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Every street holds a secret.New to the neighborhood and reeling from the traumatic birth of her second child, Marlowe Moore is barely holding it together. Battling postpartum depression and anxiety, she's desperate for stability.But when she learns that a woman who once lived in her family's new...

When police rescue five-year-old Jenna Thompson from the dark closet where she's been held captive for days, they tell her she's a lucky girl. Compared to the rest of her family, it's true. But even with their killer dead of an overdose, Jenna is still trying to find peace 25 years later.

Brought to you by Penguin. The audio edition of Morgan's Passing by Anne Tyler. Morgan Gower has an outsize hairy beard, an array of peculiar costumes and fantastic headwear, and a serious smoking habit. He likes to pretend to be other people - a jockey, a shipping magnate, a foreign art dealer...

Rowena despises the woman she’s become. Her ex-husband has bent her mind to believe in third and fourth chances, but this time she’s done with him. He’s left her with nothing but a broken heart, shattered promises, and a stack of bills. Looking down at her mail, she finds a certified letter stating she’s inherited a cottage in Cornwall, UK, located in the Bodmin Moors. After arriving at the home, she’s determined to start her life anew, even with the news of a murderer on the loose, which keeps her close to a neighbor and trusted dog.

Anna had never been particularly interested in her mother's past. She certainly hadn't ever given much in the way of credence to her stories about the last Prince of Wales. But when Anna crashes through time into a snowy afternoon in medieval Wales, she suddenly finds herself embarking on a journey that transforms not only her own life, but an entire world ...

Großbritannien hat eine neue TV-Sensation: In der Reality-Show »Exposure« stellen sich sieben völlig Fremde in den walisischen Bergen einem Wettbewerb. Auch Detective Ffion Morgan schaut zu, denn die Show wird ganz in der Nähe ihres Heimatdorfes aufgezeichnet, und ihre Postbotin ist eine der Kandidatinnen. Die Teilnehmer der Show erfahren allerdings erst jetzt, worauf sie sich eingelassen haben: Jeder von ihnen hütet ein Geheimnis, das sein oder ihr Leben verändert hat. In dem teuflischen »Spiel« geht es um nichts Geringeres, als die Geheimnisse der Kontrahenten ans Licht zu bringen – live auf Sendung!

MacKenzie Decker was a question Avery never got to ask, much less an answer. They met when she was a young reporter fueled by ambition, and the ink on Deck's first NBA contract was barely dry. Years later, they've climbed so high and lost so much, but one thing hasn't changed—the attraction that simmered between them in a locker room before is still there. With success like theirs, everything has been possible...except them. But that was then.

Im Morgengrauen treibt eine Leiche im See. Ein paar Stunden später ist jeder Gast verdächtig... "Die letzte Party" von der britischen Bestseller-Autorin Clare Mackintosh ist der erste Teil einer raffinierten Krimi-Reihe voller Intrigen, Lügen und unerhörter Twists. Am Silvester-Abend gibt Rhys Lloyd die Party aller Partys: Seine Ferienhäuser an einem See in Wales sind ein voller Erfolg, und er hat die walisischen Dorfbewohner großzügig eingeladen, mit ihren neuen reichen Nachbarn Champagner zu trinken. Doch nicht alle sind zum Feiern da: Am nächsten Morgen treibt Lloyds Leiche im See.

In Vowed (Book 7 of the Vampire Journals), Caitlin and Caleb find themselves in medieval Scotland, in 1350, a time of knights and shining armor, of castles and warriors, of the quest for the Holy Grail said to contain the key to true vampire immortality. Landing on the shores of the ancient Isle of Skye, a remote island off the Western coast of Scotland where only the most elite warriors live and train, they are ecstatic to reunite with Sam and Polly, Scarlet and Ruth, a human king and his warriors, and with all of Aiden’s coven.

