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Nurse Jenny Martin is found dead in a burned-out car. It looks like she was strangled and beaten to death before being unceremoniously crammed into the boot. The police believe Nick ‘the Ace’ Fenny to be the chief suspect. At nineteen years old, he has a reputation for being a joyrider and troublemaker. But Nick’s mum refuses to believe her son’s a murderer and seeks out Kate to help clear his name. In no position to be turning down work, Kate accepts her offer and takes the victim’s old job to find out who else might have a motive for killing.

For five-year-old Mary Anne, a fairytale is something she has only read about with her mother, Nancy Jane, who had her at a very young age. But after she and her mother escape from an abusive situation in Chicago, their lives slowly begin to transform. The two of them run away to Mackenzie, Texas, to live with Nancy Jane’s grandmother and start a new life. There, Nancy Jane meets Davy Fahey, a sixteen-year-old.

Eleven years ago, Maple Close was scarred by a horrific crime. Three teenage girls who lived on the secluded cul-de-sac were mutilated and killed in what became known as The Wise Monkey Murders. Their neighbour, seventeen-year-old Zara, was found guilty. Now, true-crime podcaster Daisy retreats to her grandfather's home on the close, following a brutal attack. Reluctantly, Daisy begins to dig into the dark history of Maple Close and its residents for a new podcast series... and soon uncovers secrets that were buried for a reason. Someone is watching her. Someone knows she's getting too close.

Forty-year-old Faye Lawson is falling back in love with life at last. Finally divorced from her cheating husband, she has turned her back on the UK and has been living the Greek dream in Corfu managing a beautiful traditional boutique hotel. Twenty-something ex-professional basketball player Kostas Petsas's life, as he has always known it, is over. Having to take early-retirement because of injury, he's at a loss as to what to do next. But when a piece of land in Corfu comes on the market, it seems this might be the perfect fit.

Along a rugged stretch of coastline, a lighthouse stands guard over deadly reefs that have claimed countless ships. When lighthouse keeper Coraline Wescott pulls a half-dead stranger from the wreckage below her tower, she expects a simple tale of storm and shipwreck. Instead she uncovers something far more dangerous. Hidden lantern signals are guiding ships through the reefs at night. Smugglers are using the coastline as a secret route. And the lighthouse itself may be the final signal that completes their trap. The stranger, Thaddeus Harrow, carries charts proving the illegal routes exist.

Alle sieben Jahre blüht der Wald. Von der Mutter gedrängt, heiratet sie mit 21 in eine angesehene Familie, obwohl sie einen anderen liebt. Ganz anders ihre Schulfreundin Burgi, die früh der Enge ihres Elternhauses entflieht und ihrem Drang nach Freiheit unbeirrt folgt. Beide Frauen zahlen einen hohen Preis, um ein selbstbestimmtes Leben zu führen. Aber sie gehen konsequent ihren Weg.

After leaving an unhappy relationship, Hannah Jackson has no confidence in herself or love. The only thing she secretly dreams of is her own bakery. But when her brother Ben, the owner of their family run hotel Maple Tree Lodge, asks her to open a cafe in the renovated boathouse on Dragonfly Lake, Hannah is consumed with self-doubt. Due to an injury, Ben’s best friend and champion triathlete Alex Grant finds himself suddenly at a crossroads in his life and accepts Ben’s offer to recuperate at Maple Tree Lodge...

Her husband was handsome. Charming. Wealthy. Every woman’s dream. Until the night he vowed to bury her where no one would ever find her. Now she’s hiding in the Blue Ridge Mountains, building a life quiet enough that the past can’t follow. But Sheriff Burke Scott sees what she tries to conceal—the flinch at passing headlights, the way she checks over her shoulder. Even his K-9, Rosie, senses the danger she carries. Then the peace shatters. A blacked-out luxury SUV appears on her dead-end road. A private jet lands at the mountain airstrip—silent, unannounced, unmistakably his. He’s found her.

Alexandra Quinlan fue acusada de masacrar a su familia cuando era apenas una adolescente. Un país entero la vio esposada mientras los medios la bautizaban Ojos de asesina. Años después Alex lo ha cambiado todo: su nombre, su apariencia y su pasado. Vive oculta, evitando a fanáticos del true...

Kitty Brown has arrived in Saffron Bay with a new name, a new job, and one simple rule… keep her head down. Starting over in a picture-postcard Cornish village should be straightforward enough. But Saffron Bay has other ideas, and before long, Kitty finds herself cast as Juliet in the village play, unofficially adopted by half the locals, and dangerously distracted by one very unsuitable man.

Lydia Williams is used to putting on a smile and saying yes. So, when her friends beg her to join them on a cross-country hiking trip she agrees, even if she’d rather be crying into a pint of ice cream post-breakup. And post-job loss. Yeah, it’s been a week.

Brought to you by Penguin. From the award-winning author of The Raptures and The Fire Starters, a magically surreal novel about history, identity and redemption It’s summer 2017 and the last few residents of the Lough Neagh Archipelago are facing imminent eviction. The flood planned to combat...

A PERFECT DAY. A TWISTED CRIME. THE AWARD-WINNING JAKE JACKSON SERIES RETURNS… 'This series is irresistible' LEE CHILD 'Atmospheric and chilling' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Totally immersive' ANN CLEEVES 'My favourite new crime series' LUCY FOLEY 'Highly recommend' KARIN SLAUGHTER A beautiful summer day...

Brought to you by Penguin. She’s fallen on hard times but she’ll come back stronger… Slung out from her home and onto the slum streets of Manchester at the tender age of twelve, Perdita Barratt has fallen on hard times. Each day she must toil to earn a penny to secure a bed at a lodging...

A tender, emotionally rich novel following a widowed teacher who must learn to live again: church pews, park benches, a small girl with a stuffed rabbit, and a community that will not let him hide. For listeners who love characterled grief journeys, family ties, and heartfelt redemption.

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One returning florist, three unexpected alphas, and a flower shop that's barely staying afloat. I thought I'd build my life in the city. But after graduation, I found myself right back in Honeyridge Falls, running the little flower shop I've loved since I was a girl. Then the roof starts leaking, I run out of coffee before sunrise, and I realize I can't do it all alone. Enter three alphas who turn my world upside down.

Billie Wallace has spent her whole life trying to prove she's more than the Wallace Ranch's "wild" only daughter. All she wants is a shot at barrel racing—and a purpose beyond crunching numbers in her daddy's office. But when her very first run ends in disaster, Billie lands flat on her back with Ryder Rivers—her childhood crush, her brother's best friend, and the town's notorious heartbreaker—hovering over her. In all the years she's known him, Ryder has never entertained Billie's shameless flirting. But after her fall, he's suddenly everywhere.

After a painful divorce and years of trying to outrun heartbreak, she returns to her parents' ranch in Texas seeking one thing—a fresh start. No drama. No distractions. And definitely no second chances. But then Grady Wilde shows up. Once her high school sweetheart, Grady is now a country music superstar looking to settle down. When an unexpected reunion brings them face-to-face for the first time in over a decade, they are both faced with emotions they thought were long gone. Cleo never expected to see him again, let alone feel the familiar pull of the boy who once held her heart.

These stories of small-town life in the American South evoke a sense of pleasant, polite community, with some blessed by strong family ties. But beneath the surface, these tales—some comic, some dark, and some both—reveal the secrets and resentments that fester in the past and haunt the present.