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Brought to you by Penguin. The Sunday Times bestseller Tasha has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Alice. Their lifestyles couldn't be more different; Alice is married to wealthy entrepreneur Kyle and has a high-flying career, Tasha is married to her childhood sweetheart and lives...

I've moved into a shared house. My three new housemates aren't just reserved, there's a distinct chill in the air, an unspoken tension that makes me uneasy. I'm not here to make friends, though. I have my own secrets. Nikki is like a sister to me and I'm here to find out what happened to her. Where is she? I'm convinced someone knows more than they're letting on. Is she simply missing? Or has something far more sinister occurred within these walls?

She’s 118 years old, four steps from glory and now she’s done playing nice. Sister Agatha has lived a long, saintly life across three centuries—only to be told, during a routine check–up, that she’s got just one week left to live. It’s a bit of an inconvenience, really. You see...

After a harrowing escape from Russian agents on his last mission, Charles Jenkins thinks he’s finally done with the spy game. But then the final two of the seven sisters—American assets who have been deep undercover in Russia for decades—cut off all communication with their handlers. Are they in hiding after detecting surveillance? Or have they turned and become double agents? It’s Jenkins’s duty to find out, but he’s been added to a Russian kill list. It will require all of Jenkins’s knowledge of spycraft—and an array of disguises—to return to the country undetected.

When Merle's husband dies suddenly the will is quite a shock. And so is an intriguing surprise - Harry left her a family home in a tiny French village. She had no idea he owned the house where he was born. Merle sets out to claim her inheritance, adolescent son in tow, and thus begins a sojourn reminiscent of A Year in Provence, or perhaps Under The Tuscan Sun.

Kim and Mia Timmers were just eleven years old when they were imprisoned in a local psychiatric institution, accused of murdering the man they believed to be responsible for the death of their family. Now, ten years later, they are due for release.Detective Pieter Vos is given cause to re-open...

She needs nothing short of a miracle . . . Sister Agatha lies on her deathbed. But as she takes her final breath, the 124–year–old nun experiences a vision. At the Pearly Gates, St Peter will only allow her entry into heaven if she can atone for her past wrongdoings. And so, the Irish nun is...

What brings people together often throws them apart, especially when it involves family. Ordinarily a close and loyal unit, the relationship between detectives David Stone and Frankie Oliver is stretched to breaking point when, without her knowledge, he embarks on an investigation into the tragic open-unsolved murder of her sister. The past and present collide with devastating consequences in this unputdownable thriller that will leave readers breathless.

Alicia Bjelke has always been the "other sister," the foil to her beautiful sister Stella—people turn their backs when they see Alicia's disfigured face. So she created a life in the background, becoming a coding genius and founding a groundbreaking dating app company. With Stella as the face of the company, Alicia has found success. Until one day, when Stella is found dead and Alicia’s life takes the wrong turn. Soon, she realizes that she is the next target.

Louise Towers, one of the most powerful and celebrated women in the world, is brutally attacked in her New York mansion. Founder of a mighty cosmetics empire, she is known as one of the most well-guarded, inaccessible people, so both the public and press alike believe that the attack could have only been planned by someone close to her. The investigation to find the perpetrator uncovers an intricate web of family, friends, business associates, and lovers—any one of whom could have been motivated to harm Louise.

As the snow falls and a bitter wind blows, Detective Ellie Reeves is devastated to discover the bodies of two little girls, alone and frozen on an icy lake, in the isolated town of Cold Mountain. The girls are holding hands, with matching bows in their blonde curls, and when Ellie realizes they are twin sisters, her heart breaks for their mother, who must be desperately wondering where her little darlings are. But, back at the police station, she is horrified to discover that nobody has reported the sisters missing. Are their parents in danger too?

“We have a secret the Devil and I.” These are the chilling words on the back of an old photograph that Sister Joan uncovers while cleaning out the attic storerooms. What she discovers among the dusty antiques leads to her most dangerous case yet. Joan has the strangest feeling that she's being followed. But the person she thinks she saw died over a year ago . . . Or did he? Then a young secretary turns up dead. She's been strangled. Another body is found and Sister Joan must get to the bottom of things before the murderer strikes again.

Varg Veum receives a surprise visit in his office. A woman introduces herself as his half sister, and she has a job for him. Her goddaughter, a 19-year-old trainee nurse from Haugesund, moved from her bedsit in Bergen two weeks ago. Since then no one has heard anything from her. She didn't leave an address. She doesn't answer her phone. And the police refuse to take her case seriously. Veum's investigation uncovers a series of carefully covered up crimes and pent-up hatreds....

When Mila’s sister is murdered, her life is destroyed. Framed for the crime, with her homeland at war and her young niece and nephew missing, Mila flees to an English village. But her presence stirs prejudice, gossip, and hidden tensions . . . As a human rights lawyer, Mila is determined to avenge her sister’s death and clear her name. Fabien, the troubled heir to Farlington Hall, becomes entangled in her mission, even as he battles his own scandals. And when one of Mila’s adversaries is found dead in suspicious circumstances, her position grows even more precarious.

When a man is found gruesomely murdered in the local pub, all fingers point to the backpackers working behind the bar that night—two American girls who skipped town before the body was discovered. Despite all the evidence against them, rookie cop Tara Harrison knows there must be more to this case than a pair of sorority sisters who couldn't take a joke. She's determined to uncover the truth, and is soon on the trail of a devastating secret that could tear her hometown apart.

When a convoy of wealthy Americans touring France in vintage cars rolls into Merle Bennett’s quiet village, it seems like the perfect summer diversion—sunshine, old cars, and blood red wine. But when one of the drivers vanishes without a trace, the idyllic getaway grinds to a halt. Now, the glamorous château-turned-hotel is locked down by a gruff French detective, and tensions among the elite guests are rising fast.

Stretched thin between her sisters in the US and her new life in France, Merle Bennett is feeling the strain of obligations. That is even before Pascal's grape harvest goes sideways, her father falls ill, and her older sister shows up in France unexpectedly. Her son Tristan and sister Stasia then inexplicably disappear.

Wealth cannot protect Lura from the tragedies that befall her in the late 19th century. She voyages to Paris after months as a recluse in Grisham Manor. There, Lura finds a new purpose when she meets two American girls who face a tragedy of their own.

The wife: it was a whirlwind romance and a shotgun wedding, but weeks into their marriage, Candace realises that moving in with Lane also means moving in with his possessive, uptight sister. The sister-in-law: Harper is the kind of woman who cooks homemade meals and dusts under the furniture. The husband: all Lane has ever wanted is a white-picket-fence life. The wife. The two-point-five kids. The happy little family.

Gertrud and her foster sister, Hanna, used to be inseparable. But as the years pass, Hanna becomes the beautiful one while Gertrud remains plain. Their once unbreakable bond is strained by jealousy - until Gertrud is brutally murdered and Hanna disappears without a trace.