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Lord of the Flies meets And Then There Were None...but with Instagram and too much Prosecco.THIS IS THE HEN DO TO END ALL HEN DOS. AND YOU'RE INVITED...Poppy Greer is getting married and four of her old schoolmates are to be her trusted bridesmaids. They may have drifted but true friendships last a lifetime, don't they? Plus, who would pass on a free first-class ticket to white sands and bottomless cocktails on a private Caribbean island?But the women have underestimated their host, and each other. And as their darkest secrets are revealed, the trip of their dreams becomes the hen do from hell.Will anyone make it off the island alive?

COMING SOON ¿ PRE-ORDER NOWThe follow-up to Three Card Murder and the second book in a gripping new mystery series introducing Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs.

Knives Out meets The Guest List in international bestselling author S. C. Lalli's next thrilling novel, where two business moguls were set to be married in the biggest event of the year--until they're both found murdered the day before the wedding--and a social outsider must unravel the mystery before her own hidden agenda is revealed.The wedding of Radhika Singh and Raj Joshi, a weeklong affair at a luxury resort in Cabos, isn't just going to be the event of the season--it will also mark the union of two highly influential and wealthy Indian-American families. No expense will be spared for what Radhika and Raj have coined "R&R," a week of rest, relaxation, and celebrating their love. Shaylee "Shay" Kapoor is just an outsider, but she just so happens to be dating Raj's best friend, Caleb Prescott III, and is sucked into this world of wealth and excess. But on the morning the wedding festivities are supposed to begin, the resort's wedding coordinator Daniela makes a frightening discovery: Raj and Radhika are dead, gunshots to the head.Chaos descends on the hotel as the guests are turned away or sent home. Shay stays by Caleb's side as the investigation starts to unfold, family and close friends grieve, and accusations run wild. The police believe the murders are a drug cartel hit.But even if it was a cartel hit, even if the murderer somehow got past the resort's security, the hotel room doors have state-of-the-art locks. There was no way for the murderer to slip into the room without a key. And only the sister of the bride, Zara; the best men, Caleb and Sean; and the wedding coordinator, Daniela, have keys.Shay may be an outsider--and she definitely has secrets of her own--but she may be the only person with enough perspective to untangle everyone's lies, and discover why anyone would want the bride and groom dead. . .

A young woman, committed to an asylum, undergoes a bizarre treatment that unlocks a vast well of power in this cosmic horror novella, perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher.

A broken heart and scarred mind can be healed with help from another world. This story explores the power of love, place, family and community. It tells of a threeway journey: in the present, into the past and into the mind.

After losing his wife and son in an accident, James Moore retreats from life to his ranch in the San Diego mountains. A job offer on an ocean-going science vessel restarts his scientific career, until Brainwave Corporation leases the vessel to isolate their 'Dream Degree' technology that can access the brain during sleep to upload a desired curriculum in a fraction of the time - but early testing has gone terribly wrong.James' Aunts direct the powerful Collective organization, and they despatch Marianne when they are made aware James is being hunted. James and Marianne fall in love, but they are forced to fix Brainwave's failure when the Aunts are abducted.With few options open to them, they must overcome what appears to be insurmountable odds, in order to save his aunts and themselves.

After being raised by his aunts in Southern England, James Moore moved to Southern California where he worked as a prominent and successful scientist. But when James invented the Mind Link, he unearthed a dangerous secret leaving him and his wife, Helen, with no choice but to flee.Moving back to the village of St. Clements in Devon, James reconnects with his aunts and childhood home. He begins to hope that the dangers of the past are over and, with the announcement of Helen's pregnancy, that the future is finally offering them some happiness.But when James and his family are attacked in their home, he and Helen are on the run once more and the Collective - a group of deeply powerful, influential people - will stop at nothing to catch them.When James and Helen are given an opportunity to join the Collective, they must choose between their future and the future of hundreds of thousands of others.

From the author of Good Neighbours, described by Gillian Flynn as 'wildly entertaining'. An absorbing and astute satirical thriller about a family's odyssey into an exclusive enclave for the wealthy that might not be as ideal as it seems.

An outbreak of twelve gruesome, unsolved murders from the 1800s seems an excellent choice for Jay Dalton to try out his hand at writing. Doing so as he is starting life over after a painful divorce in a peaceful, rural farmhouse, in which he had recently moved, seems delightful. All would not stay as it seems for long.The quaintness of his old farm house quickly fades as he becomes more aware that he isn't alone in his new abode. A series of journals Jay discovers provide unexpected research results for his book, even as they seem to come more and more ominously to life. But it is a series of "accidents" that are most troublesome, as it seems that someone intends for Jay to never finish his book.As Jay digs deeper, he begins to suspect that the unsolved murders, the hauntings in his house, and his current peril may be more closely connected than he would have ever suspected. How good he is at putting the pieces together may just determine if he lives to write about it.

"I never miss."Riot Night changed my life.Coming back to Shadow Grove turned it on its head.I've been hunted, stabbed, stalked, tormented, and used. Hate fueled me, lies tore me apart, and in the end, everything I thought I knew turned out to be fake.Except...Riot Night also brought Archer, Kody, and Steele back into my life. No matter how much I've fought my feelings for them, no matter how much I've hated them or how many of their deceptions I've uncovered-I want them in my life. I want to fight for them. All three of them.No one owns me.No one is taking them away.This is my life, damn it, and these guys are mine to keep.If a war is what it takes, then a war is what our enemies will get.

