Psychological

She was his star pupil. He was her favourite teacher. Twelve years have passed. Now she’s coming for revenge. Retracing the steps of her youth, Eloise Hart returns to the secondary school where she studied under the mercurial brilliance of Jack Collins. But Eloise isn’t here to teach the young minds of tomorrow, she’s here to burn this man from the inside out. When she discovers sixteen year old Olivia in her class, a new musical prodigy at the school, the echoes of the past begin to feel dangerously close.

Amanda Fitzroy has everything she ever wanted: a successful husband, a beautiful home, and a precious young son. When the pressure of juggling work and motherhood becomes too much, hiring a nanny feels like the perfect solution. Katelyn is capable, attentive, and adored by Amanda’s little boy. Almost overnight, life becomes easier. But then things start to go wrong… At first it’s small changes – appliances are turned off. The coffee is in the wrong place.

L. Slater nos ofrece un thriller psicológico ambientado en el glamuroso y complejo mundo de los eventos de alto nivel en Londres, y nos hace cruzar las puertas del Orbit, un rascacielos tan espectacular como inquietante, donde el lujo, el poder y las apariencias están en el centro de todo. Allí es donde empieza a trabajar como camarera Alicia Turner, que ha dejado atrás mucho más que su hogar: su bebé, su pasado y algunos secretos que pesan sobre ella como una losa. Londres simboliza para Alicia la huida, pero también un deseo de liberarse de ese pasado definitivamente.

Quinn Alexander cometeu um crime impensável. Para evitar passar o resto da vida na prisão, decide fugir antes que a polícia descubra o que ela fez. Pega o passaporte e deixa para trás casa, emprego e família. A caminho da fronteira, uma tempestade de neve a obriga a sair da estrada, e ela se refugia no decadente e isolado Hotel Baxter. O charmoso e gentil proprietário, Nick Baxter, a recebe alegremente e lhe entrega as chaves de um quarto barato para pernoitar.

Son rôle est simple: prétendre être sa petite amie… Alicia a quitté son fils en bas âge et sa sœur pour tenter une nouvelle vie à Londres. Mais si elle cherche les opportunités, elle fuit surtout la vérité. Au Météore, un immeuble luxueux surplombant la ville et fréquenté par l’élite, Alicia travaille en tant que serveuse et observe tout ce qui se passe autour d’elle. Lorsque le charismatique propriétaire du Météore lui propose un marché, se faire passer pour sa petite amie en échange d’un salaire et d’un toit, Alicia accepte. Après tout, ce n’est qu’un jeu… Du moins, au début.

In a family built on lies, what happens when the truth comes out? ‘A glamorous, dramatic portrait of the lives, desires, and tensions of Nigeria’s upper class.' Oyinkan Braithwaite Bukola Obanile’s 60th birthday party is the hottest ticket in town. But champagne isn’t all that is being...

The Count of Monte Cristo On the verge of marrying his beloved Mercédès and becoming a captain, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is betrayed by those he considered friends. Falsely accused of treason, he is condemned to rot in the fearsome prison of the Ch âteau d'If. There, he meets an elderly abbé who reveals the secret of an immense hidden treasure. After a miraculous escape, Edmond transforms into the mysterious and dazzling Count of Monte Cristo. Armed with incalculable wealth, he unleashes a relentless, meticulous revenge against the men who destroyed his life.

What if your eyes were ripped from your body and cast eight thousand miles away? During a violent London thunderstorm, a freak laboratory accident tears a rupture in reality. A blinding flash of lightning strikes a powerful electro-magnet, and in that split second, Sidney Davidson’s sight is...

Pride and Prejudice: In Pride and Prejudice, the arrival of the wealthy bachelor Charles Bingley and his haughty friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy, revolutionizes the quiet life of the Bennet family. While the desperate Mrs. Bennet yearns to marry off her five daughters, the intelligent and independent Elizabeth immediately clashes with the proud Mr. Darcy. Surrounded by misunderstandings, gossip, and family scandals, both must overcome their own pride and deep-rooted prejudices to discover that true love defies first impressions.

PRAISE FOR AGAINST THE TIDE ‘Dripping with menace and authenticity’ PETER JAMES ‘Pacy and gripping’ LISA JEWELL ‘Genius’ LOUISE MINCHIN If the truth could destroy you, would you choose to know it? 'The emotion and shock of this book had me in tears more than once' Reader review DC...

A gripping collection of propulsive, psychologically suspenseful stories by the legendary Joyce Carol Oates “who is surely on any shortlist of America’s greatest living writers” (The New York Times Magazine) “A genius in the truest sense of the word.”—Rebecca Makkai “One of the...

