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A new killer is stalking the streets of London’s East End. Though newspapers have dubbed him 'the Torso Killer’, this murderer’s work is overshadowed by the hysteria surrounding Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel crimes. The victims are women too, but their dismembered bodies, wrapped in rags and tied up with string, are pulled out of the Thames - and the heads are missing….

Cardiff Bay. The government has ordered the excavation of the wreckage of a secret underground base. DCI Tom Cutler is watching from a distance, fascinated by the process. There are people in his dreams. People he feels he should know. The disbanded Torchwood Institute spent a century...

Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar, and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she's thrilled she finally connected with someone. When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man from the bar. The very married man from the bar...who says the kiss was a terrible mistake but who still can't keep his eyes off Louise. And then Louise bumps into Adele, who’s new to town and in need of a friend. But she also just happens to be married to David.

Dr Thomas Bond, Police Surgeon, is still recovering from when Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London - and a more malign enemy hid in his shadow. Bond and the others who worked on the gruesome case are still stalked by its legacies, both psychological and tangible. Now the bodies of children are being pulled from the Thames, and Bond is about to become inextricably linked with an uncanny, undying enemy.

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads of fun . . . Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in...

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads of fun... Pinborough repositions Snow White as a feminist icon' THE INDEPENDENT Imagine a land...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, a thrilling, genre-bending mystery about two murdered girls, a town with dark secrets, and a race to break a deadly cycle Anna Maybourne never imagined herself living in a place like Harper’s Creek, a nowhere town full of dusty...

Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this—it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal. Her two closest friends are acting strangely, and Natasha turns to Becca, the best friend she dumped years before when she got popular, to help her figure out what happened.

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads of fun . . . Exposes the patriarchal, oppressive fairytale world order which we take for granted in...

Lisa : Brisée par un passé tragique, elle n'a d'autre rêve qu'une vie sans histoires à l'abri des regards avec sa fille Ava. Ava : Quand l'adolescente sauve un petit garçon de la noyade, et qu'elle devient une héroïne locale, leur monde menace de s'effondrer. Marilyn : Femme parfaite, mari parfait, maison parfaite et boulot idéal. Pourtant, lorsque la vie de sa meilleure amie, Lisa, est sur le point de s'écrouler, la sienne bascule. Un instant aura suffi à bouleverser l'existence de ces trois femmes. Il y a des secrets qu'il vaudrait mieux ne jamais voir ressurgir.

Als Louise in einer Bar den faszinierenden David kennenlernt und der Abend mit einem leidenschaftlichen Kuss endet, weiß sie noch nichts. Weder, dass David ihr zukünftiger Chef, noch, dass er verheiratet ist. Verheiratet mit einer Frau, die sich bald als ihre beste Freundin bezeichnen und ihr Leben von Grund auf verändern wird. Und die ihr nach und nach auch die dunklen Geheimnisse ihrer Ehe enthüllt. Als Louise zu ahnen beginnt, was Adele in Wahrheit im Schilde führt, ist es schon fast zu spät.

Louise. Mère célibataire, elle est coincée dans un quotidien minuté. Un soir pourtant elle embrasse un homme dans un bar... sans savoir qu'il est son nouveau patron. David. Psychiatre renommé et dévoué à sa femme, il regrette ce baiser mais ne peut s'empêcher de tomber amoureux de son assistante. Adèle. L'épouse de David semble n'avoir aucun défaut. Si ce n'est de vouloir à tout prix devenir l'amie de Louise... Fascinée par ce couple modèle, Louise se retrouve malgré elle piégée au cœur de leur mariage.

Dopo un incidente che l'ha quasi uccisa, Emily e suo marito Freddie lasciano Londra per trasferirsi a Larkin Lodge, una splendida casa di campagna nel Dartmoor. Le sue percezioni sono reali o sono il risultato della sua fragilità fisica e mentale? Man mano che gli eventi inspiegabili si moltiplicano e il rapporto con Freddie si incrina, Emily si ritrova sempre più determinata a scoprire la verità su Larkin Lodge.

The prophecy has come to pass. The London Stone has been stolen and the Dark King rules the Nowhere. Only Mona and the new Seer dare to stand against him, leading an underground rebellion in the frozen wasteland . . . but what chance do they have, against both the Army of the Mad and Arnold...

It's Christmas-time, and Finmere Tingewick Smith (Fin to his friends) is back in Orrery House, with Christopher, one of his two best friends. They're there for the Initiation of the new Knights of Nowhere. The boys have tried to find some normalcy after their recent adventures, but they're badly...

'Sixteen's an interesting age: not quite a fully grown man, but not a kid either. Anything is possible when you're sixteen.' Finmere Tingewick Smith was abandoned on the steps of the Old Bailey. Under the guardianship of the austere Judge Harlequin Brown and the elderly gentlemen of Orrery House...