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Freya Lockwood e Arthur Crockleford non si parlano da una vita. Una mattina di maggio, Freya riceve da sua zia Carole una telefonata: Arthur è morto, caduto dalle scale del suo negozio. Così Freya, tornata nel Suffolk dopo più di vent'anni, decide di indagare con l'aiuto di zia Carole.

The inspiration for the major motion picture starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain “Had me in its grips from the first page to the astonishing and jaw-dropping ending.” —Samantha M. Bailey, USA Today bestselling author of Woman On the Edge A dark, intense domestic thriller about...

Like most families, they had their secrets...and they hid them under a genteelly respectable veneer. No onlooker would guess that prim Vera Hillyard and her beautiful, adored younger sister, Eden, were locked in a dark and bitter combat over one of those secrets. England in the '50s was not kind to women who erred, so they had to use every means necessary to keep the truth hidden behind closed doors - even murder.

On a stormy Chicago night, renowned semiotician Dr. Evan Wilding and his brother, River, who’s back from an archaeological dig, reunite in a mystery. A package addressed to both of them contains a hand-drawn maze, an ancient Cretan coin, and a cryptic greeting: Let the game begin. The opening move is murder. In a downtown alley, a man has been found nearly cleaved in two, a symbol drawn on his forehead and a savage rip in his throat. Given the clues, Evan sees a parallel to a fearsome Greek myth. Which means his friend Detective Addie Bisset is on the trail of a legendary flesh-eating monster.

On the outside, Lily Isley's life seems perfect: a wealthy husband, a ritzy gated community in Dallas, and a handsome son, AJ - a decorated marine about to be married to his love, Shea. But when a bridesmaid is murdered in AJ's apartment and he can't be found, Lily's world collapses and a long-held family secret is at risk of exposure.

On a cool October morning, Lauren Wilder is shaken when she comes close to striking Bo Laughlin with her car as he's walking along the road's edge. A young man well known in their small town of Hardys Walk, Texas, Bo seems fine, even if Lauren's intuition says otherwise. Since the accident two years ago that left her brain in a fragile state, she can't trust her own instincts - and neither can her family. Then Bo vanishes, and as the search for him ensues, the police question whether she's responsible.

It's the phone call every parent dreads: in the middle of the night, Sandy Cline learns that her twenty-year-old son, Jordan, has been in a car accident. Her nephew, Travis, was also in the car, along with Travis's girlfriend. All three are alive - but barely. The car was smashed against a tree along a remote and winding road, beautiful but deadly, in their rural Texas Hill Country town.

Können die Beziehungen, die eine Gemeinschaft zusammenhalten, sie auch zerstören? Australien, 1979. Es ist Hochsommer, und in einem ruhigen Vorort schrubbt eine Hausfrau um 3 Uhr morgens Blut von den Fliesen ihres Badezimmerbodens. Ihr Ehemann verhält sich währenddessen bemerkenswert ruhig, wenn man bedenkt, dass er gerade ihren Nachbarn ermordet hat. Als die Sonne aufgeht, verbreitet sich die Nachricht von Antonio Mariettis Tod wie ein Lauffeuer unter den Nachbarinnen, und mehr als eine der Frauen ist fest entschlossen herauszufinden, wer Antonio umgebracht hat.

I wrap my arms around the tree trunk, pressing my cheek against it until the bark digs in and the missing poster is finally secured. I try not to look at the photograph on it. At the features so similar to mine. Perhaps this will be the year someone comes forward. Were crucial mistakes made by detectives from the very beginning? Could the pressure of living two lives have led my sister to run away - or even end it? Or did someone in her tight circle of friends and family have reason to want her gone? Someone out there must know something.

