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Layla. Kai. Liam. Fliss. Terrified big sister. Troubled surfer. Insecure genius. Pampered princess. They have nothing in common, except they were all on the school bus that morning. The morning of the crash. The morning they discovered the dead driver’s holdall, containing one million pounds – and a gun. All of them have secrets, and all of them need that money. But someone dangerous is hunting it down, and drawing closer every minute. If Layla, Kai, Liam and Fliss want to survive, they’ll need to stick together. But can four good liars really trust one another?

Eigentlich will Izzy Morales bloß mit ihren Freunden den Schulabschluss feiern. Dafür hat ihre beste Freundin Kassidy sie alle in ein Herrenhaus auf einer abgelegenen Insel eingeladen. Am Anfang genießen sie tatsächlich einige glamouröse Tage - bis Kassidys Freund plötzlich tot aufgefunden wird. Kurz nachdem die Polizei auf der Insel eintrifft, bricht ein schlimmer Sturm los. Nun sitzen sie alle auf Ashwood Manor fest. Und schon bald stellt sich heraus: Jeder von ihnen hätte ein Motiv für den Mord gehabt. Doch Izzy ist diejenige, die das Messer mit auf die Insel gebracht hat.

Harmon Manor: a place so stained by its sordid past that the locals call it “Misery Mansion.” On Halloween night 1990 in rural Ohio, 16-year-old Jessica Putnam accepts a dare to visit the long-abandoned manor. She cautiously circles the dark house, sensing a watchful presence, fleeing when a ghostly woman pleading for help appears. But no matter how fast or far Jessica runs, she will have to traverse space, time, and the afterlife itself to disentangle herself from Misery Mansion’s despaired history and the otherworldly “phantom realm” she uncovers festering deep within.

After a decade of war, the kingdoms of Avendell and Istellia have finally agreed to peace. When the lights come back, the king is dead – murdered with the princess's knife, in a weak spot only his guard knew of, and with venom from one of the beast tamer's monsters lacing the blade. With no clear killer – and everyone a suspect – they make a risky pact: tell no one until the treaty is signed.

Sadie Morelli and Cason Tano were friends in middle school, before Sadie transferred to another school. When they meet at the local ice rink where Sadie waitresses and Cason’s hockey team plays, what was once friendship turns into something more. Given the intensity of the rivalry between their schools and friends, their budding relationship is a secret for them alone.

Penny’s father is a newspaper owner being sued for libel in his home base of New York. He sends her on a western ski vacation in order to avoid the legalities, but she manages to gain entrance to a room with a mysterious Green Door, an entrance to an illegal fur importation racket from Canada. The culprits turn out to be those pursuing the libel situation back east. She is threatened with possible death, but not only solves the fur racket but winds up scooping a rival reporter.

The only thing August Pfeiffer hates more than algebra is living in a vampire town. Located at a nexus of mystical energy fields, Fulton Heights is practically an electromagnet for supernatural drama. And when a mysterious (and annoyingly hot) vampire boy arrives with a cryptic warning, Auggie suddenly finds himself at the center of it. An ancient and terrible power is returning to the earthly realm, and somehow Auggie seems to be the only one who can stop it.

Set in 1906, Dreamhunter describes a world very similar to ours, except for a special place, known simply as "The Place", where only a select group of people can go. These people are called Dreamhunters, and they harvest dreams that are then transmitted to the general public for entertainment, therapy - or terror and political coercion. Inside The Place, 15-year-old Laura finds out what happened to her missing father and uncovers a government secret.

Following a scandal at the Vauxhall pleasure gardens, Camille is sent to the woods to live with her reclusive godmother and her strange daughter, Lucy. Cast out from polite society, she must learn to live by her godmother’s strict rules. Camille has never met anyone quite like Lucy before, and as they grow closer and cross forbidden boundaries, strange things begin to happen. Mysterious deaths, claw marks raking the doors, and the nights are pierced by the howls of a creature that sounds almost . . . otherworldly.

