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Don't miss the perfect Christmas present for yourself (or for that best friend who would definitely help you hide a body…) ––––––––––––––––––––– Anna's Christmas Eve To Do List: 1. Wrap the kids' presents​ 2. Peel the potatoes ​ 3. Get rid of the...

Brought to you by Penguin. The chilling Sunday Times bestseller perfect for fans of Knives Out. A Richard & Judy Book Club pick. The unputdownable thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR. In this family, everyone is keeping secrets - even the dead. In the...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Welcome to Stanhope - a safe neighbourhood. A place for families. William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So, when he returns...

For twenty-four-year-old Jane, finding love in New York City is even harder than making it as a playwright. So, when Jane meets Colin, a sweet software engineer, she can't believe her luck: they're perfect for each other. Even when Colin breaks off their blooming relationship after six dates, Jane is certain that this is just a stumbling block. She'll get him back. She knows she will. That is, until Colin starts dating Zoe, a perfect, luminous, up-and-coming Brooklyn artist.

The Saint is back - fifty audiobooks are now available starring the debonair classic crime hero. Simon Templar is the Saint - daring, dazzling, and just a little disreputable. On the side of the law, but standing outside it, he dispenses his own brand of justice one criminal at a time. In this collection of nine short stories the Saint encounters a clever detective who isn't, a well-meaning mayor, a man who likes ants and a producer who turns out, much to the Saint's surprise, to be actually quite smart.

Bazza Mackenzie, Pompey’s top criminal, is now beyond reach of DI Joe Faraday. Hungry for power and profile, Bazza decides to stand for Portsmouth North in the general election. And his campaign is taking the city by storm. But politics is an expensive business and so Bazza turns to ex-cop Paul Winter to call in a multi-million pound drug debt. Winter, though, is facing a nightmare of his own and knows his time with Bazza has to end.

After narrowly escaping with his life at the hands of a murderous Hollywood pimp, detective Happy Doll, bullet-ridden but healing, has landed on a remote Mexican beach. In a humble shack and with his dog for company, Doll settles into a peaceful idyll of Buddhist study. But then trouble, as it always does, comes to paradise. Doll is the witness to a murder for which he is framed, and now, with an expired passport and the Mexican authorities on his tail, he must sneak across the border back to L.A. by any means necessary, with the goal of bringing the true murderer to justice.

Bremen, Dezember 2023: In der Hansestadt geht ein Serienmörder um. Insgesamt vier Frauen wurden bereits furchtbar zugerichtet aufgefunden. Als eine weitere Frauenleiche entdeckt wird, werden Sophie Kaiser und ihr Team hinzugezogen. Die ambitionierte Profilerin des BKA, die durch ihren Autismus Zusammenhänge anders bewertet als andere, ist gerade erst ein paar Tage in der Stadt, da gibt es bereits das nächste Opfer. Dieses Mal wendet der Mörder selbst sich zeitgleich an die Medien und beschreibt detailliert seine grausamen Taten.

Brought to you by Penguin. Erin lives an idyllic life by the seaside with her baby boy and handsome Australian fiancée. She's upbeat and happy - a natural mum. At least that's what her thousands of followers on Instagram think. In the real world, Erin is struggling with anxiety and finding it...

‘Perhaps all this time I was merely an origami of a happy woman. Complicated to put together, easy to rip to shreds.’ Gwynne Hogg is an enviable woman – until she discovers her beloved dad is a serial killer. As her dad’s decades-old secrets finally catch up with him, Gwynne struggles to...

"An unputdownable and gripping thriller with nonstop twists and turns!" —Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid The next riveting summer suspense by the bestselling author of THE BLOCK PARTY, Jamie Day. Could this reunion be the death of them? The Precipice is a...

Lloyd has a particular set of skills. He writes the small print for prescription drugs, marital aids, and incontinence products. The clients present him with a list of possible side effects. His job is ""to recite and minimize""—sometimes by just saying them really fast and other times by...

The brand new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Perfect Couple and Am I Guilty? “Filled with suspense, intrigue and a cast of engaging characters.” Lucy Clarke, author of The Castaways “Suspicion, secrets and shocking reveals!” Sarah Linley, author of The Trip My...

En la España de los 1979, un joven profesor de matemáticas se encuentra, al leer un periódico, con la noticia de que está oficialmente muerto. Decide, entonces, cambiar radicalmente su vida: toma la decisión de dedicarse a robarles a los ladrones de altos vuelos: probablemente, una de las actividades más peligrosas que existen. No sin dificultades logra un nuevo DNI y demás documentos oficiales, se inicia en las artes del robo y aprende a manejar armas. Traficantes de drogas, de personas o atracadores se convierten en sus objetivos principales.