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Gabby Ashford has just survived an attempt on her life. Detectives have connected her story to two other cases in the area: Professional women drugged at a bar, brought to their homes, and drowned in their bathtubs. Gabby, who miraculously woke up in her own bathtub unharmed, could be the key to finding a serial killer on the loose - but she has no memory of the attack. Gabby admits herself to a high-end rehabilitation center to recover, and to seek the help of a psychiatrist renowned for his work with memory recovery.

Brought to you by Penguin. The instant New York Times bestseller, January 2024, and Sunday Times bestseller, February 2024 Totally original and utterly compelling, with a voice all of its own, this is the outstanding new thriller from the no.1 internationally bestselling author of The Silent...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Whisper Man by Alex North, read by Christopher Eccleston. If you leave a door half-open, soon you'll hear the whispers spoken... Still devastated after the loss of his wife, Tom Kennedy and his young son Jake move to the sleepy village of Featherbank...

'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE CHILD __________________________________ They came for his family. Now Detective Alex Cross is out for vengeance. Cross is met with shocking news that his...

Ruslan Akulov, the legendary Ukrainian assassin known as Wolf Six, wakes to find the plane he’s on plummeting, and with no real memory of how he got there. Surviving the crash, only to be detained by a small-town sheriff and accused of two murders, that for once he didn’t commit, Akulov must piece together the fragments of his concussed memory to understand how his last mission in Canada as a black asset for the CIA went so catastrophically wrong. Yet far darker forces are hunting him.

Mariana Andros is a psychologist struggling to make sense of life after the death of her husband. So when her niece, Zoe, calls - traumatised by the murder of her best friend - Mariana rushes to be with her and away from her own grief. St. Christopher's College, Cambridge, is a closed world to most - but it's where Mariana and her late husband met as students. Days which seem long buried rise to the surface, as memory and mystery entangle Mariana in the secretive society of campus.

Retirement isn't easy for a former CIA assassin. For fifty-five-year-old Helen Warwick, it may be impossible. Even Helen's family doesn't know the true nature of the work she's done for decades—the secret black ops, the sanctioned executions. But her plan to spend time reconnecting with her grown children has just been blown up-along with her son's house—by hired killers. Why is she being targeted now—and by whom?

Alex was Ian's five-year-old son: brilliant, earnest, and compassionate. He is dead now, but Ian can't let him go. When his wife urges him to move on, he drives her away. His performance at work collapses; his friends leave him. Six months later, alone in an empty house, Ian starts to see his son again.

Brought to you by Penguin. Now an Amazon Prime series starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross. This is the very first thriller in James Patterson's international bestselling series featuring forensic psychologist Alex Cross. Two children have been kidnapped from an elite private school in Washington...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE CHILD ____________________________________ Detective Alex Cross is stretched to breaking point as two killers hit Washington, DC...

Ein grauenhaftes Massaker. Ein Verdächtiger, der beharrlich schweigt. Zwei Bürgermeister-Kandidaten, die die Tat für ihren Wahlkampf instrumentalisieren. Im zweiten Teil der Psychothriller-Reihe "Tödlich" von Alex Hansen gerät Kriminalpsychologin Gilian an ihre emotionalen Grenzen. Dr. Gilian Sanders ist nicht leicht aus der Fassung zu bringen. Doch der Tatort, zu dem Sergeant Ryan Moore sie mitten in der Nacht ruft, scheint einem Horror-Film entsprungen zu sein: Mehrere Jugendliche wurden während einer Untergrundparty im Nebenraum eines stillgelegten U-Bahnschachts brutal hingemetzelt.

In the darkest parts of the City of Light, Eva Scott is searching for her brother's killers. She is caught up in a tangle of deception he left behind, facing violent assault, brutal murderers and deeply embedded corporate corruption. At the heart of it is a dirty biotech business making a lethal profit from compromising human health. Behind that, an organisation with a devastating viral blackmail tool. Their targets? Global power, capital and manipulation. And Eva.

When Alex MacLure’s friend and colleague dies he is determined to carry on her research into ancient Egypt. He finds she has left him a coded message, and, as he tries to make sense of it all, he discovers she was murdered. And now the murderer needs to silence him. With only a few clues and a mysterious object, Alex follows a trail from London to Cairo. He must crack the code and expose a shocking and inconceivable truth before the secret is buried for ever. 

Solo hay una cosa peor que el miedo: que este se materialice y dé paso a la realidad más oscura que uno jamás pudo imaginar. Un paquete entregado en una comisaría reabre un capítulo cerrado. Un cadáver carbonizado en la cocina de un crucero. Una clínica clandestina que oculta cadáveres de operaciones fallidas.Tres historias que se entrelazan en la segunda aventura del inspector Álex Cortés. El sargento Cortés emprenderá una búsqueda desesperada del asesino en serie más sanguinario de la historia de Barcelona, atormentado por su sed de venganza tras lo que le hizo a su hermana.

She doesn't remember the night her family vanished. But someone else does. Detective Ivy Bishop's first case should've been routine—until a headless body washes ashore, and the clues start to feel too familiar. Plagued by gaps in her memory and unable to stand physical touch without spiraling into panic, Ivy has spent her life outrunning the trauma she can't explain. But this killer? They aren't just targeting victims. They're peeling back her past. With each body, the nightmare resurfaces—and the truth inches closer.

Brought to you by Penguin. Get ready for the unmissable new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder In seven days Jet Mason will be dead. Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old, she’s...

Now available to preorder: Moonflower Murders, the latest fiendish murder mystery from Anthony Horowitz _________________ SHE PLANNED HER OWN FUNERAL. BUT DID SHE ARRANGE HER OWN MURDER? A woman is strangled six hours after organising her own funeral. Did she know she was going to die? Did she...

Brought to you by Penguin Now a major BBC series starring Lesley Manville Featuring his famous literary Detective Atticus Pund and Susan Ryeland, hero of the worldwide best seller Magpie Murders, a brilliantly brain-teasing literary thriller by Anthony Horowitz. The follow-up to Magpie Murders...

Una cadena de cadáveres descuartizados vuelve a aterrorizar Barcelona. Cada uno tiene un significado, un mensaje, un criptograma.“—¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Néstor Luna y el diablo? —Ninguna. Ninguno de los dos duerme.”El inspector Álex Cortés se enfrenta de nuevo a la furia homicida del asesino en serie más prolífero de Barcelona. Cuando creía estar a un paso de encarcelar al Asesino del Criptograma, este vuelve a escapar.Álex, para poder salvar a la siguiente víctima en la lista del diablo, tendrá que volver a jugar con los criptogramas que irá encontrando en los cadáveres.

"Twins" è un romanzo assolutamente fuori dagli schemi. Un nuovo modo di fare thriller, utilizzando la comicità e l'irriverenza come collante alla storia narrata. Preparati ad un trip fuori di testa, ad una storia coinvolgente con una "voce fuori campo" che ti farà dubitare in merito alla sanità mentale dell'autore.