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Newly divorced Jo is delighted to move into her best friend’s spare room almost rent-free. The high-tech luxury Camden flat is managed by a meticulous home assistant, called Electra, that takes care of the heating, the lights - and sometimes Jo even turns to her for company. Until, late one night, Electra says one sentence that rips Jo’s fragile world in two: ‘I know what you did’. And Jo is horrified. Because in her past she did do something terrible. Something unforgivable.

Oslo, 1938. War is in the air and Europe is in turmoil. Hitler’s Germany has occupied Austria and is threatening Czechoslovakia; there’s a civil war in Spain and Mussolini reigns in Italy. When a woman turns up at the office of police-turned-private investigator Ludvig Paaske, he and his assistant – his one-time nemesis and former drug-smuggler Jack Rivers – begin a seemingly straightforward investigation into marital infidelity.

December, 1145. Hamelin Isenmongere, trader in iron and charcoal from Gloucester, is considered by many to be the most popular man in Worcester. Why then is he found on the quayside near his warehouse with his head beaten in? As the winter bites, Undersheriff Hugh Bradecote, Serjeant Catchpoll...

Named a Most Anticipated Read of 2024 by Zibby Media ∙ Jordy’s Book Club ∙ Novel Suspects ∙ The Nerd Daily ∙ Pure Wow ∙ She Reads ∙ and more! Offered a dream job in Hollywood with a famous director and his actress wife, an insecure woman becomes their personal assistant where their...

“A haunting, razor-sharp mystery.” —Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author This twisty and sinister thriller follows a New York art gallery assistant reckoning with her past as she is trapped in a web of deceit after an up-and-coming painter is murdered—perfect for fans of Katy...

Un homicidio en el casino de Saint-Vincent, uno de los más prestigiosos de Europa, sumerge a Rocco Schiavone en el mundo de la ludopatía, los juegos de azar y la avaricia. A pesar de la complejidad del caso, el subjefe no puede liberarse de su pasado... y recomponer su vida se torna más difícil porque la sombra de su enemigo Enzo Baiocchi todavía se cierne sobre él. Y aún quedan muchas preguntas por responder: ¿qué pasó con Caterina?, ¿por qué lo traicionó?, y ¿por qué la fiscalía comienza a investigar la muerte de Luigi Baiocchi?