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A man hides among the broad leaves. He's almost feral. There are secrets in his cabin. Desire, too. Carter doesn't want to care about beautiful June. He doesn't want to care about the mysterious and sensual man who's almost part of the wilderness. Scorching chemistry draws all three of them deeper.

What’s in a label? Are we the product of our upbringing or do we have a natural propensity towards good or evil? The eternal question of nature vs nurture is at the centre of Dr Diane Buckley’s world. A talented freelance forensic psychologist who has never quite found the key to engaging with people on a casual level, she is drafted in to examine a grisly murder – a body found in a children’s playground.

When a woman mysteriously vanishes, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, injured police officer, Sloan Cooper, determines to keep herself busy looking for any similar cases. She finds them, spread across three states. Men and women, old and young―the missing seem to have nothing in common. But the abductions keep on coming. It will take every ounce of Sloan's endurance to get to the dark heart of this bizarre case―and she's willing to risk her life again if that's what it takes...

Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four had asked after Alice's welfare. Later, when everything got worse, each would insist it had been them. Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side.

In this gripping first installment of a trilogy by Conrad and Ford, an anonymous narrator teeters on the edge of exposure amidst a devastating breach of fiduciary trust and a looming financial scandal. As he pours his heart out in a series of poignant letters to his beloved, he grapples with despair and contemplates the unthinkable—suicide.

The stunningly written, atmospheric new debut crime thriller you won’t want to miss! Winner of the 2024 CrimeFest Debut Crime Novel of the Year! A detective ready for a new life Jake Jackson, high-flying ex-city detective, inherits a rural retreat from his reclusive uncle. It’s the perfect...

Brought to you by Penguin. What would killing him accomplish? Nothing, mostly. Then again, neither would letting him live. When Hester is diagnosed with cancer on her fortieth birthday, she knows immediately what she must do: abandon her possessions and drive to California to kill her estranged...

Join host Juniper Snout as she investigates viral exotic pets on social media, from TikTok servals to slow loris sensations. Explore the creators who built empires around wild animals and the real-world consequences when wildlife becomes clickable content. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Host Juniper Snout investigates how viral animal videos fuel a global exotic pet crisis. Each episode examines how internet fame transforms wild animals into must-have commodities, with devastating consequences for animal welfare and conservation. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

In How to Plant a Billion Trees, Walker tries to understand why her whole life didn’t fall apart, as was predicted. As she pieces together her story, she finds that it was thanks in no small part to her mother, her sisters, her friends who did not let the sexual abuse to define her. In this candid portrayal of a young girl, Nicole Walker writes about how, thanks to her family, her friends, and the mountains of the Wasatch, Cascades, and San Francisco Peaks, she reknit herself into the fabric of a supportive culture.

Host Juniper Snout investigates exotic pet viral content, exploring how adorable animal videos reshape global wildlife markets and hide uncomfortable truths behind every like and share. Each episode reveals real-world consequences of the internet's obsession with cute wild animals. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Host Juniper Snout exposes the exotic pet industry—a $3 billion global marketplace driven by social media hype, lax regulations, and fraudulent supply chains. Discover how wild animals become consumer commodities and fuel our obsession with owning the untamable. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai

Herrmann "Zeke" Walter's life is falling apart. His father has just died and he has lost his job hosting a hunting show called Zeke Hunts the Big Boys. When he finds a package of letters from his grandfather among his father's belongings, he embarks on a journey to discover his ancestry. What initially starts as a simple mid-life rediscovery, quickly turns into a Pandora's box of murder and secret societies. 

A personal journal podcast with a true crime twist. Exploring how we all have those intrusive thoughts, moments of regret and socially imposed shame (whether justified or not).

For all fans of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY comes this masterclass in suspense about a spy caught up in his own web of deception… Alec Milius is young, smart and ambitious – with a talent for deception. When a chance encounter opens the door to a career with MI6, he is desperate to make his...

Honey Santana has a Plan. She's working on a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference and dinner-time telemarketers. She's also taking part-time telephonist Boyd Shreve and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress to Dismal Key for a gentle lesson in civility. What Honey doesn't know is that lurking in the island's undergrowth is Sammy Tigertail, half-blood Seminole Indian and wholly failed alligator wrestler, with death on his mind; and Honey's deranged co-worker, Louis Piejack, intent on revenge.

Relax. Recharge. Run for your life. High in the secluded Swiss Alps, The Sorgente wellness retreat promises luxury, rejuvenation, and exclusivity: a paradise for celebrities seeking anonymity. Chloe – a stressed-out publicity crisis manager whose job just about qualifies her for this kind of...

Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. His boundless sense of adventure and vivid imagination mean he has a tendency to concoct stories so extraordinary and so far-fetched that no one can possibly believe him. But when Laurent disappears, former Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true. So begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth.

Danger lurks in the shadows and desire shimmers in the sultry heat as leopard shifter Drake Donovan is sent to a Louisiana bayou to investigate a murder. He's ready for anything except the insatiable hunger that rocks him when he meets Saria Boudreaux, a woman with a compelling motive-and...

"Emily Pike Stewart’s narration brings the entire story to life. I sometimes had to remind myself that this wasn’t a great true crime or wilderness podcast, but a novel." —The Berkshire Eagle In this captivating novel of suspense from the USA Today bestselling author of These Silent Woods...