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Set in a gritty, urban underbelly, Olive Green, Soaked in Red follows Joel and Daria, two young addicts scraping by in a rundown apartment, bound by shared despair and fleeting highs. Their fragile existence is disrupted by Phil, a volatile ex-con whose obsessive pursuit of his former lover, Claire, spirals into a dangerous game of vengeance. As Joel and Daria flee to a rural farm seeking refuge with a kind couple, the Saloans, they confront their demons—addiction, guilt, and the specter of Phil’s relentless stalking.

Lucy has been desperate for a new heart for as long as she can remember. But getting the call to say a donor has been found will be a bittersweet relief: because for her to live, someone else must die...

Struggling under the expectations and intentions of others, Maggie and Elsa's chance meeting on the park bench offers them each a lifeline and a friend. As they reveal their hopes and heartaches, can they see themselves - and each other - clearly enough to help, before it's too late?

When April joins a support group for young widows, she's looking for comfort after her husband's sudden death. What she finds instead is a group in turmoil. Set up by well-meaning amateurs, the founders are tussling for control of the group, and everyone's on edge. The founders are fighting for control, members are keeping dangerous secrets, and forbidden relationships are threatening to tear the club apart. And then there's Nick, the newest addition, whose charm feels just a little too calculated. But the most dangerous secret of all? Not all members are who they seem to be.

Tully und James, der eine bereit für das Leben, der andere offen, sich von seinem Freund mitreißen zu lassen, wachsen in den Achtzigern in einer schottischen Kleinstadt auf. Einer Stadt ohne Perspektiven und Zukunft, mit vorgezeichneten Lebensläufen und Schicksalen. Die Musik ist ihnen Zuflucht und Ausweg, Manchester im Jahr 86 ihr Mekka. Ein Wochenende lang spielen dort ihre Heroen, Bands wie The Smiths, New Order oder Joy Division. Mit ihrer Clique ziehen die beiden durch die Clubs, getragen von den Riffs der Gitarren, der Magie des Fortseins von zu Hause.

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How could a decade long relationship be so insidiously gaslit that despite her misgivings and suspicions, only a cascade of revelations exposed on a Tea app can wake Ava up to the truth? Any Tea on Victor? is a fictionalised portrait of narcissistic control, manipulation and coercion, inspired by true stories shared by those who have been there and retold with candour and humour. It's a juicy holiday listen with an important message, exposing the red flags of narcissistic behaviour that can hide in plain sight.

In Physics and Philosophy: A Modern Love Story, George Le Savant offers a luminous, witty, and emotionally resonant exploration of a relationship as seen through the dual lenses of science and meaning. Blending narrative, essay, and observation, this novel traces the arc of two minds—Leo, a hopelessly reflective philosophy lecturer, and June, a brilliant physicist who trusts equations more than emotions.

An einem ruhigen Novembertag beschließt Nils Vik, dass dies der letzte Tag seines Lebens sein wird. Er trinkt einen Kaffee, schließt sein Haus ab und begibt sich ein letztes Mal zu seiner Fähre, mit der er sein Leben lang Menschen über den Fjord gefahren hat. Doch nun führt eine Brücke über das Wasser, sein Boot hat seine Aufgabe erfüllt. Und auch Nils Vik hat die Aufgaben seines Lebens erfüllt. Auf dieser letzten Fahrt durchstreifen noch einmal die Menschen, die seinen Weg kreuzten, seine Gedanken und verweilen für eine Weile an seiner Seite, auch seine große Liebe Marta.

Alma ist Niemands Tochter. Sie wächst in den Achtzigerjahren in der Eifel auf, doch das kluge und neugierige Mädchen fühlt sich fremd in seiner Familie. Denn um seine Herkunft wird geschwiegen. Zu einer anderen Zeit, an einem anderen Ort vermisst noch eine Frau ihre Mutter schmerzlich – Isabell, die 2019 in Berlin lebt. Diese Leerstelle hat ihre Vergangenheit geprägt und beeinflusst noch immer ihre Gegenwart, ihr Fühlen und Denken und ihr eigenes Familienleben. Als sich Almas und Isabells Wege auf schicksalshafte Weise kreuzen, entfaltet sich zwischen Polaroids und verlorenen Träumen eine Geschichte.

