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Forest 404: 9-part thriller, 9-part talk, 9-part soundscape and exclusive bonus documentary Can you feel loss for something you've never known? Meet Pan. She lives a few centuries from now, in a future beyond a data crash that wiped out most records of life from before the 23rd century: The...

Don’t trust outsiders. Don’t trust law enforcement. Those are the two rules that people abide by in the hills. But when murder hits close to home, some speculate a serial killer is loose in their community. One they aren’t equipped to take down. Elven Hallie might have stumbled in the past, but now he’s a new man. So when a few hillfolk break their own rules and ask for his help, he is more than ready to take on the case. But this killer is not like anyone Elven’s ever hunted before. And if he wants to survive, he’ll need to break a few of his own rules.

'Haunting, heartbreaking, quietly terrifying. Unforgettable' CHRIS WHITAKER Three of them adrift on the narrowboat. Mother, son, and wickedness. Peggy Jenkins and her teenage son, Samson, live on a remote stretch of canal in the Midlands. She is a writer and he is a schoolboy. Together, they...

Psychologist Maureen “Mo” Yamaguchi just wanted a quiet day of fly fishing. Instead, she got a bullet—and a blood-soaked chase through the trees. With nothing but instinct to guide her, Mo is forced to survive the night in a forest that seems determined to finish her off. Miles away, Kate Callahan receives a garbled, desperate call from Mo. With law enforcement dragging their boots and the sun sinking fast, Kate follows her gut and brings along her grandson Gus, a teen with demons of his own and a deep bond to the woods.

Aus Sorge um seine Mutter reist Georg Dengler in den Schwarzwald. Über den Hof, auf dem er seiner Kindheit verbracht hat, schleichen nachts Gestalten. Oben am Feldberg besitzt die Familie Dengler ein Grundstück – die ideale Lage für ein Windrad. Wäre da nicht der örtliche Widerstand. Georgs Jugendliebe, mittlerweile die Heilpraktikerin seiner Mutter, ist eine der Wortführerinnen. Nachdem die Denglers auf einer schmalen Straße abgedrängt werden, landet Margret im Krankenhaus – und ihr Sohn ist endgültig beunruhigt.

FOREST HILL — ELITARNE OSIEDLE CZY PRZEDSIONEK PIEKŁA? Kilka dni przed Bożym Narodzeniem znika Kaja, studentka anglistyki pracująca w jednej z rezydencji jako niania. Kilkanaście godzin później ciało dziewczyny zostaje znalezione pod skutą lodem taflą pobliskiego jeziora. Mieszkańcy zastygają w szoku i niedowierzaniu.

'Urgent. Come tomorrow. Can’t wait any longer.' Charli Trenthan plans to leave her hometown of Stone Lake. But when she receives a cryptic message from a member of the Sanctuary, a conservative closed community nestled in the forest, she is determined to find answers. A gruesome discovery soon lands Charli in hot water with the police, but how is the Sanctuary connected? As she digs deeper, dark secrets are uncovered and the fight to prove her innocence turns into a fight for her life.

A soldier returns from the front line of battle to report that Pekkala's charred body has been found at the site of an ambush. But Stalin refuses to believe that the indomitable Pekkala is dead. On Stalin's orders, Pekkala's assistant, Kirov, travels deep into the forests of Western Russia, following a trail of clues to a wilderness where partisans wage a brutal campaign against the Nazi invaders. Unknown to Kirov, he is being led into a trap.

This winter, fear comes gift-wrapped. *FROM THE KINDLE TOP 20 BESTSELLING AUTHOR* In the dead of winter, the Pennine Way is treacherous. As snowstorms hit, hikers have been told to stay away. But not everyone has heeded the warning: a lone walker finds a parcel in the snow, addressed to her. But...

La selva es un dios hambriento. Uno que permite vivir a salvo en sus dominios pero exige el más alto de los precios a cambio. Su voracidad no termina nunca y aquellos que viven bajo su control deben entregarle a sus hijos como parte de un cíclico tributo caníbal. En este cuento de terror caribeño, las madres son obligadas a criar a sus propios hijos como futuro alimento, en un sacrificio hecho de sangre y locura. Si se desea sobrevivir aquí, ninguna mujer puede decidir no ser madre.

Eigentlich sollen Henning Gerlach und seine Kollegin Lena Freyenberg nur im Vermisstenfall einer jungen Frau ermitteln. Als aber kurze Zeit später ihre übel zugerichtete Leiche am Rande eines unwegsamen Waldgebietes entdeckt wird, ist klar, dass es hier um Mord geht. Das mit Lippenstift verschmierte Gesicht und der offene Brustkorb der Toten geben Henning und Lena Rätsel auf. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass das Opfer eine Bekannte ihres Ermittler-Kollegen Boris war, der sich zur gleichen Zeit ganz in der Nähe des Fundorts mit Freunden auf einer mehrtägigen Wanderung befindet.

Girl in the Creek is a pulse-pounding story about the horrors growing all around us, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and T. Kingfisher. Buried secrets only spread. Erin's brother Bryan has been missing for five years. It was as if he simply walked into the forests of the Pacific Northwest...

‘Wow! A stunning, nerve-wracking read. So well plotted with so many twists and turns…it kept me guessing until the very last page!’ – Bestselling author Patricia Gibney I don't know what happened to my daughter. Only that she's missing – and I was the last person to see her… My name...

‘If you aren’t reading B P Walter yet, now’s the time’ A. J. Finn 'Accomplished, dark and stylish: I will read anything B P Walter writes’ Gillian McAllister ‘A fantastically dark and twisted thriller’ Nikki Smith 'B P Walter’s characterisation is terrifyingly good in this...

"[Narrator Henry] Leyva and [author Paul] Doiron are a great combination offering a fast-paced thrill ride." —AudioFile on Almost Midnight Game Warden Mike Bowditch must chase down a cunning and dangerous fugitive in the North Maine Woods in this nail-biter of a thriller from Edgar...

*First published as THE CLEARING in 2023* A chilling new serial killer thriller from the author of the Sanctus series ‘The ending is genuinely one of the most jaw-dropping ones I’ve read in a long time. Absolutely superb.’ M.W. Craven ‘Unnerved me to my core’ Sam Holland ‘Scared the...

A debut literary thriller from an incredible new voice. What do you do when the man who gave you everything turns out to be a killer? Perfect for fans of STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel. Since the Damn Stupid turned the clock back on civilization by centuries, the world has been a...

There's a lot from Tess' childhood that she would rather forget. The family who moved next door and brought chaos to their quiet lives. The two girls who were murdered, their killer never found. But the only thing she can't remember is the one thing she wishes she could. Ten years ago, Tess' older sister died. Ruled a tragic accident, the only witness was Tess herself, but she has never been able to remember what happened that night in the woods.  

A woman has been shot to death by a deer hunter on an island off the coast of Maine. To newly promoted Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch, the case seems open and shut. But as soon as he arrives on remote Maquoit Island he discovers mysteries piling up one on top of the other. The hunter now claims he didn’t fire the fatal shot and the ballistic evidence proves he’s telling the truth. Bowditch begins to suspect the secretive community might be covering up the identity of whoever killed Ariel Evans.

Accomplished storyteller Nevada Barr captivates fans with her tightly-woven plots, vibrant descriptions, and believable characters. In this thrilling mystery, her resourceful sleuth, middle-aged park ranger Anna Pigeon, travels to northern California where she joins the forces battling an out-of-control forest fire.