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The Summer of Love has been replaced by the Summer of Fear as a sadistic killer prowls the streets of San Francisco. Known only as 'The Gemini,' his brutal murders have the city paralyzed in a merciless grip of terror as he taunts police with a series of cryptic puzzles and the body count rises. As detectives work to unravel the Gemini's chilling clues, the line between nightmare and reality begins to blur when Cassie Kennedy—a newly separated young mother and part-time psychic—discovers that her dreams are foretelling the gruesome deaths of three women.

Sie sagen, diese Stadt sei ein guter Ort, um dort zu leben. Der Name scheint wie ein Versprechen. Ist sie auch ein guter Ort, zu sterben? Alice Parker glaubt, die Wahrheit zu kennen – über ihre eigene Vergangenheit, die sie seit neunzehn Jahren verfolgt und die sie von ihrer verschlafenen Heimatstadt Eden Lake fernhält, die Wahrheit über ihren eigenen Vater und die alter Freunde. Aber Alice lebt in einer Lüge, geschaffen, um ein grauenhaftes Geheimnis zu bewahren. Als Alice' Vater stirbt und sie gezwungen ist, zurück nach Eden Lake zu gehen, trifft sie die ganze Wucht ihres Lügenkonstrukts.

Sabine and Rory Sugar seem like a perfectly respectable family to their new neighbours. They’re popular and friendly, their two teenage boys quiet and courteous. But when Rory starts staying late at work, and Sabine thinks she sees her son, Leo, in the woods apparently fighting with a girl, their seemingly perfect lives start to fall apart. And when the girl is reported missing and the police turn up asking awkward questions, Sabine must decide whether to lie to protect her son, or risk Leo being arrested on suspicion of abduction.

Michelle will never get tired of the view from her office window. Jagged mountains—and the wintry streets of Reykjavik, Iceland. It's a perk of her new job at Kimia Pharmaceuticals. Her old life—a dreary 9-to-5 and a cheating ex back in London—already feels a million miles away. Still, there's something strange about Michelle's new colleagues. They're all young, beautiful . . . and aloof. But then Michelle meets Lars, a jittery researcher from the restricted upper floors. She thinks she's alone in the elevator, until he squeezes between the doors. Just in time.

Un hombre que bordea los cuarenta años ve a su madre decaer a causa de un vertiginoso Alzheimer. Ese caso y el de otros seres queridos que padecen estados de conciencia alterados y experiencias cercanas a la muerte lo llevan a preguntarse, de manera radical, por el funcionamiento de la mente humana, por los mecanismos tras los delirios, los olvidos y las alucinaciones. Su meditación, apuntalada con lecturas que lleva a cabo con devoción, da por resultado un relato tan insólito como fascinante, una búsqueda personal sobre las fronteras entre la ciencia, la ficción...

François, directeur d’un centre équestre en Bretagne, découvre, lors d’une promenade à cheval sur la plage, une jeune femme inconsciente au pied d’un rocher. Plutôt que d’appeler les secours, il décide sans trop savoir pourquoi de la ramener chez lui pour la soigner. À son réveil, l’inconnue paraît en bonne santé, mais peu encline à parler. Elle dit s’appeler Elsa mais refuse de répondre à ses questions.

Ein ergreifender Roman über drei junge Schauspieler im Warschauer Ghetto von Bestsellerautor David Safier. Im Warschauer Ghetto 1942 erklingt aus einer kleinen Seitenstraße Musik, Gelächter und Applaus. Ein Theaterstück feiert Premiere, eine heitere Musikkomödie namens Die Liebe sucht ein Zimmer. Die junge Schauspielerin Sara wartet nervös auf ihren Auftritt. Mit leuchtenden Augen schaut sie vom Bühnenrand ihrer großen Liebe Edmund zu, wie er die Zuschauer in den Bann schlägt und sie ihr Elend vergessen lässt.

Fire in the Head addresses a deep taboo in Australian society—the legacy of child sexual abuse and what victims must endure to bring perpetrators to justice.

In taut and stylish prose, The Passenger Seat examines how men learn and perform masculinity. Rejecting easy answers, it keeps our eyes trained on the vanishing point where vulnerability edges into violence, alienation into aggression.

Stephanie Johnson is a young, Black, and spirited, though troubled eleven-year-old girl seeking to find her place in a world that doesn’t understand her. As she and her girlfriends navigate their experiences of friendship, family and first love together, Steph seeks a better future for herself – but will she be able to escape the hand she’s been dealt? Once Bad Intentions is a redemptive journey into womanhood; a heartfelt story that unfolds over a decade in 90s black London, where suffering and love, humour and forgiveness, triumph and loss all co-exist as part of a passage toward redemption.

