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How can a girl who was raised in a trailer park be working at a top D.C. law firm? Cadence Elliott beat graduates from the country's best law schools to the job. No Ivy-League pedigree. No powerful Washington connections. She got there on merit. Cadence found her exceptional drive as a teen when she learned she could never trust her mother again, when she realized the adults who claimed to be looking out for her were liars. She wanted to make damn sure she'd never have to rely on anyone else, ever again. Becoming a lawyer meant she could be someone who stood up for the powerless.

Brought to you by Penguin. The long-awaited follow-up to the global bestselling The Last Thing He Told Me, soon to be a major series on Apple TV+ (coming 2026). Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Mesmerising and unsettling . . . The best debut thriller for years' Sunday Times Now a major film starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong Over 7 million copies sold worldwide ____________ Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to...

Ten days. Eight suspects. Six cities. Five authors. Three bodies. One trip to die for. Eleanor Dash, bestselling author of the Vacation Mysteries series, is on a book tour along the gorgeous Amalfi Coast when life starts imitating art as her ex-boyfriend Connor Smith is targeted by a killer...

Violetta detta Vetta, giornalista di viaggi in una redazione romana, si è fatta spedire dal suo capo nell'isola della sua infanzia, Carloforte, dopo aver trovato nella giacca del fidanzato una scatoletta: una scatoletta da anello di fidanzamento. Terrorizzata dalla prospettiva del matrimonio, oltre che dal tradimento di Federico con cui si erano sempre detti che mai e poi mai si sarebbero convinti a quel "mercimonio orrendo", Vetta approda sull'isola pronta a scrivere un reportage leggero sulla tonnara e a godersi qualche giorno da sola.

Welcome to the North Pole, the town where Christmas is everyone’s job. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne, and soon to be newlywed. She and fiancé Sinclair (and their cats, Spider and Sugar) have moved back to the North Pole, they’re firmly entrenched in planning their wedding. Sinclair suggests calling a friend to help, the ever-resourceful Birdie Caruthers. Not long after she arrives, however, the trio discovers the most terrible thing in the wedding carriage.

Accused of murder and trying to keep her ice-cream business afloat, Tallulah Jones is forced to unearth her small town's darkest secrets in order to clear her name.

When Garnet McGee returns to her small Vermont hometown for the holidays, she vows to solve the mystery of the murder which shattered her life 10 years ago. But then the unexpected happens - she dies in an accident and gets brought back to life by paramedics. Now she's hearing words, seeing visions, and experiencing strange sensations. Are these merely symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and an overactive imagination, or is she getting messages from a paranormal presence?

Il ritrovamento del corpo senza vita di Rachel Esh, una quindicenne appartenente alla comunità amish di Roaring Springs, sconvolge l'apparente normalità di una contea sperduta tra i boschi dell'Ohio. Kate Burkholder, stimato capo della polizia di Painters Mill e profonda conoscitrice di quella gente, viene contattata dallo sceriffo della contea, incapace di valicare il muro di segreti e menzogne dietro il quale la comunità si è trincerata.

After a tragic loss, Jessica Chamberlain changes jobs, moves, and adopts a rowdy German shepherd. The two begin training with a Virginia search-and-rescue group. The group's training director, Nathan Tanner, is a former military working dog handler with scars of his own and he quickly picks up...

You witnessed a murder. But no one believes you. When Ria moves with her husband to Silverleaf Heights, a lavish gated community, she tries to settle in and recover from the accident that nearly took her life. On the surface, everything is perfect; the neighbours welcome her with open arms, even...

La vida cambia inesperadamente para Berta Mir con dieciocho años recién cumplidos. Su padre, detective de profesión, sufre un accidente que resulta ser un intento de asesinato. Luchando contra el tiempo, Berta deberá resolver, con su ingenio y su valor, los tres casos en los que trabajaba su padre antes de que el asesino vuelva a intentarlo. Tras ellos se esconde el culpable: ¿una mujer que engaña a su marido?, ¿un chico al que su padre hace seguir para evitar que tome drogas?

När antikhandlare Kalle Jäger hittar den pensionerade kantorn Einar Frisk död över ett piano i sin butik skakas den sommaridylliska småorten Mariannelund i grunden. Vännerna i tornhuset, med Ragnhild Stork i spetsen, är förstås inte sena med att ta på sig sina imaginära detektivhattar och undersöka fallet. Men snart nog visar det sig att det inte bara är ett fall de utreder, utan två. För vad hände med den unga körsångerskan som försvann den där kvällen i juni trettio år tidigare?

När Juno Browne återvänder till Ashburton i Dartmoor efter en kort semester är hon lättad över att inget dramatiskt hänt under hennes frånvaro. Men det dröjer inte länge förrän en lokal journalist, Sandy Thomas, blir mördad och hamnar på löpsedlarna. När Juno upptäcker att en av hennes vänner fångat mordet på kamera dras hon in i en ny mordgåta. Vad var det egentligen Sandy utredde natten då hon blev dödad?

Non è facile farsi strada nel mondo del giornalismo se sei nata in una provincia sonnacchiosa in cui sembra non accada mai nulla. Perciò, quando durante il restauro di un’antica villa sul lago vengono ritrovate delle ossa umane, Benedetta Allegri, reporter di un piccolo giornale online, spera possa essere l’occasione giusta per rilanciare la sua carriera e dare finalmente una svolta alla sua vita. Le cose però non sono mai così semplici e, mentre Benedetta segue il caso che sembra farsi via via sempre più intricato, la sua vita prende pieghe inaspettate e rischia di finire a rotoli.

Ex-spy Kendal was one of the best, but now she’s wearing the toughest disguise of her career: Mom. “An incisive feminist thriller and heaps of fun.”—Margot Douaihy Kendal Carter is out in the cold and she wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s been four years since her daughter Rosie...

Tiden er altafgørende. Finder de hende, før det er for sent? Da den lokale teenager Naomi pludselig forsvinder, er Kriminalkommissær Helen Grace hendes eneste håb. Men politiet er under massivt pres på grund af en igangværende bandekrig, og Helen bliver nødt til at trodse direkte ordrer i sin søgen efter pigen. Helens private efterforskning afdækker et foruroligende spor af flere forsvundne hjemløse piger. Hun er deres eneste håb om redning. Og snart er det ikke kun tiden, der er imod hende i kampen for at finde Naomi i live.

'A modern twist on a detective story, which totally captures this strange digital age we live in' OENONE FORBAT, author of Bad Influence An influencer, a dead body and a live stream . . . Mona Hendricks may have just met her match. Detective Sergeant Mona Hendricks has a lot on her plate...

Björn Nilsson ligger brutalt misshandlad i Kongos djungel 1961. Sextio år senare mördas gamla FN-veteraner en efter en i Sverige. Kriminalinspektör Esther Ndembe och ex-elitsoldaten Klas Berg jagar en sanning som sträcker sig från Kongos djungler till Kremls korridorer. Men när de äntligen närmar sig svaret upptäcker de att någon är beredd att döda för att hemligheten ska förbli begravd. Vem kan de lita på när fienden kan vara vem som helst?

USA TODAY Bestseller | ECPA Bestseller | Over 450,000 copies of the If I Run Series sold! From New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock comes the third and final gripping novel in her If I Run series featuring a strong female protagonist wrongly framed for murder and the troubled...