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When Stina and Jack move to an old rural cottage, they’re hoping for a fresh start. Their new home is run-down compared to their neighbour’s, but generous Mrs Barley quickly becomes a friend. Until Stina sees a mysterious figure in the widow’s garden and her happy new life begins to unravel. And when she hears strange noises in the night, she is forced to question if Mrs Barley is what she seems. Why do the other villagers whisper about her? Why is she so eager to help the couple? And what is she hiding in her picture-perfect home? 

Prairie Nightingale is both the midlife mother of two teenage girls and a canny entrepreneur who has turned homemaking into a salaried profession. She’s also fascinated with the gritty details of other people’s lives. So when seemingly perfect Lisa Radcliffe, a member of her former mom-friends circle, suddenly disappears, it’s in Prairie’s nature to find out why. Given her innate talent for vital pattern recognition, Prairie is out to catch a few clues by taking a long, hard look at everyone in Lisa’s life—and uncovering their secrets.

For better or for worse, Sarah Anderson has it all: a thriving career, a nice home in Ottawa, two young kids…and a marriage coming apart at the seams. Then her husband, Matthew, vanishes without a trace during a family vacation up north. Sarah and her children are nearly lost among the slumbering lakes, treacherous cliffs, and brooding forests of the Canadian Shield. A glacier-scraped realm of ancient beauty and terror, it’s a world away from the safety of the suburbs. And a big storm is brewing.

When Kate Grosvenor’s daughter embarks on a gap year, Kate’s worst nightmare becomes a reality. A frantic call from an American woman reveals that their daughters, traveling together, have gone missing. Desperate and determined, Kate’s search takes her from London to Europe, and finally to America. What she doesn’t know is that her daughter’s disappearance is linked to a stepson she hasn’t seen in years – a man who was disinherited after his father’s death and now harbours a dark desire for revenge.

Claudia's life imploded ten years ago when she was convicted of the murder of her child. Now she has done the unthinkable and confessed to manslaughter in order to be granted parole - her only hope of finding out what really happened to Tilly. Sara is married to Joe, Claudia's ex-husband, and they have a young child together. She finally has everything she ever wanted, but Claudia's release threatens the perfect life she has created.

Once you find our perfect little town nestled between the gorgeous hills, you never want to leave. My husband and I both grew up here, and we knew there was nowhere better to raise our two sweet girls…. But when the moving van pulls up, and a mother and daughter jump out, my blood runs cold. I met the mother once on our summer holiday, and I let slip a terrible secret--something no one here must ever know.

I had it all: a fantastic husband, two great kids, an exciting career. And then, at the age of forty-three, I found out I would be dead before my next birthday. My mother also died young. I was seventeen, and she warned me that women would flock to my suddenly single father like stray cats to an overturned milk truck. They did. And one absolutely evil woman practically destroyed his life, mine, and my sister’s. I am not letting that happen to my family. I have three months, and I plan to spend every waking minute searching for the perfect woman to take my place as Alex’s wife.

They can buy everything except the truth. Each week, they come to lie on her couch, Carrie, Henry and Grace. They don't know one another, but Dr Alex knows them all too well. She listens as they reveal their dirtiest little secrets. Then a murderer strikes in their elite neighbourhood. Could her...

Monsters don’t always break in. Sometimes, they’re invited . . . Maddie likes her life orderly. She manages and lives in the block of flats her father owns. Control is how she keeps anxiety at bay. Then, elderly Greta moves in. Greta is quiet, precise, frail, and unsettlingly observant. When...

He promised her love. What she got was something unspeakable . . . Natalie Beaumont has is all: a charming husband, two beautiful children, and a house nestled in one of Pennsylvania's most admired suburbs. To anyone passing by, she's the picture of devotion and domestic bliss. But behind closed...

Everyone has secrets. Some live across the street Sidney thought the move would be a fresh start. A safe town to raise her young son, Ollie. She thought her past was behind her, until the truth threatens to come out. Across the street is the kind of family everyone envies. A charming husband. A...

Some secrets don't stay buried. Some were never meant to be found. Sheriff Rita Jonas has her hands full. Vandalism is on the rise at Apex Global's sites, and tensions between the townspeople and the corporation are heating up. When a construction crew uncovers a shallow grave on the edge of...

Has she found the perfect haven? Or a deadly trap? When Carey Billingham moves into Saltwick, a beautiful old lighthouse, she thinks it's the perfect chance for her and her young son Riley to start over. She's finally escaped from her controlling ex-husband and his terrifying family. From here...

He died with a secret. Now someone's killing to keep it hidden. Trevor Bachman was a family man with a quiet life—until he turned up dead in the trunk of his own car. No enemies. No warning. But Sheriff Rita Jonas knows better. Trevor was sitting on something big—something Apex Global wanted...

In Still County, some things won't stay buried. Others won't stop burning. When a mild-mannered accountant is found gruesomely murdered in his modest home, Sheriff Rita Jonas knows it’s no random crime. The victim had political ties to powerful men that could unravel what's left of Still...

Had Ellena Reed stayed home that weekend, she would've been nothing but ash on her kitchen floor when the warheads hit. Instead, she's wading through a Georgia swamp with her stepsister Button, while civilization burns. With radioactive dust settling through the cypress trees, Ellena digs deep into instincts she never knew she had. At their campground, a man appears who claims to be an ex-SEAL.

Five residents. Five floors. Five books predicting their deaths. When a mysterious book appears on each doorstep of the Shiverstone Tower Apartments, the residents think it’s a prank, until they open the covers. Inside is the impossible. Perfect records of their lives, from childhood memories to the deep-rooted secrets they’ve buried as adults… all the way to the moment they are destined to die. Only the final chapter hasn’t happened yet. The author gives them three days to read their story and figure out how to survive it. Some panic. Some plot. Some refuse to believe a word.

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She wakes up in a hospital bed, her mind a foggy, empty void. She remembers nothing—not how she got there, not even her own name. Beside her sits a man with a steady gaze and a warm touch. He says she’s safe, that she just needs to rest, and the memories will come back.

Dating was already a dumpster fire—then came the Dateline match... and the body count. Swipe. Ghost. Unmatch. Repeat. Modern love is brutal—but on Dateline, it’s downright deadly. She wasn’t looking for a fairytale. Just someone who didn’t send "u up?" texts at 11 p.m. or lie about being single. But after one too-good-to-be-true match, things spiral fast—into flirty texts, missing footage, and a late-night crime scene that hits way too close.