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A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime’s legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by 12 remarkable best-selling and acclaimed authors. This collection of 12 original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie’s Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery.

It was Hannah who found April’s body 10 years ago. It was Hannah who didn’t question what she saw that day. Did her testimony put an innocent man in prison? She needs to know the truth. Even if it means questioning her own friends. Even if it means putting her own life at risk. Because if the killer wasn’t a stranger, it's someone she knows….

The gripping follow-up to multi-million bestselling author Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10 – now a Netflix film, starring Keira Knightley. Paradise comes at a price . . . The stunning mountain views. The beautiful shore of Lake Geneva. The terrified woman held in the suite belonging to...

Brought to you by Penguin. *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING KEIRA KNIGHTLEY* A PASSENGER IS MISSING...BUT WAS SHE EVER ON BOARD AT ALL? This was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship. A chance for travel...

Lyla Santiago has spent months working on a research project that could be the key to getting a permanent job in her field. So, she can’t really drop everything to go to a desert island with her actor boyfriend Nico to film One Perfect Couple, a new reality TV show that Nico is sure will lead to his big break – can she? Two weeks later and unsure how it happened, Lyla finds herself boarding a boat off the coast of Jakarta to an island in the Indian Ocean.

Snow is falling in the exclusive alpine ski resort of Saint Antoine, as the shareholders and directors of Snoop, the hottest new music app, gather for a make-or-break corporate retreat to decide the future of the company. At stake is a billion-dollar dot-com buyout that could make them all millionaires or leave some of them out in the cold. When an avalanche cuts the chalet off from help and one board member goes missing in the snow, the group is forced to ask - would someone resort to murder to get what they want?

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Death of Mrs Westaway, by Ruth Ware. When Harriet Westaway receives an unexpected letter telling her she’s inherited a substantial bequest from her Cornish grandmother, it seems like the answer to her prayers. She owes money to a loan shark, and the threats are getting increasingly aggressive: she needs to get her hands on some cash fast.

Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband Gabe are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their only suspect – her. On the run and out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the truth.

When she stumbles across the advert, she's looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss: a live-in nanny position, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten by the luxurious 'smart' home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family. What she doesn't know is that she's stepping into a nightmare - one that will end with a child dead and her in a cell awaiting trial for murder.

Someone's getting married. Someone's getting murdered. Nora hasn't seen Clare for 10 years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen do arrives. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her? But something goes wrong. Very wrong.

The text message is just three words: I need you. Isa Leigh drops everything, packs up her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten, where she and her three best friends attended prestigious boarding school Salten House. Only Kate still lives in the area, at the crumbling Tide Mill she inherited when her disgraced art tutor father vanished when she was just 17. Each of the women is running from something, from an act that has haunted them for many years but which they have tried their best to bury.

Die Journalistin Lo Blackwood nimmt an der Jungfernfahrt eines exklusiven Luxuskreuzfahrtschiffs an der norwegischen Küste teil. Ein wahrgewordener Traum. Doch in der ersten Nacht erwacht sie von einem Geräusch aus der Nachbarkabine. Sie hört, wie etwas ins Wasser geworfen wird. Etwas Schweres, ungefähr von der Größe eines menschlichen Körpers. Und die Reling ist blutverschmiert. Lo alarmiert den Sicherheitsoffizier: Die Kabine ist leer.

Leah has spent her formative years isolated on a remote island with her family. But their quiet existence, far from the devastated mainland, is cracking. Father, sensing a coming threat, demands that a wall be built. As the stone blockade rises, Father’s paranoia escalates. So does Leah’s dread that the violence the family left behind has found its way to their sanctuary.

Vor zehn Jahren hat Hannah die Leiche ihrer Freundin April gefunden. Es war das Ende ihrer sorglosen Zeit als Studentin in Oxford und das Ende ihres unbeschwerten Lebens. Damals schien klar, wer April ermordete. Aber jetzt bekommt Hannah furchtbare Zweifel: Hat ihre Aussage einen Unschuldigen hinter Gitter gebracht? Sie muss die Wahrheit herausfinden. Auch wenn dabei ihr eigenes Leben in Gefahr gerät. Denn wenn der Mörder noch frei herumläuft, muss es jemand sein, den sie gut kennt.

Jacintha (Jack) Cross und ihr Ehemann Gabe werden von großen Unternehmen engagiert, um deren Sicherheitssysteme zu unterlaufen und so deren Schwachstellen zu finden. Und die beiden sind verdammt gut in ihrem Job! Doch eines abends geht etwas schief und Jack wird verhaftet. Als sie Stunden später entlassen wird, findet sie ihren Mann Gabe mit durchschnittener Kehle am Schreibtisch. Verzweifelt und fassungslos bricht sie zusammen.

Jack et Gabe sont en couple, mais surtout ils sont pentesters : des hackers professionnels chargés de repérer les failles des systèmes de sécurité informatiques. Piégée, accusée du meurtre de son propre mari, la jeune femme n'a d'autre choix que de fuir. Et de se lancer, seule contre tous, avec pour seule compagnie la voix de Gabe qui résonne dans sa mémoire, dans une chasse à l'homme numérique pour découvrir qui les a trahis.

Da Hannah begynder på sit drømmestudie i Oxford, møder hun April, der på alle måder er Hannahs modsætning. April er eventyrligt rig, smuk, selvsikker og populær – og indimellem også en smule ondskabsfuld. De bliver hurtigt bedste veninder, og Hannah begynder et liv, hun ikke engang har turdet drømme om. Aprils nøje udvalgte vennekreds tæller også Will, Hugh, Ryan og Emily, og de seks bliver uadskillelige. Men da skoleåret slutter, er de kun fem tilbage. April bliver fundet død på sit kollegieværelse.

Nora este o scriitoare de romane polițiste, care preferă să stea retrasă. Când o prietenă pe care n-a mai văzut-o de zece ani o invită să-și petreacă weekendul într-o casă izolată din pădure, Nora acceptă fără prea mare entuziasm. Patruzeci și opt de ore mai târziu, se trezește într-un pat de spital, grav rănită, dar în viață, și convinsă că cineva a murit. Întrebându-se nu „ce s-a întâmplat?", ci „ce am făcut?", Nora încearcă să pună cap la cap întâmplările din weekendul care a trecut.

Cuando Isa recibe un mensaje en plena madrugada que dice «os necesito», comprende enseguida que el pasado ha vuelto para ajustar cuentas. Pese a que ha hecho lo indecible por olvidar aquel episodio oscuro que marcó su adolescencia, su fidelidad a Kate se antepone a todos sus temores. Así que no duda un instante en tomar el primer tren desde Londres hasta el pueblo costero de Salten, donde la marea baja acaba de dejar al descubierto los restos de un cadáver.

La invitación a un crucero de lujo, que zarpa de Londres rumbo a los fiordos noruegos, es como un sueño hecho realidad para Laura Blacklock, una joven periodista en horas bajas. Los primeros compases de la travesía discurren conforme a lo previsto: el ambiente del barco es suntuoso, el servicio, de primera categoría, y el pasaje derrocha elegancia, simpatía y dinero. Sin embargo, todo cambia cuando, una noche, un grito aterrador despierta a Laura, quien, estupefacta, observa cómo el cuerpo de una mujer cae al mar desde el compartimento contiguo.