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The Driver: Ahead he could see only the stretch of unending road, on either side brown-scorched plains of dirt and scrub, above it all a soaring blue sky and blinding sun. The Hitchhiker: Have you ever done something bad? The question was like a clawed hand seizing his guts. The Fugitive: She’d made a mistake. Wasn’t the first time and wouldn’t be the last. Ever since she’d left, all she’d found was more trouble.

A USA TODAY Bestseller Bestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will surprise readers at every turn. Leo Balanoff is a crusading attorney with unthinkable skeletons in his closet. He's also a diagnosed pathological liar. When a predatory...

Caitlyn believes her world is falling apart when her best friend cuts her off—until she gets a message from the only person who can put it back together. Family vlogger Bella Greene—the celebrity influencer she and her ex-best friend were obsessed with—offers Caitlyn a job as nanny to her twins. Like millions of others, Caitlyn knows that Bella’s life is in pieces, too. Canceled over perceived indifference to a tragic suicide by one of her fans, Bella fled with her family to a remote island off the coast of Washington.

A woman and a child arrive at a cottage in the Peak District in the dead of night. Alone. Desperate. Hunted. She knows they’re coming for her. It’s only a matter of time. Because her husband kept a secret from her. Until he was ready to destroy her. Now, it’s her turn. The Lost Wife is the jaw-dropping domestic suspense thriller from bestseller Georgina Lees, a scintillating story of a husband’s secret and a wife’s vengeance that will seep into your soul like a love song you’d rather forget.

Lizzie has been in love with her colleague Dean for three years but he’s never given her a second glance. When a job offer in London promises to launch her art career, she finally feels ready to upend her life in pursuit of her dream…until the night of the office Christmas party when Dean confesses his love for someone else—Rebecca, one of Lizzie’s closest friends. A few days later, the police show up on her doorstep. Rebecca is missing.

Ten years ago, Katy, a promising young journalist, left her desk and was never seen again. Someone knows what happened to her. The controlling boyfriend? The inappropriate professor? The clingy colleague? When Katy went missing, it wasn’t just her devastated mother, Grace, whose life was ruined. Now, a new documentary delving into the missing person case threatens to open old wounds. As Grace gets closer to the truth, she discovers just how far people are willing to go to keep the past hidden.

Beatrice “Bea” Ku is sure this is it. The moment she finally receives her hard-earned promotion at the Seattle law firm where the young Filipina American attorney has toiled for five years. She can’t wait to tell her parents—and Allegra, her annoyingly perfect childhood friend. So when her boss betrays her, again, promoting a male colleague instead, she’s so angry she could kill. Bea tries to suppress that anger, just like her anxiety. But she’s branded “too emotional,” dredging up old memories from high school and her unhealthy coping mechanisms.

Samira Wilder has never had it easy, and when her latest lousy job goes south, things only promise to get harder. Until she unexpectedly meets a man who will change her life forever. Renowned pro golfer Roland Graham is wealthy, handsome, and caring, and Samira is dazzled. Best of all, he seems to understand her better than anyone ever has.

I heard Emily before I saw her. The harsh smack of heels against cheap wooden floorboards. The loud phone calls. The incessant music. I knew Emily before I met her. Discarded receipts in our communal hallway. Sticky leftovers in the shared food waste bin. Wine shop vouchers in the letterbox. Now she’s gone missing, and I’m the only one who can find her. The only one who can save her. Because I know her best, and I heard everything.

När journalisten Hanna Axelsdotter flyttar in i ett hyreshus mitt i centrala Stockholm är grannens dörr avspärrad med polistejp. Hanna, som hyser en hemlig fascination för våldsamma brott, börjar genast intressera sig för fallet. Strax visar det sig att grannen, den unga Esther, har anmälts försvunnen av sin pojkvän. Han blir dock snabbt misstänkt för att ha med hennes försvinnande att göra och anhålls. I samma hus bor även Adrian, en ensam ung prepper som ägnar sig åt onlinespel och att förbereda sig på jordens undergång.

New York City, zwei Uhr nachts. Jack Reacher sitzt in der U-Bahn. Neben ihm befinden sich noch fünf weitere Personen im Abteil. Eine Frau erregt Reachers Aufmerksamkeit. Minutenlang beobachtet er sie genau - und ist sich sicher, eine Selbstmordattentäterin vor sich zu haben. Doch dann geschieht etwas Unerwartetes, und Reacher selbst gerät ins Kreuzfeuer.

