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You wake on a beautiful, remote island. Sparkling blue seas, golden sunsets, barely a footprint in the sand. Yet this is no ordinary escape. Next to the wreck of a plane, a stranger paces. Another sharpens a knife, scoring a list of the dead onto a palm tree. Others watch from the shadows of a campfire - all with untold stories, and closely-guarded secrets.

The six of us arrived on that beautiful Greek island dreaming of sun-drenched beaches and blood-orange sunsets, ready to lose ourselves in the wild freedom of a weekend away with friends. On the first night, we swam under a blanket of stars. On the second night, the games began on our clifftop terrace. On the third night, the idyll cracked, secrets and lies whispering on the breeze. And by the final night, there was a body on the rocks below.

Seven years ago, two boys went missing at sea - and only one was brought to shore. The Sandbank, a remote stretch of coast dotted with beach huts, was scarred forever. Sarah's son survived, but on the anniversary of the accident, he disappears without trace. As new secrets begin to surface, The Sandbank hums with tension and unanswered questions. Sarah's search grows more desperate, and she starts to mistrust everyone she knows - and she's right to.

Nothing has felt right since Elle rented out her house.... There's a new coldness. A shift in the atmosphere. The prickling feeling that someone is watching her every move from the shadows. Maybe it's all in Elle's mind? She's a writer – her imagination, after all, is her strength. And yet every threat seems personal. As if someone has discovered the secrets that keep her awake at night. As fear and paranoia close in, Elle's own home becomes a prison. Someone is unlocking her past – and she’s given them the key....

Faye Walters knows that today's women are sorted and stylish. They have the job, the house, the colour co-ordinated capsule wardrobe. They cope with the pressures of singledom, marriage and having kids with peanut allergies. And they all do it effortlessly, with nothing more than a women's mag and a poem by Pam Ayres to guide them. So why can't she pull it off? 

Lana und ihre beste Freundin Kitty wagen das große Abenteuer und verlassen ihre Heimat England, um auf Weltreise zu gehen. Unterwegs treffen sie auf eine Gruppe junger Backpacker, die mit ihrer Jacht von den Philippinen nach Neuseeland segelt. Schnell werden die beiden Mädchen Teil der Crew, und es beginnt eine aufregende Zeit vor der traumhaften Kulisse der Südsee.

Spannend, fesselnd und mysteriös! Das Haus an den Klippen war Ellens größter Traum. Doch kaum eingezogen, liegt ihre Welt in Trümmern: Ihre Ehe ist zerbrochen, sie ist bankrott, und ihr Verlag drängt auf ihr neues Buch, während sie mit Schreibblockaden und Schlaflosigkeit kämpft. Der Abgabetermin rückt näher, ihre Existenz hängt davon ab, und vielleicht liegt es an den angespannten Nerven, dass sie sich ständig beobachtet fühlt. Aber wer hat "Lügnerin" in ihren Schreibtisch geritzt und "Ich war in deinem Haus" an die Fensterscheibe geschrieben?