When his 5-year-old neighbor goes missing, Jack can't help feeling responsible. He should have taken Cody home when he found him riding his bicycle near the Pine Barrens. And then a lost man wanders out of the woods after being chased all night by...something. Jack knows, better than anyone, that the Barrens are dangerous - a true wilderness filled with people, creatures, and objects lost from sight and memory. Like the ancient, 15-foot-tall stone pyramid he, Weezy, and Eddie discover. Jack thinks it might have been a cage of some sort, but for what kind of animal, he can't say.

After the car crash that leaves her best friend dead, Jenna is permanently scarred. She struggles to rebuild her life, but every stare in the street makes her want to retreat further from the world. Until she meets Ryan. Ryan's a traveller. When he and his mother arrive in the village, he can't imagine why this place shouldn't be as unwelcoming as the rest. Until he meets Jenna. But as Jenna and Ryan grow closer, repercussions from the crash continue to reverberate through the community. And then a body is found.

All Vera wants is to survive her wedding day and fade into the rhythms of a normal life. No easy task for a quarter-mage like her. But her worst fears come to pass when her faulty magic once again lets her down—only this time, she's branded a criminal.

There are ghosts around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about it after what happened there that last summer. Memories of things so dark will burn themselves into your mind if you let them. Callie never left. She moved to another house, so she doesn't have to walk those same halls, but then Callie always was the stronger one.

Becca's ability to hear the broken thoughts of others has not turned out to be a fabulous gift after all. It has got in the way of her being able to function in the world normally. More seriously, it makes her think she knows things that she doesn't know at all. Becca's friends are also dealing with stressful situations and coming to terms with troubling discoveries about themselves. Seth Darrow's learning disability makes him vulnerable. The girl he loves is not what she appears to be.

After surviving a crash course in espionage at the mysterious Academy Absconditi, November has only one purpose: finding her missing father. Along with fellow student (and heartthrob) Ash, November follows the clues that her father left, embarking on the deadliest treasure hunt of her life. The first clue is in her hometown, where old friends beckon and unexpected enemies lurk around every corner.

In book one of the Bird Girl Witches series, the mystical realm of The Korvids is being terrorized by a dark force, and a young, psychic girl may be the only one who can stop it. Arabel Spade is just 17 years old, but holds the gift of extraordinary supernatural abilities. When a series of brutal murders rock her hometown, she is determined to use her powers to solve the crimes and protect her people. But tracking the killer puts her on a collision course with the sinister Dorojenja - evil sorcerers intent on putting an end to her investigation, if not her life.

Ted ha dodici anni, vive a Londra con la sua famiglia e ha la fissa dei numeri e del meteo. La notte, per dormire, ascolta il bollettino dei naviganti. Non capisce le battute e non sa dire bugie. Quando il cugino Salim scompare nel nulla, gettando genitori e zii nella disperazione più nera, la polizia avvia le ricerche. Anche Ted, con la sorella Kat, si mette a indagare e il fatto che nel suo cervello giri un sistema operativo diverso da quello degli altri, si rivelerà un aiuto formidabile.

Jess Wong is Angie Redmond's best friend. And that's the most important thing, even if Angie can't see how Jess truly feels. Being the girl no one quite notices is OK with Jess anyway. If nobody notices her, she's free to watch everyone else. But when Angie begins to fall for Margot Adams, a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess can see it coming a mile away. Suddenly her powers of observation are more a curse than a gift.

When Marigold Bloom finds her family business in trouble a chance encounter with the devastatingly handsome and extremely bad-tempered Oliver Lockhart leads her to the Aviary—a secret agency of women who specialize in blackmailing troublesome men. Soon, Mari is the agency's newest recruit, sent to investigate the mysterious return of Oliver's long lost sister. Forced to masquerade as a newly engaged couple, it is up to Mari and Oliver to determine if there is an imposter in their midst. But what happens when the line between truth and fiction starts to blur?

Gen Beaufont might be from fifteenth century London, but modern day Los Angeles is her home. And corrupt politicians are trying to destroy her city. Somethings never change, no matter how many centuries tick by.