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•Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2020• In the ghost hours of a Monday morning a man feels a dull thud against the side of his car near the entrance to Redfern Station. He doesn't stop immediately. By the time he returns to the scene, the road is empty, but there is a dent in the car, high up on the passenger door, and what looks like blood. Only a man could have made such a dent, he thinks. For some reason he looks up, though he knows no one is there. Has he hit someone, and if so, where is the victim? So begins a story that takes us to the heart of contemporary Australia's festering relationship to its indigenous past. A story about guilt for acts which precede us, crimes we are not sure we have committed, crimes gone on so long they now seem criminal-less. Part crime novel, part road movie, part love story, No One takes its protagonist to the very heart of a nation where non-existence is the true existence, where crimes cannot be resolved and guilt cannot be redeemed, and no one knows what to do with ghosts that are real.

The story of the mysterious multi-millionaire Jay Gatsby who holds extravagant parties in his lavish mansion on Long Island. Narrated by Nick Carraway, a Yale graduate from the Midwest who rents a small house in the fictional village of West Egg, next door to the Gatsby's mansion. Nick drives around the bay to East Egg for dinner at the home of his beautiful cousin, Daisy Buchanan, and her husband, Tom, a college acquaintance of Nick's. They introduce Nick to Jordan Baker, an attractive, cynical young amateur golfer. Nick eventually receives an invitation to one of Gatsby's parties, where encounters Baker and they meet Gatsby himself. An extraordinary, beautiful and simple novel about money, ambition, greed, and the promise of new beginnings.

This “unflinchingly honest and touching” YA debut explores “the ever-complex relationship between sisters, the reality of addiction, and the nature of love in all forms” (Alexandra Bracken, New York Times bestselling author). On one terrible night, 17-year-old Harley Langston's life changes forever. At a party she discovers her boyfriend, Mike, hooking up with her younger sister, Audrey. Furious, she abandons them both. But when Mike drunkenly attempts to drive Audrey home, he crashes—and Audrey ends up in a coma. Now Harley is left with guilt, grief, pain and the undeniable truth that her now ex-boyfriend has a drinking problem. So, it's a surprise that she finds herself reconnecting with Raf, a neighbor and childhood friend who's recently out of rehab and still wrestling with his own demons. At first Harley doesn't want to get too close to him. But as her sister slowly recovers, Harley begins to see a path forward with Raf's help that she never would have believed possible—one guided by honesty, forgiveness, and redemption.

Ein Jäger mit vernarbtem Herzen. Eine Kriegerin voll Mut und Vertrauen. Ein Mädchen, das in die Zukunft sieht. Wolf, Fuchs und Adler. Begib dich auf eine rasante und dämonische Verfolgungsjagd durch das Herz von London! Ein schrecklicher Autounfall bringt das Leben von Maisie völlig durcheinander. Die Schwester ihres Freundes Luke schwebt in Lebensgefahr – und er ist schuld. Doch plötzlich steht das Mädchen wieder vollkommen unverletzt vor der Tür und alles ist wie vorher. Bis auf Luke selbst. Bald erfährt Maisie, dass ihr Freund einen verhängnisvollen Handel eingegangen ist, um das Leben seiner Schwester zu retten. Und als wäre das nicht genug, verhält sich ihr neuer Mitschüler Nicolo sehr geheimnisvoll, bietet Maisie jedoch seine Hilfe an. Bald findet sie heraus: Luke hat seine Seele an den König der Dämonen verkauft …

The Lies You Tell was previously published as Swimming Upstream.'I once read that the end of a relationship is like being involved in a road traffic accident. Which is quite fitting really, given what happened.'Cambridge, 1992. For Lizzie Taylor, one moment changes her life forever. When she accidentally steps into the path of an oncoming car, her old friend Catherine and her charming fiancé Martin come to the rescue. But Lizzie soon wonders if Martin is really all that he seems? And what secret is Catherine hiding? As the two women reconnect, Lizzie finds the courage to make drastic changes and heads to London to pursue her career – not knowing that a terrible, unforgivable betrayal will soon rip apart the new life she's built.Set in the early 1990s in Cambridge and London, The Lies You Tell is a story of divided loyalties and the moral choices we face everyday. For fans of Liane Moriarty and Adele Parks.What readers are saying about The Lies You Tell:'The story is both entertaining and enlightening in equal measure. There is a poignancy which tugs at the heart strings... I hope to be able to read more from this talented author in future novels'Jo Barton, Amazon Top 500 Reviewer'A thought-provoking, intelligent read, that I wholeheartedly recommend'Bookworm'I enjoyed the way it was written and found it really easy to read – in fact I couldn't put it down and finished it within 24 hours! I felt like I quickly got to know and love the characters – especially Lizzie. This is Ruth's first novel and I'm definitely looking forward to the next!'Esther Willis'This is a beautifully written story and one that I would highly recommend. Ruth Mancini has a great talent and I will certainly be looking to read more by this talented author in the future'Torrenstp

Branson county sheriff Hank Worth struggles to uncover the truth behind a fatal car crash in this absorbing mystery. Hank Worth thinks he's performed a good deed when he pulls over the car of six teens caught speeding on a Saturday night and lets them off with a warning and instructions to go home. When he responds to an urgent call minutes later, he realises he made a fatal error of judgement – every teen is dead. Struggling to come to terms with his role in the crash, Hank begins to suspect foul play. While notifying the parents of the children involved, his suspicions grow when an unidentified body is discovered in one of their homes and a teenage girl is found after apparently attempting to commit suicide. Hank believes the incidents are connected, but those around him disagree. Is Hank right, or is his guilt making him search for answers where there are none?

