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When Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly, the bestselling author suffers from writer's block. Until he is drawn to his summer home, the beautiful lakeside retreat called Sara Laughs. Here Mike finds the once familiar town in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore. Devore is hell-bent on getting custody of his deceased son's daughter and is twisting the fabric of the community to this purpose. Three year old Kyra and her young mother turn to Mike for help. And Mike finds them increasingly irresistible.

Every old house has its secrets, so it comes as no surprise when a relic of a noble Victorian family is discovered in the new home of historical author Nicole Rayburn and her husband Kyle. Curious about the lovely young woman in the sepia photograph, Nicole delves into the history of the family and stumbles on a long-forgotten mystery.

Never Love a Stranger, still considered one of Robbins' most powerful books, tells the story of Francis "Frankie" Kane, an orphan growing up in the dirty world of New York's Hell's Kitchen. After being kicked out of a Catholic orphanage when it is discovered that he is of Jewish descent, a confused and deeply distraught Frankie turns to a life of crime, the only life he knows, and he's good at it.

'An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex' Sunday Telegraph 'Guaranteed to keep you awake' The Times A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America's most exclusive holiday retreat. But it's no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Robert McAra is just the first piece...

Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he's about to regret. Reacher is the only...

When Vivian Leroux invites her closest university friends on an extravagant sailing trip through Australia's Whitsunday Islands, it seems like the perfect graduation celebration. But beneath the glittering surface of sun, sea and champagne, dark secrets and bitter rivalries are simmering. Then Vivian mysteriously vanishes in the middle of the night. With no trace of their friend and evidence of foul play mounting, the remaining four must decide how far they'll go to protect themselves.

Brought to you by Penguin. This updated edition of The One comes complete with an exclusive letter from the author, and five never-seen-before bonus chapters catching up with all the key characters ten years later. HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO FIND THE ONE? A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a...

Beth and Cath are leaving their husbands. This is a story about two very different women. One is wealthy and having an affair with a man who gives her the kind of love that her cold, detached husband does not. One is living hand to mouth, suffering at the hands of a violent partner who would rather see her dead than leave him. You may think you know these women already and how their lives will unfold. Beth will live happily ever after with her little girl and her soulmate. Cath will go back to her abusive husband. And these two women will never cross paths. But you will be wrong.

"If it were I who were to be always young and the picture to grow old, I would give my soul for it." So says Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's brilliant creation who sells his soul for youth and beauty.

Tess Strebel can’t recognize her own face. She can’t recognize her home. Her bedroom is unfamiliar. And she can’t remember the handsome stranger lying next to her in bed. A stranger who claims he’s her husband. Tess reads a letter in her own handwriting, composed during a rare lucid day, explaining her life as it now exists: she was in a terrible car accident one year ago. Every morning, she wakes up unable to remember most of the last decade. Including her own wedding.

In the electrifying new series The Hive: A Thriller, CIA cyber-ops officer Samantha Sloane stumbles onto a mystery that leads straight into her own forgotten past. Her search for answers draws her into the orbit of Eli Cooper, the elusive CEO of a billion-dollar cybersecurity firm and his group of elite hackers who make up The Hive. But the more Sam learns about Eli and his company, the more she realizes she can't trust anyone around her.

Something has survived… Weeks ago, the exploration rig Leaguer was destroyed shortly after sending an oil sample from the M2 trench for analysis. Officially, all hands were lost. Unofficially, the “oil” was a deadly organism responsible for hundreds of deaths both on and offshore. Sarah Celianne, a former HPD SWAT commander, found herself fighting for her life against creatures that defied biology, chemistry, and physics. Upon surviving the encounter, she’s recruited by a shadowy government entity to help secure the remaining M2 specimens. The effort failed.

In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The game is simple - maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three...

Two skeletons are discovered in the grounds of St Mary's Choir School. This was not a centuries-old Christian burial. They are wearing modern-day clothes, and there is evidence of foul play. Consecrated land has been sadistically violated.

Detective Inspector Gilbert Markham is a rising talent of the Bromgrove police force. He is on the trail of the murderer when another life is brutally claimed. Who is the savage killer lurking in this innocent place?

Another gripping thriller from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney! 'One of my favourite thriller writers' Harlan Coben 'I'm a huge Feeney fan' Chris Whitaker * * * * * Aimee Sinclair: the actress everyone thinks they know but can’t remember where from. But I know...

Still in the formative years of his career, Hercule Poirot faces a most taxing case: who killed Lord Cronshaw? Was Coco Courtenay’s death on the same night a mere coincidence? And did she deliberately take an overdose of cocaine? No sooner has Poirot revealed his astonishing powers of...

Charming, captivating, seductive—and a cold-blooded killer. I married the Pakhan of the Russian Bratva anyway. I had to, it was part of the deal. Now, I’m faking marital bliss as I tremble with fear, and I cannot wait to be out of the clutches of this ruthless man.

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Running away from home at 17 wasn't easy. Let's face it, though, nothing before or in the ten years since has ever been easy for me. And I'm doing okay—sorta. I just need to keep scraping by, living under the radar. Staying out of people's way, off people's minds. When a man walks through my open patio door, stepping boldly into my home and my life, I should be scared, frightened, terrified. I must be more broken than I realized because I'm none of those things. I'm intrigued—and I'm wondering if the way to take control of my life is by giving in to him.

The discovery of a woman's body and a link to the events of 9/11 takes Detective Superintendent Roy Grace around the world in Dead Man's Footsteps. By award winning crime author Peter James, read by Daniel Weyman (Silent Witness, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power). Amid the tragic mayhem...