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Two brothers. One a top FBI agent. The other a brilliant, twisted criminal. An undying hatred between them. Now, a perfect crime. And the ultimate challenge: Stop me if you can...

A completely gripping psychological thriller that will leave you not knowing who to trust, from million-copy best-seller Nicole Trope. Anyone who loves Shari Lapena or Lisa Jewell will be totally addicted!

Growing up abandoned by her father and raised by a single mother, Celeste was determined to create the perfect family - but even perfect families have secrets. Her days are filled with a rewarding career, a devoted husband, and her four-year-old daughter. Celeste is the only one who knows the precarious house of cards her family is built upon - until the day her daughter falls critically ill. Then her world quickly spirals out of control, her secret threatening to destroy her marriage, family, reputation, and sanity.

When Ellie tells me she has a new boyfriend, I am absolutely thrilled and can’t wait to meet him. She finally seems so happy and in love. But there’s a catch. Ellie has never met him in person. In fact, he doesn’t even live in the same country. Our home is in England, but Daryl is in Los Angeles.

Therapist turned stay-at-home mom Jules Hart’s idyllic suburban life shatters when she crashes her car into an icy lake. Her son and another teenage boy plunge into the water with her, but Jules can only manage to save one—the wrong one. Reeling from the death of her son, Jules spirals into a violent and unstable mental state. Ten months after the accident, she’s still trying to reckon with the fact that she rescued Isaac Greer, another woman’s child, when Isaac suddenly vanishes.

When Lucy’s life partner, war reporter Michael Burleson, suddenly leaves the U.S. to take a job re-establishing the cable news network office in Iraq, Lucy is alone with their four-year-old son Henry on her isolated Malibu Ranch. Michael’s sweet but unstable, recovering addict daughter, shows up looking to meet her baby half-brother and establish a relationship with Lucy.

Grady Green, auteur à succès, pense vivre le plus beau jour de sa carrière. Mais alors qu'il appelle sa femme, Abby, journaliste intrépide, il l'entend freiner, sortir de voiture… puis plus rien. Un an plus tard, toujours hanté par ce mystère, Grady se retire sur une île écossaise isolée pour écrire. Mais, dans ce décor lugubre et brumeux, quelqu'un semble décidé à le terroriser en glissant d'anciens articles d'Abby sous sa porte.

From internationally bestselling, Goodreads Award-nominated author A.A. Dark comes a story that will sear itself in your mind, about the golden boy who thought he had everything, and the woman who proved to him that it could all be taken away... He was the boy she destroyed. Now he's the man who...

Ein abgelegenes Luxus-Resort mitten in der Wüste von Utah: Die Geschwister Frida und Gabriel hoffen auf ein paar erholsame Tage. Und es fühlt sich tatsächlich an wie im Paradies – bis die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden wird. Als der Verdacht auf Gabriel fällt, wird Frida mit ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontiert. Denn es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass ihr Bruder des Mordes verdächtigt wird.

The email arrives at 2.47 pm on an overcast October afternoon. An invite to a reunion at a luxurious, isolated lakeside house. It’s from Lexie, my ex-fiancée. The first contact we’ve had in three years, since she ripped my heart out with a single text message. Why is she back? My wife, Serena, insists we go. She and Lexie were best friends once, and I can tell she’s worried about her reappearance. But Serena’s strong, she won’t show weakness or allow Lexie to destroy the perfect life we’ve built. I’m not as confident. I can’t help but wonder if Lexie shares some of my regrets.

Kate Taylors Leben verwandelt sich in einen Albtraum, als sie frühmorgens zu Hause anstelle ihres drei Tage alten Sohnes ein fremdes Baby in der Wiege vorfindet.

Eight years of marriage. A beautiful home in Connecticut. A sweet, affectionate four-year-old son. Now, it's six a.m., and the police are knocking at our door. They found a dead girl floating in the university pool. My husband was having an affair with her. He was the last person to see her. He's a liar. But is he a killer? I'd do a lot to keep our family together. But how much more can I take?

Ordnung war mein Schutz. Jetzt ist sie mein Käfig. Ich dachte, ich hätte alles im Griff. Ordnung beruhigt mich. Routine gibt mir Halt. Mein Zuhause ist mein sicherer Ort. Doch plötzlich ist alles anders: Nachrichten ohne Absender. Tote Tiere vor meiner Tür. Geräusche in der Nacht. Jemand kennt meine Schritte, meine Gedanken, meine Angst. Ich sage mir immer wieder, dass ich übertreibe. Dass ich mir das alles nur einbilde. Doch tief in mir drin weiß ich: Jemand beobachtet mich. Jemand spielt mit mir. Und vielleicht steht er längst hinter meiner Tür.

His first wife died in an accident, but I’m not so sure. Did he kill her? Am I next? Handsome and charming, Jack swept me off my feet when we met, and now we’re married and I’m moving into his imposing old house. I’m bursting with excitement until I see a face staring down at me from an upstairs window. Before I can wave, the face vanishes from view. Jack says nobody else was home, so who is hiding in the shadows? Taking in my new home, I’m startled to discover a long ivory wedding gown in one of the bedrooms. My heart pounds as I realise this was the room where I saw someone watching me.

Early one summer morning, the body of twenty-one-year-old Blair Taylor is found floating in the neighborhood pool. Was it an accident, or was Blair murdered the night of the annual summer picnic? Suddenly, the upper-class gated community where Blair's family and friends live doesn't feel safe. Blair's case is assigned to Detective Sadie Lawson. As she and her partner, Rhett Callahan, begin interviewing the neighbors, they realize everyone had a motive and had an opportunity. It doesn't take a detective to figure out that everyone on this street is lying to them.

James and Laura escape to the sun-drenched hills of Andalusia for what is meant to be a much-needed break. She’s a trauma therapist, burnt out after the suicide of a vulnerable client. He’s reeling from layoffs at work. A week in a remote finca might be just what they need to reconnect. But within hours of arriving, Laura vanishes.

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.

As a nanny for the wealthy Eatons, Trina watches every day as Rosalind Eaton cradles the baby close. Trina’s baby. The sweet little boy won’t settle—he never does in Rosalind’s arms. It breaks Trina’s heart to see the tiny tears falling down his fat cheeks. His glossy hair is light auburn, and straight. Nothing like the Eaton family’s classic dark curls. Trina has been watching the Eatons for years. And what she knows about their dark past could be their undoing.

In the mysterious realm of ancient artifacts and mystical beings, a powerful genie finds itself bound to a cursed lamp, compelled to fulfill the wishes of history's most notorious villains. Trapped by a malevolent force, the genie becomes a reluctant accomplice to the darkest desires of tyrants, conquerors, and maleficent figures throughout time. As the genie reluctantly weaves its magic to bring about the twisted aspirations of these infamous individuals, a subtle glimmer of hope emerges.

I was jealous of my perfect new neighbor SarahBeth. Six tow-headed children, blackberry pies bubbling in the oven, married to and still holding hands with her high-school sweetheart Burt. She was the perfect housewife, the best mom. Until I found out the truth. When tragedy strikes and SarahBeth’s dying daughter tells me about the little girl buried in their garden my heart freezes. Now I understand why SarahBeth has been so unfriendly to me. Why her kids have been kept out of school. Why nobody has seen the family in town for two years.