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Nina can never forgive Maggie for what she did. And she can never let her leave. They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. Except that these secrets are not buried in the past. Every other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there.

Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a shocking message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their home was once a real-life murder house, with the evidence still concealed within the four walls.

It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in–she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this? Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret–and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.

From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and brilliant speculative thriller about families: real and virtual. Some families are virtually perfect… The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in...

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The people who call End of the Line need hope. They need reassurance that life is worth living. But some are unlucky enough to get through to Laura. Laura doesn’t want them to hope. She wants them to die. Laura hasn’t had it easy: she’s survived sickness and a difficult marriage only to find herself heading for forty, unsettled and angry. She doesn’t love talking to people worse off than she is. She craves it. But now someone’s on to her—Ryan, whose world falls apart when his pregnant wife ends her life, hand in hand with a stranger. Who was this man, and why did they choose to die together?

Struggling to balance her personal and professional life, young DS Becca Vincent has landed the biggest case of her career–and she knows that it will make or break her. But how can she identify one face in a sea of thousands? With the help of Police Super Recogniser Joe Russell, she strives to catch a glimpse of the elusive murderer, but he’s watching her every move.

When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing—except him. Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave the children. But Simon knows the truth—about why he left and what he’s done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds on to are lies.

'John Marrs is not to be missed' – Freida McFadden, bestselling author of The Housemaid 'Few writers do domestic suspense meets dystopia better than John Marrs' – Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment 'The books of John Marrs have become a quiet phenomenon . . . Thoughtful...

Paul’s just here to help, or so he claims—sent by a charity for vulnerable people to do odd jobs for elderly widow Gwen. But for Gwen’s daughter Connie, there’s just something about Paul that rings alarm bells from day one. He’s a little too kind, a little too involved…Worse still, Gwen seems to have fallen under his spell.

Panisch erkennt Damon, dass er sterben wird. In letzter Sekunde wiederbelebt, fragt er sich verwirrt: Wer war das Kind? Der Junge lässt Damon im Alltag nicht los. Herauszufinden, wer es ist, wird für ihn zur Obsession. Er taucht in seine zerbrochene Vergangenheit ein. Doch statt Antworten zu bekommen, stößt er auf eine Mauer des Schweigens. Es scheint nur einen Weg zu geben: Er muss erneut sterben und wiederbelebt werden. Einmal, zweimal, dreimal – bis er die Wahrheit kennt.

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Brought to you by Penguin. The Black Mirror-esque thriller from the author of the million-copy international bestseller THE ONE. Five strangers guard our secrets. Only four can be trusted... In the 21st century, information is king. But computers can be hacked and files can be broken into - so a...

Brought to you by Penguin. Eight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide. When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-driving cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course. The passengers are: a TV star, a pregnant young woman, a disabled war...

Verheiratete Menschen sind glücklicher, gesünder und produktiver. Um den Bürgern des Vereinten Königreiches den Hafen der Ehe schmackhaft zu machen, erlässt die Regierung ein Gesetz, das Verheirateten Privilegien verschafft: bessere Schulen für die Kinder, bessere Kredite, bessere Gehälter, Häuser in besseren Wohngegenden. Alles, was man für das schöne Leben tun muss, ist einen Smart-Marriage-Vertrag zu unterschreiben. Doch was bedeutet es, wenn man seine Beziehung einem Algorithmus anvertraut? Ein Witwer versucht verzweifelt, den Tod seiner Frau zu vertuschen, weil er nicht zwangsverheiratet werden will.

What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey? Black Mirror meets thriller with a dash of Naomi Alderman’s The Power in this dark, high-concept novel by the bestselling author of The One. Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills—the...

Der neue fesselnde Psychothriller des Nr.-1-Bestsellerautors von Die gute Seele. Wie viel Blut braucht es, um vergessen zu können? Er versteckt sich im Schatten und wartet auf den perfekten Moment. Jeder Mord wird präzise geplant und ausgeführt... Die junge Polizistin Becca Vincent kämpft um Anerkennung in ihrem Job und nun hat sie sich den größten Fall ihrer Karriere geangelt. Sie weiß, dass es um Alles oder Nichts geht.

Der neue fesselnde Psychothriller des Nr.-1-Bestsellerautors von "Die gute Seele". Nicht das gesprochene Wort tötet. Sondern das Schweigen. Als Catherine eines Morgens allein aufwacht, ist ihr Mann Simon spurlos verschwunden. Sie glaubt, dass er in Schwierigkeiten steckt. Er würde sie und die Kinder nicht einfach verlassen. Simon kennt die Wahrheit – die ganze Wahrheit. Er hat Dinge getan, die Catherines Welt auf den Kopf stellen würden, wenn sie diese herausfinden würde. Die Erinnerungen, an die sie sich klammert, sind nichts als Lügen.

Ein blutiges Geheimnis aus der Vergangenheit vergiftet die Gegenwart. "Ich werde sie vom Dachboden retten" – diese Nachricht entdeckt Mia bei Sanierungsarbeiten an ihrem neu erstandenen Haus, eingeritzt in eine Fußleiste. Mit einer bösen Vorahnung steigen sie und ihr Mann Finn auf den Dachboden, wo sie in einer verborgenen Ecke auf mehrere alte Lederkoffer stoßen. Der Inhalt ist so schockierend, dass er das Leben der Familie für immer verändert.

From John Marrs, the bestselling author of The One. Set in the same world, and narrated by a full cast, The Marriage Act is a dark, high-concept thriller. ‘One of the most exciting original thriller writers’ - Simon Kernick, author of Good Cop Bad Cop What if marriage was the law? Dare you...