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A gripping, provocative thriller about the twisted secrets families keep, perfect for fans of The Girls. 'Deeply, darkly twisted. I loved it.' Sarah Hilary, SOMEONE ELSE'S SKIN 'Utterly addictive.' Lisa Hall, BETWEEN YOU AND ME 'Dark and intense, [with] a compelling twist.' L.S. Hilton, MAESTRA...

In a small town beset by poverty in the Missouri Ozarks two 12-year-old girls are found dead in the park. Their throats have been cut. Eve Taggert's daughter was one of them. Desperate with grief, she takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened to her little girl. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life - having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose parenting lessons she tried hard not to mimic. But with her daughter gone, Eve has no reason to stay soft. 

What would you kill for? After a brutal nuclear war, the United States was left decimated. A small group of survivors eventually banded together, but only after more conflict over which family would govern the new nation. The Westfalls lost. Fifty years later, peace and control are maintained by...

It’s been fourteen years since Greer’s older sister Eliza was murdered. Her family has never been the same. Nor has the small town of Ludlow. The killer was convicted and executed but another body has been found. A copycat, according to the authorities, but Greer is convinced there is more to the story. And she is returning to Ludlow in search of the truth.

Ivy Westfall is beyond the fence and she is alone. Abandoned by her family and separated from Bishop Lattimer, Ivy must find a way to survive on her own in a land filled with countless dangers, both human and natural. She has traded a more civilized type of cruelty-forced marriages and murder...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “With more twists than a bag of pretzels, this compelling family saga may make you question what you think you know about your own relatives.”—Cosmopolitan “Roanoke girls never last long around here. In the end, we either run or we die.” After her mother's...

A twisty thriller from the beloved author of The Familiar Dark, in which a woman returns to the town where her sister was murdered and finds a presumed copycat on the loose It’s been fourteen years since Greer Dunning’s older sister, Eliza, was murdered, and Greer’s family has never been...

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2020 (Mystery/Thriller) "From its gripping beginning to its sobering finale, Amy Engel's The Familiar Dark never fails to enthrall with surprising twists."–Associated Press A spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an...

J'ai tout perdu : mon foyer, ma famille, l'homme que j'aime. Au-delà de la barrière, l'hiver approche. Il va me falloir trouver des vivres, un abri. Et des alliés. Mais je dois aussi faire un choix : oublier ma vie d'avant, me venger de ceux qui m'ont trahie... ou mener la révolution ? Je ne suis plus une Westfall ni une Lattimer. Simplement Ivy. Et je suis enfin libre.

Née pour trahir et faite pour tuer... sera-t-elle à la hauteur ? Je m'appelle Ivy Westfall, et je n'ai qu'une seule mission : tuer le garçon qu'on me destine, Bishop, le fils du président. Je me prépare pour ce moment depuis toujours. Peu importent mes sentiments, mes désirs, mes doutes, car les espoirs de toute une communauté reposent sur moi. Le temps de la rébellion approche.

En una empobrecida zona de los montes Ozark, en Misuri, en un pueblo pequeño con grandes secretos, dos niñas de doce años aparecen asesinadas. Sin nada que perder y rota de dolor, Eve Taggert se lanza a averiguar qué le ocurrió realmente a su hija. Eve conoce el lado oscuro de la vida. Su propia madre se encargó de enseñárselo. Una dura lección que ella ha tratado desesperadamente de evitar a su pequeña Junie.