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Teetapur, an unassuming village just a few hours outside of bustling Delhi, is famous for nothing—until one of its children, eight-year-old Munia, is found dead, hanging from the branch of a Jamun tree. In the largely Hindu village, suspicion quickly falls on an itinerant Muslim man, Mansoor. Suspicion ignites like wildfire, fueled by religious tensions that simmer beneath the surface.

Silas West studied the darkest minds in the world. Now one of them is studying him. When a mutilated body washes ashore near Kingston, Washington, the local authorities are out of their depth. The injuries aren’t just brutal, they’re deliberate. A gruesome fusion of military torture and ritualistic branding. Former military psychologist Silas West left D. C. to write a memoir and rebuild his life in a quiet town on Washington's Puget Sound. But when he’s asked to consult on the case, what begins as a favor turns into an obsession.

Spying from her window in New York City with high-powered binoculars, conspiracy theorist Zoe spots a man and woman on a park bench. Zooming in, she finds she can read the texts on the woman's phone. Her initial excitement turns to alarm when the woman's texts outline a plan to murder the man she is sitting next to. The police department is trying to manage a pandemic and catch a serial killer who has murdered six women. So, when Zoe reports the conspiracy to commit murder, the police have little time or patience for her theories.

In einer Frühlingsnacht verlässt die 17-jährige Ellie allein eine Highschool-Party in Coldwell, Washington State. Auf dem Weg wird sie plötzlich von hinten angegriffen. Eine Nadel sticht in ihren Arm, und alles wird schwarz ... Zwei Jahre später erhält Detective Chelsey Calhoun einen unfassbaren Anruf: Ellie wurde in den Wäldern von Washington State gefunden – sie ist vollkommen verstört, aber sie lebt. Ellies Entführung war einer von Chelseys ersten Fällen, der ihr so nahe ging, wie kein anderer. Denn auch ihre große Schwester verschwand im Teenageralter.

Mia is reluctant to go camping with her boyfriend and sister, who are graduate students working on a dissertation about American folklore. But ultimately, they convince her to help document the trip. The group sets off to Black Creek, a remote destination in the Pacific Northwest where Bigfoot has allegedly been sighted. They think they’re prepared for anything, but their sense of terror grows as they find more and more evidence to suggest the monster really is out there. Eventually, Mia realizes she’ll be lucky just to make it out of the woods alive.

Der sechzehn Jahre alte Teenager Lola van Black und ihre sechs Jahre jüngere Schwester Emilia verlieren durch einen Amoklauf ihre Eltern. Sie werden zunächst in einem Amsterdamer Waisenhaus aufgenommen. Doch als Lola siebzehn wird, darf sie mit ihrer Schwester unter Auflagen ins elterliche Haus zurück, welches die beiden nun geerbt haben. Emilia wird für Lola in der nächsten Zeit der einzige Grund, nicht den Verstand zu verlieren. Als Emilia schließlich an ihrem achtzehnten Geburtstag von einer Gruppe Männer getötet wird, gerät Lolas Leben erneut ins Wanken.

When a coma patient starts to have contractions and gives birth to a baby boy, the child's arrival triggers an investigation into serious sexual assault. Detectives McQuillan and Blalock are handed the case, while the internal hospital team collects data to help with the investigation. When Dr. Angela Crawford, who helped deliver the baby, learns that the child will be put in foster care, she and her husband agree to take the little boy in.

সাবির ও চিত্রা দুজন ছিল গাড়িতে। হঠাৎ বিয়েবাড়ির গাড়ি থেকে নেমে দাঁড়ালো চারজন অজানা ব্যক্তি। একজন ঝাটকা দিয়ে গাড়ির দরজা খুলে চিত্রাকে বলে, "বাঁচতে চাইলে গাড়ি থেকে নেমে যাও!" হাথের পিস্তল তাঁর দিকেই করা। সাবিরের কাছেও পিস্তল আছে, কিন্তু তা বার করতে গিয়ে যদি চিত্রার সাথে কোনো অঘটন ঘটে? ভারতবর্ষের অনেক সামাজিক সত্য ঘিরে লেখা এই উপন্যাস।

When Dr. Gianna Walford finds her girlfriend in bed with another woman, she needs a new start and Cliffside, a small seaside town in Oregon, is just the place. Getting to know her patients on a personal level and making old fashioned house calls is a nice change from hospital bureaucracy. On one of those house calls, she meets the beautiful but mysterious Kiera. She's kind and unassuming, but extremely guarded and private. Intrigued, and determined to help Kiera's ailing neighbor, Gianna makes numerous visits, only to discover more than she bargained for.

