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Tras el éxito de Los crímenes del monograma, vuelve Sophie Hannah, quien, en la línea de Patricia Highsmith y Ruth Rendell, explora la delicada línea que separa la bondad de la maldad, convirtiendo el espacio domestico en el territorio del miedo.Justine creia conocerse bien, hasta que una llamada anonima hace que se de cuenta de que quien esta detras del telefono parece conocerla mucho mejor.Cuando revisa los deberes que ha realizado su hija Ellen, Justine se encuentra leyendo una historia escalofriante articulada en torno a una serie de asesinatos siniestros cometidos en la nueva casa a la que la familia se acaba de trasladar.¿Puede ser la propia Ellen quien haya cometido esa atrocidad?¿Puede ser culpable de esos asesinatos, tal y como ella parece asegurar en su redaccion escolar?¿Como si no iba a inventar algo tan grotesco, situarlo en la propia casa y con su familia como protagonista?Justine entra en panico cuando descubre que Ellen tambien ha inventado tener un mejor amigo en la escuela -un chico al que los profesores dicen no conocer-.

One of the great unmissables of this genre - intelligent, classy and with a wonderfully Gothic imagination' - The Times Justine thought she knew who she was, until an anonymous caller seemed to know better...After escaping London and a career that nearly destroyed her, Justine plans to spend her days doing as little as possible in her beautiful home in Devon. But soon after the move, her daughter Ellen starts to withdraw when her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school. Justine begs the head teacher to reconsider, only to be told that nobody's been expelled - there is, and was, no George. Then the anonymous calls start: a stranger, making threats that suggest she and Justine share a traumatic past and a guilty secret - yet Justine doesn't recognise her voice. When the caller starts to talk about three graves - two big and one small, to fit a child - Justine fears for her family's safety. If the police can't help, she'll have to eliminate the danger herself, but first she must work out who she's supposed to be...

Returning home after lunch one day, Hercule Poirot finds an angry woman waiting outside his front door. She demands to know why Poirot has sent her a letter accusing her of the murder of Barnabas Pandy, a man she has neither heard of nor ever met.

When Alice Fancourt leaves her newborn daughter at home with her husband for the first time since becoming a new mother, she comes home to a horrifying discovery: her child has been swapped with another baby. Alice Fancourt deja a su hija recien nacida en casa con su marido por primera vez despues de ser madre, pero cuando vuelve a casa experimentara un terrible descubrimiento: su bebe ha sido intercambiado por otro.

Cuando Alice Fancourt regresa a casa después de haber salido por primera vez sin su hija Florence, de dos semanas de edad, insiste en que el bebé al cuidado de su marido David no es su hija sino una niña a la que nunca antes habia visto. David lo niega, asegurando que el bebe es Florence y que Alice se ha vuelto loca. ¿Ha perdido Alice la razon o David esta mintiendo? Y si es asi¿Por que?¿Donde esta la autentica Florence? Alice no puede demostrarlo, pero necesita que la policia le crea, y pronto. MIentras espera a que la prueba de ADN aclare la cuestion, se esta perdiendo un tiempo valioso, y la conducta de David resulta cada vez mas amenazante y siniestra.¿Sera Alice capaz de lograr que la policia atienda su caso antes de que sea demasiado tarde?

Die Haustur steht offen! Verangstigt hastet Alice an die Wiege ihrer Tochter - und blickt in ein fremdes Gesicht. Das ist nicht ihre Florence! Doch ihr Mann erklart Alice fur verruckt. Er behauptet, dass das Baby niemand anders ist als Florence. Und er verwandelt sich in einen Feind. Will er Alice in den Wahnsinn treiben? "Brillant." The Times

100 of the best crime stories written by women, selected and introduced by Sophie Hannah. From Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier, to Val McDermid and Margaret Atwood, women writers have long been drawn to criminal acts. Here, award-winning author Sophie Hannah brings together 100 of her favourite examples. Deadlier includes prize-winners, bestsellers and rising stars, so whether you take your crime cosy or hard-boiled, this big, beautiful anthology will keep you reading long into the night.

A killer that the police are calling 'Billy Dead Mates' is murdering pairs of best friends, one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book... For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or work out what the white books mean. And then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward.Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did a year ago. Was he Billy, and does he want to kill her? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how - and why - could she possibly be Billy Dead Mates' next target?

Pushed to breaking point, Cara Burrows abandons her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied - by a man and a teenage girl.A simple mistake on the part of the hotel receptionist - but Cara's fear intensifies when she works out that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving life sentences for her murder

The phenomenal word-of-mouth bestselling author Sophie Hannah explores the various sides of motherhood in her third stunning psychological suspense novel.

Murder begins at home . . . The fifth suspense novel yet from critically acclaimed queen of psychological crime Sophie Hannah.

The sixth psychological suspense novel yet from bestselling crime writer Sophie Hannah - unnervingly good.

The worlds greatest detective, Hercule Poirot-legendary star of Agatha Christies Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile-returns to solve a fiendish new mystery.

En la habitación de un hotel londinense una pareja de enamorados decide contarse sus secretos más oscuros. Años atrás Ruth cometió un error que casi la destruye. Sin embargo, la confesión de Aidan es mucho mas terrible de lo que ella puede soportar: ha matado a una mujer. El miedo de Ruth se transforma en confusion cuando descubre que conoce a esa mujer y que esta viva. Pero Aidan insiste en que la mato. En este nuevo caso, los detectives Charlotte y Simon, tendran que emplear toda su sagacidad y obstinacion para descubrir que ha sucedido realmente ya que las versiones de Ruth y Aidan estan llenas de contradicciones. Ambos esconden un pasado que deberia permanecer oculto. Pero ya es demasiado tarde y distinguir entre lo real ylo imaginario es el mayor desafio al que se enfrentanlos dos investigadores.

Some secrets are so dark you keep them even from yourself . . . The brilliantly chilling seventh crime novel from the queen of psychological suspense.