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A group of old friends gather in a peaceful suburban street for a dinner party. They are expecting a fun evening of wine, food and pleasant company. But then they start to play the game… It’s about trust and dark secrets – it tests marriage to its limits – and none of them can begin to imagine its consequences. Because the next day, two guests are dead and the others are trapped in a nightmare.

For her husband’s 40th birthday, Lily Leonard books a table at the exclusive restaurant of Hector Bolson-Woods renowned celebrity chef. It should be the perfect evening for Lily and Stig, but not even a perfect menu can heal the cracks in the marriage. So when Hector invites them to dine with him privately, Lily is thrilled. Surely this will please Stig? Hector is charming and attentive – everything Stig is not – and she finds herself drawn more and more drawn to the enigmatic Hector.

Alte Freunde. Neue Lügen. Mörderische Wahrheit. Für ein Wiedersehen laden Jonathan und seine Verlobte Lotta die alte Freundesgruppe in ein abgelegenes Restaurant in der Eifel ein. Nur ein Platz bleibt leer: Vor fünf Jahren ist ihre Freundin Maria spurlos in der Nacht verschwunden. Um der alten Zeiten willen beginnen die Freunde ein Krimi-Dinner. Doch das Spiel verschmilzt rasch mit der Realität. Verstörende Erinnerungen kommen hoch und werfen Fragen auf: Wer lügt für seine Rolle, wer für sich selbst? Während draußen ein Sturm aufzieht, eskaliert das Spiel. Ist Maria noch am Leben?

Until the helicopter crash, Jill Smith never knew fear. A homicide detective in the leftist enclave of Berkeley, California, she has faced down her share of thugs, thieves, and killers, but since surviving the downed helicopter, her nerves have been shot. Unwilling to submit to her anxiety, she goes back to work. The chef and owner of Paradise, an upscale restaurant in Berkeley’s so-called “Gourmet Ghetto,” is found on the floor of his own kitchen, poisoned by the soup he was seasoning.