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Ellie knows she has found her dream home - number six Moss Lane. The place she and Tom can settle down, raise their new baby and start again. But why do their new neighbours think they’re so brave for moving in? Why are Ellie’s keys never where she left them? And why can she hear strange noises in the night that Tom can’t?

Is the perfect murder ever possible? Find out in this collection of stories where plenty of mysterious and strange crimes occur. Featuring some of the best writers of this genre, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Wilkie Collins to Edgar Allen Poe and Ruskin Bond, these stories will keep the listener hooked as they try to guess the motives, alibis and identity of the murderer. Baffling and exciting, this book is for those who enjoy pitting brains against some of the most accomplished writers of mystery stories.

Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst - murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive. Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth - Liam may have done the unthinkable.

Christopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with picture-perfect lives. All that’s missing is a child. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own.

Kenzi Brannon loves the single life in California. She hasn't looked back since the day she walked away from her painful past. Everything comes crashing down when Kenzi gets a call about her estranged sister's suicide. If that news isn't shocking enough, she also learns that she is now guardian to Ember, a niece she doesn't even know. Kenzi heads up north and finds herself in her family's long-abandoned house. Neighbors whisper rumors of hauntings, but Kenzi has a more serious concern-mounting evidence points to her sister's death not being self-inflicted.

Jessie, thriving again in downtown LA, is sure she’s moved on from her suburban nightmare. Ready to put her failed marriage behind her, she lands a job with the local police department, deferring her acceptance to the FBI’s Academy. She is assigned a straightforward murder in a wealthy neighborhood, a simple case to start her career. But little do her bosses know, there's more to the case than anyone suspected.

Penny Francone, age 16, is a murderer. Her guilt is beyond doubt: she was found alone in the victim’s apartment, covered in blood, holding the murder weapon. The victim’s identity and her secret relationship to Penny give Penny the perfect motive, sealing the deal. All the jury needs to decide now is where Penny will serve out her sentence. Will she be found not guilty by reason of insanity, as her lawyer intends to argue? Or will she get a life sentence in a maximum-security prison?

Niemand ist perfekt - und wer so tut, muss sterben! Die New Yorkerinnen reißen sich um eine Mitgliedschaft bei "The Herd", dem exklusiven Co-Working-Space für Frauen. Alle wollen sie so sein wie Eleanor Walsh, die schillernde Gründerin des Unternehmens. Damit ist Eleanor das perfekte Thema für das neue Buchprojekt von Autorin Katie Bradley. Zum Glück gehört Katies Schwester Hana zum engsten Kreis von Eleanor. Doch dann verschwindet Eleanor eines Abends während einer Party. Könnte jemand ihr etwas angetan haben?

Sie ist die perfekte Freundin. Sie würde alles für dich tun... Du kannst ihr nicht entkommen. Juliette Price weiß genau, was sie will und wen sie will. Um ihrem Freund Nate nahe zu sein, wird sie Flugbegleiterin bei der Airline, für die er als Pilot arbeitet. Sie sind füreinander bestimmt, da ist Juliette sich absolut sicher. Dass Nate vor ein paar Monaten mit ihr Schluss gemacht hat, bedeutet nichts. Denn Juliette hat einen Plan, wie sie ihn zurückgewinnen wird. Sie ist die perfekte Freundin, und sie wird ihm zeigen, wie sehr er sie in seinem tiefsten Inneren noch liebt.

Sie ist die perfekte Freundin. Sie würde alles für dich tun... Du kannst ihr nicht entkommen. Juliette Price weiß genau, was sie will und wen sie will. Um ihrem Freund Nate nahe zu sein, wird sie Flugbegleiterin bei der Airline, für die er als Pilot arbeitet. Sie sind füreinander bestimmt, da ist Juliette sich absolut sicher. Dass Nate vor ein paar Monaten mit ihr Schluss gemacht hat, bedeutet nichts. Denn Juliette hat einen Plan, wie sie ihn zurückgewinnen wird. Sie ist die perfekte Freundin, und sie wird ihm zeigen, wie sehr er sie in seinem tiefsten Inneren noch liebt - und wenn er sie dafür erst einmal fürchten lernen muss.

A woman’s search for her missing sister on the sandy white beaches of the Hamptons uncovers a wealth of secrets worth killing for—a sultry and sumptuous psychological suspense from USA Today bestselling author Stephanie DeCarolis. Alex Walker has always looked up to her perfect older sister...

A thought-provoking Colombian crime novel set in and around a beauty salon in Bogota ‘This delicate, merciless filleting of race and gender politics is highly recommended’ Guardian ‘A revelation. A rewarding read and an unexpected insight into a foreign society not often documented in...

‘An excellent thriller that had me hooked from the start’ Katerina Diamond ‘Breathlessly fast-paced and cleverly unsettling … the very definition of unputdownable’ Heat ‘A paranoia-inducing plot that makes you question everyone!’ Sam Carrington Don’t. Trust. Anyone. It was...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Nightfall Berlin by Jack Grimwood, read by Daniel Weyman. In 1986, news that East-West nuclear-arms negotiations are taking place lead many to believe the Cold War may finally be thawing. For British intelligence officer Major Tom Fox, however, it is...

'A real page-turner' – Ian Rankin A deeply atmospheric psychological thriller set in the Scottish Highlands, The Party House by Lin Anderson is a standalone novel perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. From the author of the pulse-pounding Rhona MacLeod series. Devastated by a recent...

In the third year of perestroika, London publisher Barley Blair is sent a manuscript from Moscow. Exposing Russian nuclear threats as a sham, the information - if it’s genuine - could shatter East-West relations. Jazz-loving, hard-drinking Blair is hardly the spymasters’ idea of the perfect...