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Insane with grief, Professor Dennis Thomas blames Detective Christopher Sentz for the death of his wife and wants to kill him. In fact, Thomas shares his revenge plans with Ben Kincaid. Then someone fires seven bullets into the police officer. Against all advice and going on instinct, Kincaid decides to represent the troubled professor, who faces a charge of capital murder. Meanwhile, Kincaid's personal private detective, Loving, starts prying loose pieces of a shocking secret. Working in the shadows of the law, Loving risks his life to construct an entirely new narrative about Detective Sentz, Joslyn Thomas, and madness in another guise: the kind that every citizen should fear and no one will recognize—until it is too late.

Imaginez... Vous avez quatorze ans. Vous faites le mur pour la première fois. Le lendemain matin, la maison est vide. Votre famille s'est volatilisée. Découvertes troublantes, coups de fil anonymes, messages inquiétants : vingt-cinq ans plus tard, le passé resurgit... Une intrigue magistrale qui se joue de nos angoisses les plus profondes, menée à un train d'enfer par le nouvel expert du thriller familial.

In this tense, mesmerizing thriller by Linwood Barclay, critically acclaimed author of Fear the Worst and Too Close to Home, a man´s life unravels around him when the unthinkable strikes.

Die scheinbar heile Welt der Professorenfamilie Carlyle wird durch einen Mord zerstört. Jemand glaubt, dass Julia Carlyle das Geheimnis des Toten kennt. Doch sie ist ahnungslos. Sie weiß nur: Sie muss das Rätsel lösen, wenn sie ihre Familie retten will. Nach und nach enthüllt sie eine Affäre, die sogar den Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten in Gefahr bringt.

A single parent with no job, forced to return with his young son to the small town of Promise Falls to live with his parents, the future wasn't looking too rosy.

Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal which nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry's wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to ruin her relationship with them permanently. Their daughter, Grace, is rebelling against her parents' seemingly needless overprotection. Terry is just trying to keep his family together. And the entire town is reeling from the senseless murder of two elderly locals. But when Grace foolishly follows her delinquent boyfriend into a strange house, the Archers must do more than stay together. They must stay alive. Because now they have all been unwillingly drawn into the shadowy depths of their seemingly idyllic hometown. For there, they will be reconnected with the man who saved their lives seven years ago, but who still remains a ruthless, unrepentant criminal. They will encounter killers for hire working all sides. And they will learn that there are some things people value much more than money, and will do anything to get it. Caught in a labyrinth between family loyalty and ultimate betrayal, Terry must find a way to extricate his family from a lethal situation he still doesn't fully comprehend. All he knows is that to live, he may have to do the unthinkable...

Para conseguir su propósito, Keisha Ceilán tiene una idea: cambia los cepillos de limpieza por una bola de cristal. Entre horóscopos y posos de café, se ha especializado en hechos varios y desapariciones. Cinco mil dolares contra la esperanza de encontrar un ser querido: algunas familias estan desesperadas. Y, en efecto, Wendell Garfield no tiene noticias de su esposa Ellie, desaparecida a la salida del supermercado a la semana anterior. No hay pistas. Wendell y su hija estan aterrados: es el momento ideal para la estafadora que se prepara para entregar su mejor, su mas inquietante, su vision mas peligrosa ... porque, sin saberlo, la falsa vidente esta muy cerca de una verdad mortal. Y de despertar los instintos de un asesino suelto ... Cuando el humor se mezcla con la ansiedad...

From "New York Times" bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes anexplosive novel set in the peaceful small town of Promise Falls, where secrets can always be buried but never forgotten After his wife s death and the loss of his job, David Harwood moves back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York where he comes across a shocking family secret. David finds his cousin Marla, raising a child who is not her own a baby she claims was a gift from an angel left on her porch. When the baby s real mother is found murdered, David can t help wanting to figure out what happened even if it means proving his cousin s guilt. Marla s mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg. Other strange things are happening. An abandoned Ferris wheel stands as an ominous warning. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of its past...."

