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He's the perfect man. He says he loves you. You think he might even be made for you. Before long he's moved into your house - and into your heart. And then he leaves for days at a time. You don't know where he's gone or who he's with. And you realise - if you looked back - you'd say to yourself: DON'T LET HIM IN. Don't miss the new read-in-one-sitting Lisa Jewell novel; a cautionary story that could happen to YOU ... __________ Love for None of This is True . . . ***** 'Gloriously dark' Lucy Foley ***** 'A moody, slippery novel' Gillian McAllister ***** 'One hundred percent brilliant' Clare Mackintosh ***** 'Shocking and creepy and glorious' Nicola Walker ***** 'Utterly addictive' Claire Douglas

Dall'autore bestseller di thriller familiari, arriva una storia inquietante sui segreti di famiglia. Dopo la morte della madre, tre fratelli distanti si riuniscono per sistemare l'eredità. Beth, la maggiore, non ha mai lasciato casa, assistendo la madre fino alla fine. Nicole, la figlia di mezzo, è stata tenuta a distanza a causa della sua lotta con una grave dipendenza da droga. Michael, il più giovane, vive fuori stato e non torna nella loro piccola città del Wisconsin da quando il padre li ha abbandonati sette anni prima. Mentre frugano tra gli effetti personali dei genitori, i fratelli scoprono una collezione di video casalinghi e decidono di rivivere quei ricordi felici. Tuttavia, la nostalgia viene interrotta quando una delle cassette VHS rivela una notte del 1999 di cui nessuno di loro ha memoria. Sullo schermo, il padre appare coperto di sangue. Ciò che segue è un cadavere e un patto tra i genitori per disfarsene, prima che il video si interrompa bruscamente. Beth, Nicole e Michael devono decidere se lasciare il passato nel passato o scoprire il oscuro segreto che la madre ha portato nella tomba.

Exploring a grittier, street-level perspective of the Marvel Universe, this first installment of the Marvel Crime series sets the stage for thrilling narratives featuring beloved characters. It promises a darker tone and original stories, with upcoming novels spotlighting Luke Cage by S.A. Cosby and Daredevil by Alex Segura, ensuring fans can expect intense and engaging adventures in this new series.

Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were. They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to them.To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark and Fox had spent the summer with Belle—but can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas?Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a "better place", not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole generation of young people?Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel yet.

Festeggiando il suo quarantacinquesimo compleanno nel pub locale, la popolare podcaster Alix Summers incontra una donna apparentemente comune di nome Josie Fair, che sta anch'essa celebrando il suo compleanno. Scoprono di essere, in effetti, gemelle di compleanno. Pochi giorni dopo, si rincontrano fuori dalla scuola dei figli di Alix. Josie, che ha ascoltato i podcast di Alix, crede di essere un soggetto interessante per la sua serie, affermando di trovarsi sull'orlo di grandi cambiamenti nella sua vita. La vita di Josie appare strana e complicata, e sebbene Alix la trovi inquietante, non riesce a resistere alla tentazione di continuare a registrare il podcast. Man mano che approfondisce la sua storia, Alix si rende conto che Josie nasconde oscuri segreti. Prima che se ne accorga, Josie si infiltra nella vita di Alix e nella sua casa. Ma, altrettanto rapidamente, Josie scompare, lasciando dietro di sé un'eredità terribile e spaventosa, trasformando Alix nella protagonista del suo stesso podcast di true crime, con la vita sua e della sua famiglia in grave pericolo. Chi è Josie Fair? E cosa ha fatto?

***THE TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*** 'A dazzling psychological thriller' - Sunday Times. 'Deliciously sinister and obsessive ... with one hell of a twist' - Observer. 'Twist follows twist, like The Red Shoes rewritten by Patricia Highsmith' - Mail on Sunday. 'It seems so effortless ... it's brilliant and you really do not guess what's coming' - Virgin Radio, Graham Norton. 'Expect deceit, duplicity and one hell of a twist!' - RED. 'Kelly's best yet ... Genius twists and turns' - Good Housekeeping. 'Erin Kelly is at the top of her game. A seriously clever, and humane, novel' - SARAH VAUGHAN. Ava has dedicated her life to achieving the pinnacle of success, but now that she’s there, she feels isolated and paranoid. Someone is watching her—a rival willing to do anything to take what she has, even if it means murder. Praise highlights include: 'Kelly's depiction of this claustrophobic and ambitious world is brutally convincing ...' - Daily Mail. 'Psychological crime is the specialty of Erin Kelly, and this is a prime example ...' - Barry Forshaw, Financial Times. 'A captivating hall of mirrors of a novel, where nothing and no one is as they seem' - Paula Hawkins. 'From the first page, I was wrapped up in Ava's all-consuming passion ...' - Adele Parks. 'Most ambitious and captivating book to date ... thrilling and unexpected' - Lisa Jewell. 'A cleverly plotted, beautifully written thriller; a mesmerising glimpse behind the curtain

Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu... Cate vit à Londres avec son mari et leurs deux enfants. Ces derniers temps, Roan rentre de plus en plus tard, et ses petites attentions se raréfient. Il y a des signes qui ne trompent pas : persuadée que son mari a une liaison, Cate se met à l'épier de façon maladive. Mais cette mère de famille va bientôt avoir d'autres sources d'inquiétude : sa fille, Georgia, affirme avoir été suivie à son retour de l'école. Et l'une de ses camarades prétend avoir été agressée à deux pas de là, avant de retirer sa plainte. Cate a sa petite idée sur le coupable : son voisin d'en face, Owen Pick, un vieux garçon qui la met mal à l'aise. Le soir de la Saint-Valentin, une jeune femme disparaît dans le quartier - et la dernière personne à l'avoir vue vivante, c'est lui. " Un roman aussi captivant qu'émouvant. Lisa Jewell tient toujours ses promesses. " Clare Mackintosh " J'ai lu ce roman d'une traite. C'est son meilleur ! " Jojo Moyes " A travers ce roman sombre, Lisa Jewell explore les facettes les plus noires de l'âme humaine et déjoue tous les pronostics jusqu'à un dénouement imprévisible." Daily Mail (Payot)

The Family Upstairs was just the beginning...______________________________________________________________________The Family Upstairs has gripped audiences around the world, becoming a smash hit with readers everywhere.

The brand new thriller from Lisa Jewell It's nearly midnight and you're home alone with only your baby grandson for company. Your daughter and her boyfriend have gone out to a party; the first time they've been out since their son was born. And now you are waiting for them to come home. But they don't. The next morning, frantic, you ring your daughter's friends, and you're told that she was last seen heading to a party in an isolated village known as Dark Place ... An unsolved mystery, family secrets, a boarding school for difficult teenagers, and an unidentified body - watch out for the brand new Lisa Jewell hardcover in July 2021!

La vita di Owen Pick sta andando a rotoli. Trentaquattrenne, vergine e residente nella camera degli ospiti di sua zia, è stato appena sospeso dal lavoro di insegnante di geografia dopo accuse di cattiva condotta sessuale, che nega con fermezza. Cercando consigli professionali online, viene risucchiato nel oscuro mondo dei forum incel, dove incontra il carismatico, misterioso e sinistro Bryn. Di fronte a Owen vive la famiglia Fours, guidata da Cate, fisioterapista, e Roan, psicologo infantile. La famiglia Fours ha una brutta impressione del loro vicino Owen, considerandolo inquietante, e la loro figlia adolescente giura che lui l'abbia seguita a casa dalla stazione una notte. Nel frattempo, Saffyre Maddox ha trascorso tre anni come paziente di Roan Fours. Sentendosi abbandonata al termine della terapia, cerca altri modi per mantenere il legame con lui, seguendolo nell'ombra e scoprendo più di quanto desiderasse sapere su Roan e la sua famiglia. Poi, la notte di San Valentino, Saffyre Maddox scompare - e l'ultima persona a vederla viva è Owen Pick.

'FOREVER MAN is Dashiell Hammett 2.0' (Brad Parks): A hilarious and biting neo-noir send-up of Silicon Valley, written pseudonymously by New York Times tech reporter Matt Richtel--

Cheyne Walk è una delle strade piú eleganti di Chelsea, il quartiere in cui vive la buona società londinese. I suoi appartamenti, tuttavia, non sono soltanto la quinta di una vita ricca e spensierata, ma a volte anche il teatro di raccapriccianti ritrovamenti. Come quello che si spalanca davanti agli occhi degli agenti di polizia accorsi al numero 16, dopo una telefonata anonima che segnalava un possibile triplice suicidio. Sul pavimento della cucina giacciono i corpi dei coniugi Martina e Henry Lamb e di un terzo uomo non identificato. In una camera al primo piano, c’è una bambina di circa dieci mesi in buone condizioni di salute, con una zampa di coniglio sotto la copertina della culla. Stando alle dichiarazioni dei vicini, da alcuni anni in quella casa abitavano molti bambini e diversi adulti, tutti misteriosamente svaniti nel nulla, compresi i due figli maggiori dei Lamb. Una vicenda di cronaca nera ormai chiusa per Scotland Yard ma una ferita tragicamente riaperta per Libby, ovvero Serenity Lamb, la bambina che venticinque anni prima era stata data in adozione.La giovane donna ha ereditato la casa di Cheyne Walk e, con essa, il suo spaventoso passato. Cos’è accaduto davvero tra quelle mura? Che fine hanno fatto gli altri abitanti della casa di Chelsea? E, soprattutto, in che modo quei drammatici eventi hanno a che fare con gli strani rumori che Libby sente provenire dal piano di sopra?

