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In this fast-paced thriller, eighteen-year-old Calli finds herself alone after the loss of her father—until a bruised and broken girl shows up on her property, forcing her to face the present, rethink her future, and unearth the skeletons of her own past. Life has never been easy in the small...

Claire Takata has never known much about her father, who passed away ten years ago. But on the anniversary of his death, she finds a letter from her deceased father to her stepfather. Before now, Claire never had a reason to believe they even knew each other. Struggling to understand why her parents kept this surprising history hidden, Claire combs through anything that might give her information about her father … until she discovers that he was a member of the yakuza, a Japanese organized crime syndicate. The discovery opens a door that should have been left closed.

Tonight, Riverview Theaters is closing forever, the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The moviegoers have left, and Jo and her six coworkers have the final shift, a shift that quickly takes a dark turn. First a stranger arrives with a chilling accusation. Then the power goes out and their manager disappears, along with the keys to the lobby doors and the theater safe, where the crew's phones are locked each shift. The crew's tension turns to terror when Jo discovers the dead body of one of her co-workers.

Months after Jess escaped from the set of Stuck in the '90s, the nostalgic reality show she believed was her real life, the teen star is getting to know the outside world for the first time. But she can't outrun her fictional life forever—or the media empire that owns it. After Like-Life Productions tracks her down and forces her boyfriend to return to the show, Jess teams up with an underground network fighting to uncover Like-Life's schemes. To expose the truth, Jess must go back to the set and take Like-Life down from the inside . . . but getting revenge might just cost her everything.

Though forty miles away, Duston Heights is not safe from the flu that’s raging through Boston. When Johnny Dixon’s grandmother falls ill, he’s sent to live with his neighbor to avoid infection. So many locals are getting sick that school is canceled for a week, and the reclusive Dr. Abram Ashburn comes out of retirement to make house calls. After seeing a scary vision of his bedridden grandmother outside of a window, Johnny starts to feel on edge. Then he and his best friend find what looks to be a weird map of a cemetery in Dr. Ashburn’s house.

The potential impact of runaway climate-change has long been grossly underestimated. The world is rapidly approaching an existential crisis—the Anthropogenic Extinction—the sixth annihilation of Earth-bound species since life first appeared 3.5 billion years ago. Assisted by teammates Eric Evans and Bella Moreno, and Thay Tuan, the team’s consigliere, Luc Ponti, now an astrophysicist at MIT, succeeds in creating a stabilized micro-wormhole, which is launched by NASA into high-Earth orbit and used as a means to contact intelligent life on exoplanets well within the “Goldilocks” zone.

Han vrider på huvudet och tittar in i bilen. Hans mörka ögon är en avgrund av hat. Jag har inte hunnit ducka. Min lillebror har krupit ihop på bilgolvet. Samtidigt närmar han sig. Mamma backar tillbaka in på gården. Hon kör in i soptunnan igen, och den välter. Burkar ramlar ut på gårdsplanen. Plötsligt har han en yxa i handen. Egentligen heter Johanne inte alls Johanne. Och hennes bror, Christian Eriksen, har tagit sitt namn efter fotbollsspelaren. De är på flykt från sin våldsamma pappa, och medan de är på jakt efter ett nytt liv är han på jakt efter dem.

"Mamma!" ropar Christian inifrån sovrummet. "MAMMA!" skriker han. Mamma vaknar först när ambulanspersonalen lyfter upp henne på båren. Hon blinkar och ropar pappas namn och snyftar att han inte får döda henne. Ambulanssjukvårdarna ser på varandra. Sedan säger de att de ska skydda henne, att hon inte behöver vara rädd. Jag känner mig som ett jagat djur. Ständigt på vakt. Ständigt med en blick över axeln. Har han hittat oss? Min pappa. Medan vi är på jakt efter ett nytt liv, är han på jakt efter oss. Han kommer aldrig låta oss gå. Aldrig någonsin.

Have you ever had something stuck in your head . . . ? After a session in the VR Booth at the Mega Pizzaplex, Kai can't shake the feeling that the tiger animatronic somehow has stayed with him . . . A new attraction at the Mega Pizzaplex leaves Kane's mind full of intrusive thoughts not his own . . . And Danny's idea to get the attention of his high school crush comes with unimaginable consequences. . . In the world of Five Nights at Freddy's, truth is often scarier than fiction . . .

It’s Katie’s 17th birthday – the dancefloor is packed, the drink is flowing and Raven’s Hill School confession site is alight with gossip. Then a huge fight breaks out, sending guests fleeing. When Frankie, Jess and Sorcha go back to help Katie clear up her wrecked house before her parents get home, they find more than broken bottles… There’s a body on the living room floor.