••The twentieth-century masterpiece, the authoritative new edition•• With a new foreword by Jesmyn Ward, author of the Women's Prize-shortlisted Sing, Unburied, Sing‘There was music from my neighbour's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.'Enigmatic, intriguing and fabulously wealthy, Jay Gatsby throws lavish parties at his West Egg mansion to impress Daisy Buchanan, the object of his obsession, now married to bullish Tom Buchanan. Over a Long Island summer, his neighbour Nick Carraway, a writer and a cousin to Daisy, looks on as Gatsby and Daisy's affair deepens. Tragedy looms in F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece third novel, frequently named among the best novels of the twentieth century. Praise for The Great Gatsby: ‘A classic, perhaps the supreme American novel'Sunday Times ‘More than an American classic; it's become a defining document of the national psyche, a creation myth, the Rosetta Stone of the American dream'Guardian ‘F. Scott Fitzgerald was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation'New York Times ‘An unquiet masterpiece whose mystery never fails to exert its power'Robert McCrum, Observer, ‘The 100 Best Novels in English'

The Ripples of Ann Arbor begins in the beautiful State of Michigan USA. Kathy, a very shy seven year old girl sat quietly in the back of her grandmother's car. Her parents had tragically been killed in a horrific car accident and Kathy was in the car when they died just four days earlier; now she was waiting for the funeral service. Checking her fingernails she looked for any remaining blood that had not been scrubbed away by her Grandmother. The ripple of that day would stay with Kathy for the rest of her life and continue to spread to every part of her existence. In this incredible story the plot unlocks a tragic story, set against a lifetime of despair and adversity to face her demons. She embarks on a trail of destruction that just cannot stop leading to a really surprising ending. Just like the Ripples of her life.

From the acclaimed author of After the Crash— “Harlan Coben fans will enjoy Bussi's... mystery with its intriguing characters and twisty conclusion” (Library Journal). A fatal accident in the past, broken lives, family secrets... Michel Bussi serves up a gripping thriller, set amid the beautiful scenery of Corsica. In the summer of 2016, Clotilde is spending her vacation in Corsica with her husband, Franck, and her teenage daughter, Valentine. It is the first time she has been back to the island since the car accident in which her parents and her brother were killed decades earlier. She was in the car too, but miraculously escaped with her life. This return plunges Clotilde back into the deepest recesses of her adolescence. She reacquaints herself with her paternal grandparents, Lisabetta and Cassanu, members of a powerful Corsican family that reigns over the island. When a mysterious letter, signed “Palma”—Clotilde's mother—arrives, the truth about her family, her parents'death, and her childhood is called into question. Time Is a Killer is a voyage into the complexities of Corsican society, a compelling portrait of a woman's awakening, and a masterfully executed novel of psychological suspense. “Michel Bussi's writing always rings true. His crime novel is a bomb.” —Le Parisien “Michel Bussi's psychological crime novels are beyond masterful.” —Le Figaro Littéraire “Bathed in the perfumes and flavors of Corsica... Time Is a Killer will be read with bated breath until the final twist!” —Le Magazine des Livres “Don't open these books if you have anything more pressing to do.” —Elle (France) “Gripping noir.” —Publishers Weekly

Dan Sullivan was the best friend of Olivia Henry when his life was taken in a tragic car accident. Shocked to be on the other side, Dan navigates his way by learning his new role in eternal life. His first assignment is as Olivia's guardian angel. He has the crucial role of guiding her to her pre-defined destiny. Dan's death throws Olivia into a tail spin which causes her to veer way off course. He understands the enormity of the challenge when he hears the mechanism by which he can communicate. He's only allowed to use signs and symbols to get her attention and cannot interfere with her free-will.Every time he thinks he's close, something throws her off track. He's forced to start over by convincing her to trust in their enduring, unbreakable bond. Olivia can feel Dan's presence but is still reluctant to believe the messages he's sending. She is fearful of falling in love again at the risk of losing another soulmate. Can Dan persuade her to trust in his love from afar so she can finally receive the happiness she truly deserves?

»Es gibt Momente im Leben eines jeden Menschen, da hört die Erde für einen Moment auf, sich zu drehen« (Autor unbekannt) - Ein Schicksalsschlag - zwei Kontinente. Das ist die wahre und authentische Geschichte einer Mutter, die ihre Tochter durch einen tragischen Autounfall am anderen Ende der Welt verloren hat. 22.12. 2013 - Ein Datum, das die Mütter Jutta aus Deutschland und Susan aus Australien nie vergessen werden. Ein Datum, das der einen Mutter die Tochter, der anderen Mutter den Sohn nimmt. Eine Gruppe von jungen Erwachsenen, die das Leben genießen und die Gefahren des Alkohols unterschätzen: Juttas Tochter stirbt, Susans Sohn ist verantwortlich. Wie reagiert man in solch einer herzzerreißenden Situation? »Eine Freundschaft - aus dem Schicksal geboren« ist ein Tagebuch für trauernde Menschen, die einen geliebten Angehörigen durch den Tod verloren haben. Diese Geschichte wurde niedergeschrieben, um anderen Menschen zu helfen, ihnen Trost zu spenden und wieder lernen zu glauben. Dieses Buch beinhaltet Bestimmung, Schicksalsfügung, spirituelle Verbundenheit, Trauer, Freude, Vergebung, Verzeihung und ganz viel Liebe. - Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen.