After the screen of a run-down drive-in movie theater collapses and kills four people, the daughter of one of the victims asks private investigator Cal Weaver to look into a recent break-in at her father's house. Cal discovers a hidden basement room where it's clear that salacious activities have taken place - as well as evidence of missing DVDs. But his investigation soon becomes more complicated when he realises the DVDs may contain something even more shocking. Meanwhile, Detective Barry Duckworth is still trying to solve two murders - one of which is three years old - he believes are connected, since each featured a similar distinctive wound. As the lies begin to unravel, Cal is headed straight into the heart of a dark secret as his search uncovers more startling truths about Promise Falls. And when yet another murder happens, Cal and Barry are both driven to pursue their investigations, no matter where they lead. Evil deeds long thought buried are about to haunt the residents of this town - as the sins of the past and present collide with terrifying results.

A reissue of Linwood Barclay's brilliant first thriller - the fastest-selling Richard & Judy title to date - including a chapter of the sequel NO SAFE HOUSE.On the morning she will never forget, suburban teenager Cynthia Archer awakes with a nasty hangover and a feeling she is going to have an even nastier confrontation with her mom and dad. But when she leaves her bedroom, she discovers the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. In the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply disappeared.Twenty-five years later Cynthia is still haunted by unanswered questions. Were her family murdered? If so, why was she spared? And if they're alive, why did they abandon her in such a cruel way? Now married with a daughter of her own, Cynthia fears that her new family will be taken from her just as her first one was. And so she agrees to take part in a TV documentary revisiting the case, in the hope that somebody somewhere will remember something - or even that her father, mother or brother might finally reach out to her...Then a letter arrives which makes no sense and yet chills Cynthia to the core. And soon she begins to realise that stirring up the past could be the worst mistake she has ever made...

A pulse-pounding, exhilarating thriller from the acclaimed No. 1 bestseller, Linwood Barclay.When David Harwood is asked to look in on his cousin Marla, who is still traumatised after losing her baby, he thinks it will be some temporary relief from his dead-end life. But when he arrives, he's disturbed to find blood on Marla's front door. He's even more disturbed to find Marla looking after a baby, a baby she claims was delivered to her 'by an angel'.Soon after, a woman's body is discovered, stabbed to death, with her own baby missing. It looks as if Marla has done something truly terrible.But while the evidence seems overwhelming, David just can't believe that his cousin is a murderer. In which case, who did kill Rosemary Gaynor? Why did they then take her baby and give it to Marla? It's up to David to find out what really happened, but he soon discovers that the truth could be worse than he ever imagined...

Glen Garber, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job. But she should have been home by now. With their eight-year-old daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed in a car accident.

College professor Paul Davis life is turned upside down when he spots his colleague Kenneth driving in a suspicious manner along a deserted road. Curious, Paul follows Kenneth and catches him trying to dispose of two bodies.That was eight months ago.After nearly losing his own life that night, Paul is battling PTSD and depression. To cheer him up, his wife, Charlotte, gives him a present: a vintage typewritercomplete with ink ribbons and heavy round keys. Inspired, Paul writes about the terrifying experience that damaged his life.However, the typewriter soon becomes a source of anxiety. Paul swears he can hear the keys clacking in the early hours of the morning. Charlotte and his son deny hearing any strange sounds. Only Paul hears the noise coming from downstairs. Are his claims realor is he going off the rails as Charlotte fears? Paul believes that the typewriter is connected to the dark events that night on the Post Road, as implausible as that seems. After all, Kenneth is in prison and he worked alone. Increasingly tormented yet determined to discover the truth, Paul reinvestigates the deaths himself.But maybe Paul should just get rid of the typewriter. Maybe he should stop asking questions and simply walk away while he can. Because if he doesnt, his darkest nightmares just might come true.

La famille Archer est au bord de l'implosion. Grace, quatorze ans, ne supporte plus l'attitude surprotectrice de ses parents. Cynthia, la mère, a des bouffées d'angoisse et Terry, le père, ne sait plus comment faire pour maintenir un semblant de cohésion. Une famille comme toutes les autres confrontée a la crise d'adolescence? Pas si sûr. Car les Archer reviennent de loin. Cynthia, surtout, qui a vécu un drame destructeur au même âge que sa fille.Un week-end, par jeu et par inconscience, Grace et son petit ami s'introduisent dans une maison en apparence banale, mais il s'agit en réalité de la cache d'un mafieux local. Sans le vouloir, Grace est tombée dans un piège fatal.Et pour Cynthia, le cauchemar recommence.