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It all begins on a flight from Hobart to Sydney. The flight will be smooth. It will land safely. Everyone who gets on the plane will get off the plane. But almost all of them will be changed forever. Because on this ordinary flight, something extraordinary happens. 'A lady', unremarkable until she isn't, predicts how and when many of the passengers are going to die. For some, death is far in the future; for others, it is very close.

Three sisters, one birthday, one little problem... The three Kettle sisters have had a mortifying mishap. Their raucous, champagne-soaked birthday dinner has come to an abrupt end following a violent argument and an emergency dash to the hospital. So who started it this time? Was it angry, hurt Cat, still recovering from the 'night of the spaghetti'? Was it Lyn, so serenely successful, at least on the outside? Or was it quirky, dreamy Gemma, the sister who can't keep a secret except for the most important one of all?

What if they hadn't gone? That's the question Clementine can't stop asking herself. It was just a backyard barbeque. They didn't know their hosts that well. They were friends of friends. They could so easily have said no. But she and her husband, Sam, said yes, and now they can never change what they did and didn't do that beautiful winter's day. Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One yapping dog. It's a normal weekend in the suburbs. What could possibly go wrong?

The Husband's Secret is a funny, heartbreaking novel of marriage, grief, love, and secrets. When her husband announces he's in love with her best friend, painfully shy Tess picks up her young son and returns to her mother's house. There she begins an unexpected affair with an old flame. Rachel is a woman in her 60s consumed by grief and anger at the loss of her daughter 20 years earlier. When her son announces he is taking her beloved grandson overseas, Rachel begins a descent into deeper bitterness and pain.

The Hypnotist's Love Story is about the mild craziness that lurks behind the facades we present to the world, especially when it comes to love. Ellen O'Farrell is an expert when it comes to human frailties. She's a hypnotherapist who helps her clients deal with everything from addictions to life-long phobias. So when she falls in love with a man who is being stalked by his ex-girlfriend she's more intrigued than frightened.

When Alice Love surfaces from a beautiful dream to find she's been injured in a gym, she knows that something is very wrong – she hates exercise. Alice's first concern is her baby – she's pregnant with her first child, and she's desperate to see her husband, Nick, who she knows will be worried about her.But Alice isn't pregnant. And Nick isn't worried.

"I'll tell you something, something important. Love is a decision. Not a feeling. That's what you young people don't realise. That's why you're always off divorcing each other. No offence, dear." So decrees the formidable Connie Thrum of Scribbly Gum Island. She is the chief decision-maker of a rather unconventional family and her word is law. It's been over seventy years since Connie and her sister Rose visited their neighbours and found the kettle boiling and a baby waking for her feed, but no sign of her parents.

From the outside, the Delaneys appear to be an enviably contented family. Even after all these years, former tennis coaches Joy and Stan are still winning tournaments, and now that they've sold the family business, they have all the time in the world to learn how to 'relax'. Their four adult children are busy living their own lives, and while it could be argued they never quite achieved their destinies, no one ever says that out loud.

Could 10 days at a health resort really change you forever? Nine perfect strangers are about to find out.... The 10-day retreat at boutique health-and-wellness resort Tranquillum House promises healing and transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage and absorb the blissful meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages. They are all on a path to a better way of living. Or at least a better waistline....

Pirriwee Public is a beautiful little beachside primary school where children are taught that 'sharing is caring.' So how has the annual School Trivia Night ended in full-blown riot? Sirens are wailing. People are screaming. The principal is mortified. And one parent is dead. Was it a murder, a tragic accident or just good parents gone bad? As the parents at Pirriwee Public are about to discover, sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal.

Les passagers du vol Hobart-Sydney patientent à bord de l’avion dans l’attente du décollage. Parmi eux, une mère dépassée par ses deux enfants, deux jeunes mariés en lune de miel, un père de famille qui rentre chez lui, un homme en deuil, une infirmière proche de la retraite, une hôtesse de l’air qui fête son anniversaire. Des étrangers destinés à ne jamais se revoir. Mais voici que, tout à coup, une petite femme discrète aux cheveux gris se lève de son siège et s’adresse à chacun d’eux pour leur annoncer la date et les circonstances exactes de leur mort.

