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Son rôle est simple: prétendre être sa petite amie… Alicia a quitté son fils en bas âge et sa sœur pour tenter une nouvelle vie à Londres. Mais si elle cherche les opportunités, elle fuit surtout la vérité. Au Météore, un immeuble luxueux surplombant la ville et fréquenté par l’élite, Alicia travaille en tant que serveuse et observe tout ce qui se passe autour d’elle. Lorsque le charismatique propriétaire du Météore lui propose un marché, se faire passer pour sa petite amie en échange d’un salaire et d’un toit, Alicia accepte. Après tout, ce n’est qu’un jeu… Du moins, au début.

Alicia hat ihren Sohn und ihre Schwester zurückgelassen, um in London nach einem besseren Leben zu suchen. Im Orbit, einem luxuriösen Wolkenkratzer, arbeitet sie als Kellnerin. Als der charismatische Eigentümer ihr ein Angebot macht – sie spielt seine Freundin und erhält dafür ein großzügiges Gehalt und eine Wohnung –, nimmt sie an. Immerhin ist es nur ein Spiel, bis es das plötzlich nicht mehr ist. Hinter der makellosen Fassade liegt etwas anderes, und manche Abmachungen kann man nicht brechen. Ihre Vergangenheit holt sie ein, und Alicia wird bewusst: Sie ist nicht die Einzige.

The days of allowing my inner depravity to run wild are over. I've been sent to prison for good, something of a celebrity in this dark, dank hell-hole they call Alabaster Penitentiary. The only thing I have left to offer the world is my story, and unfortunately for me, the Warden has the rest of my life to get it out of me. Being poked and prodded, examined and tested on isn't something I enjoy very much. Until they send him...

It’s the middle of the night in Tehran when Michael arrives at the apartment of his ex-girlfriend, Shima. He finds her anxiously awaiting a mysterious visitor and fears he’s interrupted a tryst, only to gradually learn that the truth is much stranger and more sinister. What follows is a series of cunning detours in this atmospheric and elusive odyssey that challenges expectations and assumptions at every turn.

In this bittersweet novel of determination, love, and familial bonds, Lisa Friedman takes listeners into the insidious world of prescription drug abuse, showing the havoc opioids can wreak in our lives, and revealing the grace and care given to us at our lowest moments.

Sul giovane Tarare se ne dicono tante. Pare che abbia divorato ogni sorta di creatura: oggetti, animali, perfino una bambina. Ma lasciamo a lui l’onere...

Inghilterra, 1643. Il Parlamento combatte contro il re, la guerra civile infuria, il fervore puritano attanaglia il Paese e il terrore della dannazione brucia dietro ogni ombra. A Manningtree, una cittadina della contea dell’Essex privata dei suoi uomini fin dall’inizio della guerra, le donne sono abbandonate a se stesse; soprattutto alcune di loro, che vivono ai margini della comunità: le anziane, le povere, le non sposate, quelle dalla lingua affilata.

"ഒരു വക്കീൽ എന്ന നിലയിൽ ഔദ്യോഗികമായി തന്റെ നിലയുറപ്പിയ്ക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കുന്നതിനിടെത്തന്നെ, തന്റെ...

When 10-year-old cousins Maddy and Brianna are arrested for a terrible crime, Maddy’s mother, Juliet, cannot believe it. How could her bright, joyful daughter be capable of such a thing? As the small village community recoils in horror, the pressure of the tragedy blows Juliet and her sister’s lives apart. And things get even worse when their daughters retreat into a self-imposed silence. Can anyone reach Maddy and discover the truth before her fate is sealed? Juliet is crushed. Nothing will ever be the same for her darling girl.

My husband was not a monster. No matter what they say.... The day my husband, Michael, stepped in front of a lorry after being questioned by the police, my world fell apart. He was devoted to me and our six-year-old daughter. But they’d connected him to the disappearance of a young mother from our tiny village.

Seven guests. Three courses. One evening they'll never forget… Seven strangers meet at Serendipity's for an anonymously hosted dinner party. As the evening reaches its close, small black envelopes are placed in front of the diners… revealing the age at which each will die. Spooked, but not...

You think you know the truth about the people you love. But one discovery can change everything.... Eight-year-old Billy goes missing one day, out flying his kite with his sister, Rose. Two days later he is found dead. Sixteen years on, Rose still blames herself for Billy's death. How could she have failed to protect her little brother? Rose has never fully recovered from the trauma, and one of the few people she trusts is her neighbour Ronnie, who she has known all her life.

Three days after identifying her sister’s body at the morgue, Lina receives a terrifying voice message from Maya’s phone. “Lina… I can’t breathe down here.” As the late-night recordings become more desperate and disturbing, Lina begins to suspect a horrifying truth: her sister may...

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto en una explosión organizada por los competidores de Runciter. De hecho, sus empleados asisten a un funeral. Pero durante el duelo comienzan a recibir mensajes desconcertantes, e incluso morbosos, de su jefe.Y el mundo a su alrededor comienza a desmoronarse de un modo que sugiere que a ellos tampoco les queda mucho tiempo.

Opening my eyes, I see a nurse standing over my bed. She wipes away my tears as she tells me I was in a car crash and it was my fault. Confused, I only remember snapshots of my life, but I’m not convinced the crash was an accident. My marriage had been perfect, until my husband, John, met Rebecca. He said they were just friends and that I was imagining things when I saw them cosied up like they were on a date.

I know my daughter better than I know myself, and if there’s one thing I know for sure at this moment it's that Maisie is not okay. My ex-husband, Shaun, and I are still friends. We would do anything for our beautiful little girl, Maisie. But now Shaun has moved in with Joanne, and suddenly Maisie has a brand-new family. And there’s something not quite right about it.... I know Joanne isn’t everything she says she is. Yet no-one will listen. I need to discover what she’s hiding. Because if I don’t, my daughter will be in terrible danger.

Professor Daniel Mercer’s mind is slipping. What begins as small lapses soon unravels into something far more frightening—fractured memories, disorienting episodes, and the growing fear that he is losing himself piece by piece. But Daniel is not facing the darkness alone.

Pre-empting novels such as the Booker Prize-winning "Time’s Arrow" by as much as 20 years, Counter-Clock World is a story of racial tensions told against the background of the year 1998, in which time flows in reverse as people are born old only to grow younger and younger.

Retrouvée dans la remorque d'un camion en Allemagne à la frontière polonaise, Martha est incapable de se souvenir de son identité. Personne ne sait comment elle est arrivée là. Son amnésie est totale. Et quand on lui présente son mari et son fils, quand tout prouve qu'ils sont sa famille, elle rentre près du lac d'Annecy et découvre sa vie passée.Mais au fil du temps, quelque chose cloche. Elle ne se reconnaît pas dans cette vie qu'elle doit apprendre.

He's the fixer for the world's most elite athletes. But his own mind is his biggest threat. Dr. Andrew Beck is the golden boy of sports psychology. He's a celebrity shrink, the go-to whisperer for millionaire athletes battling trauma, addiction, and the crushing weight of expectation. From violent hockey stars to reckless power forwards, Andrew coaxes them back from the brink and into championship form.