When Olivia gets news of her best friend Dan's fatal car accident, her entire life is upended. Shattered with grief and struggling to find any meaning or purpose to life, she trudges along with a gaping void in her heart. Finally, when her frustration reaches its peak, Olivia decides to trust Dan's eternal friendship. That trust allows him to break through to her from the beyond, and Dan guides Olivia through the twists and turns of her life into something new and entirely unexpected.When Olivia exposes a gigantic internal scandal at work, her career implodes. With no job and no one to turn to, she escapes to Palm Springs for the sympathy and care of her beloved cousin, Garrett. He isn't quite the comfort Olivia hoped for, but on that journey, meets someone who fills the void in her heart. She's never experienced such a deep love. It heals her soul and rekindles her spirit - and just may have been the design of her dearly departed friend all along.Beyond Believing is a sweet, funny and romantic story that touches the heart, serves up delicious twists and turns, and shows the reader that there's no such thing as “coincidence.” Author D.D Marx regards this book as her love letter to friendship.

Après un accident de voiture, Francis refuse d'admettre qu'il est mort. Flora est plongée dans le coma et revit les mois qui ont précédé le drame. C'est elle qui conduisait. Pour Francis, il y a erreur. Flora aurait dû mourir, et lui, survivre. Francis n'en reste pas là, bien décidé à ne quitter ce monde qu'après avoir inscrit son nom à la postérité. Pendant que Francis se lance dans une quête folle pour recouvrer une forme humaine, Flora comprend petit à petit comment elle en est arrivée à se perdre dans les dédales d'une relation destructrice. Quel chemin empruntera Flora? Francis parviendra-t-il à ses fins?

Vor Jahren verlor Pascal Caviezel seine Frau bei einem Autounfall. Während eines Schneesturms sucht er Zuflucht in einer Kathedrale. Ein älterer Herr setzt sich zu ihm und beginnt seine Version vom Sündenfall zu erzählen, und er konfrontiert Pascal mit Dingen aus dessen Vergangenheit, die er eigentlich gar nicht wissen dürfte... Ist der Alte ein Spinner oder gar der Satan höchstpersönlich? - Eine spannende Geschichte, die den Leser, der in diesem Netz von Mythologie und Philosophie nie genau weiß, was Wahrheit und was Lüge ist, nicht mehr loslässt.

'Richardson-Moore's latest is a tightly plotted mystery rich with southern grit and replete with twists, turns, and a surprising reveal. Reporter Branigan Powers is an unforgettable protagonist brimming with determination, compassion, and a strong sense of justice. Readers will be glad they've met her. Highly recommended.'-Susan Furlong, co-author of the New York Times bestselling Novel Idea MysteriesA bizarre hit-and-run brings Branigan Powers back to the crime-solving beat.A fatal crash involving two college students heading home for the holidays seems like an unfortunate accident. But when the surviving girl wakens, she tells a curious story of the vehicle that forced them off the road-an old-fashioned, 1950s-style hearse.Reporter Branigan Powers delves into the mystery that takes her to the college campus, and leads her into dangerous fraternity and sorority pledge parties.Reunited with the homeless Malachi Martin, who is so adept at seeing what isn't there rather than what is, Branigan must uncover what is really going on at the college before other students are put in danger.This second installment in the author's first cozy mystery series delves into the world of newspapers and life on the streets-both of which the author knows well.

Death is so boring. At least that's how fifteen-year-old Callie finds being stuck'in between,'until the day she discovers someone has left a newborn baby in the old gypsy wagon (or'vardo'as it's also called) in Wailing Woods. Determined to save the child, she tracks down Laney, the girl who barely survived the same car wreck that took Callie's life three years earlier (and whose mother's recklessness caused the accident in the first place). A mysterious connection between the two girls allows Callie to lead Laney into the spooky forest to save the baby. Laney hopes the newborn will finally help her family heal, but when Callie's grieving parents end up with custody, emotional wounds are deepened. Callie pieces together the mystery connecting the baby, the fleeting psychic powers Laney has had since the accident, and the too-good-to-be-true new guy in town. Could there be a reason Callie hasn't moved on to whatever comes next? Could she be the only one capable of putting things right?

Linda Robertson, author of the Persephone Alcmedi urban fantasy series, now brings you The Immanence series.A horrific car accident put Jovienne in a coma. When she awakened months later, she was told that her family had died. And Jovienne? She felt different...irreversibly changed.Years passed, and she was raised by a stranger who trained her to use the quintanumin. She excelled at every lesson, and she longed for her mentor to become much more. When the time came for her final test, a death-match against a demon, she uncovered a terrible truth: the man she had trusted to teach her had a dreadful secret, and Jovienne had become a monster's monster.The traumatized Jovienne becomes desperate for a way out of this new life, working on a way to rescind her immortality. But this only brings the demons ever closer, one of which claims to know a secret of its own about Jovienne-a secret she doesn't even know herself.'Linda Robertson's Jovienne is a unique and twisted journey of action, horror, and urban fantasy, packed with cool ideas. In a genre where so much feels the same, it's a pleasure to encounter a writer who has found a different muse.'—Christopher Golden, NYT Bestselling Author

Seelengeografie voll literarischer Anspielungen Am Anfang steht eine unerfüllte Liebesgeschichte. Kruse, Ende zwanzig, Pianist in einer Nachtbar, begegnet der TV-Moderatorin Marcenda. Kurz darauf stirbt sie bei einem mysteriösen Autounfall. Kruse flüchtet nach Lissabon, um mit seinem Schmerz allein zu sein. Die Stadt erscheint ihm wie ein Vexierspiegel. Tatsächliche Ereignisse überlagern sich mit sonderbaren und irrealen Vorkommnissen. Er trifft auf Menschen, die längst gestorben sein müssten, und schon bald verschwimmt die Gegenwart zu einer Unform aus Träumen, Phantasien und Realem.

