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Dare you close your eyes for even a few seconds? One, two, three... Lisa Dale shuts her eyes and counts to 100 during a game of hide-and-seek. When she opens them, her four-year-old daughter, Ella, is gone. Disappeared without a trace. The police, the media and Lisa's family all think they know who snatched Ella. But what if the person who took her isn't a stranger? What if they are convinced they are doing the right thing? And what if Lisa's little girl is in danger of disappearing forever?

Alison is a marriage mender. Her job is to help couples who fear they have reached the end of the road. So when her husband's ex, Lydia, arrives on the doorstep demanding to see her son, Alison thinks she can handle it. But what Alison doesn't realise is that Lydia is the one person who has the ability to destroy their happy family. And sometimes the cracks run too deep to ever be repaired.

On a wet Monday in January, Jess Mount receives the devastating news that she hasn't got long left to live. She doesn't hear it from a doctor, though. She discovers it when her Facebook timeline skips forward 18 months and family and friends start posting tributes to her - following her death.

Moments before she dies, Nicola's grandmother Betty whispers to her that there are babies at the bottom of the garden. Nicola's mother claims she was talking nonsense. However, when Nicola's daughter finds a bone while playing in Betty's garden, it's clear that something sinister has taken place.

Finn and Kaz are about to meet for the first time. Ten-year-old Finn, a quirky, sensitive boy who talks a lot and eats only at cafes with a five-star hygiene rating, is having a tough time at school and home. Outspoken Kaz, 59, who has an acerbic sense of humour and a heart of gold, is working at the café when Finn and his mum come in. They don't know it yet, but the second time they meet will be a moment which changes both of their lives forever....

Mel Taylor was thirteen years old when she found her Mr Right. Twenty years on they remain blissfully in love. She has the man she adores, a gorgeous daughter, a great job and a dream home. But Mel's seemingly perfect life is spoilt by a dark secret and a niggling fear that her good fortune can't last for ever. Despite her husband Adam telling her to live for the present and stop worrying about the future, Mel can't shake the feeling that someone is about to call time on their happiness. And then it happens.

Sarah Roberts used to be good. Then she did something bad. Very bad. Now, years later, she’s living a good life. She works as a local newspaper reporter and lives with her saintly boyfriend, Jonathan. She has no reason to think her guilty past will ever catch up with her... until Nick walks back into her life. And suddenly, what’s good and bad aren’t so clear to Sarah anymore.

Jo Gilroy, an award-winning TV news reporter, has returned to work part-time at Spotlight North West after a lengthy maternity leave. But, to her dismay, she has been demoted to covering the ‘And finally’ stories at the end of the news. Even worse, her new boss is her ex-boyfriend Richard, who walked out on her and their son Alfie on his first birthday. And now Richard’s going out with the station’s celebrity weather girl.

When Claire Cooper was 15 she'd swear on her Wham! album that: big hair and rah-rah skirts were here to stay; Spandau Ballet would never split up; she would marry her idol, heart-throb footballer Andy Pailes. Fast forward 20 years and things haven't gone quite to plan. And when Claire discovers the 'dream list' she wrote as a teenager, she realises how far removed her life is from the one she'd imagined.

David Weber himself here contributes three never-before-published excursions into Honor's world, among them the story of how she first discovered her own inner strength and courage; and a chapter in the history of the telepathic treecats, who form a bond with their chosen human that can only be severed by death.

Have you ever heard of Intermittent Fasting diet? Intermittent fasting is a diet plan that alternates between fasting and regular eating. Many diets focus on “what to eat”, but intermittent fasting is all about “when to eat”. There are many ways to do intermittent fasting, but they are all based on the choice of regular times to eat and fast.

Een razend spannend en meeslepend verhaal over een bijzondere vriendschap: één moment kan alles veranderen. De tienjarige Finn is anders dan andere jongens: hij houdt van tuinieren en spelen op zijn ukelele, en wil alleen eten in cafés met de hoogste hygiëne-classificatie. Zijn eigenaardigheid leidt tot gepest op school en de scheiding van zijn ouders maakt zijn leven alleen maar zwaarder. Na een ruzie tussen zijn ouders om de voogdij, neemt Finns moeder hem mee naar een nieuw café.

When Sam, Jackie and Anna successfully campaign to save their children's school lollipop lady, they are asked by a TV reporter if they fancy standing in the general election. It is, of course, a crazy idea: Sam's youngest son has an incurable disease, Jackie is desperate for another child and her mum is struggling with Alzheimers, Anna's teenagers - and marriage - are in danger of going off the rails. But sometimes the craziest ideas turn out to be the best. And just think what they could do if they got to run the country...

Een ijzingwekkende psychologische thriller over het verwoestende effect van lang bewaarde geheimen. Voor de lezers van Alex Marwood en Gillian Flynn. 'Er zijn baby's achter in de tuin. Zorg goed voor mijn baby's.' Vlak voor Betty sterft, vraagt ze haar kleindochter Nicola om goed voor haar baby's te zorgen. In eerste instantie denkt Nicola dat Betty het over de beeldjes heeft die achter in de tuin staan. Maar als haar dochter tijdens het spelen een botje vindt, schakelt ze de politie in. Terwijl het onderzoek in volle gang is, doet men ook in de tuin van de buren een gruwelijke vondst.

De nachtmerrie van elke ouder: je kind kwijtraken terwijl je even niet oplet. Voor de lezers van Paula Hawkins, Gillian Flynn en Sophie Hannah. Een, twee, drie... Lisa Dale doet haar ogen dicht en telt, klaar voor een spelletje verstoppertje in de drukke speeltuin. Als ze haar ogen weer opendoet, is haar vierjarige dochter Ella weg. Verdwenen zonder een spoor achter te laten. De-politie, de media en Lisa's familie - niemand heeft een idee wie de dader kan zijn. Maar wat als de dader geen vreemdeling is? Wat als degene die het gedaan heeft denkt een goede daad te verrichten?