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An addictive novel about a young womans all-consuming obsession with a rival of her own making and the desperate lengths she goes to in order to succeed, by debut author Canwen Xu.Elizabeth Zhang knows her place in the world. She knows shes in the tenth percentile for likability, the seventieth percentile for attractiveness, and the ninety-ninth percentile for academics.With a hard-working ethic instilled in her by immigrant parents, armed with impeccable grades, Elizabeth thinks she is set for Harvard Law School. Until she is rejected for being too ordinary, which she translates to mean shes just another boring Asian female. But when her classmate Laura Kim gets in, everything falls apart. Why was Laura accepted? What makes her so interesting?At first, she follows her because shes just curious. What Laura eats for lunch. Where Laura shops. The answer for Elizabeths failure must lie somewhere in Lauras life. But still, Elizabeth just cant see it. The only thing she sees is that Laura has taken her spot at Harvard.A spot she knows she deserves. A spot that shell simply have to take back.Layered, subversive, and satirical, this novel brings to light how, in the face of societal expectations and self-inflicted pressures, a person can unlock the darkest parts of themselves and show how far theyre willing to go to achieve their vision of success.

Retired police detective inspector Thomas Maitland has rented a house in Cornwall; hes going to paint his way to recovery from the experiences of the spring. A local woman with an intriguingly expensive collection of modern art wants to put on a show of his work. But Maitlands next door neighbour, also his landlord, is unsettling, and when he finds his benefactor dead at the bottom of her garden, Thomas Maitland feels death casting its net over him again.

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¿ESTÁ CAPACITADO EL SISTEMA LEGAL PARA HACER JUSTICIA?Reno, Nevada. Santi Elcano es un abogado penalista que ha pasado de ser un entusiasta del sistema legal a un descreído de la justicia. En particular, por el caso de Anna Weston, una joven madre cuyo cuerpo fue hallado en el desierto.Junto con su mentora C. J. asumieron la defensa de Michael Atwood, el acusado. A pesar de haber escasas pruebas tanto fisicas como testificales en su contra, fue condenado a muerte.Santi y, sobre todo, C. J. estaban convencidos de la inocencia de Atwood y, debido a esto, Santi lleva años cargando el peso de no haber podido hacer nada para evitar su destino.Hasta que, pocos meses antes de que llegue la ejecucion, Santi recibe una carta de Atwood pidiendole que lo visite en la carcel. Ese encuentro sera revelador y dara un giro inesperado a los acontecimientos.

UNA FAMILIA PERFECTACuando Tina, la niñera de los Barclay, muere al caer por la ventana del tercer piso de la lujosa mansión familiar, Rose, la pequeña, se sumerge en un hermético silencio debido al trauma que le produce el suceso.UN ACCIDENTEStella Hudson tendra que hacerse cargo del caso para tratar de encontrar respuestas sobre lo ocurrido. Pero a medida que la investigacion avanza, se da cuenta de que lo que parece un accidente puede ser en realidad un asesinato, y que todos tienen un motivo para resultar sospechosos. UNA SERIE DE SECRETOS QUE NO PUEDE SALIR A LA LUZStella pronto comienza a pensar que en aquella casa nada es lo que parece y a preguntarse que es lo que se esconde tras la fachada de familia perfecta.

Una novela de suspense que combina los talentos narrativos de la actriz ganadora de un Óscar, Reese Witherspoon, y del autor superventas internacional, Harlan Coben. Sin decir adiós es la historia de una mujer atrapada en una conspiracion letal, donde descubrir la verdad podria costarle todo lo que tiene en la vida. Maggie McCabe se encuentra al borde del abismo. Como cirujana de guerra del ejercito siempre ha vivido al limite, pero ahora su vida parece caer en picado. Tras una devastadora sucesion de tragedias, su licencia medica ha sido revocada y se siente perdida y sin proposito en la vida. Por eso, cuando recibe la propuesta de un antiguo compañero, un cirujano plastico de elite cuya clientela exige la mejor atencion medica pero la mas absoluta discrecion, no duda en aceptar la oferta.Al otro lado del mundo, recluido en el lujo y la tecnologia de vanguardia, uno de los hombres mas misteriosos del mundo requiere asistencia medica poco convencional y Maggie acepta el trabajo. Asi se adentrara en su reino de ostentacion y opulencia. Pero cuando el misterioso paciente desaparece repentinamente estando bajo su cuidado, Maggie tendra que convertirse en una fugitiva para salvar su vida.

