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Summer, 1993, and Alex Lane finds himself at the end of the University summer term, broke and without any concrete plans. So, when hes offered the chance to join a group of students tasked with clearing out Solace House, a large Victorian residence left to the University by a reclusive hoarder called Flayne, he jumps at it. The other students are a mixed bunch, but Alex quickly falls into a close friendship with the mercurial, red-headed Ella.At first the house seems to be an ordinary, if grandiose, property. But as the team begin sorting through piles of junk, they stumble upon Flaynes journals in which he details his obsession with his missing mother, his discovery of a strange place called Bewise, and - most mysteriously - his belief in another realm lying parallel to ours, along with coded instructions on how it might be reached.As the students continue to sort through the detritus, one of Alexs companions becomes increasingly obsessed with the hidden secrets of Solace House, Flaynes missing mother, and the possibility that, if only they can decipher Flaynes increasingly unintelligible writings, they might gain knowledge beyond their wildest dreams. That is, assuming, they are willing to sacrifice everything.

Xu is a writer to watch Isabel Banta, author of HoneySmart, engaging, and thought-provoking Jean Kwok, New York Times bestselling author of The Leftover WomanElizabeth 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.

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...

Outstanding .... This is superior crime fiction. Sunday Times. A gruesome discovery behind apartment walls. A desperate authors dark secret. A stalker who will kill to destroy everythingJensen returns in her most sinister case yet. When human remains turn up behind an apartment wall in the middle of Copenhagen, DI Henrik Jungersen knows he is hunting for killer that has been hiding in plain sight. Jensen, who should be enjoying maternity leave is struggling with her own bombshell, legendary author Valde Brix is claiming to be her father. But Brix has an ulterior motive: he wants Jensen to use her sleuthing skills to find the stalker who is threatening to ruin his life. When a woman connected to Brix turns up brutally murdered, Jensen and her teenage apprentice Gustav become embroiled in Henriks investigation. It becomes clear that the stalker wont stop, until Brix is destroyed. Jensen realises with growing horror that her own loved ones are in mortal danger. As bodies pile up and the stalker closes in, Jensen races to uncover a truth so devastating it will shatter everything she thought she knew about family, trust, and survival.

When Caroline Alleyn inherits Wickham Grange, all she wants to do is sell up. There are bad memories there, linked to her childhood as the daughter of a single mother and to all the other mothers she knew in that house. But her grandmother Francess will means that it cant be sold without the consent of five elderly women, and they all refuse. None of them will tell her why she has to keep a house she doesnt want. Instead, she is given a stark warning: dont look for Lizzie Sixpence.Though Caroline has other worries. Someone is watching her; the houses elderly tenants are lying to her; and an old man is hoarding mementoes of her past.Then she finds the bones.And Caroline is left with a choice: keep silent, or betray everything her grandmother stood for. Because there is one final secret to be revealed

As bodies continue to fall and the past bleeds into the present, Dr Alan Twist must confront a killer no one can see and a crime that defies logic.Three young ladies are thrown into raging waters, seemingly pushed by an invisible hand. Six years later, when a famous actor is flung from his window, eye witnesses agree: it was as if he was shoved from behind by an unseen murderer, imitating the inexplicable death of a young lady in the same house over fifty years earlier. Renowned sleuth Dr Alan Twist and his partner Inspector Hurst go to the eerie landscape of Dartmoor to investigate. But invisible killers are hard to bring to justice

They should have made sure he was dead.DI Hope Fenton is haunted by the abduction of her son Noah eight years ago. It shadows every investigation she works with her ex-husband, forensic scientist Dr Adam Fenton.One down.When a supposed overdose victim is found to have received a postcard marked Youre first, Hope uncovers links to a circle of privileged Cambridge alumni: an eco-entrepreneur, a surgeon, a lecturer, and a government minister. But are they potential victims - or suspects? And as the body count rises, could this case hold the key to Noahs disappearance as well?Four to go. Five Silver Spoons is a gripping tale of shameless entitlement and merciless revenge.

Stella works miracles. She heals the sick, the dying, the paralyzed. The Vatican rejoicesat last, a living saint for the modern age. And in Georgia, of all places: a miracle in the sweltering heart of the American South. But theres a catch.Stella heals the people she sleeps with. In her motorhome. For money.