Stage of Fools is the centerpiece of the Thomas Mariner Neurotechnology Trilogy. It is a tale told from a San Francisco intensive care unit, by billionaire Steven Levinson, a patient who has fallen into a coma, who must take captive time to reexamine and learn from the suppressed events of his life, so that he might reawaken healed and save the family he has set at the brink of destruction by his jealousy, vanity, and recklessness. If there's still time for this modern King Lear.

High above the Haloth Desert floats Aerashar, a city sustained not by machines but by belief. Every whispered prayer, every confession, every lullaby for the dead becomes the breath that holds it aloft. Its streets hum with hymnstone and light, its people trade in words as though each syllable were an act of survival. When the first cracks appear beneath its golden avenues, Sefra, a young archivist with ink-scars on her wrists, is tasked to record every remaining prayer.

From the Abyss Led Astray, a new Christian psychological thriller novel, weaves a complex narrative that explores themes of trauma, redemption, and the battle between good and evil through the interconnected lives of its characters. Set in the small fictional town of Chance Landing, this whodunnit thriller delves into supernatural elements as it follows various individuals — from a vulnerable teenager to a struggling pastor, an emotionally overwhelmed youth pastor, and others caught in sinister plots far beyond their understanding.

When young pastor George MacDonald dares to ask questions about the nature of scripture and the living Word, his quiet inquiry sparks outrage from religious authorities. But when tragedy strikes and his five-year-old son suffers a life-threatening injury, George is thrust into a deeper anguish. As the boy’s condition worsens, George is condemned by fellow believers who claim the suffering is God’s punishment for his doubts. Alone in grief, stripped of certainty, George must wrestle with the silence of heaven and the cruelty of men. In the end, he finds no miracle—only Presence.

When he was a little boy, there was a house behind Alex Lowry's house. Except he was the only one who could see it. Only he could hear the woman singing from within. Decades later, after the pandemic costs Alex his corporate job, he picks up work delivering specialty items to homebound clientele and, against all odds, he realizes he enjoys his new life. His world is simpler. Quieter. Until he once more hears the tuneless, wordless song of the woman from the house behind.

Una novela hipnótica sobre el secreto y su conveniencia posible, sobre el matrimonio, el asesinato y la instigación, sobre la sospecha, el hablar y el callar y la persuasión: sobre los corazones tan blancos que poco a poco se van tiñendo y acaban siendo lo que nunca quisieron ser. Este es el ya legendario comienzo de un clásico contemporáneo, Corazón tan blanco, cuyo protagonista y narrador, Juan Ranz, prefiere siempre no saber, consciente de lo peligroso que resulta escuchar: los oídos no tienen párpados, y lo que les llega ya no se olvida.

Un professore iraniano, docente di "Etica nelle nuove tecnologie", nell'ultimo giorno di lezione consegna a studenti fidati due buste, una con una serie di codici per hackerare il sistema informatico del Ministero dell'Istruzione e del Merito e una con una sua manleva per qualsiasi azione andranno a compiere utilizzando quei passaggi segreti, con il compito di restituire i documenti ventiquattr'ore dopo, in occasione degli esami.

At fifty-five, Philadelphia food writer Leigh Ludlow has made peace with her solitude—or so she tells herself. After years of chasing perfection, raising two grown children, and building a life that looks beautiful on paper, she’s finally learning to sit still with her own company. But beneath the calm, her heart remembers every touch, every heartbreak, every version of herself she’s ever been. When a familiar name from her past reappears, Leigh is pulled into a journey that blurs memory with desire, faith with doubt, and healing with surrender.

This haunting horror anthology, narrated by The Writer, blurs memory, place, and dread across ordinary settings that twist into something you’ll never leave the same way. Calm, conversational, and not entirely trustworthy, The Writer invites you into stories where every second is an echo, and every echo demands you listen closer.

Sadie Rivers has loved Milo Dasch forever. He’s her best friend, her safe place, the boy she’s certain will one day see her the same way. But then Milo meets Sadie’s mother. Jackie Rivers isn’t the woman he expected—she’s younger, magnetic, and dangerously alluring. What begins as fascination turns into desire, and soon Milo finds himself caught in a secret, all-consuming affair that could destroy everything.