NADA ESTROPEA MÁS UNA FIESTA QUE UN ASESINATO.Época de la Regencia, Inglaterra. La señorita Beatrice Hyde-Clare tiene veintiséis años, es huérfana, vive de la caridad de sus parientes y no tiene muchas esperanzas de casarse. Su papel en la vida parece claro: coser, sonreir y no molestar.Pero cuando recibe una invitacion para una elegante fiesta campestre decide que, esta vez, disfrutara. Ni siquiera la presencia del duque de Kesgrave (arrogante, apuesto y absolutamente irritante) le arruinara el momento. Aunque fantasear con verterle la sopa de tortuga sobre la cabeza, eso si, es tentador.Lo que Bea no espera es tropezarse con un cadaver. Y menos aun que el juez lo declare suicidio cuando ella sabe que no lo es. Asi que, por mucho que le digan que se comporte como una dama Bea tiene otros planes.

SI NO ESTÁS A LA ALTURA DE LA PARTIDA, PUEDES PERDERLO TODO. Mientras todos duermen, el inspector Almanzor se dedica a redactar un último atestado, cuando recibe una llamada. Al otro lado, Juan, un amigo y camarero del bar Los Gallegos, agoniza. Cuando Almanzor llega precipitadamente al bar ya es demasiado tarde. En el suelo, un cigarrillo con la ceniza intacta; en la barra, un cubata a medio consumir, restos de cocaina y unos cubiletes de dados. Juan no llevaba ejemplar, pero Almanzor lo apreciaba a su manera. Para el, encontrar al asesino es algo que va a ir mucho mas alla del compromiso profesional.Con Fin del juego, Jorge Sanchez Lopez se afianza como una de las voces mas autenticas de la novela negra española actual. Se trata de una historia truculenta, ambientada con un realismo impactante en la periferia de Madrid, en la que las mentiras pueden precipitarte al vacio.

UNA TRILOGÍA DE SUSPENSE Y CONSPIRACIÓN AMBIENTADA EN VENECIA.El cuerpo de una mujer vestida con una sotana de sacerdote y un particular tatuaje en la muñeca aparece en las escaleras de una iglesia, arrastrado por las mareas invernales de Venecia. Es el primer caso de asesinato de la capitana Kat Tapo, y hara lo que haga falta para descubrir la verdad. Pero a medida que se intensifica la busqueda del asesino, Tapo empieza a descubrir secretos del pasado belico de Italia que la pondran en grave peligro...Personajes solidos, Venecia como escenario y un comienzo que atrapa desde la primera linea... impresionante. Daily Mail Impresionante... Una mirada verdaderamente inquietante a un misterioso mundo de sombras en un entorno unico. New York Times

Five years ago, Ida bravely took the stand against her celebrity therapist Clarissa Virta-and Virtas monstrous husband. Now in her twenties and working alongside her newly sober father at Helsinki Aviisis crime desk, Ida stumbles upon a disturbing pattern: a series of murders that point to a hidden serial killer stalking the streets of Helsinki. Leading the official investigation is Detective Chief Inspector Kerttu Leppanen, a veteran homicide officer with retirement in sight and ghosts she cant lay to rest. Haunted by unsolved cases and her own regrets, Kerttu is determined to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again. But the past has a way of tightening its grip. And its not finished with them yet.

DCI Alison McCoist is up to the oxters in Glasgows shadiest police unit, with a list of guilty secrets growing longer by the day.Fran Forbes has just bolted from the scene of a gangland massacre with only a shite-stained tracksuit and a memory stick full of crypto-currency to his name.Ally is tasked with looking into this latest underworld rammy and ends up working with some bampots even dodgier than her polis pals.Can she keep Fran from being turned into mince by a Russian OCG and finally free herself from the fankle of police corruption shes caught in? An enemy from Allys past is determined her story wont have such a happy ending...

Three books in one, Supermax is a pitch-black crime comedy from two of the hottest thriller writers on either side of the Atlantic. These newly collected cult novels are a bloody, bawdy odyssey of drug dealing, adultery, and murder for fans of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, and Bret Easton Elliss American Psycho.THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS CRIME STORY EVER TOLD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ONE VOLUME!When a small-time businessman whos a legend in his own mind (that would be Max) hatches a plan with his sexpot secretary (thats Angela) to murder his wife and live happily ever after, you might think everything would go smoothly but Max and Angela are in for the ride of their lives, as an escalating series of bad decisions and worse luck plunges them into a tsunami of crime and depravity featuring IRA hitmen, an aspiring serial killer, a wheelchair-bound blackmailer, trigger-happy drug dealers, and the warring factions in one of the worlds deadliest prisons.

