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Paul manages an old-school plastics factory that has pivoted during the pandemic to making face masks and is now booming. Along comes Emily, the wayward daughter of an old friend, whom Paul hires to be his assistant, and she’s a sparkling force determined to prove her worth with the one chance she’s been given.

A quiet lakeside resort in Vermont seems like the perfect summer getaway for Olivia and Harry Somerville and their three young boys. But in a single moment, their idyllic family retreat becomes a mother’s worst nightmare. Returning from a solo hike one afternoon, Olivia learns from a passing stranger that one of her sons has drowned—but not which one. In that moment, Olivia makes a panicked decision that will change her family forever.

A shadow follows Sophie. Watching. Waiting. Her instinct tells her that it's someone she knows. But who? The man she met Internet dating? The nurse caring for her ill mother? Or is her mother faking her illness? The only thing she knows is that she can't trust anyone. Sophie must delve into a dark history to reveal her stalker. But there are some stories that should never be told.

When 10-year-old cousins Maddy and Brianna are arrested for a terrible crime, Maddy’s mother, Juliet, cannot believe it. How could her bright, joyful daughter be capable of such a thing? As the small village community recoils in horror, the pressure of the tragedy blows Juliet and her sister’s lives apart. And things get even worse when their daughters retreat into a self-imposed silence. Can anyone reach Maddy and discover the truth before her fate is sealed? Juliet is crushed. Nothing will ever be the same for her darling girl.

In the crisp mountain air of central Oregon, a teenage girl’s search for discarded cans leads to a horrifying discovery: a body, brutally murdered and abandoned in the woods. The case falls to Deschutes County Detective Noelle Marshall, who finds herself navigating a community steeped in secrets, suspicion, and distrust of outsiders—especially law enforcement.

NYPD detective Sheryn Sterling has had her eye on Alex Traynor ever since his friend Cori fell to her death under suspicious circumstances a year ago. Cori’s death was ruled a suicide, but Sheryn thinks Alex - a wartime photojournalist suffering from PTSD - got away with murder. When Alex’s fiancée, Emily, a talented and beloved local doctor, suddenly goes missing, Sheryn suspects that Alex is again at the center of a sticky case.

Mein nutzloser Therapeut meinte, mein größtes Problem sei Impulskontrolle – als wüsste ich das nicht selbst. Eigentlich ist es nur passend, dass ich ihn umgebracht habe. Wenn ich das dringende Verlangen spüre, jemanden zu töten, helfen zehn tiefe Atemzüge und eine nette Kindheitserinnerung eben nicht. Das hat auch er eingesehen, selbst wenn es erst in den letzten Momenten vor seinem Tod war. Ich versuche ja, daran zu arbeiten. Aber es ist … schwierig. So schwierig.

Romanens hovedperson Martin Fern opholder sig på et sanatorium efter et hukommelsestab, hvorfra han nu alene forsøger at afdække fortiden og finde sin identitet. De tre romaner har alle midtvejskrisen som tematisk omdrejningspunkt.

'Captivating, emotional and unputdownable! Isabel Ashdown's writing is literally mesmerizing' Reader review 'Kept me guessing until the end' Reader review A Plane Crashes. A Family Shatters. The Lies Multiply. One summer morning, a private plane crashes onto the Gale family's hilltop campsite...

Darren Evans was only 11 when his beloved sister, Carly, and four other teenage girls disappeared, sparking a huge police investigation. Eventually a woman confessed to their murders. But although she admitted her guilt, Olivia Duvall refused to say what had happened to those five missing girls. Or where their bodies might lie. Ten years later Darren's family are still no closer to the truth.

Moving and suspenseful, Lisa Ballantyne’s The Guilty One is a psychological thriller about the darkness in each of us. It explores how we are all tied to our pasts, and what it means to be guilty. Solicitor Daniel Hunter is called to defend 11-year-old Sebastian who has been charged with the...

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"Elison’s brutal, incisive novel cuts to the heart of what makes public figures vulnerable and asks us to question our voyeurism." —New York Times Book Review She created a beautiful world. Now he wants it all. On her way to a speaking engagement, bestselling novelist Eli Grey gets into a...

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Alors que Paul, son frère, a disparu depuis de longues années, Pierre Lassimouillas, qui vit en Dordogne, reçoit un jour une lettre du Montana dans laquelle il apprend que ce dernier est vivant. À travers ce voyage qu'entreprend Pierre aux États-Unis pour retrouver son frère, c'est tout un pan de sa vie qui se reconstruit pour s'écrouler ensuite.

Il capolavoro di Nievo ci parla attraverso l'indimenticabile figura del protagonista, Carlo Altoviti. Con i suoi occhi e le sue parole assistiamo alla storia d'amore con la Pisana, personaggio femminile complesso e anticonformista, ma anche a quella tra Clara e Lucilio, tra Leopardo e Doretta. Seguiamo il protagonista dall'incanto dell'infanzia al maturare della passione civile, dal mondo arcaico e ristretto del castello di Fratta alle vie d'Italia e del mondo. Carlino diventa un compagno di strada, sulla quale uomini e donne camminano assieme ai grandi eventi politici del loro tempo.

«Невольница. Вот как меня называли». В зловещих криминальных структурах, где не знают, что такое совесть, но понимают, что значит семья и честь, есть такие девушки. Невольницы. Великолепные и опасные. Верные помощницы своих хозяев. Ценные сотрудницы теневых организаций. Обычно они живут вполне благополучно — во всяком случае, между заданиями. Элла — одна из них, но у нее судьба иная. С шестнадцати лет Элла живет в неволе. Ею пользуются, над ней издеваются, это ее жизнь. Но в один прекрасный день хозяин ее продает. И Элла глубоко заблуждается, полагая, будто хуже, чем прежде, быть уже не может.

Seven years ago, six-year-old Maisie Earnshaw was found facedown in a duck pond, her body mutilated. Isabel - at age 14, found covered in Maisie's blood - was convicted of murder. As Leah spends time with Isabel, she comes to know her as a young woman with a sweet, gentle nature, someone she could never see as a murderer. Leah begins to suspect members of the Fielding family of framing Isabel as a young girl, and she's not the only one. True crime blogger James Gorden thinks Isabel is innocent, too.

Fran finds her standing by the swings. A little girl, Esther, no older than seven years old, by herself in the dead of night, her pretty but old-fashioned yellow dress covered in grass stains and her hair dishevelled. She says she's waiting for Father, and that strikes Fran as particularly odd. After Esther is reunited with her family, Fran can't stop thinking about this pious child whose imaginary friend is God. Fran's instincts tell her something is very wrong. Why does Esther keep running away from home, and how did she get that bruise on her leg?

Praying her daughter’s still alive. Fearing her past is about to take its revenge. When three-year-old Immy vanishes during a family barbecue, her mother, Cleo, imagines the worst. Has she fallen into the river at the end of the garden and drowned? Or is it something even more unthinkable? After all, there's one person with good reason to want to abduct Immy - the woman Cleo thought she’d seen the last of three years ago. With time running out, Cleo sets out to uncover the truth.