January 2023. Caras great-aunt Audrey has died, and her husband Tony needs her presence at the funeral. It will be a stretch for Cara, whose every day is an emotional challenge, a challenge which is getting harder as her daughters tenth birthday approaches. But with her family beside her, shes prepared to tryJune 2000. Ten-year-old Cara and her sister Charlotte are sent to live with their great aunt and uncle, part of a famous acting family, when their mother is hospitalised. The Wolfes see the world as a drama they are starring in, and when her sister seems instantly at home Cara feels very much the outsider. And for all the staginess of Chaplin House, there is real tragedy brewing

An unputdownable psychological thriller with a killer twist___________________________________Wonderfully original and a fabulously unhinged narrator Katherine FaulknerGeorgia McVeigh is brilliant Emma CurtisA masterful psychological thriller Linda CastilloTense, twisty and utterly addictive Karma Brown___________________________________The moment I catch eyes with Jack at grief group, I just know.This is my second chance at love. Hes charming, good-looking and newly available. In fact, his wife died the very same day I lost my partner. Coincidence? Maybe. Fate sounds more romantic.Unfortunately, I do possess qualities that arent always desirable. Usually, I can mask them, but sometimes the darkness slips through. And when it does, I wonder if I see that same darkness in Jack. Could he also be hiding parts of himself? Perhaps we really are perfect for each other.Perfect lovers. Perfect enemies. Its all the same in the end, right? _____________________Readers are loving Sorry For Your LossI will be recommendingThe twists left my jaw on the floorI love unhinged charactersClever and well-thought outA psychological cat-and-mouse

Dark, gritty and addictive... this is Hannah Morrissey at her best Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling authorTemperatures and violent crimes have risen to all-time highs as a new drug ravages Black Harbor.Sergeant Nikolai Kole discovers a body wrapped in garbage bags and doused in bleach in the back of a clubhouse. Tommy Greenlee, the ex-husband of Koles former lover, Hazel, has been shot several times and left for dead. And the killer left what appears to be a calling card.When Hazel returns to Black Harbor, she is back in the heated atmosphere of Koles orbit. Their love affair can hardly pick up where it left off. They both used each other to their own ends before: would they do it again?As they work together to solve this murder, they will not only unearth Black Harbors deepest, darkest secrets theyll each have to face their own.

Something old, something red, something stolen, something dead.Sunset Hall, a house-share for the old and unusual, is gearing up as energetically as its aged inhabitants can for Bernadettes big wedding day. However, with the RSVPs comes an anonymous note that threatens to cast a pall over the upcoming festivities. Agnes is in (somewhat begrudging) wedding planning mode and she and the not-so-sprightly gang of pensioners decide to hide the note from the betrothed, not wanting to cause stress. It is up to Agnes to dig into this poison pen letter, determined to help the wedding go off without a hitch . . . aside from the bodies theyve already had to hide from the blushing bride.

You didnt go to the seminary to become a priest, the rector had explained on their first morning. You went to learn what God was asking of you.When Mack OBrien left his home in Port Talbot for the seminary as a teenager, he didnt imagine hed be back a decade later, unordained and at war with his faith. Back in his childhood bedroom, he remains committed to the idea of a moral life, but isnt entirely sure what that looks like. He takes a job as a security guard at the local steelworks and begins an uneasy transition into the world of industry, brotherhood, and community he once rejected. When the men of the steelworks organise an unprecedented strike in protest against job cuts, he goes along with it. Meanwhile, his mother watches footage of past catastrophes and prays for the dead.The last person Mack expects to see in the local club is Siwan Roderick - the woman who appeared out of the blue at the seminary one day to make a confession and swore him to secrecy. Mack kept his word. But as the day of the strike nears, tensions in the town escalate and allegiances are tested. Macks loyalty to Siwan and his desperation to do the right thing will change both of their lives forever.

Spenser may have uncovered an explosive secret that threatens the career of a controversial figure, in this latest installment of Robert B. Parkers beloved series.Vic Hale isnt anyones idea of a father figure. He is one of the biggest and loudest podcasters in the nation and got there by spewing overheated rhetoric thats reviled by some but loved by even more. His particular brand of entertainment is so successful, hes about to sign the biggest contract in the history of online broadcasting. Vics riding high... until he gets a visit from Spenser, who specialises in bringing guys like Hale back down to Earth.Spenser is there on behalf of Daniel Lopez, a young man who believes Hale may be his father. Its a potentially explosive revelation for a man in the podcasters position and it might even be enough to blow up his massive new deal. That could explain the bodies that start popping up bodies connected in one way or another with the mystery surrounding Daniels birth. There are a lot of questions remaining, and Spensers going to have to find the answers before someone shuts Hale or Daniel up for good.

