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My husband’s dead. They say my best friend did it. I can’t believe it. Not Lisa. There’s no way she could have done something so terrible. I look around at her shaken family, her two devastated children and her shocked husband, as they watch the most important woman in their lives being arrested for murder… I always thought Lisa was the perfect wife and mother. We’ve been best friends ever since I moved to Dragonfly Close. But then I remember the day I saw her at the coffee shop with Russell.

Für ihre Tochter würde sie alles tun. Als die kleine Louisa nach einem Besuch beim Vater spurlos verschwindet, bricht für die alleinerziehende Nora eine Welt zusammen. Doch während die Polizei fieberhaft nach dem Mädchen sucht, gerät Nora in Bedrängnis. Sie würde alles dafür geben, ihre Tochter zu finden, hat jedoch Angst davor, dass bei der Suche nach Louisa ein wohlgehütetes Geheimnis ans Licht kommt: Niemand darf erfahren, dass das Mädchen gar nicht ihre eigene Tochter ist. Und plötzlich gerät Nora selbst ins Visier der Ermittler.

When I first met David, I knew he was the one. We were the golden couple that everyone wanted to be. But recently, everything’s changed – he’s working late and is always glued to his phone. Is there someone else? Desperate for answers, I decide to follow him. I watch him move closer and closer to his beautiful younger colleague, Nina, and my worst nightmare is confirmed – my husband is having an affair. I have to find a way to save my marriage. Because if I don’t, I’m terrified a secret I’ve been keeping for all these years will be revealed.

Twin sisters Cassie and Lenora are inseparable. Ever since that night, they’ve been on their own, and that’s how they like it. As the sole permanent residents of Cabin Two, their refuge on an isolated Tennessee campground, the twins manage to stay away from prying eyes, probing questions, and true-crime junkies. The peace and quiet is almost enough to make them forget what happened all those years ago. Almost. Until a teenage girl camping at the neighboring cabin goes missing, and the memories come rushing back.

Thirty-six-year-old stay-at-home soccer mom Kate Burke is happily married to Matt Parsons, although their marriage looks very different behind closed doors. Kate is no longer interested in having sex with her husband. So, while they still love each other madly, they make an arrangement: Matt can have one-night stands with other women on work trips, but when he returns home, he has to tell Kate about them—every juicy detail.

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick and an instant New York Times bestseller 'One of the most riveting books I've read in a long time' - Louise Candlish, author of Our House 'Marple meets Succession' – Sunday Times Style For fans of The White Lotus and Big Little Lies, Ellery Lloyd's The Club...

We live in a close-knit community. Thirty houses surrounding a square of garden that is perfect for our kids. We congregate here on major holidays, each family bringing a plate and sharing food and conversation. It’s in the garden that I first met her. The woman who would worm her way into my family and piece by piece tear it apart.

Brought to you by Penguin. The unputdownable bestseller from Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR and EVERYONE HERE IS LYING Why would you run scared from a happy home? You're waiting for your beloved husband to get home from work. You're making dinner, looking forward to hearing about...

Brought to you by Penguin. The latest unputdownable thriller from Shari Lapena, the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR and SOMEONE WE KNOW. ******* It starts with a shocking accusation . . . Stephanie and Patrick are recently married, with new-born twins. While...

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021 When you live on the edge of society, it only takes one step to fall between the cracks Twins Jeanie and Julius have always been different from other people. At 51 years old, they still live...

It's August 1984, and paperboy Christopher Stewart has gone missing. Hours later, 12-year-old Sammy Cox hurries home from his own paper route, red-faced and out of breath, hiding a terrible secret. Crystal, Sammy's 17-year-old sister, is worried by the disappearance but she also sees an opportunity: the Stewart case has echoes of an earlier unsolved disappearance of another boy, one town over. Crystal senses the makings of an award-winning essay, one that could win her a scholarship - and a ticket out of their small Iowa town.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Then She Vanishes written by Claire Douglas, read by Sian Thomas, Katie O'Flynn, Nathalie Buscombe and Olivia Dowd. That summer, the three girls had the world at their feet. Now, one is missing. On a summer's night in 1994, sixteen-year-old Flora Powell...