It had been many years since Jemima Barlow entered into the front doors of her primary school. Her heart leapt when she spotted a portrait of her first grade teacher, Miss Kravitz, hanging on the wall beside the school's namesake, Sarah Swain. Her shifty eyes and sinister smile seemed to taunt Jemima, awakening a nightmare from long ago...but then, the lovely Miss Granizo came to mind...

From the New York Times bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles and based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France—this is “a moving tale of sacrifice, heroism, and inspired storytelling immersed in the power of books to...

From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the coasts of Cuba and America, striking terror wherever he went. Morgan was obsessive. He had two driving ambitions: to possess the beautiful woman called La...

Rückkehr nach Morgan's Hall. Die emotionale Familiensaga geht weiter. 1956: Isabelle und John geben ihrer Ehe eine zweite Chance. Seite an Seite kämpfen sie um den Erhalt von Morgan's Hall. Die gesamte Ernte wurde vernichtet, und die Schatten der Vergangenheit holen sie immer wieder ein. Ihre Tochter Elizabeth ist zu einer jungen Frau herangewachsen und fühlt sich mehr denn zu ihren Stiefbruder James hingezogen. Dieser begegnet fernab im lebhaften New York einer aufregenden Frau, die ihn immer näher an sein Ziel bringt, ein berühmter Pianist zu werden.

«Perché lo hai fatto?» Ezra non aveva mai creduto che avrebbe dovuto affrontare quella domanda. Eppure era lì, sospesa tra loro, a turbinare nell’aria come polvere sottile. Aveva odiato Kyle. Aveva tutte le ragioni per farlo. Eppure… eppure gli aveva salvato la vita.

Family, community, hard work. It’s what always draws the folks of Morgantown back to the ranch—along with the promise of so much more . . . Widowed for ten years, now running the family ranch, Adam Miller is no longer the fun-loving guy who married his high school sweetheart the moment they...

Un cadavre atrocement mutilé suspendu à la façade d'un bâtiment. Une ancienne ville soviétique envoûtante et terrifiante. Deux enquêteurs, aux motivations divergentes, face à un tueur fou qui signe ses crimes d'une hirondelle empaillée. Et l'ombre d'un double meurtre perpétré en 1986, la nuit où la centrale de Tchernobyl a explosé.

Elizabeth was a lifelong lover of literature. Hemingway, trains, adventure, food. She traveled the globe. Then settled into a silent and empty marriage in Virginia. Elizabeth’s memoir began as a complaint, late in life. At a turning point. She wrote in secret, gathering strength to break free. Her story grows as she makes her escape. And grows as her story is told.

Im 3. Band der großartigen Krimi-Reihe aus Wales schlägt das Verbrechen dort zu, wo die Menschen sich am sichersten fühlen – und ihre dunkelsten Geheimnisse verwahren: zu Hause! DS Leo Brady ist überzeugt, dass da jemand etwas oder jemanden ganz Bestimmtes sucht. Auf der anderen Seite der Grenze in Wales wird auf dem Mirror Lake eine Leiche gefunden: Eine Immobilienmaklerin liegt tot in ihrem umgestürzten Kajak. DC Ffion Morgan erkennt schnell, dass sie es mit Mord zu tun hat.

Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night opens on September 4, 1913, two months after the Fourth of July tragedy. Owen, the girls' father, "turns to drink" and abandons his family. Their mother Grace falls victim to the seductive powers of Grief, an imagined figure who has seduced her off-and-on since childhood. Violet forms an unlikely friendship with Stanley Adamski, a motherless outcast who works in the mines as a breaker boy.

In 1930, 25-year-old Violet travels with her 16-year-old sister Lily from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to the Good Shepherd Infant Asylum in Philadelphia, so Lily can deliver her illegitimate child in secret. In doing so, Violet jeopardizes her engagement to her longtime sweetheart, Stanley Adamski. Meanwhile, Mother Mary Joseph, who runs the Good Shepherd, has no idea the asylum's physician, Dr. Peters, is involved in eugenics and experimenting on the girls with various sterilization techniques.