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She’s a fashion model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden freeway "accident" leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful center of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a real woman, who will teach her that reinventing yourself means erasing your past and making up something better. And that salvation hides in the last places you’ll ever want to look.

Pregnant and secretly married, Cheryl Anway scribbles what becomes her last will and testament on a school binder shortly before a rampaging trio of misfit classmates gun her down in a high school cafeteria. For a handful of people still reeling from that horrific day, life remains derailed.

Criminal defense lawyer Björn Diemel has been given an ultimatum: repair his work-life balance, or his wife will leave him—and take their daughter. He reluctantly starts a mindfulness course, and to his surprise, it’s a revelation. He becomes calmer, happier, and more focused as he starts to understand what’s really important in life. When his worst client, brutal kingpin Dragan Sergowicz, tries to interfere with his precious family time, Björn will stop at nothing—not even killing—to protect his peace.

One man. Five ex-wives. They’re all sharpening their knives . . . but only one of them will finish the job. Robert West has had five wives, but they’ve never all been in a room together—until now. Summoned to the aging movie star’s house in the Highlands, they expect a weekend of...

A comic thriller following Claire, a hammer-wielding serial killer, who takes a job in a pub—a place where people are literally lining up to get hammered—only to learn another murderer is encroaching on her turf, from the author of You'd Look Better as a Ghost What use is a part-time serial...

Tedd hat Sector Zero nicht gewählt. Sector Zero hat ihn gewählt. Es ist einfach. Kämpfe gegen einen Menschen in der Arena oder stirb. Das Problem? Der Mensch ist sein Freund. Der einzige Ausweg führt über eine Leiche. Und zum ersten Mal in seiner elenden Existenz ist ihm das tatsächlich nicht egal.

This is horror comedy set in a world where the zombie apocalypse happened, got contained, and the world is struggling to come to terms with next steps. Into that mess wanders Simon, aka Curly, who through a series of bad decisions winds up joining the ranks of the undead. When his neurotic aversion to meat remains in place, he finds himself as much of a loner in the horde as he did in the world, a man apart, a vegetarian zombie.

Sina Jakobsen durchlebt einen Albtraum. Ihre beste Freundin Natalie kam unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben, und Sina geriet in Verdacht, deren Tod verursacht zu haben. Fünf Jahre sind seither vergangen. Dann stirbt eine weitere Frau in Sinas Umfeld. Manches erinnert an Natalies Tod. Doch es gibt auch eine Verbindung zu einem weit zurückliegenden Cold Case auf Sylt.

Disgraced former detective Mike Humber gets off a train in the bleak autumn countryside, his mind haunted by a dark past. A new job awaits. Huntington House needs a live-in security guard to prevent access during an inheritance dispute. This is exactly what Mike needs: a new start in a new place...

The new novel from bestselling author Graham Norton In his tense and darkly comic new novel Norton casts a light on the relationship between mothers and daughters, and truth and self-preservation with unnerving effect. Carol is a divorced teacher living in a small town in Ireland, her only son...

A Reese Witherspoon book club pick! Perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena How far would you go to make all your dreams come true? Amber Patterson is tired of being a nobody: an invisible woman who melts into the background. She deserves more. She deserves a life of...

Schwere Zeiten für den Eberhofer Franz: Seine Cholesterinwerte sind so hoch wie seine Laune im Keller ist. Statt Schlemmerorgien bei der Oma gibt's nur noch Kaninchenfutter auf dem Teller. Obendrein stresst die Susi mit knallhart durchorganisierten Besuchszeiten für Franz Junior. Und als wäre das alles noch nicht genug, steht der Franz ausgerechnet jetzt vor dem schwierigsten Fall seiner Ermittlerkarriere: ein Toter im Fremdenzimmer bei der Mooshammer Liesl, mit Brandpaste beschmiert und bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verstümmelt. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass der Mörder aus Niederkaltenkirchen stammt.

Der Rudi zieht um - und zwar ins Münchner Schlachthofviertel. Vom Balkon aus beobachtet er die Krähen, die über den Fabrikdächern kreisen. Dahinter schönstes Alpenpanorama. Doch mit der Ruhe ist's schon wieder vorbei, als ihm eine der Krähen einen abgetrennten Frauenfinger zu Füßen legt. Wie sich herausstellt, gehörte der Finger einer Prostituierten, die mit einer mysteriösen Waffe erstochen wurde. Und so ermitteln Rudi und Franz im Münchner Rotlichtviertel - aber erst Franzls Liebschaft mit einer Ex-Prostituierten bringt sie auf die richtige Spur.

The "sublimely awkward and hilarious" (Chicago Tribune), National Book Award "5 Under 35"-garnering first novel from the acclaimed author of The New Me--now in a new edition Twenty-four-year-old Megan may have her whole life ahead of her, but it already feels like a dead end, thanks to her...

Thrift fashionista Dez Lane doesn't want to date Patrick Ruskin; she just wants to meet his mother, the editor-in-chief of Nouveau magazine. When he invites her to his family's big Easter reunion at their ancestral home, she's certain she can put up with his arrogance and fend off his advances long enough to ask Marie Caulfield-Ruskin for an internship someone with her pedigree could never nab through the regular submission route. But once all the family members are on the island and the ferry has departed, things take a dark turn.

Every wedding guest's worst nightmare is on repeat in this monstrous, gripping, heartfelt time loop horror story about love, loss, and moving on from the New York Times bestselling author of Cackle and Play Nice. Will this nightmare ever end? It's the picture-perfect wedding weekend—the venue...

A suburban mom dying to fit in must uncover the hidden secrets of her new neighborhood—and thwart a murder plot—in this laugh-out-loud, irreverent, and twisty mystery for fans of Bad Summer People and Finlay Donovan Is Killing It. Soph has spent her adult life keeping others at a distance...

For Alex Lowry, life is for the living. Even if that comes with a lot of risk. And where some men his age might just buy a sports car, he's become a full-blown adrenaline junkie. Whether it's lawnmower racing, rock climbing, or medieval combat, he'll give it a go - whatever makes him happy! His...

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Love Me Stalk Me comes the third book in the dark rom-com series Obsessively Yours about a woman whose online life faces very real danger with an in-person stalker—until a morally gray cyber spy steps in to protect her. Raven Bennett doesn't do real men...

Tedd ist zurück. Die Mafia hat ihm ein Angebot gemacht, das er nicht ablehnen konnte. Offenbar hat selbst ein fluchender, ausdrucksloser Mülldroid etwas zu verlieren. Percival hat sie gefunden – und wenn Tedd nicht tut, was die Mafia verlangt, ist sie tot.