I look over at my fiancé — Oops! Husband now. He smiles. This is the grin I wake up to in the morning — like I am the very thing he’s been looking forward to. It’s only been eighteen months. A whirlwind romance, I know, but he is the one for me. I knew it the day I met him. As corny as that sounds, my parents were the same way. We’re going to my new husband’s quiet little cabin in the woods for our honeymoon.

Personne n'a rien vu. Sauf eux. Avec deux enfants en bas âge à la maison, Mary ne dort plus. Quant à Tim, c'est son passé traumatique qui lui fait perdre le sommeil. Par une étouffante nuit caniculaire londonienne, Mary et Tim se rencontrent dans un parc. Ils ne se connaissent pas, mais ils vont très vite nouer un lien indéfectible : ce sont les seuls témoins d'un drame. Dans la maison d'en face, à travers la fenêtre, ils ont assisté à ce qui ressemblait à une violente agression.

Madison March est la femme parfaite, avec une famille parfaite et une vie parfaite. Elle passe ses journées à faire du pain au levain et à cueillir des légumes dans son jardin, tout en regardant ses enfants jouer dans les champs qui entourent sa propriété du Montana. Le dîner est toujours prêt pour son mari, et ils terminent leurs journées assis sous le porche, en regardant le soleil se coucher. C'est la vie dont tout le monde rêve. C'est un mensonge.

Un nouveau départ. C'est ce qu'Emily espère lorsqu'elle suit son mari, Freddie, dans leur maison récemment acquise au cœur du Dartmoor. Loin du monde, cernée par la lande, Larkin Lodge est l'endroit idéal pour que la jeune femme se rétablisse après avoir échappé de justesse à la mort. Mais à peine le couple est-il installé qu'Emily est confrontée à de terrifiants phénomènes : la température passe d'un extrême à l'autre, le parquet grince sous des pas invisibles et les livres tombent seuls des étagères... Sans compter cette présence, glaçante, qu'elle perçoit au dernier étage.

Diesem Sog werden Sie sich nicht entziehen können: ein Thriller der Extraklasse. Das Grauen ist ihnen auf den Fersen. Hinter Annie liegt das schlimmste Jahr ihres Lebens. Also zieht sie mit ihrem kleinen Sohn Charlie für eine Weile weg aus dem hektischen New York ins gemütliche Castle Creek, wo die beiden langsam wieder Frieden finden. Doch irgendetwas scheint nicht zu stimmen mit diesem idyllischen Ort.

Als Natasha Daniel kennenlernt, sieht sie den perfekten Verlauf ihres Lebens vor sich: Reich, gutaussehend und charmant wird Daniel der perfekte Ehemann sein. Doch als das Schiff in See sticht, erfährt sie, dass Daniel doch kein so perfekter Ehemann ist, sondern schreckliche Geheimnisse hat, die bald drohen, ans Licht zu gelangen. Und jede der Ehefrauen hat ihre eigenen Gründe, ihn tot sehen zu wollen.

When the body is found on an Edinburgh street, a chain reaction begins that will destroy lives. Gavin and Jess Sterling have it all – successful business, stunning home and enough money to last them two lifetimes. But all that glitters is not gold and when secrets begin to creep into their marriage, their ivory tower starts shaking on its foundations. Gavin has taken a chance, risked everything and when the gamble doesn't come off, he has just weeks to find a solution. With the clock ticking and his stress levels rising, Gavin meets a man who offers a way out.

In a family built on lies, what happens when the truth comes out? ‘A glamorous, dramatic portrait of the lives, desires, and tensions of Nigeria’s upper class.' Oyinkan Braithwaite Bukola Obanile’s 60th birthday party is the hottest ticket in town. But champagne isn’t all that is being...