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One little girl. Mirabelle’s mother loves her. She’s her ‘little doll’. Mother dresses her, paints her face and plaits her hair. But as Mirabelle grows, the dresses no longer fit quite as well, the face paint no longer looks quite so pretty. And Mother isn’t happy. Two little girls. On Mirabelle’s 13th birthday, Mother arrives home with a present - a new sister, five-year-old Clarabelle, who Mother has rescued from the outside world. But Mother only needs one.

Until now, Steffie has been proud of the decisions she's made as a mother. Despite every obstacle life has thrown at Steffie, she's convinced herself that Jemima has thrived and that it's their relationship that has carried them through. But now Jemima has the chance to pursue her own dreams to be a ballerina. Which means her leaving home at the age of 10. And Steffie finds herself faced with that most unbearable of parental decisions: to keep her child at home or to give her the wings to fly.

A killer is putting the mangled, lifeless bodies of prostitutes on display in sleepy Northeast Tennessee. The murderous spree is accelerating. Two detectives, Lukas Miller from Johnson City and Brooke Stevens from Kingsport, have been assigned to hunt the killer down and stop him. Miller and Stevens are considered the best in their respective departments, and although they've never met, their superiors order them to work together in a coordinated effort to put an end to the violence as quickly as possible. Their reputations, and perhaps their careers, are on the line.

In suburban Australia, Mim and her two children live as quietly as they can. Around them, a near-future world is descending into chaos: government officials have taken absolute control, but not everybody wants to obey the rules. When Mim’s husband, Ben, mysteriously disappears, Mim realises that she and her children are in great danger. Together, they must set off on the journey of a lifetime to find Ben. The government are trying to track them down, but Mim will do anything to keep her family safe—even if it means risking all their lives.

Dan, Red, and Skip have returned home from their road trip to Bonifay. Dan is ready for some much-needed relaxation. He makes himself a drink, grabs the newspaper, and settles into one of the Adirondack chairs by the fire pit. Life is perfect. Until that one phone call ruins it all. Make yourself a tequila, Seven, and lime, and join the boys as they try to get themselves out of trouble they didn’t ask for. This newest Tales of Dan Coast Adventure, Another Mother, also sees Dan’s parents, Gene and Peg, return to the island to deal with a surprise from Gene’s past.

Mother Nile is the story of Si, the American-born son of an Irish father and Egyptian mother, who goes on a journey through the winding streets of the City of the Dead to solve a half-century-old mystery. When his mother makes an urgent plea on her deathbed, Si knows that he must make the journey to Egypt to find out the truth about his long-lost half-sister, conceived during his mother's affair with King Farouk.

Cape Town is an unlikely setting for Islamic terror, but in Bo-Kaap, the city's peaceful Muslim enclave, Imam Rauf preaches a theology of austerity, obedience, and sacrifice. When the multi-billionaire Goldwyn family settles in the Western Cape, they learn firsthand the implications of a radical imam's preaching. Cultures collide in the wake of a family crisis as the Goldwyns face off with an insidious form of jihad that has long existed but always been ignored.

Als Tessa Markham nach Hause kommt, sitzt ein fremder Junge in ihrer Küche. Er hält sie für seine Mutter. Aber Tessa hat keine Kinder. Jedenfalls nicht mehr. Sie kennt den kleinen Jungen nicht und hat keine Ahnung, wie er in ihre Wohnung gekommen ist. Nachdem sie die Polizei gerufen hat, wird plötzlich Tessa selbst verdächtigt, das Kind entführt zu haben und ihr ganzes Leben steht Kopf. Und dann beichtet ihr Ehemann ihr ein schreckliches Geheimnis …