Zwei gottverlassene Dörfer in Colorado. Hope und Despair. Hoffnung und Verzweiflung. Dazwischen nichts weiter als meilenweit Niemandsland. Jack Reacher, per Anhalter unterwegs, strandet ausgerechnet in Despair. Er will nur einen Kaffee trinken und dann weiterziehen, doch vier düstere Gesellen wollen ihn wegen Landstreicherei von der Gemarkung verweisen. Reacher geht die Freiheit zwar über alles, aber einen Platzverweis lässt er sich nicht bieten.

I ended my marriage for a man who didn’t exist.... I have everything money can buy. I’m a good wife, but sometimes I feel trapped. And when I start an affair with a stranger called Ewan, my life changes in ways I can’t begin to understand. Because Ewan breaks apart my marriage piece by piece and then he just disappears. He uses a fake name and leaves no trace behind—it’s like he doesn’t even exist. Someone did this to me and now they’re waiting for me to unravel, watching my every move. I can’t trust anyone, not even myself—not even the people I love.

Ein Anruf mitten in der Nacht: Eine alte Freundin bittet Sam Dryden um Hilfe. Es gilt einen Mord an vier jungen Mädchen zu verhindern. Doch woher wusste Claire von dem drohenden Verbrechen? Sam erfährt: Claire hat für ein Hightech-Unternehmen gearbeitet, das kurz zuvor von einer heftigen Explosion verwüstet wurde. Die Firma forschte an einem hochgeheimen Apparat, der sich nun in Claires Händen befindet: Ein Radio, das Sendungen aus der Zukunft empfangen kann.

Dem Veteranen Sam Dryden läuft beim Joggen ein Mädchen über den Weg. Rachel ist auf der Flucht. Doch warum jagen bewaffnete Soldaten eine Zwölfjährige? Schnell wird Sam klar: Rachel ist kein normales Kind. Sie kann Gedanken lesen. Seit ihrer Geburt wurde sie gefangen gehalten, das weiß sie noch; alle anderen Erinnerungen sind ausgelöscht. Sam beschließt, ihr zu helfen. Die Zahl der Verfolger steigt. Allmählich kehrt Rachels Gedächtnis zurück. Und Sam muss sich irgendwann eingestehen, dass das scheinbar so hilflose Mädchen über viel gefährlichere Gaben verfügt als die des Gedankenlesens.

Winter in South Dakota. Der Bus, in dem Jack Reacher unterwegs ist, gerät auf einer Brücke ins Schleudern und landet im Straßengraben. In der Kleinstadt Bolton schlüpft Reacher bei einem Cop unter - und erfährt, dass die Polizei eine Seniorin zu schützen versucht, die Zeugin eines Drogendeals wurde. Reachers Alarmglocken schrillen, als kurz vor der Gerichtsverhandlung eine Gefängnisrevolte ausbricht und ein stillgelegtes Army-Flugfeld vor den Toren der Stadt von Schnee und Eis befreit wird.

Riotous and riveting, this is the story of a charming college professor who most definitely did not—but maybe did—kill his ex-wife. Or someone else. Or no one. Irby plays with the thriller trope in unimaginably clever ways. Edwin Stith, a failed novelist and college writing instructor in...

In the dark days since the sudden death of her surgeon husband, Julia’s main worry has always been Tash. Her student daughter was broken - she worshiped her father. But six months on, Julia thinks the light is returning. She is about to find out that she’s wrong. When she saves the life of a boy who’s been hanging around her beach cottage, the questions start. All she has to go on is the butterfly tattoo on his wrist, but who is he? What was he doing there? And why was her late husband’s watch in his bag? Julia wants to believe it’s a casual theft.

En psykologisk thriller om skuld, skam och makt Journalisten Hanna Axelsdotter brinner för kvinnofrågor och kan inte glömma fallet Nora, den unga kvinnan som snart ska friges från ett mångårigt fängelsestraff. Hon minns hennes känslokalla framtoning vid rättegången som Hanna rapporterade om, det vackra ansiktet utan spår av ånger. I ett försök att förstå de bakomliggande mekanismer som leder till en våldsam handling bestämmer sig Hanna för att intervjua Nora i fängelset.

Costretta a letto in seguito al difficile parto del suo primo figlio, Didi accoglie con gioia l'assistenza di Hennequin, la balia che aiuta la famiglia nei dieci giorni successivi alla nascita. La convalescenza lunga e dolorosa rende Didi sempre più dipendente dalle attenzioni di Hennequin. Ma le intenzioni di quest'ultima non sono quelle che sembrano: la donna in realtà non è una balia e sta sfruttando la sua vulnerabilità per vendicarsi di qualcosa avvenuto nel suo passato.