Themes: Time Travel, Family, Old West, Medieval Times, Mystical Powers, Stubbornness, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Emergent Reader, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Tansy is comfy in her pj's. She's not going to do anything but text. Only two words could ruin this day—little sister. Then Teera needs to go to the library. Tansy has to drive her. Ugh. But she's a good big sister, so she does it. On the way home, she's forced to take a detour. It wouldn't be bad, but Tansy doesn't know the roads. They're only leading the girls farther from home. When and where will the nightmare end? This series of books was designed specifically for struggling teen readers. The contemporary fiction is written at accessible levels and provides substantive content without being edgy. The relatable plots appeal to teens, especially those who are reluctant to read. Books in the series quickly grab their interest with fast-paced storylines that feature realistic, sometimes larger-than-life teen characters readers can identify with or would like to know. Then there is an unexpected twist. The characters'lives are suddenly on the edge—of fame, fear, or even sanity. What starts out as fun or routine becomes a nightmare, real or imagined. As characters are tested in mind, body, and spirit, readers have a sense of being there to experience the adventure.

Jandy Nelson meets Friday Night Lights in this sweeping, warm, arrestingly original novel about family, poverty, and hope. Wing Jones, like everyone else in her town, has worshipped her older brother, Marcus, for as long as she can remember. Good-looking, popular, and the star of the football team, Marcus is everything his sister is not. Until the night everything changes when Marcus, drunk at the wheel after a party, kills two people and barely survives himself. With Marcus now in a coma, Wing is crushed, confused, and angry. She is tormented at school for Marcus's mistake, haunted at home by her mother and grandmothers'grief. In addition to all this, Wing is scared that the bank is going to repossess her home because her family can't afford Marcus's mounting medical bills. Every night, unable to sleep, Wing finds herself sneaking out to go to the school's empty track. When Aaron, Marcus's best friend, sees her running one night, he recognizes that her speed, skill, and agility could get her spot on the track team. And better still, an opportunity at a coveted sponsorship from a major athletic gear company. Wing can't pass up the opportunity to train with her longtime crush and to help her struggling family, but can she handle being thrust out of Marcus's shadow and into the spotlight?'The swiftly paced story will quickly sweep up readers...[a] well-crafted, inspirational debut with plenty of heart, hope, and determination.'—Booklist'A story showing how hope and love can blossom in the midst of chaos.'—Publishers Weekly

In this second chance romance, a widowed single father unexpectedly falls for the woman involved in the car accident that killed his wife.Chief of police Trent Knight had it all—a wonderful marriage and family—until an accident took his wife and he was left alone to raise his two beautiful daughters. Now the person he always blamed for his loss is back in town, and all bets are off. But soon his anger toward Carmen Shields gives way to a very different emotion—awareness of Carmen as a woman. On one hand, it feels like a betrayal of his late wife's memory. On the other, it could be the widower's second chance at happiness—and Carmen's shot at redemption. Maybe Carmen can even make the small town her home again—with the love of a certain lawman....

Wie gelähmt sitzt Tabea Wagenbach auf dem Beifahrersitz. Ihr Freund hat wieder einmal getrunken und fährt viel zu schnell. Mit zittriger Stimme bittet sie ihn, den Platz mit ihr zu tauschen, aber genauso gut könnte sie gegen eine Wand reden. Kevin denkt gar nicht daran, ihr die Herrschaft über sein Auto zu überlassen. Grinsend beschleunigt er stattdessen abermals und ruckelte dabei boshaft am Lenkrad, was den Wagen leicht schlingern lässt. Panik wallt in Tabea auf. Warum nur schafft sie es nie, sich gegen ihren rücksichtslosen Partner aufzulehnen? Das hier ist doch lebensgefährlich! Plötzlich gibt es einen lauten Knall, etwas Großes prallt direkt auf ihre Frontscheibe, fällt seitlich auf die Gegenfahrbahn und rollt noch ein paar Meter, bevor es liegen bleibt.'Was war das?', flüstert Tabea erschrocken, als der Wagen endlich zum Stehen kommt. Sie dreht sich um und starrt durch die Heckscheibe nach draußen.'O Gott... Ich glaube, das ist ein junges Mädchen! Kevin, um Himmels willen, was hast du getan?'

Der junge Krankenpfleger Matthias Rentz verursacht nachts angetrunken einen Autounfall, bei dem der Fahrer des entgegenkommenden Wagens ums Leben kommt. Geschockt steigt er aus und inspiziert das Unfallfahrzeug. Dabei macht er eine unglaubliche Entdeckung, die sein Leben komplett aus den Fugen geraten lässt und es nachhaltig verändert. EIN UNKONVENTIONELLER KRIMI ÜBER SCHICKSAL, SCHULD UND SÜHNE.

