Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars. Some said the Van Laars deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their missing son. Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for help. That they knew what happened to the boy. Now, fifteen years later, the daughter the family had in their grief has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother. Some say the two disappearances aren't connected. Some say they are.

You meet a stranger at a party. She looks like you, sounds like you. Even has your name... 'The best cat and mouse suspense I've read. I'm still breathless' LISA GARDNER 'I devoured it. Absolutely brilliant' HEIDI PERKS 'Unexpected and pacy. A brilliant central character' HARRIET TYCE 'A clever, cool high-stakes now-you-see-me-now-you-don't thriller' A J FINN 'An absolute CRACKER of a book' RACHEL ABBOTT ** MAJOR TV SERIES OF FIRST LIE WINS IN DEVELOPMENT ** ----- Everything she is about to tell them is a lie... Evie Porter has everything a girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a picket fence, a fun group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist. First comes the identity. Once she's given a name and location by her employer, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job. For Evie, this job feels different. Ryan has gotten under her skin and she's started to picture another kind of life for herself - one where her boss doesn't pull the strings. But Evie can't make any mistakes. Because the one thing she's worked her entire life to keep clean, the one identity she could always go back to - her real identity - just walked right into this town. A woman, who looks just like her, has stolen her name - and she wants more. As Evie's past begins to catch up with her, can she stay one step ahead to save her future? 'Clever, twisty, and suspenseful. Kept me on my toes right up to the conclusion' DIANE CHAMBERLAIN 'As emotionally moving as it is gripping. I loved every minute' MARY KUBICA 'Smart, fast-paced and twisty... kept me on the edge of my seat' MEGAN MIRANDA 'Will consume you... I devoured it' JULIE CLARK 'The most suspenseful game of deception I've ever read. Brilliant' ELLE COSIMANO 'Outstanding! An ingenious, unforgettable cat and mouse thriller' WENDY WALKER 'A suspenseful and taut page-turner that is impossible to put down' MEGAN SHEPHERD Real readers are enthralled by this electrifying thriller: 'Suspense fans rejoice - this is phenomenal' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Heartpounding . . . Definitely one of the best books this year' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'OMG . . . I was immediately sucked in' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Abs

From New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story about obsession and crimes of passion. She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim... A new, twisting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Teacher and The Housemaid! She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim. Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all- men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot. Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet. Then the brutal murder of a young woman-the latest in a string of deaths across the coast-confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them. Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim... A dark story about obsession and the things we'll do for love, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest...

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes another twisty psychological thriller... She'll learn that some secrets are deadly. It's a lesson she'll never forget. A mind-bending, psychological thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid! Lesson #1- trust no one Eve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets a kiss from her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except... Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal, with one student, Addie, at its center. And this year, Eve is dismayed to find the girl in her class. Addie can't be trusted. She lies. She hurts people. She destroys lives. At least, that's what everyone says. But nobody knows the real Addie. Nobody knows the secrets that could destroy her. And Addie will do anything to keep it quiet. From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of twisting secrets and long-awaited revenge.

A missing persons mystery, a serial killer thriller, and an epic love story - with a unique twist on each. Late one summer, the town of Monta Clare is shattered by the abduction of local teenager Joseph 'Patch' Macauley. Nobody more so than Saint Brown, who is broken by her best friend's disappearance. Soon, she will eat, sleep, breathe, only to find him. But when she does: it will break her heart. Patch lies in a pitch-black room - all alone - for days or maybe weeks. Until he feels a hand in his. Her name is Grace and, though they cannot see each other, she takes him from the darkness and paints their world with her words. In this hopeless place, they fall in love. But when he escapes: there is no sign she ever even existed. To find her again, Patch charts an epic search across the country. And, to set him free, Saint will shadow his journey: on a darker path to hunt down the man who took them. Even if finding the truth means losing each other forever.

With the heart and humour of The Thursday Murder Club combined with the international mystery of The Da Vinci Code, welcome to the blockbusting new series from the biggest new fiction author of the decade, Richard Osman. The first in a new series from the record-breaking phenomenon and globally bestselling author Richard Osman, starring a brand-new detective duo.

After their mother dies, Beth, Nicole and Michael are forced to reunite to sort out their childhood home. Beth, the oldest, never left, caring for their mum until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, is drowning in her destructive drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, has moved far away and hasn't been back to their small town since their father ran out on them. When the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos, it feels like a good idea to revisit those happier memories. But then one of the tapes reveals a shocking scene none of them expect to see. They watch their father, covered in blood, carrying a dead body, and hear a secret pact with their mother to never tell a soul. Is this secret connected to why their father vanished all those years ago? Burying their mother is already hard enough, but now the siblings must uncover what dark secrets she took to her grave.