You're back home after four years working abroad, new husband in tow. You're keen to find a place of your own. But for now you're crashing in your big brother's spare room. That's when you meet the man next door. He's the head teacher at the local school. Twice your age. Extraordinarily attractive. You find yourself watching him. All the time. But you never dreamed that your innocent crush might become a deadly obsession. Or that someone is watching you.

Laurel Mack ricorda la sua vita di dieci anni fa, quando aveva tre figli. La sua esistenza, fatta di routine e bollette, le appare ora perfetta. Tutto cambia quando sua figlia Ellie, la preferita, scompare nel nulla. Da quel giorno di maggio del 2005, non ci sono stati sviluppi significativi nelle indagini; l'ultima volta che è stata vista indossava una felpa nera e jeans, e la polizia ha liquidato il caso come una fuga di una ragazza ribelle. Dieci anni dopo, Laurel cerca di affrontare questa realtà incomprensibile. Il suo ex marito ha una nuova compagna e i suoi due figli vivono altrove. Mentre tutti sembrano andare avanti, Laurel è bloccata nel suo dolore. Un giorno, in un bar, incontra Floyd, un affascinante sconosciuto. La sua presenza risveglia in lei un barlume di speranza. Dopo un invito a cena, Laurel conosce le figlie di Floyd e rimane colpita dalla più piccola, Poppy, che è identica a Ellie. Questo incontro riaccende tutte le domande irrisolte su ciò che è realmente accaduto a Ellie. È scappata di casa o c'è qualcosa di più oscuro dietro la sua scomparsa? E chi è davvero Floyd? Una storia in cui nulla è come sembra e le certezze possono frantumarsi come vetro.

Birdovi bydlí v malebné anglické vesničce v domě se zahradou. Čtyři děti – pragmatická Meg, zasněná Beth a dvojčata Rory a Rhys – chodí do místní školy a po večerech sedávají u společných večeří s milujícími rodiči – hodným tatínkem Colinem a veselou, trochu praštěnou maminkou Lorelei. Jejich dětství je jako z pohádky, dokud do něj jednoho osudného velikonočního víkendu nezasáhne tragédie. Rodina se začíná rozpadat, děti dospívají, odcházejí a z matčiny nevinné sběratelské vášně se stává patologická posedlost. Po letech se Meg do domu vrací. Jaká tajemství se tady skrývají? Má rodina ještě šanci? A co se vlastně tehdy o Velikonocích stalo?

Fresh and intriguing, with characters so real I ached for them. I loved I Found You Clare Mackintosh

Dark secrets, a devastating mystery and the games people play: the gripping new novel from the bestselling author of The House We Grew Up In and The Third Wife. You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses. You've known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? Midsummer night: a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square. What really happened to her? And who is responsible? Utterly believable characters, a gripping story and a dark secret buried at its core: this is Lisa Jewell at her heart-stopping best.

The unforgettable new novel from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of Ralph's Party, The Making of Us and The House We Grew Up In. You think you have the perfect life. You're successful. Attractive. Well liked. And you've just got married for the third time. But that's OK because everyone's happy. Your children are happy. You're happy. And so is your new wife... London, 3am: a tragic accident, and Adrian's life starts to fall apart. Because everyone has secrets and secrets have consequences. Some of which can be devastating.

The unforgettable story about a family with a secret at its core, from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of Ralph's Party, The Making of Us and Before I Met You. Picture a picture-book cottage in a village. A family in a sun-drenched kitchen filled with love and laughter. Picture an Easter weekend when tragedy strikes - so unexpected, so devastating that no one can talk about it. The years pass; the children become adults. Gradually they lose touch as the secret between them tears them apart. And then something happens that calls them back to the house they grew up in - and to what really happened that Easter weekend all those years ago.

London, 1920. Arlette works in Liberty by day, and by night is caughty up in a glamorous whirl of parties, clubs, cocktails and jazz. But when tragedy strikes she flees the city, never to return.Over half a century later, in the grungy mid-'90s, her graddaughter Betty arrives in London.She can't wait to begin her new life. But before she can do so, she must find the mysterious woman named in her grandmother's will.What she doesn't know is that her search will uncover the heartbreaking secret that changed her grandmother's life, and might also change hers for ever...