THE FINAL NOVEL IN THE MERRILY WATKINS SERIES_____________________Brilliantly eerie PETER JAMESA most original sleuthTHE TIMES_____________________ Welcome to the Wye Valley, exactly on the border of England and Wales, home to a dark legacy of murder...Nestled deep in the Black Mountains, the village of Longtown is haunted by killings both ancient and modern.When young farmer and lottery winner Eddy Davies is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Herefordshire Police find themselves handling a complicated investigation.Things arent looking good for Daviess friend, the mysterious Autumn Wise, who is found nearby holding a shotgun.When Merrily Watkins - parish priest, single mum and renowned demon exorcist - comes to Autumns aid, she soon discovers that Eddys death is only the latest in a long string of tragedies to blight Longtown and the surrounding area.But help is at hand from Merrilys spiritual advisor, the Rev. Huw Owen, who has an unorthodox solution in mind to end the areas centuries-long trail of misfortune...____________________________More praise for Phil RickmanCleverly illuminates the darkest corners of our imagination John ConnollyThe layers, the characters, the humour, the spookiness - perfect Elly GriffithsFirst rate crime with demons that go bump in the nightDaily MailNo one writes better of the shadow-frontier between the supernatural and the real world Bernard CornwellEngrossing and beautifully dark . . . a cracking good read JO BRAND

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW!Two patients are fighting for their lives. Nina, the hospital nurse, reads their notes:Leroy: stab wound, gang member, police escort.Dev: stomach pain, artist, distraught mother.Nina is meant to treat all her patients equally: not to pick favourites, and not to judge. Except tonight, understaffed and overstretched, both patients need her. She makes a split-second choice - and leaves one man to die.And thats when she realises that on this busy hospital ward, no-one is exactly what they seem.PRAISE FOR NILESHA CHAUVETS PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERSBrilliant! . . . I binged it. reader reviewPowerful . . . a first class thriller. reader reviewI could not put this down. reader reviewIn this deliciously dark thriller, nothing is as it seems.iNewsSuch compulsive reading . . . its ferocious energy takes you on a wild, thought-provoking ride. Jennie GodfreyIts a long time since Ive read a thriller that is quite so well written. Liz NugentI devoured it. Chris Whitaker

Ragnar Jónassons seminal, multi-million-copy bestselling mystery, Snowblind, celebrates its tenth anniversary, including a never-before-published Ari Thór prequel, Fadeout.***Introduction by Anthony Horowitz******FIRST NEW Dark Iceland mystery since 2020***The blizzard returns`A modern Icelandic take on an Agatha Christie-style mystery, as twisty as any slalom Ian Rankin`Ragnar Jonasson writes with a chilling, poetic beauty Peter James`Seductive Ragnar does claustrophobia beautifully Ann Cleeves`A classic crime story seen through a uniquely Icelandic lens. First rate and highly recommended Lee Child***More than 5 million copies sold worldwide***_____SNOWBLINDSiglufjorur: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thor Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik with a past that hes unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local theatre, Ari is dragged straight into the heart of a community where he can trust no one, and secrets and lies are a way of life.An avalanche and unremitting snowstorms close the mountain pass, and the 24-hour darkness threatens to push Ari over the edge, as curtains begin to twitch, and his investigation becomes increasingly complex, chilling and personal. Past plays tag with the present and the claustrophobic tension mounts, while Ari is thrust ever deeper into his own darkness blinded by snow, and with a killer on the loose.Taut and terrifying, Snowblind is a startling debut from an extraordinary new talent, taking Nordic Noir to soaring new heights.FADEOUT NEW!When Ari Thor Arason receives a staggeringly high bill for a foreign credit card that was taken out in his name, his life takes a turn he never anticipated. The bill in question belongs to his namesake his father, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances when Ari was only a child.Seeking answers, Ari Thor travels to London to investigate, hoping to learn the truth about what happened to his father all those years ago, and discovering far more than he could ever have imagined`His first novel to be translated into English has all the skilful plotting of an old-fashioned whodunnit although it feels bitingly contemporary in setting and tone Sunday Express`A chiller of a thriller Washington Post`Required reading New York Post`This classically crafted whodunit holds up nicely, but Jonassons true gift is for describing the daunting beauty of the fierce setting, lashed by blinding snowstorms that smother the village in "a thick, white darkness" that is strangely comforting New York Times`Morally more equivocal than most traditional whodunnits, and it offers alluring glimpses of darker, and infinitely more threatening horizons Independent`A stunning murder mystery by one of Icelands finest writers Yrsa Sigurardottir`There is a young pretender bea...