Josie Tyrell, art model, runaway, and denizen of LA's rock scene finds a chance at real love with Michael Faraday, a Harvard dropout and son of a renowned pianist. But when she receives a call from the coroner, asking her to identify her lover's body, her bright dreams all turn to black. As...

In a split-second decision that will shatter his life, insurance salesman Jack Spinks stops to help a young woman walking alone down a back country road. After getting into his truck the mysterious young woman grabs the steering wheel and forces the truck off the road, sending it plunging over a cliff and into the woods. What begins as a simple act of kindness spirals into a nightmare as Jack finds himself trapped in a dark and perilous world, hunted by the woman's cryptic pursuers.

NO ONE’S AROUND FOR MILES… One year ago, Iris’s world turned upside down. Haunted by nightmares of her mother’s traumatic death, Iris has become a sleep-deprived, jittery version of herself who she hardly recognizes anymore. So when she’s given the opportunity to get away from the...

For the first time in her life, DCI Emma Gardner finds herself unable to concentrate on the job she loves. Her thoughts are now always with her old colleague Paul Riddick, who lies desperately ill in hospital - a tortured man in life, now facing death. When a young woman dies from seemingly natural causes, Emma can’t help feeling that something isn’t quite right with the case, but she needs her team to pick up the slack whilst she focuses on Paul. The case proves more complex than anyone imagined and will test the team like never before.

In a chilling new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub, one woman looking for love online is entangled in a killer's terrifying scheme. In the moonlight, shovelfuls of earth fall on a wooden crate at the bottom of a deep pit. Soon the hole will be filled and covered...

Eines späten Abends gingen vier Freunde zu einem Park in einem wohlhabenden Viertel von Bainbridge Island, um den Verkauf ihres Tech-Start-ups zu feiern. Am nächsten Morgen wurden drei Leichen gefunden. Eine Zeugin war noch am Leben. Von Geburt an blind, hat sie nichts gesehen. Aber sie hat alles gehört. Privatdetektiv Thomas Austin ist die einzige Person, die sie dazu bringen kann, sich zu öffnen. Auf der Insel gestrandet, weil die Brücken und Fähren wegen eines seltenen Sommersturms außer Betrieb sind, muss Austin den Fall lösen, bevor der Sturm vorbei ist und der Mörder für immer entkommt.

'Tension and menace ... Mercier wields exceptional talent' CANDICE FOX 'Will keep you turning pages late into the night: don't say you weren't warned!' HAYLEY SCRIVENOR 'Suspenseful, smart and utterly gripping' BETTER READING Longlisted for the 2024 Davitt Best Adult Novel Prize Only a handful...

For Chicago sociology professor Amelia Emmet, violence was a research topic--until a student she'd never met shot her. He also shot himself. Now he's dead and she's back on campus, trying to keep up with her class schedule, a growing problem with painkillers, and a question she can't let go: Why?...

The night they took my son was the worst night of my entire life. I'm his mother, after all. I was the one who needed to protect him, and I failed miserably. Three long years later, he came back. It was a miracle. It should've been the best day of my life, but he came back a different child—violent and troubled. The monster who abducted him must've done unimaginable things to him, and the worst part is—he won't say a word. I can't blame him one bit. It was my fault; I should've saved him.

All my adult life, I've longed for a baby. We tried IVF. We tried everything. Now, we're waiting to adopt. We have a beautiful home and all the love in the world to give a child. But we're told it will take years. Then one day, at Rocky Point Beach, one thing leads to another. I make a split-second decision—and I come home with a baby. He has tiny red bow lips and the chubbiest cheeks. He's gorgeous. I call him Jonah.

If you go, there's no coming back. Dr. Georgia Healey can't grieve. Her nineteen-year-old daughter, Stephanie, stepped out for a walk two years ago and never returned. No body. No answers. Just an open wound that refuses to heal. On the anniversary of Stephanie's disappearance, Georgia isn't ready to let go — not yet. She retraces every step her daughter took, determined to question everyone: students, professors, ex-boyfriends, anyone who might hold a sliver of truth. But the truth isn't always a comfort. And what Georgia uncovers is far more terrifying than she ever imagined.