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It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in–she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this? Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret–and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.

Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a shocking message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their home was once a real-life murder house, with the evidence still concealed within the four walls.

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...

From John Marrs, the bestselling author of The One. Set in the same world, and narrated by a full cast, The Marriage Act is a dark, high-concept thriller. ‘One of the most exciting original thriller writers’ - Simon Kernick, author of Good Cop Bad Cop What if marriage was the law? Dare you...

Paul’s just here to help, or so he claims—sent by a charity for vulnerable people to do odd jobs for elderly widow Gwen. But for Gwen’s daughter Connie, there’s just something about Paul that rings alarm bells from day one. He’s a little too kind, a little too involved…Worse still, Gwen seems to have fallen under his spell.

When Damon survives a near-drowning, his life flashes before his eyes. Every memory is crystal clear—except one. A dead boy. A face he can’t place. A moment he doesn’t remember living. At first he tells himself it’s a trick of the mind. But everything else he saw was real. So why not this? With his waking life stalked by the disturbing scene, confusion quickly turns to obsession.

Nina can never forgive Maggie for what she did. And she can never let her leave. They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. Except that these secrets are not buried in the past. Every other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there.

When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing—except him. Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave the children. But Simon knows the truth—about why he left and what he’s done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds on to are lies.

'John Marrs is not to be missed' – Freida McFadden, bestselling author of The Housemaid 'Few writers do domestic suspense meets dystopia better than John Marrs' – Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Paris Apartment 'The books of John Marrs have become a quiet phenomenon . . . Thoughtful...

For eight strangers in a Los Angeles hostel, even the other side of the world isn’t far enough. The craving for a new identity and the desire to start again is something they have in common. But they discover that it doesn't matter where you are or who you are - if you can't lay the past to rest, fate and coincidence have a way of catching up with you. 

The people who call End of the Line need hope. They need reassurance that life is worth living. But some are unlucky enough to get through to Laura. Laura doesn’t want them to hope. She wants them to die. Laura hasn’t had it easy: she’s survived sickness and a difficult marriage only to find herself heading for forty, unsettled and angry. She doesn’t love talking to people worse off than she is. She craves it. But now someone’s on to her—Ryan, whose world falls apart when his pregnant wife ends her life, hand in hand with a stranger. Who was this man, and why did they choose to die together?

Struggling to balance her personal and professional life, young DS Becca Vincent has landed the biggest case of her career–and she knows that it will make or break her. But how can she identify one face in a sea of thousands? With the help of Police Super Recogniser Joe Russell, she strives to catch a glimpse of the elusive murderer, but he’s watching her every move.

Brought to you by Penguin. The Black Mirror-esque thriller from the author of the million-copy international bestseller THE ONE. Five strangers guard our secrets. Only four can be trusted... In the 21st century, information is king. But computers can be hacked and files can be broken into - so a...

Brought to you by Penguin. Eight self-drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide. When someone hacks into the systems of eight self-driving cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course. The passengers are: a TV star, a pregnant young woman, a disabled war...

You’re riding in your self-driving car when suddenly the doors lock, the route changes and you have lost all control. Then, a mysterious voice tells you, “You are going to die.” Just as self-driving cars become the trusted, safer norm, eight people find themselves in this terrifying...

Acht Passagiere werden in ihren selbstfahrenden Autos eingeschlossen. Ihre Route wird neu berechnet. Ihr Ziel: der Tod. "Guten Morgen, Claire. Dir dürfte aufgefallen sein, dass du deinen Wagen nicht mehr unter Kontrolle hast. In zwei Stunden wirst du mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit tot sein." Als die hochschwangere Claire diese Worte aus dem Lautsprecher ihres selbstfahrenden Autos vernimmt, hält sie es für einen schlechten Scherz.

Um ihre demente Mutter Gwen zu betreuen, zieht die alleinstehende Connie nach Buckinghamshire. Sie kümmert sich gern um sie, auch wenn sie selbst zurückstecken muss. Bis eines Tages ein weißer Van vor der Tür steht. Eine soziale Einrichtung hat den Handwerker Paul zur Unterstützung geschickt. Aber Connie ist alarmiert. Irgendetwas gefällt ihr nicht an Paul. Er ist zu freundlich, zu charmant und mischt sich zu sehr in das Leben ihrer Mutter ein. Zunehmend hilflos beobachtet sie, wie Gwen ihn für ihren verstorbenen Mann hält, wie sie Paul den Schlüssel zum Haus überlässt und er letztlich sogar einzieht.

La vie de Nina est réglée comme un métronome : le matin, elle va travailler à la bibliothèque et le soir elle retrouve sa mère Maggie, avec laquelle elle vit depuis toujours. Un quotidien banal. Mais un détail jette une ombre au tableau : le pied de Maggie est attaché à une lourde chaîne qui l'empêche d'atteindre la porte de la maison. Et cette chaîne, elle ne la quitte jamais, pas même quand elle dort dans le grenier, parfaitement insonorisé. Docile, Maggie accepte tout : les privations, les punitions et la solitude.

Mia et Finn rénovent leur nouvelle maison quand la jeune femme apprend qu'elle est enceinte. Après les travaux, Mia découvre un étrange message gravé sur une plinthe : « Je les sauverai tous du grenier. » Avec Finn, elle découvre que la bâtisse porte les marques de meurtres commis entre ses murs des années auparavant. Même après son accouchement, elle reste obsédée par ces événements.

Ein blutiges Geheimnis aus der Vergangenheit vergiftet die Gegenwart. "Ich werde sie vom Dachboden retten" – diese Nachricht entdeckt Mia bei Sanierungsarbeiten an ihrem neu erstandenen Haus, eingeritzt in eine Fußleiste. Mit einer bösen Vorahnung steigen sie und ihr Mann Finn auf den Dachboden, wo sie in einer verborgenen Ecke auf mehrere alte Lederkoffer stoßen. Der Inhalt ist so schockierend, dass er das Leben der Familie für immer verändert.