\"Sharp, stylish and stunning...Foley's best yet.\" -- Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark \"It is an absolute bonkers delight (and I haven’t even mentioned the local bird cult yet …).\" -- NPR, Best Books of the Year  Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin… It’s the opening night of The Manor, the newest and hottest luxury resort, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; the “Manor Mule” cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen. But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. Just outside the Manor’s immaculately kept grounds, an ancient forest bristles with secrets. And it’s not too long before the local police are called. Turns out the past has crashed the party, with deadly results.  THE GIRLBOSS · THE HUSBAND · THE KITCHEN HELP · THE MYSTERY GUEST  Everyone’s got a secret. Everyone’s got an agenda. But not everyone will survive…The Midnight Feast \"Foley’s usual techniques of unraveling the central mystery through multiple timelines and narrators are paralleled by the spiraling events of the weekend, which careen from juice shots and yoga on the lawn to a chaotic climax at a hallucinogen-fueled bacchanal where hidden identities and multiple murders are brought to light. It is an absolute bonkers delight\" -- NPR

The worst thing ever to happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh's backyard. On 15 July 1994, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend Billy fell asleep in a tent on a manicured lawn in a quiet New Jersey cul-de-sac. But in the morning, Ethan woke up alone - the tent had been sliced open with a knife, and Billy was gone. Never to be seen again. Thirty years later, Ethan has returned to his childhood home, still desperate for answers. Who took Billy? Every night, he's kept awake by strange disturbances on the street, happening under the cover of darkness. Are they still out there? This isn't a bad neighbourhood. These aren't bad people. Are they?

*The sparkling new novel from the award-winning, million-copy bestselling author of The Maid* ‘Witty, joyful and utterly unique’ A J FINN‘Captivates from page one’ JANICE HALLETT‘A flawless and brilliant read’ LIZ NUGENT

It's not just secrets buried at Wild Meadows. For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. Rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster mother on an idyllic farming estate, they were given an elusive second chance of a happy family life. But their childhood wasn't the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. And when a body is discovered under the home they grew up in, the foster sisters find themselves thrust into the spotlight as key witnesses. Or are they prime suspects? A thrilling page-turner by New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth of sisterhood, secrets, love and murder.

'Hawkins is the reigning queen of suspense' Heather Gudenkauf When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate - along with a ten-figure fortune and the demands of being a McTavish - pass to her adopted son, Camden. But to everyone's surprise, Cam wants little to do with the house or the money - and even less to do with the surviving McTavishes. Instead, he rejects his inheritance, settling into a normal life as an English teacher in Colorado and marrying Jules, a woman just as eager to escape her own messy past. Ten years later, a summons in the wake of his uncle's death brings Cam and Jules back into the family fold at Ashby House. But no sooner have they arrived than questions about the infamous heiress begin coming to light. Was there any truth to the persistent rumours following her disappearance - that perhaps the little girl who was returned to the McTavishes for a handsome reward wasn't the real Ruby, but a changeling? What really happened to those four husbands, who all died under suspicious circumstances? And why did Ruby adopt Cam in the first place? Soon, Jules and Cam realize that an inheritance can entail far more than what's written in a will - and that the bonds of family stretch far beyond the grave.

"Wow, I loved this one so much! I didn't want it to be over because I was enjoying it so much, but I couldn't stop turning pages! House of Glass is a gripping thriller that was packed with surprises and compelling characters." Freida McFadden8-year-old Rose Barclay refuses to talk after the shocking death of her nanny in the midst of her parents' acrimonious divorce. Attorney Stella Hudson is determined to help Rose speak, and discover what really happened. As Stella unravels the secrets of the Barclay family, the past and present collide with shocking consequences.Everyone is a suspect in the nanny's murder. Even Rose.Is the person Stella's supposed to protect the one she may need protection from?Read what everyone is saying about House of Glass:'The author played me like a freaking fiddle. I was so proud that I'd figured everything out. I was, shamefully, wrong. Five stars.' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book was a next level thrill for me...Chef kiss perfection...The page turning rate of this whole read was sonic!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book is a "WOW!"' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I never saw that ending coming, never!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'If you get a chance to pick up this book - DO IT!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Pure perfection...From the depth of the characters to the ever-ratcheting foreboding...This book will easily compete for my top read of the year.' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I gobbled this up in two days!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I had no choice but to give this exciting bookfive glowing stars!...Pekkanen is a master of the psychological thriller...I literally couldn't put it down.' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A page-turning thriller that will keep you up 'til the wee smalls!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I can truly say that I washooked right from the start and stayed hooked right to the last page!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'What a wonderfully devious book!' Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