Lydia, Robyn and Dean don't know each other - yet. They live very different lives but each of them, independently, has always felt that something is missing. What they don't know is that a letter is about to arrive that will turn their lives upside down. It is a letter containing a secret - one that will bind them together, and show them what love and familyandfriendship reallymean...

Discovering that they are drifting apart after eleven years of marriage, Jem and Ralph contemplate changes that they hope will rekindle their relationship, an effort that is complicated by Jem's feelings that she is losing herself, Ralph's loss of artistic inspiration, and the needs of their two children.

When she was nine years old, Melody Browne's house burned down, taking every toy, every photograph, every item of clothing and old Christmas card with it. But not only did the fire destroy all her possessions, it took with it all her memories - Melody Browne can remember nothing before her ninth birthday. Now in her early thirties, Melody lives in a council flat in the middle of London with her seventeen-year-old son. She hasn't seen her parents since she left home at fifteen, but Melody doesn't mind, she's better off on her own. She's made a good life for herself and her son and she likes it that way. Until one night something extraordinary happens. Whilst attending a hypnotist show with her first date in years she faints - and when she comes round she starts to remember. At first her memories mean nothing to her but then slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. Her journey takes her to the seaside town of Broadstairs, to oddly familiar houses in London backstreets and to meetings with strangers who love her like their own. But with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. And Melody begins to wonder if she'll ever know the truth about her past.

1990. Please write and tell me why you should live here. Toby Dobbs received a big Victorian house with too many bedrooms to count as a wedding present from his father, but his marriage is over within a month. Very alone, and very lonely, Toby posts an advertisement seeking the "Unexpectedly Alone" to become his roommates. Fifteen years later the wayward souls he takes in are still living with him, with no intention of leaving. 2004. Please tell me how I can convince you to move out. Toby Dobbs has met Leah Pilgrim from across the road, and they're falling in love. But before they can begin a new life together, Toby and Leah must help Toby's house of sweet slackers and lovelorn misfits grow up, solve their problems, and set themselves free. But can their new relationship survive the test?

Remember falling in love for the first time? Remember thinking, This is The One? Remember life getting in the way? From adolescent snogging to apartment shares, relationships, career crises, and children, Vince & Joy is the unforgettable story of two lives lived separately but forever entwined. Back in the 1980s, teenagers Vince and Joy met, fell desperately in love, and never quite said good-bye. Now nearly twenty years later they've both begun to ask themselves if that long-ago romance was the enduring love that they've been searching for.

De tre brødre Tony, Sean og Ned har haft en god, beskyttet barndom og har et fint forhold til forældrene, men virkelighedens hverdag begynder at give problemer med skilsmisse for Tony, skriveblokering for forfatteren Sean, en lejer i forældrenes hus - og hvorfor kommer Ned uventet hjem fra Australien

Bee Bearhorn had a number-one hit single in 1985 – and was never heard of again. Fifteen years later she is found dead in her flat and nobody seems to care ... But Ana Wills always day-dreamed about the exotic half-sister she hasn’t seen in years. And when she comes to London to clear Bee’s flat, she uncovers a life more exotic than she imagined: a secret country cottage, mysterious weekends away, and even a missing cat. With Bee’s closest friends – mad Lol and strong, silent Flint – Ana sets out to discover exactly what did happen to Bee Bearhorn, the one-hit wonder ...

Ever wondered what happened to your first love? Imagine bumping into them twelve years later and realizing you still fancy them rotten. That’s exactly what happens to Dig Ryan when he sees Delilah again. Now imagine you’re Nadine. You and Dig have been best friends for fifteen years. And you’ve finally realized that you’re in love with him. So when Delilah – who always was your nemesis – returns, you’re mad with jealousy and can’t help behaving childishly. Like phoning your first love Phil – just to get your own back ... Thirty-Nothing is a story of ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends and friends dabbling with yesterday when they really should be thinking about today.

Meet the residents of the London brownstone on 31 Almanac Road who together weave a tangled web of romance. Ralph, a ne'er-do-well artist, suddenly realizes he's head over heels in love with his new flatmate Jem, the most fun and sensible girl he's ever encountered. Unfortunately, Ralph's best friend, Smith, has already won Jem's affections, although Smith has not entirely given up his passion for the femme fatale, Cheri, who lives upstairs. Across the hall, Karl and Siobhan have been happily unmarried for years, until Karl gets a smashing job as a London rush-hour DJ and momentarily gets tempted into Cheri's cozy lair. These six star-crossed tenants become more enamored, and more confused, as the story progresses-until their true destinies are revealed on one crucial night-the evening of the extravaganza that is . . . Ralph's party. This wonderfully hip new novel was an instant popular success when it was first published in England, and American readers are sure to be captivated by the debut of a talented new writer.