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Broadchurch meets Harlan Coben in the most compulsive thriller you'll read all year. Discover the Sunday Times bestseller . . . 'A gripping thriller that twists and turns' HARLAN COBEN 'I couldn't put it down for a single second' LISA JEWELL 'Full of shocking twists' KARIN SLAUGHTER...

Brought to you by Penguin. A stingingly brilliant new psychological thriller from the 5 million copy-bestselling author of Here to Stay and The Magpies Summer 1999. Will joins five other idealistic graduates working for an eccentric psychology professor. They’re going to launch a website to...

From the bestselling author of Dark August comes a tense, moody thriller about a reclusive grandmother forced to confront her darkest fears to protect her family from a ruthless foe. Seventy-year-old Lenny Bird lives in a cage of her own making. It’s protected by a strong will, stubborn habits...

There’s your side. My side. And the truth. Lisa Jewell meets Jodi Picoult in a story of betrayal and deception in the aftermath of family tragedy. She must face justice. As her sister it kills me to say it. As his mother I demand it. When Jen Miller entrusts her youngest child to the care of...

Four friends. Three nights in a secluded cabin. Dark secrets that can't be undone. Who will make it home? Chloe has a bad feeling about Alison's bachelorette party. She barely knows the other girls here, Keren and Jess, and it turns out the cabin they've rented in the woods upstate is much more...

In the sterile halls of a church-run rehab, a man awakens to a mystery that strikes terror into the heart of the institution—an unexplained death. The discovery sends shockwaves rippling through the core of the of the church. Blake and Haeli are drawn into a perilous mission to unmask the secrets of this seemingly benign organization. An unplanned visit to estranged parents reveals a daunting picture of the church's far-reaching influence, leading them on a path of danger, discoveries, and unexpected alliances.

Bloomsbury presents The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner, read by Louise Brealey and Dakota Blue Richards. 'This is The Undoing meets Big Little Lies. A fast-paced, decadent skewering of upper-middle-class motherhood' ABIGAIL DEAN 'The Other Mothers is the elevated, devourable thriller...

"Spine-tingling fun." —People “Lisa Unger, you’ve done it again.” —Sarah Michelle Gellar, Emmy Award-winning actress A couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this unputdownable thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six. Rosie...

*** FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET, A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK *** 'A thrilling hall of mirrors filled with deeply disturbing twists' - ALEX MICHAELIDES 'A desert-dust nightmare with a scorpion's sting, and I loved it' - EMMA STONEX...

A murder at sea, a killer below deck? BELOW DECK meets KNIVES OUT in this breathless voyage into murder and mayhem on the high seas… Howie Temple is down on his luck and desperate for cash. Once an action movie star, he now lives off a crumbling reputation. On his way to film a new reality TV...

On a sunny Friday afternoon, beloved teacher Mrs Walker and her eight-year-old son wave goodbye to their friends in the school playground. But they never make it home. It’s only been a week, but the bright little faces at the picture-perfect school I’ve stepped into have captured my heart. Their big doe eyes, their paint-covered fingers and clinging hugs. They’ve been through so much, with their favourite teacher and classmate still missing. I’m doing all I can to help them adjust, but I can’t avoid the rumours that say Cate Walker’s charismatic husband is involved in her disappearance.

Bloomsbury presents What Have I Done? written and read by Amanda Prowse. Kathryn Brooker is the headmaster's wife. While her husband spends his days disciplining unruly teenagers in the grand halls of Mountbriers Academy, Kathryn spends hers baking scones for her son's cricket match in a...

It’s been ten years since I last saw Stephanie, but looking into her haunted eyes, she looks just as innocent as she did as a baby. Pulling her into a tight embrace, I promise her that although she’s lost her mother, I will take care of her from now on. No matter what… But as I usher her inside, I can’t help wondering if Stephanie knows my secrets. The real reason I hadn’t seen her mother in years… or why she wasn’t ever allowed to visit me at my house. Did my daughter take our family secrets to the grave?

'I need you to say that I was with you.' For 30 years, best friends Steph and Pip have been through thick and thin. There's nothing they would not do for one another. Until these simple words change everything. Steph, eternally solid and dependable, is begging her friend to lie to the police as she's desperately trying to conceal not one but two devastating secrets to protect her family. Pip, self-consigned to the role of scatty hot-head, is overwhelmed; she's normally the one asking for help in a crisis. It's a big ask. So what would you do?

When Anna Bradshaw wakes up in a hospital bed in London, she remembers nothing, not even her loving husband, Stephen. The doctors say her amnesia is to be expected, but Anna feels cut adrift from her entire life. In Bristol, Livvy Nicholson is newly married to Dominic and eager to get back to work after six months’ maternity leave. But when Dominic’s estranged mother appears, making a series of unnerving claims, Livvy is sucked into a version of herself she doesn’t recognise.

Private investigator Rae Donovan’s relationship with her father is distant to the point of estrangement. But when she learns he’s dying in hospice, she drops everything to be at his side. By the time she arrives, he’s already too far gone to speak, and a doctor says his death is consistent with poisoning. As she scours his isolated Adirondack home for clues, she discovers a hidden room filled with surveillance equipment, weapons, and a safe full of cash—maybe her father wasn’t the unassuming retiree she’d imagined.

Lillian Smith leads an unexceptional life, writing obituaries and killing time with her inattentive husband and disconnected son. Then she meets David, a handsome stranger, in a coffee shop. Lured into an affair, she invents a new persona, one without strings, deadlines, or brooding husbands. Lillian has never felt so reckless, unpredictable, or wanted. But as her affair with David intensifies, she withdraws from everything that’s real, even her closest friend. 

From the bestselling author of The Stolen Child and The Lighthouse Secret comes a gripping new novel about two abandoned sisters, a missing mother and a shocking thirty year old mystery. On a cold afternoon in December 1995, two young girls are found abandoned on a platform at Pearse Station in...

Shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2023 Into the Dark is the new dark and gripping crime thriller from Fiona Cummins about revenge, greed, ambition and the true cost of friendship. 'Complex. Inventive. Twisting. Unsettling.' - Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of...

An Amazon Charts bestseller. Anything can happen behind closed doors… When estate agent Laura Bradley is asked to sell number 1 Aspen Hollow, it feels like a dream come true. The house is beautiful—five bedrooms and a perfect garden, surrounded by lush woodland. Laura loves finding a family...