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When Beth, Megan, and Joanne meet at university, they become inseparable friends who’d do anything for one another - even agreeing to keep what happens one shocking night a secret. Now in their 40s and outwardly successful, each of the three has dealt with what happened in their own way. But secrets and lies leave their mark. When Megan decides to tell her fiancé the truth about that night, it threatens to ruin the lives of everyone around her. But someone is prepared to do anything to stop that from happening....

In San Francisco heeft een seriemoordenaar het gemunt op daklozen, maar vanuit het politiekorps blijft het stil. Klokkenluider Millie smeekt detective Lindsay Boxer om hulp. De weg naar de moordenaar leidt Lindsay ver buiten de kaders van haar bevoegdheid, en daarmee zet ze niet alleen haar eigen veiligheid, maar ook die van Millie op het spel. Ook officier van justitie Yuki Castellano speelt met haar carrière. Wanneer een zaak die ze verwacht had makkelijk te kunnen winnen de verkeerde kant op gaat, moet ze alles op alles zetten om haar reputatie en de waarheid te beschermen.

Jo Strong is the youngest widow in the East End. Running her late husband's jewellery shop, mercilessly bullied by her evil mother-in-law, she is trying to get her life back together again. But then the 14-year-old daughter of one of the East end's most notorious gangsters is kidnapped, and Jo finds herself in a deadly race against time to rescue the girl - before it is too late. And to get her back, she'll have to join forces with damaged but handsome bad boy Gabe Miller, a man who has a dark past of his own…

Hannah Tigone, bestselling Australian crime author, is crafting a new novel that begins in the Boston Public Library: four strangers; Winifred, Cain, Marigold and Whit are sitting at the same table when a bloodcurdling scream breaks the silence. A woman has been murdered. They are all suspects, and, as it turns out, each character has their own secrets and motivations—and one of them is a murderer.

When the whistle blows to announce the end of a paint balling session, the men regroup to assess the winning team. But when one of men fails to show, a search of the forest is carried out, and a grisly discovery is made. DCI Freya Bloom and DI Ben Savage attend the scene with their team, only to find the eclectic group of men are on a stag do… and the victim, Zack Cummings was the stag. With nine suspects to investigate, and nine potential motives to consider, Freya and the team seek to understand which of the stags had the strongest motive.

When fire destroys their London theatre, Lord Westfield’s players must seek out humbler venues in the countryside. But company manager Nicholas Bracewell is distracted by a shocking tragedy: a mysterious messenger from his native Devon is murdered by poison. Though the messenger is silenced, Nicholas understands what he must do: return to his birthplace and reconcile some unfinished business of the past.

Without any warning, Justin Kowalski drives his vehicle across a line of traffic and through the front wall of Cafe 64, killing himself and three other people—and taking the reasons for this shocking act to the grave. Unable to locate any evidence of criminal behaviour or mental illness in Justin's past, and with no one left to prosecute, the police have no choice but to label it "an isolated incident".

DI Louise Blackwell is still reeling from her brother Paul's murder when she is brought back from enforced leave and tasked with solving a strange new case - the slaughter of wild sheep at Cheddar Gorge, a place shrouded in mystery and folklore. When a man is brutally attacked with a machete on the clifftop and a young girl disappears, Louise realises that the horror is just beginning. Rumours of a mythical presence near the gorge are spreading fast, and why is a local environmental cult resisting all attempts to solve the case?

A Quick Reads story from the bestselling author of The Fall and The Intruders! Two Neighbours. Two Secrets. One chance at survival. Running from her past, Meena hopes to find peace in her new home. But her neighbour, Ada, is a mystery. Meena can’t shake the feeling that something about Ada is...

Nashville Homicide Detective Abbey Rhodes is caught between a high-profile murder and multiple disappearances in a homeless camp. When the Mayor discovers the victim is the stepson of Jonathan Lee Thomas, a wealthy investor in the city's East Bank Project, he forces Abbey to abandon all other cases. She faithfully follows orders until her a friend goes missing. Each case triggers Abbey's PTSD, bringing the past and its secrets crashing down around her.

Pioneering scientist Iris Henderson chose to be her own first test-subject for an experimental therapy, placing a piece of technology into her brain. At least, this is what everyone tells her. Trouble is, Iris is now without her memories so she doesn't know what the therapy is or why she would ever decide to volunteer for it.