For spring break, sixteen-year-old Maya travels from Vancouver to Palm Springs to visit her grandparents, soak up the sun and play some tennis. When they surprise her with tickets to the Indian Wells tennis tournament, she can't believe her luck. This is going to be the best vacation ever. But on the way back from the match they get into a fender bender. The other driver suggests they just square up and not involve the police or insurance companies. That seems odd to Maya, especially since the passenger of the other vehicle is visibly pregnant. But because Maya was driving, her grandfather is worried about repercussions and agrees to the deal. Later, Maya and her new friend Ruby discover that similar incidents have happened to others in her grandparents'gated community. They start to investigate, and when they spot the woman from the crash working in a clothing store, and clearly not pregnant, they know they are onto something. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

'Heather Taylor Johnson has a poet's understanding of the world: her exploration of the way in which our lives intertwine – for better or for worse – is nuanced and poignant.'Hannah Kent, bestselling author of Burial Rights and The Good People Jean Harley – wife, mother, lover, dancer – is a shining light in the lives of those who know and love her. But when tragedy strikes, what becomes of the people she leaves behind? Her devoted husband, Stan, is now a single father to their young son, Orion. Her best friends, Neddy and Viv, find their relationship unravelling at the seams. And Charley, the ex-con who caused it all, struggles to reconcile his past crimes with his present mistakes. Life without Jean will take some getting used to, yet her indelible imprint remains. Jean Harley Was Here is a touching and original exploration of love, relationships, and the ways in which we need each other.

One family, three siblings, and the secrets that bind them—a chilling novel of suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Betrayed Me. Welcome to the town of Rimrock, Oregon, whose secrets come to light when the patriarch of its wealthiest family is murdered... Over the years, Jonah McKee acquired vast wealth, power, and an unsavory reputation. Though his fatal car crash is ruled accidental, his widow is convinced otherwise and begs her children to find the truth. Eldest son Max knew his late father could be manipulative, but a letter found among Jonah's possessions shows just how many lives were subject to his meddling. That list includes Max's brother, Jenner—rodeo rider and rebel—who is confronted by a confession that changes his life. But even while the siblings reel from new revelations, stubborn, beautiful Casey McKee is kidnapped by an enemy who hates the family enough to destroy them, one by one... Praise for Lisa Jackson and her novels “Lisa Jackson shows yet again why she is one of the best at romantic suspense. A pure nail biter.” —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Shiveringly good suspense! Lisa Jackson ratchets up the tension... Each chapter will leave you wondering who to trust. The answer: You don't want to know...” —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author

'A rare treat: a time travel tale that brings something new to the subgenre....A wry social commentary and an uneasy tale of escalating paranoia.'GuardianTHE FUTURE IS ALREADY WRITTEN.THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.'Welcome to the 21st Century. Please don't feed the natives....Echoes of Bradbury and Orwell, in the service of a crackerjack conspiracy plot; a seductively intriguing work of speculative fiction.'KirkusTIME TRAVEL IS CONFUSING.'Leaps of time, identity, and chronology create a dark, chillingly claustrophobic atmosphere.'Publishers WeeklyPROCEED WITH CAUTION.WHO WILL SOLVE THE PUZZLE OF THE TOURIST?

A deeply affecting novel about the truths we avoid and the bad choices that come back to haunt us.Gridlocked in the churchyard of a small Irish town, the traffic frozen in place for a funeral, Frances Moon pauses long enough to make a confession to Ian, her partner of nearly twenty years. The next morning, she finds he has left her. Unsure what else to do, Frances sets out for Elliot, the small town in western Canada where she grew up.As the perspective shifts backward, cruel students and unsympathetic teachers await a young Frances beyond the borders of her family's quiet farm. Curious, imaginative, and lost, she finds comfort in two outsiders, the troubled local boy, Dooley Sullivan, and a decorated Native American World War Two veteran named Silas Chance. But ever present, splitting the narrative apart, is a small town that will close ranks, turning a blind eye when one of them is killed.The crime, itself, and the denial that follows, takes both Silas and Dooley from Frances in different ways. By high school, she's become the girl most likely to disappoint, and at eighteen is already headed toward a disastrous marriage. Even after she shakes off the dust of the town and flees her husband, even as she builds a new life, she buries her past so deeply that she believes she has lost it. Until one day in an Irish churchyard, it all comes sweeping back. And so begins an unforgettable novel of lost souls and second acts.

Invited to an extravagantly lavish party in a Long Island mansion, Nick Carraway, a young bachelor who has just settled in the neighbouring cottage, is intrigued by the mysterious host, Jay Gatsby, a flamboyant but reserved self-made man with murky business interests and a shadowy past. As the two men strike up an unlikely friendship, details of Gatsby's impossible love for a married woman emerge, until events spiral into tragedy. This edition contains extra material and notes

In this exciting thriller, an athletic soccer mom and her family face a car chase... and the most deadly enemy ever.Miranda Cooper's life takes a terrifying turn when an SUV deliberately runs her and her husband off a desolate Arizona road. With her husband badly wounded, she must run for help alone as his cryptic parting words echo in her head:'Be careful who you trust.'BookShotsLightning-fast stories by James PattersonNovels you can devour in a few hoursImpossible to stop readingAll original content from James Patterson