Have you ever wanted to be a better version of yourself? Eve Dawson would do anything to be a better mother. So when a pill promises to replace sleep with hours of extra productivity every day, she takes it. Within days, Eve is renovating the house at dawn, doing yoga before breakfast, and...

From the International Booker Prize– shortlisted author of What I'd Rather Not Think About comes a darkly humorous novel about multigenerational family dynamics and individuality in Dutch suburbia. An unnamed narrator grows up overshadowed by her unconventional mother, an ex–Jehovah's...

This fictionalized memoir of the award-winning author, Gloria Naylor, tells a story of a massive covert surveillance operation perpetrated against her by an official of the U.S. government...

A close group of friends. A guilty friend with a deadly secret. Her ex-husband’s life is in danger. Irena Fishbone is always in a hurry, rushing between repairing boat engines and caring for her teenage daughter. When her missing ex-husband is found, his life is threatened by a debt-collecting...

Sunny Love is on a mission to spread Love—one anonymous call at a time. But when mysterious, persistent callers (including more than one man named Dirty Murty) begin to blur the lines between help and harm, Sunny finds herself pulled into a deeper, stranger journey than she ever expected…

A controversial arts collective is rolling out their most audacious project to date: a second moon, set to launch from the Mojave Desert and into the Earth’s atmosphere at the summer’s end. The problem? No one seems to understand how “Moon2” actually works, or how it may alter the mind of every creature on the planet.

Some monsters don't hide under beds. HERMy new boyfriend, Jamie, is the epitome of perfection. He’s kind, patient, funny—the total opposite of my abusive ex. After everything I’ve been through, life was supposed to be smooth sailing from here. But someone’s been watching me. Following me. I think my ex is trying to come back into my life. And I’m terrified he’ll do something awful to Jamie. It’s not like he isn’t capable of it.----HIMShe’s perfect. Everything I’ve ever wanted. And she has no idea what’s coming.

Eine Mutter kämpft um ihre Familie – während in der Stadt die Mädchen verschwinden … Helena war immer stolz darauf, die Mutter zu sein, die ihre beiden Töchter brauchten: stark, verlässlich, ein sicherer Hafen. Aber je älter Vanessa und Rachel werden, desto mehr fragt sich Helena: War...

L'ULTIME BATAILLE POUR PROTÉGER LEUR AMOUR. LA DERNIÈRE CHANCE DE CROIRE À LEUR BONHEUR. Attendez-vous au pire. C’est ce que Lily et Lo tentent de faire lorsque Jonathan Hale les convoque pour une « réunion importante ». Mais après avoir affronté leurs addictions sous le regard du...

My husband thinks he’s away on a routine business trip. He has no idea I’ll soon show up at his hotel… or what I’ve got planned. When I finally reach his door, two futures could be lying in wait. In one, he’ll pull me into his arms, we’ll take off in the rental car I’ve booked, and we'll salvage what’s left of our marriage. In the other, he’ll shut me out even more than he has already, and the long journey I’m making will have been for nothing.

In this gripping novel from USA Today and #1 Kindle bestselling author Sue Fortin, a young mother’s salvation becomes the key to secrets and betrayals she was never meant to find… Amelia is drowning. She’d give anything to soothe her new baby and snatch a few desperate hours of sleep...

Pine Cone, Alabama, 1965. Dean Howell sta per essere inviato in Vietnam, quando un orribile incidente lo riduce a un vegetale. Da quel momento, la vita di sua moglie Sarah diventa un inferno: oltre al marito, dovrà occuparsi anche della suocera, Jo, una donna pretenziosa e crudele da cui sgorga inesauribile un fiume di odio per la sorte capitata al figlio. Un giorno, Jo regala un amuleto a colui che ritiene il vero responsabile, e strani eventi si mettono in moto: una danza macabra di maledizioni e disgrazie, orrori e omicidi.

In three interwoven narratives, The Return follows three souls at the moment of their breaking—a man who has spent forty-six years hiding behind a performance of normalcy, a woman whose quiet desperation has finally reached its limit, and a rock star who has everything the world can offer and nothing left inside. Each of them arrives at the same threshold. Each of them makes a choice.

»Diese Odyssee ist ein kleiner Lichtblick in dunklen Zeiten, die einen besser aufbaut als so manches Selbsthilfebuch.« Elle Alice ist auf der Suche. Sie ist ein junges Mädchen, aber, so ihre Mutter an ihrem letzten Geburtstag, jetzt kein Kind mehr. Und Alice stellt sich Fragen. Die Frage etwa...