A propulsive thriller about a writer who gets caught up in the case of a missing woman, for fans of Lisa Jewell, Paula Hawkins and Ruth Ware. After suffering a loss, Janine and her husband Kamal need a fresh start. They leave their family and everything they know in Manchester and move to...

Ein Samstag im Jahr 1978 in Florida: Mitten in der Nacht dringt ein Mann in ein Studentinnenwohnheim ein. Er geht von Zimmer zu Zimmer und tötet mehrere Bewohnerinnen. Schon bald wird er als einer der bekanntesten Serienmörder der USA bekannt sein. Doch er wurde bei seiner Tat beobachtet. Die Überlebenden, darunter Hauptzeugin Pamela Schumacher, wird diese Nacht für immer verändern. Sie sind alle zum Opfer geworden. Aber sie erzählen hier ihre Perspektiven, sie bleiben Herrinnen ihrer Geschichten.

Annelieses Junggesellinnenabschied auf einer abgelegenen schwedischen Schäreninsel verspricht ein traumhaftes Wochenende. Journalistin Tessa läuft schon bei der Ankunft eine Gänsehaut über den Rücken, denn die Insel erinnert sie an einen Cold Case: Vier Frauen verschwanden dort vor zehn Jahren spurlos. Als das zuvor sicher vertäute Boot im offenen Meer treibt und die Gruppe somit auf der Insel gefangen ist, suchen sich lang verborgene Geheimnisse und Feindseligkeiten ihren gefährlichen Weg ans Licht.

In einer Winternacht treibt eine Luxusjacht führerlos in den Hafen von Reykjavík – ein Geisterschiff. Wo sind die Mannschaft und die Passagiere, eine vierköpfige Familie mit zwei kleinen Mädchen? Rechtsanwältin Dora Gudmundsdóttir soll den Tod der verschwundenen Personen bestätigen, um den Erben der Familie die Lebensversicherung auszuzahlen. Noch während sie ermittelt, wird eine Leiche angespült, die keines natürlichen Todes gestorben ist.

An einem drückend heißen Sommerabend verschwindet die Studentin Isabelle Karlsson von der Party eines erfolgreichen Technologieunternehmens, das von zwei ehemaligen Studenten der Universität Lund gegründet wurde. Der charismatische CEO Martin Zenberg behauptet, weder er noch das Unternehmen hätten irgendeine Verbindung zu der jungen Frau – aber ist er wirklich glaubwürdig? Fredrika Storm und Henry Calment entdecken Gemeinsamkeiten mit dem Mord an der Studentin Petra Olsson, die sieben Jahre zuvor getötet wurde.

Former Army Civil Affairs specialist Jo Gunning isn’t looking for trouble in Savannah, Georgia. But when she crosses paths with a troubled veteran, she stumbles into a world of hidden agendas and unanswered questions surrounding those who’ve already sacrificed too much. Walking away isn’t in Jo’s nature—not after years of service where leaving someone behind was never an option. The deeper she digs, the more tangled the trail becomes.

Sommer, Sonne, Gambas – so hat sich Katze Frau Merkel ihre dreimonatige Mallorca-Auszeit mit Kommissar Steinböck vorgestellt. Doch kaum auf der Insel, entdeckt sie im Nachbar-Bungalow einen Münchner YouTuber mit einer Kugel im Kopf. Comisario Ferrer aus Palma bittet Steinböck um Amtshilfe. Seine Spuren führen ihn vom Villenviertel bis in den Yachthafen von Palma. Als dort eine weitere Leiche aus dem Hafenbecken gefischt wird, ist es mit der Idylle endgültig vorbei – adiós Erholung, denn dieser Urlaub wird mörderisch spannend! Und Frau Merkel? Weiß mal wieder alles besser …

LAPD's top profiler, Jessie Hunt, steps into a labyrinth of old flames and fatal attractions as she tracks a killer preying on graduates from an illustrious boarding school. When the hunter's sights turn to the wife of the only man connecting each victim, Jessie must edge closer to minds draped in secrets—risking her own life to catch a shadow draped in scandal.

FBI Special Agent Jane Cannon built her life on discipline, loyalty, and trust in the badge. Until the night it all burned down. When an undercover operation against Seattle's most powerful crime family implodes without warning, Jane's partner is found dead—and she's the one under investigation. Suspended, isolated, and smeared as the scapegoat, Jane knows one thing for sure: she's been betrayed. But who inside her own task force wants her silenced? And what secrets were they willing to kill to protect?