Das Ehepaar Helene und Karl Förster, die keine Kinder haben, leben in einem schönen Einfamilienhaus mit Garten. Alles ist in bester Ordnung, bis das Pärchen von nebenan tödlich verunglückt. Das Haus steht nun leer. Kurz darauf zieht eine junge Familie namens Schmidbauer mit 7 Kindern in das kurzfristig leerstehende Haus ein. Und es ist vorbei mit der Ruhe. Der Vater der Kleinkinder, die zwischen zwei und sechs Jahre alt sind, leidet unter einer Überfunktion des Gehörs. Und genau dieses Problem führt irgendwann zu einer furchtbaren Tragödie…

What would you do if you never got to tell that one person how you felt? What if you could go back and tell them exactly how you felt? Seventeen-year-old Izabella De Luca is about to find out after a fatal car crash traps her between the living and the dead. But telling her true love how she feels does not relieve her from her burden. Soon she and her love, Johnny, find themselves in an all-out battle to keep their love alive. Nobody is safe when an evil demon named Devlin starts messing with everything and everyone they know. Can their love withstand all of the odds stacked against them or are they doomed from the start?

One snowy night, Keith Brambles learns that appearances can be deceptive.

This uneasy, compelling novel begins with a nighttime accident on the streets of Paris. The unnamed narrator, a teenage boy, is hit by a car whose driver he vaguely recalls having met before. The mysterious ensuing events, involving a police van, a dose of ether, awakening in a strange hospital, and the disappearance of the woman driver, culminate in a packet being pressed into the boy's hand. It is an envelope stuffed full of bank notes. The confusion only deepens as the characters grow increasingly apprehensive; meanwhile, readers are held spellbound. Modiano's low-key writing style, his preoccupation with memory and its untrustworthiness, and his deep concern with timeless moral questions have earned him an international audience of devoted readers. This beautifully rendered translation brings another of his finest works to an eagerly waiting English-language audience. Paris Nocturne has been named “a perfect book” by Libération, while L'Express observes, “Paris Nocturne is cloaked in darkness, but it is a novel that is turned toward the light.”

What if you were responsible for protecting the universe's deepest secret? After learning that he's more intertwined with the mysterious Seres and their ancient history than he could have ever imagined, Kyle sets off on a collision course with Ayers. The hunt for his nearly invincible enemy forces Kyle to consider exactly how far he's willing to go to set the timestream back on its proper course. Rebel Revealed is Book #5 from Time of Death, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.

What if you had to make the greatest sacrifice of all? When Kyle and Allaire travel outside the walls of the time tunnel, they meet Kyle's ancient ancestor, and their journey takes a turn Kyle could have never anticipated. Now, with everything on the line, Kyle must revisit the demons of the past one final time if he was any hope of leaving them behind once and for all. The Last Silk Blot is Book #6 from Time of Death, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.

What if you could go back and change the past? Kyle Cash made the biggest mistake of his life on March 13, 2014, when he crashed his friend's Audi into a school bus full of children. The accident haunts him every day, until the sister of one of the kids killed in the crash comes to visit Kyle at Stevenson Youth Correctional Facility and offers him the opportunity to travel back in time. Kyle learns, though, that time weaving is more complicated-- and more dangerous - than he ever could have imagined. The Tunnel is Book #1 from Time of Death, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.

Before you knew him as Trent in Ten Tiny Breaths, he was Cole Reynolds—and he had it all. Until one night when he makes a fatal, wrong decision…and loses everything. Discover his side of the story in this novella from the beloved nationally bestselling author, K.A. Tucker.When a drunken night out at a Michigan State college party results in the death of six people, Cole must come to terms with his part in the tragedy. Normally, he'd be able to lean on his best friends—the ones who have been in his life since he could barely walk. Only, they're gone. Worse, there's the shattered body of a sixteen-year-old girl lying somewhere in a hospital bed, her entire life ripped from her because of a case of beer and a set of keys. Everyone assures him that they know it wasn't intentional, and yet he can't ignore the weight of their gazes, the whispers behind his back. Nor can he shake the all-consuming guilt he feels every time he thinks of that girl who won't so much as allow him near her hospital room to apologize. As the months go by and the shame and loneliness festers, Cole begins to lose his grip on what once was important—college, his girlfriend, his future. His life. It's not until Cole hits rock-bottom that he can begin to see another way out of his personal hell: forgiveness. And there's only one person who can give that to him…

A late-night joyride takes a sharp turn into nightmare territory when a group of college students tries to cover up a crime of carelessnessA moment of inattention on a winding roadway in the Smoky Mountains leaves a stranger dead and his accidental killers at the mercy of a possible witness. Finney Durant, Nick Laymon, and Reed Tucker are desperate not to be linked to the crime. Finney and Tucker insist on hiding the corpse, and Nick, hard up for money, takes the man's cash. But the hit-and-run is just the beginning of their problems once they use a key found in the victim's pocket to open a bus locker—and find a videotape that opens an ever-widening doorway into horror.

A novel about survival, self-reliance, and art, by Peter Stamm, finalist for the 2013 Man Booker International PrizeAll Days Are Night is the story of Gillian, a successful and beautiful TV host, content with her marriage to Matthias, even if she feels restless at times. One night following an argument, the couple has a terrible car accident: Matthias, who is drunk, hits a deer on the wet road and dies in the crash. Gillian wakes up in the hospital completely disfigured. Only slowly, after many twists and turns, does she put her life back together, and reconnects with a love interest of the past who becomes a possible future—or so it seems. In Stamm's unadorned and haunting style, this new novel forcefully tells the story of a woman who loses her life but must stay alive all the same. How she works everything out in the end is at once surprising and incredibly rewarding.

