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When I get the keys to Forest Farm, my boyfriend Charlie’s family home, I know I am the luckiest girl alive. This gorgeous five-bed farmhouse with its sweeping gravel drive has been given to us no questions asked. And with Charlie’s parents living so close, I feel like the door has been shut on the secrets of my past and I’ve been welcomed into a brand-new family.

Twenty years ago, Tatia was adopted into a well-off home where she seemed happy, settled. Then the youngest boy in the family dies in an accident, and she gets the blame. Did she do it? Tatia is cast out, away from her remaining adopted siblings Joel and Poppy. Now she yearns for a home to call her own. So when she see families going on holiday, leaving their beautiful homes empty, there seems no harm in living their lives while they are gone. But somehow, people keep ending up dead. Did she kill them?

Twin sisters Cassie and Lenora are inseparable. Ever since that night, they’ve been on their own, and that’s how they like it. As the sole permanent residents of Cabin Two, their refuge on an isolated Tennessee campground, the twins manage to stay away from prying eyes, probing questions, and true-crime junkies. The peace and quiet is almost enough to make them forget what happened all those years ago. Almost. Until a teenage girl camping at the neighboring cabin goes missing, and the memories come rushing back.

Residents of the posh Upstate New York neighborhood of Deer Crossing enjoy all the amenities wealth provides. From drive-up dog-grooming to monthly botox parties, these lucky suburbanites have everything they could ever want. And one thing they don’t. Stalker Caroline Case, who wheels her infant along their streets each night with just one goal … to spy on anyone too careless or too foolish to close their window blinds.

It seems like everything should be fine. So why isn't it? In the aftermath, Becca struggles to pick up the pieces, feeling like things should be easier. After all, they won. Didn't they? Then why are the nightmares back? And why can't she shake this nagging feeling that something is still out there, watching her, and biding its time to end this dance once and for all?

When attorney Elizabeth English and her husband, Paul, catch up to their energetic sons at the end of their hike, they expect to find the two boys waiting by their car. It’s been only minutes since Henry and Nick bolted ahead. But when Elizabeth and Paul emerge from the trail, Henry is gone, and all Nick says is that he saw a lone truck leaving the lot shortly after Henry went to the bathroom. Gritty park ranger Hollis Monroe launches a massive search and teams up with a local detective to investigate the possibility that Henry was kidnapped.

A young woman is reunited with the famous father she never knew at a secluded lakeside community hiding nightmarish secrets in this immersive modern-day gothic for listeners of psychological suspense by Mary Kubica, Shari Lapena, and Megan Miranda.

Natalie will eigentlich nur den Richtigen finden. Doch dann lernt sie James kennen, und Natalie glaubt, endlich alles zu bekommen, was sie sich je gewünscht hat – bis James etwas herausfindet, das Natalie für immer verbergen wollte: Die Wahrheit über ihre drei Exes. Sie sind nicht einfach Männer, die Natalie verletzt, hintergangen und verlassen haben. Sie sind tot. Und jedes Mal war Natalie – noch so zufällig – in der Nähe. Dadurch wird James zur Gefahr … oder Natalie?

One big mistake. One bigger regret. Once the lead singer of a renowned rock band, Joe Jarrett now cherishes a quiet life by the sea. With family as his anchor, Joe's world is on the brink of collapse when historic accusations of rape and murder surface against his band. As Joe is forced to face the consequences of the past, threatening letters from a stalker seeking revenge reach his home. Who is she? Meanwhile, his son's new girlfriend, Edie, conceals her own dark secret.

Eine schreckliche Entdeckung wirft Friederikes Leben völlig aus der Bahn: Sie findet die kleine Nachbarstochter ermordet in deren Kinderzimmer, daneben liegt der schwer verletzte Vater. Doch wo ist die ältere Tochter? Und wo die Mutter? Für Friederike, die sich selbst nichts sehnlicher wünscht als ein Kind, beginnt ein Spießrutenlauf. Denn sie gerät nicht nur ins Visier der Ermittlungen, auch die Medien stürzen sich auf den Fall - und auf sie. Friederike muss herausfinden, was nebenan passiert ist. Aber je mehr sie erfährt, desto mehr fragt sie sich, wem sie noch vertrauen kann.

In einem großen herrschaftlichen Haus in Londons elegantem Stadtteil Chelsea liegt ein Baby in seinem Bettchen. Das kleine Mädchen ist satt und zufrieden, es fehlt ihm an nichts. In der Küche des Hauses liegen drei verwesende Leichen. Neben ihnen eine hastig hingekritzelte Nachricht. Die drei sind seit Tagen tot. Doch wer hat sich dann um das Kind gekümmert? Und wo ist diese Person jetzt? Fünfundzwanzig Jahre später erhält eine junge Frau namens Libby einen Brief, der sie überraschend zur Erbin des Anwesens erklärt.

When twin sisters Rose and Bel Enright enroll in The Odell School, a prestigious New Hampshire boarding school, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. But the sisters could not be more different. The school brings out a rivalry between them that few ever knew existed. And the school itself has a dark underbelly: of privileged kids running unchecked and uninhibited; of rituals and traditions that are more sinister than they seem; of wealth and entitlement that can lead only to disaster.

Kali es muy joven, pero sus sueños son viejos: desea encontrar al hombre de su vida. Sin embargo, será ese hombre, tan perfecto que parece un sueño, quien la encuentre a ella. Debian es el hombre ideal: se gana bien la vida, es inteligente, le gusta cuidarse y es arrebatadoramente bello. Esta es la escalofriante historia de Kali desde el preciso momento en que recibe la primera notificación de Debian en su móvil. Pero ¿quién cree todavía en príncipes azules? Las cosas no serán tal y como ella las había soñado, y es que casi nada en la vida resulta como imaginamos. Y el amor, mucho menos...

Kali es una joven dulce, tierna y soñadora. Da clases de inglés a niños pequeños y le gusta pensar que trabaja en lo mismo que Lady Di, la princesa del pueblo y reina de corazones, a quien idolatra en secreto, y que murió justo el día en que ella nació. Kali también es dócil, sumisa y bastante ingenua. Vive condicionada por esos best sellers que tratan sobre el amor romántico y sus atractivas sombras sexuales, los reality shows que propician los encuentros amorosos —por efímeros que estos sean—, las películas y series de televisión.