UN ASESINATO BRUTAL, UNA VÍCTIMA INTACHABLE Y UNA VERDAD QUE NADIE QUIERE VER.La policía Sara Vallén se siente vacía y desgarrada tras testificar contra el hombre que la maltrató. Aún lidiando con las secuelas emocionales, es llamada para investigar una muerte sospechosa en un apacible pueblo veraniego a las afueras de la ciudad universitaria de Lund, Suecia.Es otoño. Los manzanos estan cargados de frutos y los parterres florecen con asteres y calendulas, pero la belleza del entorno contrasta con la brutalidad del crimen: un trabajador social ha sido asesinado de manera despiadada. Su circulo lo describe como el hombre perfecto: empatico, leal y generoso. Sin embargo, Sara presiente que nadie es tan intachable. Y si lo era, ¿por que alguien querria matarlo?A medida que la investigacion avanza, las relaciones del fallecido revelan secretos oscuros que podrian cambiarlo todo."Secretos en la cabaña" es el segundo libro de la serie de Cecilia Sahlstrom sobre Sara Vallen, pero puede leerse de forma independiente. Su debut, Lila blanca, fue elogiado por su precision y realismo en el genero policiaco.

When Laura Cameron, a philosophy professor at a London university, is found dead in a bizarre echo of the Reeva Steenkamp case, the questions are myriad. Her friend and colleague, Esther Luck, is as shocked as everyone else.But Esther knows more than shes letting on. After two years battling ovarian cancer, her notions of what makes life worth living, of what her future holds, have changed utterly. Held in a tense web of intrigue between Lauras widower Jack, her ex Michel, and her conventional family, Esther is given the chance of new life on borrowed time as the mystery of Lauras death deepens.What follows is an exploration of guilt, mortality, freedom, time and the brilliant and beautiful puzzle of being alive.

An unoccupied flat. A freshly dressed bed. The body of a young woman laid out neatly on the duvet. The dead girl looks familiar troublingly familiar but Detective Inspector Cassie May cant place her. And to compound her troubles, Cassie has just started dating the flats owner, James Flynn.When her boyfriend is accused of murder, an ambitious young DI risks her career and her life by defying her bosses, the security services, and a crime syndicate, to prove the innocence of a man who seems more worried about the long-buried secrets she might unearth than the murder charge hanging over him.Set across the leafiest of Sheffield suburbs, the sink estates of South Manchester, and the bleak and snowy Pennine moors that separate them, The Wythenshawe Dandy presents a discomforting picture of a world where privilege and wretchedness coexist.

When State Department interpreter Weaver is summoned to an off-the-books meeting during a G20 summit, he expects routine diplomacy. What he gets is a chilling glimpse into a secret arrangement between the White House and the Kremlinan arrangement that could destroy lives, careers, and nations. With only a red digital pen as evidence and a growing sense that he was never meant to walk away from that room, Weaver flees to the safety of England.But there is no safety.Hunted by invisible forces and unsure whom to trust, he must uncover the truth before the truth consumes him. The Interpreters Secret is a taut, sophisticated literary thriller about power, language, and the dangerous things left unsaid.

When reporter Martha Strangeways is called into investigate the discovery of body parts on a remote railway track, shes drawn into a strange case, as her own past comes back to haunt her The atmospheric, critically acclaimed series continuesMartha Strangeways has settled into a quiet life in Strathbran, after the horrific events that traumatised the village a year earlier: her son, Dougie is at university, her friend Orla will give birth at any minute, and shes becoming ever closer to her ex, Jamie.But all this is turned upside down when her friend at Glasgow CID, DI Derek Summers, calls on her to help with a truly disturbing case: a human ear, with an unusual Celtic earring, has been found next to a railway line in the Highlands.An when the body of a young woman wearing matching jewellery turns up at a landmark church shortly after, the mystery only deepens. Why has she been laid out in such a ritualistic fashion? Does her trek along the little-known Cailleach Way have anything to do with her demise? And who is running the Facebook Group where she posted details of her journey to the shrine of the Bone Mother goddess?As Martha tries to unpick the threads, she soon finds herself entwined with a ghost from her own past, and in conflict with the owner of a company committed to a huge hydro-electric scheme that threatens to destroy the goddesss sacred land.With Halloween approaching, and someone determined to protect the goddess at all costs, can Martha and Summers catch the killer before they strike again and this time much closer to home?