Charles and Jennifer Roach are a deeply devoted young married couple who live in Cornwall. On wintry night, when snow and ice covered every inch of the ground, they go for a walk with a neighbour's dog which rushes out into the road. At the same time, a large truck appears over the hill and the driver, trying to avoid the dog, crashes into Jennifer, killing her but he becomes a hit-and-run driver because he moves on without stopping. Charles is devastated at her death but later is surprised to see her apparition and hear her speaking to him. She tells him what is happening to her as she moves towards the next world and he decides to seeks the help of a medium. At the same time, the truck driver, on a journey northwards, knocks down another person and finds himself in serious financial difficulties with regard to his trucking business to the point of bankruptcy. He becomes attracted to an old flame on one of his journeys and when his wife finds out she leaves him. However he is more concerned with Jannifer who continues to haunt him. Charles becomes involved with the voluptuous Rhona Paphos who tries to recruit him for a senior appointment in her jewellery business at the same time falling in love with him. Her mother is a medium and she holds a séance for him. Charles is in a dilemma whether to leave his banking career behind and start a new life after settling Jennifer's journey into the hereinafter but destiny guides him the right way. However, all does not bode well for the truck driver as Jennifer gets her revenge before her transition to eternal peace.

Sometimes our greatest tragedies offer our greatest lessons. After losing her family in a tragic car accident, Lisa Watson vacillates between two lives...before and after the car accident. As she struggles between realities, Jesus Christ suddenly appears and offers her unorthodox guidance. He accompanies her to the grocery store and for walks on the beach, while answering some of life's toughest questions. His answers challenge her traditional beliefs and repeatedly emphasize there is no death, only dreams of dying. Dreams of Dying takes you on a fantastical journey with Jesus, who leads the way through an alternate interpretation of his ancient teachings and applies them to one of our worst nightmares...losing the ones we love.

When Olivia gets news of her best friend Dan's fatal car accident, her entire life is upended. Shattered with grief and struggling to find any meaning or purpose to life, she trudges along with a gaping void in her heart. Finally, when her frustration reaches its peak, Olivia decides to trust Dan's eternal friendship. That trust allows him to break through to her from the beyond, and Dan guides Olivia through the twists and turns of her life into something new and entirely unexpected.When Olivia exposes a gigantic internal scandal at work, her career implodes. With no job and no one to turn to, she escapes to Palm Springs for the sympathy and care of her beloved cousin, Garrett. He isn't quite the comfort Olivia hoped for, but on that journey, meets someone who fills the void in her heart. She's never experienced such a deep love. It heals her soul and rekindles her spirit - and just may have been the design of her dearly departed friend all along.Beyond Believing is a sweet, funny and romantic story that touches the heart, serves up delicious twists and turns, and shows the reader that there's no such thing as “coincidence.” Author D.D Marx regards this book as her love letter to friendship.

Often life's toughest moments take us in new directions. Jill Bradley Cooper never forgot the orphaned baby girl after the tragic accident that she was involved in years ago. As fall is celebrated in 2012, and the anniversary nears, she is haunted by the sad memories yet again. The riptide of life has pulled Jill out to the sea of busyness and distraction for years: marriage, a new home, raising two girls and changing her job to become a school nurse. This harvest season, however, the guilt inside her insists on being soothed. Jill decides the only way to do this is to find that orphan. Thirteen-year old Amanda Cooper, Jill's daughter, is wrestling with her own troubles. Having dyslexia and not being good at sports is preventing her from feeling normal at school. When Amanda is the first to discover a dolphin in distress in the Hudson River, several miles north of New York City, she has no idea how it will change her life. By The Sound of The Crow is the sequel to Susan Allison-Dean's debut novel, I Know You're There. Susan's first two novels are set in the picturesque Hudson Valley, New York with escapes to the tropical Caribbean Island, Triton. Her novels are widely shared amongst mothers, daughters, sisters and friends.

After receiving a full-ride scholarship to Mills College for Girls, it appears Sarah's future is all laid out before her … that is until she walks into a poetry class led by Mr. Haddings, a student teacher from the nearby University of Washington. Suddenly, life on the UW campus seems very appealing, and Sarah finds herself using her poetry journal to subtly declare her feelings for Haddings. Convinced Mr. Haddings is flirting back, she sets off for school in the rain with a poem in her back pocket—one that will declare her feelings once and for all.Mr. Haddings has noticed Sarah's attention; the fallout from any perceived relationship with a student is too great a risk, and he has decided to end all speculation that morning.But everything changes when Mr. Haddings feels a thud on his front bumper when he glances away from the road, and finds Sarah in the street with blood pooling beneath her.

