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‘Dark, gruesome, twisty, and claustrophobic — Sam Holland delivers a thriller that tightens its grip with every page’ John Marrs, author of The One ‘Breathtakingly original…Ingenious, innovative, irresistible’ MJ Arlidge, author of the DI Helen Grace series...

Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee in disguise from their castle, and the whirlwind escape landed her in Hollywood. She became Hedy Lamarr, screen star.

An evergreen classic about friendship and growing up, by a master storyteller. This book catches up with our favourite Rusty as he plunges not just into the cold pools of Dehra but into an exciting new life, dipping his toes into adulthood. Winding his way back to the city with Kishen, Rusty...

***A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK 2026*** THE STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL FROM A NEW STAR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE 'So, so, so good! You don't know what's real and you don't know who to trust. I couldn't put it down . . . you're going to lose your mind over it' REESE WITHERSPOON 'A gripping courtroom drama...

Als eine junge Frau tot in einem Hotelzimmer gefunden wird, erschüttert die Nachricht die ganze Stadt. Doch für Hanna wird sie zum persönlichen Albtraum - denn in der Tasche ihres Mannes Max entdeckt sie die Schlüsselkarte zu genau diesem Zimmer. Seit Wochen wirkt Max fahrig, kommt spät nach Hause. Hanna fürchtet, dass er sie betrügt - aber könnte er auch in einen Mord verwickelt sein?

Meet Gilda. She cannot stop thinking about death. Desperate for relief from her anxious mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local church and finds herself abruptly hired to replace the deceased receptionist Grace. It's not the most obvious job - she's queer and an atheist for starters - and so in between trying to learn mass, hiding her new maybe-girlfriend and conducting an amateur investigation into Grace's death, Gilda must avoid revealing the truth of her mortifying existence.

'Nordin wields a parent's worst fear like a scalpel while delivering twist after twist.' Steve Frech 'A truly gripping and at times heart-wrenching thriller of a woman searching for her lost son that brilliantly weaves tv psychics and second sight into the utterly brutal, claustrophobic, and...

A 2025 Edgar-Award Nominee! The Most Anticipated 2024 Book Releases by Nerd Daily Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Novels of 2024 by Novel Suspects "[An] entertaining thriller [that] maintain[s] tension and intrigue through to the satisfying end. The author’s fans will devour this.”...

Step inside St. Ann’s Hospital—where secrets hide behind every door and death waits in the shadows. In this gripping 1929 mystery by acclaimed author Mignon G. Eberhart, nurse Sarah Keate is no stranger to troubled patients—but Room 18 is different. After a tense dinner party on a stormy night, the hospital is plunged into darkness. A patient is found dead. A vital radium treatment is missing. And whispers of murder swirl through the ward.

Immature et un peu impulsive, Gabrielle ne rêve que d'un futur avec un époux amoureux et une ribambelle d'enfants. Mais Juliette, sa soeur cadette, est même plus impulsive qu'elle et finit par l'entraîner dans le sillage des tragédies causées par ses décisions irréfléchies. Cela a toujours été ainsi pour ces deux soeurs.

Ro Krishna has it all–rakish charm, an Oxford education, perfect hair. He's the kind of guy who's equally at home in London's poshest clubs and on the squash court, with enviable wit and style to match. When he is dramatically forced to leave a high-profile job that he loves, he decides it's time to check in for some much-needed R&R at Samsara, a world-class spa for the global cosmopolitan elite nestled in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.

A young man takes three journeys, through Greece, India and Africa. He travels lightly, simply. To those who travel with him and those whom he meets on the way - including a handsome, enigmatic stranger, a group of careless backpackers and a woman on the edge - he is the Follower, the Lover and the Guardian. Yet, despite the man's best intentions, each journey ends in disaster. Together, these three journeys will change his whole life.

In this haunting psychological horror, Willow’s life has become a fever dream, her days lost in a twisted loop where time no longer flows as it should. Is she held captive by her husband Liam’s iron rules—or by the insidious darkness of her own mind? Her only connection to the world beyond her walls is a young girl named Sarah, whose unexpected visits to Willow’s garden spark a glimmer of hope. But as cracks form in her carefully controlled existence, horrifying truths seep through, twisting the familiar into something sinister.

The Odd Thingabout Walter Schoen, German born but now running a butcher shop in Detroit, he's a dead ringer for Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and the Gestapo. Honey Deal, Walter's American wife, doesn't know that Walter is a member of a spy ring and gives shelter to escaped German POWs. But...

When Harry Armitage passes an investigation to Cleo involving adultery, they both think it will end in divorce. But when the client’s wife is found stabbed in her drawing room, it becomes clear that marital problems are only part of the story. As they peel back the lies and expose the sordid details of a marriage in tatters, they see firsthand how gossip and politics fuel the machinations of high society.

Lydia’s job at the library is her world—she never expected to be a suspect to a murder. And now she must rely on the one man she’s not sure she can trust. Just months after the closure of the Chicago World’s Fair, librarian Lydia Bancroft finds herself fascinated by a mysterious...

My name is Dr. Maria Martinez and I am - was - a consultant plastic surgeon. I am 33 years old. Place of birth: Salamanca, Spain. And I was convicted of the murder of a Catholic priest.

Maria is in prison. She says she’s innocent and is fighting to clear her name. Because deep down she knows the truth better than anyone. Doesn’t she?

In the Memorial Room is a brilliant black comedy by the celebrated author of An Angel at My Table. Harry Gill, a moderately successful writer of historical fiction, has been awarded the annual Watercress-Armstrong Fellowship - a 'living memorial' to the poet Margaret Rose Hurndell. He arrives in the small French village of Menton, where Hurndell once lived and worked, to write. But the Memorial Room is not suitable - it has no electricity or water. Hurndell never wrote here, though it is expected of Harry.

HE'S GOING BACK TO THE PLACE HE NEVER PLANNED TO SEE AGAIN: HIS HOMETOWN Chef and Restaurateur Jake Ruiz left Newport, Washington, and never looked back. After his parents had practically disowned him for being gay, the town was nothing but bad memories for Jake. But, years later, a family...

A PERFECT DAY. A TWISTED CRIME. THE AWARD-WINNING JAKE JACKSON SERIES RETURNS… 'This series is irresistible' LEE CHILD 'Atmospheric and chilling' ELLY GRIFFITHS 'Totally immersive' ANN CLEEVES 'My favourite new crime series' LUCY FOLEY 'Highly recommend' KARIN SLAUGHTER A beautiful summer day...