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A gripping short psychological thriller from USA Today bestselling author Lucinda Berry about how our safest routines can become our deadliest traps. Riley Fletcher’s morning run should have been ordinary—muscle memory, fresh air, home by breakfast. Instead, she wakes bound and bleeding in a...

In the chaos of a maternity ward, memories of tragedy and grief come rushing back for an anxious mother-to-be as she struggles to balance her child’s needs with her own healing. Rushed into an emergency cesarean section, a woman finds herself in the same hospital where her suicidal mother died. She’s buried the trauma of her mother’s last hours--and also the dread that she might be just as vulnerable to breaking. As the new mother relives one crisis in the midst of another, prize-winning author Julie Orringer turns the joyous event of birth into a harrowing, poignant short story.

Thirty-four years ago, on October 31, poor Hannah Talbott took part in a scavenger hunt gone violently wrong. The mean girls made sure of it. To this day, for a haunted local mother, the most unsettling Halloween costume of all is an urban legend they call Hannah-Beast. It’s a reminder of the past she can’t forget. Especially tonight when it’s come back, so close to home.

Ellen has a lot to be thankful for. Her fiancé, Troy, is perfectly sweet. Her childhood friend Tanya, despite her edgier taste in men, is like a sister to Ellen: her closest friend—and rival. So familiar and yet, over the years, so many secrets between them. For Ellen, what lies ahead is a series of choices that will add up to a life she never could have imagined.

Eve has a fake ID, a .38, and a violent lover receding in the rearview mirror. He’ll never find her at the isolated motel, and its kindly manager is happy to ease her fears. But if Eve is the only guest, whom does she keep hearing on the other side of the wall? Eve won’t get a good night’s rest until she finds out.

What really happened to the girl who walked into the woods and vanished forever? It’s a never-forgotten mystery that clings like a shadow in a short story about dark memories and inescapable fears.

Is it a hoax, or is it something unspeakably real? In this short story about evil games and spiraling secrets, whatever bargain you strike, there’s a price to be paid. Mason Brandt dropped out of seminary and found a job at a spiritual center offering guidance to troubled teens. Mason was one himself years ago - a suspect in a young girl’s disappearance. When a female student is found murdered, Mason is dogged by suspicion and flees. He hopes Merle House will offer him sanctuary once again.

Ever since high school, somebody’s been playing the echo game on Will Williams. A look-alike with the same tattoos and the same name has been following him. Starting by implicating Will in petty crimes, and escalating to offenses with serious prison terms, he’s undermined every attempt Will has made to get his life on track. Now, drifting from city to city, Will’s doing everything in his power to outrun his shadow.

Actor and sex worker Nats is experienced at putting on a show. However, her new gig supplying intimate whispers for growgirls takes her to a place darker and lonelier than she could have ever imagined. The lab-grown dolls can respond to pleasure or pain; their synthetic heads contain only the simplest AI to prevent any pesky robo sex doll uprisings. But just because growgirls don’t have a brain, doesn’t mean they don’t have a voice...

How do you know whether a real-world situation calls for a storybook hero? Is there such a thing as a knight in shining armor, or does every good deed come with unintended consequences? With chilling insight, five bestselling crime writers explore what it means to rise to the occasion—and the...

Matthew, Claire, Ian, and Mason haven’t set foot on the Merle family property since the summer they were sixteen. They tried for years to put their history behind them, to forget the mystery of the girl who vanished so long ago. But a powerful force from their past is still at play. This time, there’s no hiding from it.

After years of traditional treatments and therapies, Derrick still suffers from pain ineluctable enough that it has become his identity. Then he hears of an exclusive, very private New York clinic that promises relief. It comes highly recommended by a friend. The multisession remedy unfolds as a sensorial wonder that’s so illuminating it’s enough to bring tears to Derrick’s eyes. It’s all working so well. So unexpectedly well.

Ein blutiges Geheimnis aus der Vergangenheit vergiftet die Gegenwart. "Ich werde sie vom Dachboden retten" – diese Nachricht entdeckt Mia bei Sanierungsarbeiten an ihrem neu erstandenen Haus, eingeritzt in eine Fußleiste. Mit einer bösen Vorahnung steigen sie und ihr Mann Finn auf den Dachboden, wo sie in einer verborgenen Ecke auf mehrere alte Lederkoffer stoßen. Der Inhalt ist so schockierend, dass er das Leben der Familie für immer verändert.

Mark is the accused rapist. Miss P. is the victim, his former teacher. Moira M. is an apathetic juror. As the trial unfolds in this intense short story, three personal histories emerge, along with three alarmingly different points of view: Obsessed and angry. Menaced and disillusioned. Disaffected and searching through an unexamined life for moral conviction.

Ever since they were orphaned, Tyler has kept close tabs on his sister, Shannon. He has to, considering her weird and risky obsessions. Now she has a new one: an inexplicable crush on an odd-looking stranger. And what Shannon wants from her unwitting “honey boy,” Tyler can’t begin to fathom. Not until he follows his sister into the darkest corners of her desires. 

While renovating her Victorian home, Ana Clementine finds an ornate door buried under forty years of earth. Once she restores it to the attic, she starts hearing whispers, her loving husband has become a stranger, and her baby daughter learns a chilling new word. Maybe Ana has unlocked the house’s secrets. Or maybe she’s becoming just a little unhinged herself.

Ich habe mein Leben lang versucht, stark zu sein. Aus Angst, dass er mir mein Baby wegnehmen könnte, wenn er von meiner psychischen Erkrankung erfährt, verschweige ich ihm meine Schwangerschaft. Doch als unser Kind da ist, merke ich, dass ich es allein nicht schaffe, da mich meine Vergangenheit im Griff hat und ich niemanden habe, der mich unterstützt.

Scarlett Thompson hat ihr Leben dem Helfen verschrieben. In Brooklyn hat sie einen Ort geschaffen, der jungen Frauen Sicherheit und Zuflucht bietet. Nach einem traumatischen Undercover-Einsatz ist FBI-Agent Sam zurück in New York. Als seine Ermittlungen ausgerechnet zu Scarletts Safe House führen, kollidieren ihre Welten erneut. Zwischen Bedrohung und Hoffnung wächst etwas, das stärker ist als die Dunkelheit um sie herum – eine Liebe, die ihnen den Mut gibt, trotz aller Widrigkeiten an eine gemeinsame Zukunft zu glauben.

Vor zwölf Jahren wurde Sarah Baker vom sogenannten Watt-Lake-Killer entführt und vergewaltigt. Monatelang wurde sie gefangen gehalten, bis ihr endlich die Flucht gelang. Der Mörder wurde gefasst, doch Sarah hat alles verloren. Sie ändert ihren Namen in Olivia West und findet auf der Broken-Bar-Ranch einen Unterschlupf. Endlich beginnen ihre Narben zu heilen, doch dann wird die Leiche einer erst kürzlich ermordeten Frau gefunden.