Number 3-1-5-5 is a good girl. She gets told that everyday when she is fed, moved to other rooms, given pills and examined. She doesn't remember much, but she can see every face she's come across as clearly as if they were in front of her. Her world is small, contained. But in a life where you know nothing but a sea of Janes and Johns, how will you know who is good and bad?

Ein Schreibwettbewerb in Cornwall. Neun konkurrierende Autorinnen und Autoren. Und jemand schreibt über dich. Eigentlich hatte sich Riley auf den Schreibwettbewerb auf Masters‘ Castle gefreut. Schließlich lernt sie ihre Online-Schreibgruppe dort endlich persönlich kennen und kommt ihrem Traum, Autorin zu werden, näher. Doch dann reicht jemand bei der Jury anonym Geschichten über Riley ein, mit geheimen Details aus ihrem Leben. Wer steckt dahinter? Hat Killian Masters, Jury-Mitglied und Sohn der Gastgeber, etwas damit zu tun? Als die Geschichten zunehmend bedrohlicher werden, gerät Riley in Gefahr.

Eine sturmumtoste Insel. Eine Geschichte mit Konsequenzen. Ein perfider Racheplan. Zwei Sachen hat Riley auf Masters‘ Castle gelernt: dass nichts so sehr schmerzt wie Verrat und dass eine Nacht reicht, um sich hoffnungslos zu verlieben... Doch Rileys Gefühlschaos muss warten, denn die zweite Phase des Schreibwettbewerbs steht an: Bei einem Literaturfestival auf der Insel St Michael’s Mount sollen die angehenden Autorinnen und Autoren ihre Texte präsentieren. Erst als ein Sturm jede Verbindung zum Festland kappt, erkennt Riley, dass auf der Insel nichts so ist, wie es scheint.

Piper Woods can't wait to graduate and leave high school—and all its annoying cliques—behind. But when she finds a mysterious notebook filled with the sins of her fellow students, Piper is suddenly drowning in their secrets. And she's not the only one who knows them. An anonymous text invites Piper to choose to punish the cheater, the bully, or the shoplifter. The popular kids with their dirty little secrets. With one text, Piper can make them pay. But the truth can be dangerous . . .

A wickedly comic feminist mystery about the dark side of a hopeless romantic's seemingly perfect love story. A must-read for fans of The Cheerleaders! "Whip-smart… A thrilling romp from start to finish."—Jessica Goodman New York Times bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us Alyson is...

When sixteen-year-old Yin Mitchell is abducted, the news reverberates through the whole tenth grade class at Balmoral Ladies College. As the hours tick by, the girls know the chance of Yin being found alive is becoming smaller and smaller. Everyone in school is affected by Yin’s disappearance—even scholarship student Chloe, who usually stays out of Balmoral dramas, is drawn into the maelstrom. And when she begins to form an uneasy alliance with Natalia, the queen of Tenth Grade, things start to get even more complicated.

Um ano se passou e Charlie continua assombrada por pesadelos. Para piorar, uma nova onda de assassinatos começa a acontecer e ela se pergunta: mas se todo o terror foi destruído junto com o que sobrou da pizzaria, o que estaria por trás dessas mortes?

Graham hat Shaila nicht getötet. Diese SMS stürzt Jills Welt ins Chaos. Dabei will sie doch nur ihr Abschlussjahr genießen, an der Spitze der Players – der It-Clique ihrer Eliteschule. Die Players feiern nicht nur die besten Partys, sie haben auch beste Beziehungen und viel Macht. Aber Macht schützt nicht vor Unglück, sonst wäre Jills Freundin Shaila drei Jahre zuvor nicht von ihrem Freund erschlagen worden. Schwer genug, mit dieser Erinnerung zu leben. Doch falls Graham wirklich unschuldig ist, gibt es ein Problem: Shaila starb auf einer Players-Party.

Sixteen-year-old Tamurlaine is approaching her coronation, the day when she will officially assume rule over the Kingdom of Balthasar, a magical land where teenagers have the power to turn dreams into reality. But an assassin is preparing to kill her at the ceremony, and no one can stop him because he is sneaking into Balthasar from another universe – ours.

When sixteen-year-old Asha Kennedy discovers her older sister Maya's dead body in their home, her world falls apart. Desperate for answers, and to stay out of the hands of the social services she grew up in, Asha turns to her hacker friends for help. Her search leads her to Zu Tech, the hit games studio where Maya was a lead coder. As Asha begins to unravel the riddle of her death, she realises that the only way to uncover the truth is from the inside.