Schnell, cool, ungewöhnlich – die Krimiserie rund um Janet Rosen. Der erste Fall, „Das Wespennest“, jetzt als eBook. Ihr Name: Janet Rosen. Ihr Beruf: Privatermittlerin. Ihre Vorlieben: Sex & Feuerwasser (beides gerne mit wechselnden Partnern). Der neue Fall: Als ein renommierter Astrologe mit dem Auto verunglückt, glaubt die Polizei an einen Unfall. Der Bruder des Opfers ist überzeugt, dass es Mord war. Janet Rosen beginnt zu ermitteln – und sticht mitten hinein in ein Wespennest aus Habgier und Eifersucht… Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: „Das Wespennest“, der erste Band der Krimi-Serie „Ein Fall für Janet Rosen“. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

Mary and her husband are involved in a terrible car crash. With her husband lying terribly injured beside her, Mary watches a set of feet emerge from behind the car they crashed into and walk over to where she is sprawled. One of the feet kicks her in the jaw and she blacks out. When she wakes, she is still at the crash site but on a stretcher. Her husband is on a stretcher beside her and, despite his injuries, is trying to tell her something. A large crowd has gathered and a number of people are recording the event with their phones. She goes ballistic and attacks them. When she comes round in hospital, she is informed that her husband died of his injuries. Worse still, the most traumatic event of her life has become a YouTube sensation with footage of her attack on the onlookers being viewed all over the world. Mary learns that the man driving the car in front vanished from the scene. The car was registered under a false name. She must contact every person she attacked who recorded the event and ask for their help. But somebody is murdering the people who used their hand held devices and is removing their recordings. Mary must try to reach them before the digital fragments of the event disappear altogether. As Mary moves closer to the truth. she realizes the crash conceals a secret someone will do anything to conceal.From the Paperback edition.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE • With the emotional complexity of Everything I Never Told You and the psychological suspense of The Girl on the Train, O. Henry Prize winner Jan Ellison delivers a brilliantly paced, beautifully written debut novel about one woman's reckoning with a youthful mistake.“Part psychological thriller, part character study... I peeled back the pages of this book as fast as I could.”—The Huffington PostAt nineteen, Annie Black trades a bleak future in a washed-out California town for a London winter of drinking and abandon. Twenty years later, she is a San Francisco lighting designer and happily married mother of three who has put her reckless youth behind her. Then a photo from that distant winter in Europe arrives inexplicably in her mailbox, and an old obsession is awakened. Past and present collide, Annie's marriage falters, and her son takes a car ride that ends with his life hanging in the balance. Now Annie must confront her own transgressions and fight for her family by untangling the mysteries of the turbulent winter that drew an invisible map of her future. Gripping, insightful, and lyrical, A Small Indiscretion announces the arrival of a major new voice in literary suspense as it unfolds a story of denial, passion, forgiveness—and the redemptive power of love. Praise for A Small Indiscretion“Ellison is a tantalizing storyteller... moving her story forward with cinematic verve.”—USA Today “Rich with suspense... Lovely writing guides us through, driven by a quiet generosity.”—San Francisco Chronicle (Book Club pick)“Delicious, lazy-day reading. Just don't underestimate the writing.”—O: The Oprah Magazine (Editor's Pick)“Rich and detailed... The plot explodes delightfully, with suspense and a few twists. Using second-person narration and hypnotic prose, Ellison's debut novel is both juicy and beautifully written. How do I know it's juicy? A stranger started reading it over my shoulder on the New York City subway, and told me he was sorry that I was turning the pages too quickly.”—Flavorwire“Are those wild college days ever really behind you? Happily married Annie finds out.”—Cosmopolitan“An impressive fiction debut... both a psychological mystery and a study of the divide between desire and duty.”—San Jose Mercury News“A novel to tear through on a plane ride or on the beach... I was drawn into a web of secrets, a world of unrequited love and youthful mistakes that feel heightened and more romantic on the cold winter streets of London, Paris, and Ireland.”—Bustle “Ellison renders the California landscape with stunning clarity.... She writes gracefully, with moments of startling insight.... Her first novel is an emotional thriller, skillfully plotted in taut, visual scenes.”—The Rumpus“To read A Small Indiscretion is to eat fudge before dinner: slightly decadent behavior, highly caloric, and extremely satisfying.... An emotional detective story that... mirrors real life in ways that surprise and inspire.”—New York Journal of Books“If you liked Gone Girl for its suspenseful look inside the psychology of a bad marriage, try A Small Indiscretion.... It touches many of the same nerves.”—StyleCaster

Danielle Snyder's summer of babysitting turns into one of overwhelming guilt and sadness when Humphrey, her five-year-old charge is killed suddenly. Danielle gets caught up in the machinery of tragedy: police investigations, neighborhood squabbling, and, when the driver of the car that struck Humphrey turns out to be an undocumented alien, a politically charged immigration debate. Wanting only to mourn the sweet little boy she grew to love, Danielle tries to avoid the world around her, until a new and unexpected friendship with Justin, a boy she meets at the park, helps her find a way to preserve Humphrey's memory, stand up for what she believes in, and find her own path to forgiveness. Readers will be swept away by this heart-wrenching, but uplifting story.

Eine merkwürdige Begegnung. Ein düsteres Idyll. Ein schreckliches Geheimnis. Jakob wird am Steuer von Sekundenschlaf übermannt – und schon landet er am nächsten Baum. Rettung ist sofort zur Stelle: Die schöne Katharina, die sich als Bewohnerin des nahegelegenen Dorfs Herzensach vorstellt, führt ihn in ihre idyllische Heimat. Doch schon nach kurzer Zeit macht sich bei Jakob ein hintergründiger Horror bemerkbar. Warum ist Herzensach auf keiner Karte zu finden? Warum gibt es keine Hinweisschilder auf diesen Ort? Jakob wird bewusst, dass er in Lebensgefahr schwebt. Denn er droht, das lang gehütete Geheimnis der Dorfbewohner zu lüften …'Spannung von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite, ausgeklügelt, oft bissige Dialoge und ein tückisches Ende.'NDR Jetzt als eBook: „Herzensach“ von Gunter Gerlach. dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.