When a "software error" erases Zala from the system, she discovers that officially, she and her newborn dont exist. As Zala fights desperately to prove her existence, and her child from adoption, she uncovers the Kafkaesque reality of Slovenias system one that erased 25,671 citizens on February 26, 1992. A chilling thriller about bureaucracy as violence, and one mothers battle against the state.

The follow-up to Murder in Chianti finds ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle recruited by Italian authorities to investigate the murder of a prominent wine critic.One year after moving to his late wifes Tuscan hometown of Gravigna, ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle has fully settled into Italian country life, helping to serve and test recipes at his in-laws restaurant.But the town is shaken by the arrival of wine critic Michele Mantelli in his flashy Jaguar. Mantelli holds his influential culinary magazine and blog over Gravignas vintners and restaurateurs. Some of Gravignas residents are impressed by his reputation, while others are enraged-especially Nicos landlord, whose vineyards Mantelli seems intent of ruining.Needless to say, Mantellis lavish, larger-than-life, and often vindictive personality has made him many enemies, and when he is poisoned, the local maresciallo, Perillo, has a headache of a high-profile murder on his hands-and once again turns to Nico for help.First published as The Bitter Taste of Murder.

((Vorschau))Eigentlich wurde der Hexer fur tot erklart. Doch jetzt treibt der beruchtigte Killer erneut sein Unwesen in Londons Straen. Seine Mission: Rache fur den Mord an seiner Schwester. Scotland Yard-Inspector Wembury und Polizeiarzt Lomond ermitteln, aber dieser Gegner ist ein Meister der Verkleidung In seinem Krimiklassiker verbindet Edgar Wallace eine rasante Geschichte mit elegant gezeichneten Charakteren. Kein Wunder, dass The Ringer (1926, dt. Der Hexer) in gleich mehreren Kultfilmen aufging.((Onix/Online))The Ringer was supposed to be dead. Now the notorious killer walks the streets of London again. His mission: vengeance for his sisters murder. Scotland Yard Inspector Wembury and police doctor Lomond investigate, but this villain is a master of disguise ...In this classic crime thriller, Edgar Wallace blends a well-paced story with delightfully crafted characters, and its no surprise, that The Ringer (1926) has been adapted as a cult movie more than once.

VUELVE LA EXPERIENCIA MÁS BRUTAL DE LA NOVELA NEGRA: LA NUEVA ENTREGA DE LA SERIE JOTADÉ, UN POLICÍA AL LÍMITE.Por «uno de los reyes de la novela negra en España» (Cadena SER) y autor del fenómeno In

Códigos, espías y secretos familiares en el corazón de Bletchley ParkVerano de 1940. El mundo está en guerra. En estos días, no sabes en quién puedes confiar ni quién podría ser un espía secreto... Jakob Novis, un genio de las matematicas, ha sido reclutado por el centro secreto de descifrado de codigos de Bletchley Park. Mientras Jakob trabaja para descifrar la maquina Enigma de los nazis, su hermana menor, Lizzie, esta ocupada en su propia mision encubierta: encontrar a su madre.

Geraldines judgment is sharp. But this case cuts deeper than most.When Peter Selby vanishes after reporting a suspicious encounter, few take notice until a man is found brutally stabbed in a quiet York suburb. Detectives Geraldine Steel and Ariadne Croft begin to investigate, but what looks like a random act of violence soon unravels into a dark and deeply personal mystery. As they dig into the lives of the victims, the emotional landscape grows increasingly fractured.Peters wife is guarded, their daughter erratic and angry. The second victims family are cold, evasive, and seemingly determined to keep the past buried. Then a second disappearance throws everything into chaos. With each revelation, the detectives uncover layers of resentment, betrayal, and psychological trauma lurking behind the neat façades of domestic life.Under mounting pressure, and with Ariadne in growing danger, Geraldine must navigate a maze of fractured relationships and shifting motives before the killer strikes again. Taut, unsettling, and emotionally charged, this psychological crime thriller exposes the darkness beneath the surface and the human cost of secrets left to fester.