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Mother's Day should hurt less with each passing year. For Bonnie Hunter, it only cuts deeper. The coastal bushland of her childhood is a hard place to visit at the best of times, but when two campers vanish nearby, Bonnie is dragged from her grief into a case riddled with secrets. A woman is dead, a man is missing and two families' lives have been torn apart. But is this a case of a secret affair gone wrong, or something far more sinister?

Detective Charlie Cooper is struggling just to keep awake after some upheaval on the home front. But life is busy for everyone, and Cooper is intrigued from the start with this baffling case. Jimmy Dallas was a rising star with everything to live for – would he really have stuck a needle in his arm the week before the biggest match of his career? Joel Maguire for one does not believe his best mate would have knowingly injected himself with anything. Reeling from the shock loss, and dealing with some issues of his own, the Rangers' star player struggles to put one foot in front of...

Jackie Rose is a mother on a mission. Determined to prove her eldest son did not commit suicide, she enlists the help of her best friend's husband, Homicide Detective Charlie Cooper. Reluctant to reopen another team's case, but even more reluctant to upset his wife, Cooper and his partner Joe Quinn investigate. They soon discover Jackie Rose is right – someone's killing kids. The deeper Cooper and Quinn dig, the more they realise everyone has a secret to hide. Can they find the killer before more young lives are lost?

When young shipping company heir Jill Fisher is found dead in her apartment, Detective Charlie Cooper and his partner Joe Quinn don't believe she was killed by a random intruder. Corporate lawyer Beth Fisher struggles to cope with the grief following her sister's murder, but she decides there's one last thing she can do for Jill – finish the ancestry research she was so passionate about. Cooper and Quinn's investigation and Beth's research uncover truths about the Fisher family and their business dealings that raise more questions than answers. Cooper must act fast before more lives are lost.

A psychological mystery filled with droll humour, brilliant language and unforgettable characters. Twenty-five-year-old Clemency James has moved from Sydney to a chilly bedsit on the other side of the world. During the day she studies for the bar by correspondence; in the evenings she gives French lessons to earn a meagre wage. When she meets Christian, a charismatic would-be actor, she can see he's trouble - not least because he's involved with an older woman who has children.

When a select group of influencers and journalists receive an exclusive invitation to a luxury resort in the Maldives, it seems like the ultimate press trip. But when the island is cut off during a storm and people start dying, it looks like someone has murder in mind. Are the guests really who they seem to be, or does each one of them have a secret to hide? Something they would kill for?

Sydney, Australia. Charlie Cooper needs more time with his family. With his transfer out of homicide to a quieter station fast approaching, the weary detective's only regret is the decade-long serial killer case he couldn't crack. But when he's called to one last murder scene, Cooper can't believe the victim is the perp he's been chasing for years. Certain the sociopath's latest abductee still lives, the desperate cop races to find her before the clock runs out.

Secluded. Luxurious. Deadly. A gripping new page-turner from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalet and The Cruise Still waters hide dark secrets … A remote Scottish lake The guests arriving at Creaglie Castle are expecting discreet luxury, panoramic views, and perhaps a glimpse of...

Bonnie Hunter is done with creeps who treat their families like possessions. Sidelined and angry after a domestic violence call-out went horribly wrong, the detective finds herself seconded to a team tasked with finding a missing young woman. According to her husband, Juliet Keller went to the grocery store and never returned. The husband demands action, but his violent outbursts and controlling behaviour have Bonnie’s family-violence radar on high alert. Convinced he’s responsible for Juliet’s disappearance, Bonnie is single-minded in her mission to disprove his story.

“Darkly delicious . . . Nice Girls is about the girlhood we never really leave behind, and what happens when we dare to confront our past demons. A pulsating mystery with a narrator you won't soon forget.” — Laura Dave, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Last Thing He Told Me ""If...

Der ehemalige Broadway-Tänzer Billy Shine leidet an Agoraphobie und hat seit fast einem Jahrzehnt keinen Fuß mehr vor die Tür seines Appartements gesetzt. Seine Nachbarn sind die attraktive Nagelpflegerin Rayleen, die einsame alte Mrs Hinman, der engstirnige und übellaunige Mr Lafferty, der gutherzige Felipe und die neunjährige Grace - und ihre mit der Drogensucht kämpfende Mutter Eileen. Billy hat nur kurze Blicke auf sie erhascht - aber die meisten von ihnen haben ihn nie gesehen.

Fall in love again - with the second novel in the Bride saga. Sophia has successfully controlled every man in her orbit until she meets Ryder Sherbrooke, a man she senses is different from the others - a man she sees as one of hell’s own sons.

Twelve years ago Jessica Williams escaped a cult. Thanks to the private detective who rescued her, she reintegrated into society, endured an uncomfortable notoriety, and tried to put it all behind her. Then, at an airport bar, Jessica meets a woman with an identical name and birth date. It appears to be just an odd coincidence - until a week later, when Jessica finds her bank account drained and her personal information stolen. Following a trail of the grifter’s victims, each with the same name, Jessica gathers players - one by one - for her own game.

Julie Prentice and her family move across the country to the idyllic Mount Adams district of Cincinnati, hoping to evade the stalker who's been terrorizing them ever since the publication of her bestselling novel, The Murder Game. Since Julie doesn't know anyone in her new town, when she meets her neighbor John Dunbar, their instant connection brings measured hope for a new beginning. But she never imagines that a simple, benign conversation with him could set her life spinning so far off course.

Hayden Reese has a bad habit of breaking people's jaws. Granted, he only breaks jaws that deserved some breaking, but he's starting a whole new feud, with the husband of his lover—and this time, it may cost him his life. Hayden's life has never been easy. His father tormented him, his kid brother got all the approval, and he made a fatal mistake that he's never been able to forgive himself for making. But when Hayden's future is shattered by his bad choices, he has to redeem himself in the eyes of his long-estranged daughter Allegra.

Carly und ihre kleine Schwester Jen sind unterwegs - allein und zu Fuß. Etwas Furchtbares ist passiert. Etwas, das Carlys Glauben an die Menschheit zerstört hat und sie zwingt, die Verantwortung für sie beide zu übernehmen. Sie weiß, sie brauchen Hilfe. Aber sie hat Angst, dass sie und ihre Schwester getrennt werden. Sie haben nur einander. Carly will mit Jen zu der einzigen Person zurück, der sie vertrauen konnte - ihrem Stiefvater.

Parfois, dans le métro, quelqu’un s’arrête plus longtemps pendant qu’il joue. Antoine sent alors que cette personne vit quelque chose de nouveau. Le temps d’une pièce, cet auditeur devient unique, même si d’autres passent autour.

EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL “Startlingly inventive.”—The New York Times Book Review “A sheer delight to read . . . I had no idea what was going to happen from one page to the next.”—Kate Atkinson On the grubby outskirts of Paris, Grace restores bric-a-brac, mends teapots...

A gripping full-cast drama about a family in meltdown, starring Tyger Drew-Honey Luke and Nettie are 15-year-old twins in a normally dysfunctional family. But when something bad happens to Nettie, it becomes clear that no-one knew much about her. As the family wait by her hospital bedside, they...

Mental illness though can still carry a stigma. A case of ‘you’re not trying hard enough’, ‘or knuckling down and getting on with it’. But in more recent decades mental issues have come to be recognised as an illness, a disease rather than an affliction. We all remember horror stories of lobotomy’s and electric shock being used to ‘cure’ what society viewed as anti-social behaviour but illness, mental or physical is very real. Depression, schizophrenia, breakdown, psychosis are alarming events to have or to witness.