now it's not just the police trying to catch her…

Ever since she was a little kid, Batya has worked as hired muscle in her hometown of Fort Hook, a hardboiled port city filled with cutthroats and gangsters and wraiths. Then one afternoon she’s kidnapped by Mina, her estranged sister and ex-partner. Turns out Mina’s big mouth got her in trouble (as usual). Now she has to deliver a very tiny envelope to a very cursed ship, and needs Batya’s muscle to help her pull it off. Standing between the sisters and their payday is a pirate queen, a talking severed hand, a lonesome deer demon, a hot tub sniper, and a lifetime of old grudges and bad ideas.

Brought to you by Penguin. For Constance ‘Connie’ Costa, life is just beginning. She dreams of leaving behind her dull, dreary life in ‘70s East London, shaking off her deeply embarrassing Greek-Cypriot community of interfering Aunties and pretend ‘cousins’, and running away with her...

"Sexy and laugh-out-loud funny, full of delicious drama and surprisingly moving – Aubrey’s chaotic undead rollercoaster of a journey had me cackling, yearning and questioning my entire existence." —Anna Downes, bestselling author of Red River Road Love is hard. Being undead is harder...

For fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Miranda July comes a whip-smart, irresistible novel about a college senior who has 48 hours to sell her recently deceased mother's surprise stash of rare pills, or suffer the consequences. Arvy Keening is just trying to get through the week. Tantalizingly...

La mujer de un rico ingeniero de Bilbao ha sido secuestrada y el marido, cuando se dispone a pagar el rescate, descubre que tiene un amante. El profesor Loizaga siente la curiosidad para llegar hasta el final de la historia y descubrir qué se esconde detrás de todo, así que decide investigar con la ayuda de su amigo, el oficial de la Ertzaintza Román Escudero.

Schon seit einem Jahr herrscht militärische Ordnung im Hause Schweizer. Tochter Gabriele war in einem früheren Leben sicher mal Feldwebel und so darf Jupp gerade noch atmen. Auch Maggie leidet unter dem Kommandoton ihrer Tochter und das mit anzugucken, erträgt er nicht. Er träumt von Freiheit, Sonne, Meer und einem Platz an Deck eines Traumschiffes. Da Träumen allein nichts ändert, macht er sich kurzerhand auf den Weg in ein Reisebüro… Leider ist gut gemeint noch lange nicht gut gemacht…

Fleabag meets Big Swiss in this visceral, darkly hilarious, and surprisingly moving debut novel about a charismatic misfit who livestreams herself for seven straight days to raise money for her comatose sister's life support ‘Propulsive, witty and deranged - I couldn’t put it down. If...

Peace Christie was warned never to visit the Slaughter Shed, an abandoned house at the edge of her farm. For good reason, because of its unexplainable mysteries since the unsolved murder of a family who lived there. Like a corpse vanishing from its rafters, and a girl’s body recently found in the basement. When the news breaks with the identity of the girl, Peace has no choice but to uncover the secrets of the house. But someone will kill to keep the truth hidden...

A dark and enchanting collection of tales about cunning, wicked, and magical old women. These stories reveal the power, cleverness, and sometimes terrifying influence of hags, crones, and witches, blending suspense, enchantment, and grim humor.

Gerade erst haben sich die fünf Freundinnen geschworen, ihr weiteres Leben ohne Männer zu verbringen, da geht Seelchen Susanne beinahe dem schönen Pitter auf den Leim. Doch die Damen durchschauen schnell seine Absichten – und drehen den Spieß einfach um. Ab sofort kann Pitter sich vor gut situierten Damen kaum noch retten… Auch der zweite Band nach »5 alte Schachteln und 'ne Schnapsidee« punktet mit Humor, Lebensweisheit und einer dicken Portion »Frauenpower«. Solltet ihr nicht verpassen – holt ihn euch jetzt!

Tucked away in the English countryside, the run-down marina at Vixens Mere hosts a ragtag community of houseboats whose lives are as tangled as their mooring ropes. Harry Jones’s death dredges up more than grief: a second body in the water, hidden love affairs, and old grudges. As the marina begins to reveal the truths of the past, its dwellers unify against investigators, vindictive exes, and anyone else who tries to break them.

A Recommended Read from: Alta * Bustle * Electric Literature * Forbes * LitHub * Los Angeles Times * Kirkus * New York Times * People * Vulture An exuberant, brutally hilarious novel about a young woman’s insatiable quest to carve her own path—even if she needs to step over a few dead bodies...

For generations, Hollywood has attracted all sorts of dreamers… and slowly crushed their aspirations. Screenwriter Elliott Gross moved to LA with hopes of fame and fortune. He ended up writing for an adult magazine and living in a garage. When Elliott is sent to write a profile on the magazine’s newest star and discovers she has vanished, he digs into the mystery... and is promptly fired by the magazine's unscrupulous owner. Under suspicion himself, Elliott drifts around before ending up at a celebrity-anchored New Age wellness brand... and discovers a world even darker and...

'Perfect for fans of Richard Osman' Guardian 'Slough's answer to Miss Marple’ S.J. Bennett 'A dollop of cosy crime goodness' Vaseem Khan 'I found myself turning page after page after page' J. M. Hall 'Loveable characters, runaway plot and laughs galore' Orlando Murrin, author of Knife Skills...

FEATURING DUET NARRATION ‘Fresh, funny and criminally addictive’ HANNAH GRACE ‘I had a blast with this slasher-romance mashup’ ALICIA THOMPSON For fans of Love in the Time of Serial Killers, Butcher & Blackbird and anyone who's always wanted to see the perfect mash-up of Scream and...

"I may have ended up more notorious than famous, but make no mistake: long before Aura Lockhart began commodifying her feminist rage ballads, I was the best–known person to come out of Keyhole, New Jersey." In 1977, twenty–six–year–old Lynda Boyle is desperate for fame and a way out of...

An unforgettable debut, For Human Use is a twisted tale of modern love that bends every genre, sears itself into your brain, and presents a horrific romantic comedy unlike anything you’ve ever read before. ★ "An utterly ingenious horror-romcom, darkly zeitgeisty, and unnervingly...

Wie es dazu kam? Das erfährst du in diesem witzigen Hörbuch, das dich mitten in meine untote Welt katapultiert. Mit jeder Menge schwarzem Humor, bissigen Pointen und skurrilen Situationen erzähle ich meine ganz persönliche Geschichte – über das Sterben, das Leben und alles dazwischen. Dabei stolpere ich von einem verrückten Abenteuer ins nächste und zeige, dass selbst ein Zombie noch richtig Leben in die Bude bringen kann. Dieses Hörbuch ist der Auftakt einer humorvollen Zombieserie, die garantiert mehr Lacher als Grusel verspricht.

Brought to you by Penguin. Think your family is dysfunctional? Meet the Flynns. For the three Flynn daughters, it’s been disastrous since their parents opened up their marriage. Abigail, the eldest, is dating an ex-soldier several years her senior nicknamed ‘War Crimes Wes’. Louise, the...