"Liar, liar, pants on fire."The words scrawled on the back of my newest stalker mail make my blood run cold. I have no idea if the lie is one I know I'm telling...or one that I don't.Since arriving back to Shadow Grove, I've been stalked, tormented, chased, and almost killed. I've been lied to, repeatedly, by the boys I was finally growing to trust-and more.Liar.That word haunts all four of us, but it haunts me the most. Someone knows more about my life than I do. Someone is taunting me with answers and teasing me with secrets. Am I desperate enough to fall for more deception? To fall deeper into this tangle of danger and heat?One thing is for sure: Archer and his boys made a huge mistake when they decided to keep me from the truth. They thought they could play me, but they're about to learn that they've met their match.No one stabs Madison Kate in the back and gets away with it.

"You'll always be mine."The latest taunt from my stalker reminded me I was nothing more than a possession to my father, to the Reapers, to Archer D'Ath. Even to Kody and Steele. Princess Danvers-the prize.His wife.Archer D'Ath's wife.I hate them. They lied to me. Over and over again. I knew they were lying, too, and I hate myself for letting it get this far. For falling for them despite what they did to me. For believing in the relationships I wanted so desperately to be real.Fake.It's all fake. And none of them will let me go. Archer and his boys think they control me. My stalker wants to possess me. I'm not an idiot-I know my newest allies are using me, too.That's fine.I'll use all of them. I'll use them to take back what's mine.My life. My freedom. My name.No one owns Madison Kate Danvers.

`A rippingly good read¿ WiredFrom two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034 ¿ and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagrationOn 12 March 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is conducting routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major Chris `Wedge¿ Mitchell is flying an F-35E Lightning, testing a new stealth technology as he flirts with Iranian airspace. By the end of that day, Wedge will be an Iranian prisoner, and Sarah Hunt¿s destroyer will lie at the bottom of the ocean. A new, terrifying era is at hand.So begins a disturbingly plausible novel, co-authored by an award-winning novelist and decorated Marine veteran and the former commander of NATO, a legendary admiral. Everything in 2034 is an imagination extrapolation from present-day facts on the ground, informed by the authors¿ years working at the highest and most classified levels of national security. Sometimes if takes a brilliant work of fiction to illuminate the most dire of warnings: this cautionary tale presents a dark yet possible future that we must do all we can to avoid.`I could not stop reading 2034¿ Phil Klay, author of Redeployment

Twenty-five years later, it's time to pick up the pieces...The table is set, the candles are flickering, the wine has been poured. Eight people gather for a dinner party. Partners, lovers, friends, strangers.But one of them has a secret - the kind of secret so explosive that it might be impossible to stop it rising to the surface. The kind of secret with the power to shatter everything the group thinks they know about each other, and about themselves...Tense, shocking, and deeply moving, Things Don't Break on their Own is a compulsive debut about how our memories shape us, and the lies we tell to escape them.'So so so good. A bruising, brilliant and beautiful mystery. An elegant, twisting story of loss and longing, of the ache of the unknown and the drowning weight of past trauma. A very special debut' CHRIS WHITAKER, NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WE BEGIN AT THE END

As the Lucas Twins serial killers secretly terrorize the lives of nearly 100 victims, there are two victims that escaped. One escaped certain death in 1979 and another escaped 40 years later. Fate brings the two together as they realize their lives have been mentally and psychology ruined by the same people. They embark on a journey to find their tormentors only to have many other secrets revealed. The world of a supernatural being is discovered along with a bizarre ritual that keeps the twins hungry for more victims even as they reach their 70s. Revenge is best served cold. 40 years is definitely cold enough. Now is the time for justice to be served.

The dead tell no tales . . .Hollows Bend is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate ¿ zero ¿ is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett.The day the stranger shows up is when the trouble starts. The sheriff and her deputy investigate the mysterious teenage girl. None of the locals can place her. She can¿t ¿ or won¿t ¿ answer any questions. She won¿t even tell them her name. While the girl is in protective custody, the officers are called to multiple crime scenes leading them closer and closer to a lake outside of town that doesn¿t appear on any map . . ._________________________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN'The master storyteller of our times.' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'One of the greatest storytellers of all time.' PATRICIA CORNWELL'James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.' STEVE BERRY

Three years ago, bride-to-be Aoife died at her own hen party.Now the hens have returned to the villa where that terrible weekend unfolded.They long for closure. But the moment they step back inside, old wounds open and tensions begin to rise.Everyone has a different version of what happened that night.Who is keeping secrets? And how far will they go to keep them hidden

Hong Kong's 1997 sovereignty handover to China is just days away. Suddenly, well-intentioned business and family man, Seth Goodall, finds power and politics threatening his and others' way of life. He is given an ultimatum, forcing him to choose between what is right and safety and security.Not merely livelihoods but even lives are at stake. Seth's frantic attempts to find a solution take him to the heart of China and America's ruthless motivations and actions, as well as a disastrous night in the inner sanctum of Britain's obsolete colonial culture.On handover day itself, during shrouding torrential downpours, Seth encounters tragedy. He realises he is overpowered. But is all as it seems; or is salvation at hand and will he be able to grasp it? This fast-moving tale of suspense and corruption foreshadows Hong Kong's future and asks the question: what can ordinary people do when faced with brutal power-plays they barely knew existed?

Attractive Dr. Robin Goodrich missed the fairytale life she shared with her handsome tough guy returning from deployment.Marine Major Dammit McGowin stared at photos taken of the bomb exploding. He felt the concussion, could hear the children screaming. He smelled the burning flesh, understanding first-hand what they were going through.Terrorists seek refuge in Washington state's beautiful San Juan Islands.A Dammit McGowin thriller.