Dario e Giordana hanno meno di quarant’anni, sono una coppia giovane, con una vita normale, alti e bassi, qualche gelosia, peccati più o meno segreti, momenti di felicità. Fino a che la loro vita non viene sconvolta da una tragedia: Giovanni, il loro unico figlio, muore, investito da un'auto. Per cercare di sopravvivere al dolore, decidono di trasferirsi a Sestola, sull’Appennino tosco-emiliano, dove Dario ha una casa di famiglia. In un luogo più appartato e silenzioso sperano di potersi lasciare alle spalle il lutto. Ma quella che trovano non è una comunità accogliente.

This book tells of a young woman who was found to have killed as a child. She was detained in various mental institutes, and then on to prison. It shows how she learned to control herself and whether or not prison reformed her.

Zwei Schicksale – eine Wahrheit. Nachdem zwei Mädchen verschwunden sind und die Hoffnung, sie lebend zu finden, schwindet, taucht plötzlich eines von ihnen wieder auf. Megan verarbeitet ihre Erlebnisse in einem Buch – das zu einem Bestseller wird und ihr zu Ruhm und Reichtum verhilft. Doch wie ein Schatten liegt das Verschwinden des anderen Mädchens, Nicole, über dem Ganzen. Nicoles Schwester – die Forensikerin Livia Cutty – will nun herausfinden, was geschehen ist. Alles deutet auf einen Serientäter hin.

Peccato che sia la solita bugia e che Evie, come al solito, stia mentendo per carpire informazioni da un tutto sommato forse non così limpido Ryan. Per questo Mr Smith, il suo misterioso datore di lavoro, fa ricorso alle sue doti quando la parte da recitare è quella di una ragazza dell'Alabama fidanzata di Ryan Sumner, il tipico ragazzo d'oro che chiunque vorrebbe sposare. Ma un giorno, durante una festa, le si avvicina la fidanzata di un amico di Ryan e sorridente le si presenta. Strano nome, il suo: Lucca. Lucca Marino. Molto strano. Anche perché è il vero nome di Evie.

IL PRIMO THRILLER ILLUSTRATO ITALIANO IL NUOVO GENERE CHE FA IMPAZZIRE I LETTORI. Frascati, Castelli Romani. Teo è il bambino più malinconico e riservato della classe. Le consorelle dell'asilo paritario Colomba Antonietti lo hanno accolto con affetto, ma lui non gioca e non esce quasi mai a ricreazione. Rimane al suo posto, osserva il mondo con fare stralunato e disegna ossessivamente. Giulia, la nuova maestra, si affeziona subito al piccolo: sente che a legarli è una consonanza, un'intesa speciale.

Sei in una stanza buia. Sei stata rapita. Ma ti senti più al sicuro che a casa con tuo marito... Adesso. Amélie si sveglia in una stanza buia. Non sa dove sia né come sia arrivata lì. Probabilmente è stata drogata, ipotesi confermata da un dolore pulsante alla testa. Prova ad aprire la porta, ma è chiusa a chiave. Si arrende all’evidenza. È stata rapita. Ed è allora che tira un sospiro di sollievo. Perché una cosa è certa: è più al sicuro qui che a casa sua.

The Chameleon, an Artificial Intelligence expert, can create a deepfake of almost anyone—living or dead. Even more frightening is the Chameleon’s ability to seek out disturbed souls and laser-focus their rage. A talent she employs to compel her subjects to commit violence on her behalf. Kylee Kane, a security consultant for Welch HOA Management, finds the Chameleon’s first victim, Andy Fyke, crumpled at the bottom of a flight of stairs. Kylee suspects the fall’s no accident and is tied to Andy’s campaign to prohibit rentals in his Hilton Head Island community.

Kathi Ellison is an English literature major at the University of California in Berkeley, living with her boyfriend off-campus. She is also the daughter of a candidate for the US Senate and his wife, a role that could affect her life should her father win the election. But before she can consider her future, Kathi must first come to terms with her past. A car accident when she was four years old killed her mother and left her in a coma for several days. The migraines and nightmares that plagued her as a child have recently returned with a vengeance.