When they were kids, Gillian and John used to visit the local cemetery every Sunday after church. The main attraction was the lofty hill that separated the cemetery from the elementary school, and the act of tumbling down it like Jack and Jill was a ritualistic escape from the abuse they were suffering at their father's hands. It was an escape that lasted only until John's tragic death.

After disastrous experiences in law and education, Jake Kazmareck tries to disappear into a menial job picking melons on a farm in the Rio Grande Valley. An estranged friend tracks him down, however, with news that their mutual bosom buddy is not dead but rotting in a Mexican prison. The stage is set for his rescue. Jake, Connors McClain, and Artie Cavazos’s friendship was forged during an almost fatal canoe trip in which only Artie’s genius for survival kept them alive. Their brush with death, however, unleashed in Jake a primitive beast that has never stopped plaguing him.

Em seu primeiro livro de contos, Liliane Prata apresenta um panorama completo, atual e corajoso das relações ― e das tensões ― entre homens e mulheres. Privilegiando o ponto de vista feminino e alternando entre momentos de ternura enternecedora e de crueza absoluta, as vinte deliciosas histórias que compõem o livro sempre surpreendem, em textos urbanos e intensos, ora nervosos, ora líricos, ora repletos de humor. Os personagens vivem os mais diversos conflitos, e neles podemos facilmente reconhecer amigas e amigos, mães e pais, filhas e filhos e até a nós mesmos.

The story is based on a total of five main characters. Telling the story of each character from their point of view is a great experiment. The characters, the events that inspire them. The uniqueness of this book is that it maintains the character equally until the end of the book without making it more or less before a character expresses his opinion.

ಶಾಂತಿನಾಥ ದೇಸಾಯಿ ಅವರು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಆಧುನಿಕ ಕನ್ನಡ ಲೇಖಕರಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಕಥೆಗಳು ಮಾನವ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳ ವಿಷಯಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ವ್ಯವಹರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬದಲಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸಮಾಜದ ಸವಾಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಅದರ ದಿಕ್ಚ್ಯುತಿಯನ್ನು ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

Step aboard “Tomorrow’s Train,” an evocative novella by Alex Brown that explores profound questions of existence: What happens after we die? How do our choices shape our eternity? Blending speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, this thought-provoking tale takes listeners on a journey beyond life’s veil into a mysterious afterlife. Maddison Mackenzie awakens in a sterile realm, surrounded by recently departed souls. They are confronted by an enigmatic figure offering a choice that will define their eternal fate.

Vollmond Zeit für Angst, für Verlogenheit, für Lügen, für Mord. Zeit für den Mondteufel. Stellas Bruder Jordi wird im Alter von acht Jahren ermordet. Kurz nach dem Mord werden drei Jugendliche verhaftet und aufgrund eines Indizienprozesses zu zehn und acht Jahren Haft verurteilt. Dreißig Jahre später erleidet die 42jährige Stella eine Hirnblutung und wird in die Rehabilitationsklinik Euphoria verlegt. Wochen vergehen, an die sich Stella nach dem Aufwachen nicht erinnern kann. Sie erfährt, dass ihre Mutter gestorben ist und ihr Mann sie urplötzlich verlassen hat.

A little book with a surprisingly big heart. A kidnapped princess and a killer porter, a naked artist and a neonatal astronaut . . . When the lives of strangers intertwine, moments become lifetimes in their unconscious quest to let go of grief and hold on to the precious. Beautifully imagined, A Pocket For Biscuits seeks a deeper understanding of ourselves in the every day, inspiring a gentle compassion for the disconnected and voiceless. This is a rare gem that sparkles with courage and hope, subtly lit by incidental kinships you’ll treasure forever.

In Never Enough Words, In this award-winning novel, Hammond takes listeners to Scots Bend, South Carolina, where personal and historical conflicts intertwine in a powerful narrative set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement. The story follows young Joe Calder, Alberta Jones, and a complex cast of characters whose lives are shaped by generational struggles, racial tensions, and the long shadow of war. As they navigate a changing world, the characters grapple with fear, loss, and the pursuit of justice in a deeply divided community.

Ashton is an electrician. Julie waits tables. Both are broke and trapped in their dead-end jobs, rundown apartment, and bitterly cold hometown of Fridley, Minnesota. There’s nothing they could want more than to escape to someplace warm and sunny. So, when they find an ad in a magazine offering them one thousand dollars each and an all-expenses paid trip to a “tropical destination” for participating in a research study, they both jump at the opportunity.