The Writer Vibe is an original horror anthology series where every book is stitched together by a single, unsettling narrator—The Writer. Conversational, casual, and almost too familiar, The Writer drifts between memory and invention, weaving tales that blur the line between what’s written and what’s lived.

You never know someone as well as you think you know them… Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1692. Caroline Choate has lived in Salem for ten years, privately grieving several miscarriages before accusations of witchcraft seize the Puritan community and catch Caroline and her husband, John, in the beginnings of its horror. At first, Caroline’s day-to-day life is left unaltered.

Fatima’s return to Kabul after six years marks the beginning of a journey, she never thought she would take. Her mother, Aisha, is dying, and the city she once fled from calls her back—not just to mourn, but to face the ghosts of her past. Her father, Mustafa, and her uncle, Reza, are waiting for her, but their intentions are veiled in ambiguity. And there, amid the memories of war and love, is Zafir—her former husband, the father of her daughter Zohra, and the man she thought she had lost forever.

Our memories hold the key to our very being. Her lost memory conceals truths that will change lives forever. After taking down numerous wicked bad men and women throughout her career, Emma finally considers taking some much-needed rest. But when Xavier is drawn to a strange case that closely resembles Lakyn Monroe’s in its eerie details, he asks Emma to travel to a sleepy small town and investigate the mysterious disappearance of Dustin Reed.

Under the neon hush of a sleepless city, a night-shift tram conductor keeps count of the lights that flicker above his route — lanterns that, according to an old myth, drink sorrow so the streets can sleep. As rain hums against glass and passengers drift in and out like ghosts of their own stories, he carries memories of loss, guilt, and love left unfinished. Each night becomes a quiet confession — a dialogue between man, machine, and the city’s secret pulse.

Eines Tages sind sie da. Wie aus dem Nichts leben sie plötzlich in der Stadt, stehen auf Straßen und Plätzen, leben mitten unter den Menschen und ziehen in die Häuser ein: die Elefanten. Doch niemand nimmt Anstoß an ihnen. Die Leute gehen weiter ihrer Wege, geben vor, es hätte sich nichts geändert. Allein der Stand-up-Comedian Pawel weigert sich zu schweigen und ruft von der Bühne dazu auf, sich der Realität zu stellen. Er riskiert damit alles, sein Leben, seine Freiheit und vor allem seine Liebe zu Anna.

Los Angeles, 1959. Der betagte Filmproduzent Curtis Melnitz wird jede Nacht von Albträumen heimgesucht. Er braucht unbedingt Schlaftabletten – aber die bekommt er nur, wenn er regelmäßig zur Psychoanalyse geht. Auf der Couch des Psychiaters erzählt er wider Willen seine Geschichte, sein Leben zwischen Hollywood und Berlin, zwischen der noch schwarz-weißen, stummen Traumfabrik und der umso grelleren, schreienden deutschen Wirklichkeit des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts.

Tilda Finch glaubt, sie sieht nicht richtig: Mit einem Mal ist ihr kleiner Finger verschwunden. Es folgen die Nase und das Ohr. Sie wird unsichtbar werden, sagt ihre Ärztin, doch das will Tilda auf keinen Fall zulassen. Schließlich hat sie eine Menge, wofür es sich lohnt, sichtbar zu bleiben: ihre wunderbaren Töchter, ein erfolgreiches Business und fantastische Freundinnen. Tilda nimmt all ihren Mut zusammen und beginnt, sich selbst mit anderen Augen zu sehen.

Nach dem Kinobesuch mit ihrer besten Freundin setzt sich eine Frau in ihr Auto und fährt heim – bis eine Umleitung sie von ihrem Weg abbringt. Sie verpasst Ausfahrt um Ausfahrt, entfernt sich immer weiter von ihrem Zuhause, wo ihr Mann auf sie wartet. Nach einer ganzen Nacht und dem folgenden Tag wird klar: Vielleicht wäre es besser, wenn sie nie wieder zu ihm zurückkehren würde. Denn so unheimlich die Finsternis der Landstraßen und Tankstellen auch ist, die wahre Gefahr lauert dort auf sie.

An old lady, a teenage girl, and a stray cat. What happens when you die? The age old question. The old lady thinks she might know. The teenage girl needs to know. The cat just wants to sit next to the fire.