Was würdest du tun, wenn du wüsstest, wann und wie du sterben wirst? Vorsehung ist ein geheimnisvoller, hoch spannender, humorvoller und inspirierender Roman über das Leben, geschrieben von Liane Moriarty, der Bestseller-Autorin von "Big little lies" und "Neun Fremde". Es ist ein ganz gewöhnlicher Flug nach Sydney – bis kurz vor der Landung eine alte Lady von ihrem Platz aufsteht.

Meurtre ou tragique accident ? À la fête de l'école, quelqu'un a trouvé la mort. Mais qui est vraiment responsable du drame ? Trois femmes à la croisée des chemins, des ex-maris et leurs nouvelles épouses, des familles recomposées (ou décomposées), qui cachent tous ces redoutables petits mensonges que l'on se raconte à soi-même pour continuer de vivre.

Para todos los que los conocen, los Delaney son una familia envidiable. Incluso después de todos estos años, los padres, Stan y Joy, siguen teniendo una química evidente y continúan arrasando en las pistas de tenis. Y ahora que han vendido su exitosa academia tienen todo el tiempo del mundo para relajarse y disfrutar de la vida. Sus cuatro hijos nunca llegaron a triunfar en el deporte, aunque han acabado teniendo éxito a su manera y la posibilidad de que empiecen a aparecer nietos en el horizonte llena a todos de felicidad.

Audible Exclusive. Liane Moriarty drops by to talk about her career.

Imaginez un terrain de tennis. D'un côté, un couple modèle, heureux en mariage depuis cinquante ans. De l'autre, leurs quatre enfants, soit la panoplie du bonheur. L'enjeu de la partie ? Le grain de sable qui a enrayé une mécanique jusqu'alors parfaitement huilée, dévoilant des failles et des rivalités insoupçonnables, transformant les membres d'une famille idéale en de redoutables adversaires.

Trois couples épanouis. De charmants enfants. Une amitié solide. Et un barbecue entre voisins par un beau dimanche ensoleillé : tous les ingrédients sont réunis pour passer un bon moment. Alors, pourquoi, deux mois plus tard, les invités ne cessent-ils de se répéter : "Si seulement nous n'y étions pas allés" ? Après le succès du "Secret du mari", traduit dans 55 pays, et de "Petits secrets, grands mensonges", adapté par HBO sous le titre "Big Little Lies", Liane Moriarty continue de dévoiler la noirceur qui rôde sous les vies ordinaires.

L’amour, c’est comme la tombola : pas facile de tirer le bon numéro. Question de chance ou de... lucidité ? Prenez une hypnothérapeute en quête de stabilité sentimentale, amoureuse d’un père célibataire harcelé par une ex prête à tout pour ne pas être oubliée, y compris à traquer sa rivale. Ajoutez un zeste d’idéalisme et le rêve d’une relation parfaite. Cela donne un triangle amoureux à haut risque…

¿Un asesinato? ¿Un trágico accidente? ¿O simplemente unos buenos padres que no se están portando tan bien como deberían? Lo que es indiscutible es que alguien ha muerto. Pero ¿quién hizo qué? Disfruta del audiolibro Big Little Lies narrado por Cony Madera, la voz de Celeste Wright (personaje interpretado por Nicole Kidman en la serie de HBO).

La escritora de novelas románticas Frances Welty llega al lujoso balneario Tranquillum House con un problema de espalda y el corazón roto y rápidamente se siente interesada por el resto de huéspedes. Algunos desean perder peso, otros buscan un nuevo comienzo y hay quienes están allí por razones que no quieren admitir ni ante sí mismos. Pero quien más le intriga es la misteriosa y carismática directora, una mujer que parece poseer respuestas a preguntas que Frances ni siquiera sabía que tenía.