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Mella lives in a tiny house in the middle of a dense forest with her mommy and her baby brother, Pete. Sometimes her daddy comes, and with him often the bad man comes, as well. Mella knows that she, her mommy and little brother are a secret family living where nobody knows they are, but she can't remember why that is or why her mommy is chained to the floor. In The Tall Trees is a story told through the eyes of our little hero as she must brave what's out there, lurking in the shadows, to save all that she knows and loves in the world.

El marido de Ariel ha desaparecido sin avisar, no le ha dejado ninguna nota y ni siquiera responde al móvil. ¿Ha salido a correr y lo han asaltado? ¿Secuestrado? ¿Asesinado? ¿Podría ser un estafador, un traficante de drogas o, quizá, un espía? ¿Tal vez se ha asustado ante este repentino matrimonio y la ha abandonado?

Zmęczony konfliktami z przełożonymi oraz stereotypowym myśleniem parafian ksiądz odchodzi z Kościoła i wprowadza się do zaniedbanego domu odziedziczonego po dziadkach. Do budynku przylega duży i zarośnięty ogród, a ksiądz postanawia tchnąć w to miejsce nowe życie i przywrócić mu dawny blask. Pomimo różnych problemów konsekwentnie realizuje swój plan, jednak widmo przeszłości nie daje o sobie zapomnieć. Na domiar złego światło dnia ujrzy jedna związana bezpośrednio z księdzem mroczna tajemnica, o której nie miał dotychczas pojęcia.

Nancy's mother and stepfather have been brutally killed. After a trial that gripped the nation, her stepbrother has been convicted of the double murder. But the end of the trial is just the beginning of a new nightmare for Nancy: the press is rabid, certain that she is hiding something. Certain that she knows more that she's telling about that night at the farmhouse . . . Determined to disappear, Nancy flees to the seaside in Devon, to Tall Chimneys, her grandmother's secluded inn--a place that holds many dark wartime secrets.

When Mel arrives at the holiday cottage in the Lake District, she expects to find the heating on and her husband Luke and the two children waiting for her. Maybe a bottle of wine open… Instead, there is just a note on the side, saying they’ve gone out for a walk. But they aren’t back several hours later, and Mel knows something is wrong. Really wrong. When a search doesn’t find them, she has to confess to the police that her marriage isn’t all that it seems.

When Leighton Marx is taken at a festival in front of her loved ones, police are quick to label it a random trafficking incident, but Leighton’s husband, Owen, and her ex-best-friend, Marnie, suspect there's more to the story. After Marnie meets Sarah, who saw something at the festival that doesn't add up, she starts looking for Leighton herself—only to uncover secrets and inconsistencies surrounding her disappearance that grow deeper and more complicated by the minute.

One year after his sister’s death, Edward decides to follow through with their dream of opening their guesthouse as a vacation rental. At first, Jax seems like the ideal guest. He’s everything Edward wishes he could be: handsome, outgoing, and without a care in the world. But as the days pass, things don’t seem to be going as well as Edward expected. Jax is inserting himself into Edward’s life, conveniently bumping into him at his work, and then there are the dates he brings back to the guesthouse. The dates Edward never sees leave.

Nogle gange opdager byttet først, at det bliver jaget, når fælden er klappet... Da Finn Hensen får besked af sin søster, Jess, om, at deres far er død, er ingen af dem knuste. Deres forældre blev skilt for mange år siden, hvorefter deres far, Jimmy, fortsatte sin boheme-livsstil på solrige Mallorca. Ejerskabet over hans smukke men forfaldne gård i bjergene overgår nu til Finn og hans søster. Problemet er bare, at Jimmy blev gift igen for nyligt, og hans nye kone, Ruensa, bor der stadig. De to bliver enige om, at Finn skal tage til Mallorca for taktfuldt at gøre krav på deres arv.

W ostatnich latach przed wybuchem drugiej wojny światowej profesor Alojzy Dyszkiewicz, rozczarowany swoim małżeństwem i brakiem uczuć ze strony kobiety, którą poślubił, wdaje się w romans z inną. Obydwoje postanawiają jednak zakończyć tę przygodę, aby nie rozbijać swoich związków – on wraca do żony, ona do męża i pozornie cała sprawa odchodzi w niepamięć, tym bardziej że zbliża się już wojenny kataklizm.

Den perfekte villavej. De perfekte naboer. Den perfekte hemmelighed. Beth vil gerne forelske sig i sit nye hjem, der ligger på en stille villavej i udkanten af den engelske by Reading. Hun ville ønske, hun kunne blive veninder med den smukke nabo, Oksana. Hun længes efter at få en ny kreds af venner. Venlige naboer at besøge. Kaffeaftaler og madklub i weekenden. Men folk virker så tillukkede her. En dag går Beth ind i Oksanas have for at hente sin hund, der er løbet væk. Her ser hun noget, der er så chokerende, at hun begynder at spekulere på, hvem hendes nye naboer i virkeligheden er.

De vil gøre alt for at slippe ud. Hun vil gøre alt for at holde dem fanget. Da den lykkeligt gifte Grace en aften kommer tidligt hjem og opdager sin mand, Dominic, med en anden kvinde i den hytte, de har i bunden af deres have, bliver hun chokeret, vred og – mest af alt – fast opsat på hævn. Det er derfor, at hun handler hurtigt og låser parret inde i hytten, mens hun overvejer, hvad hun har lyst til at gøre ved dem. Mens Dominic og hans elskerinde desperat prøver at komme fri, lægger Grace en plan, men det er en plan skabt på baggrund af hendes tidligere erfaringer.

Gibt es das perfekte Verbrechen? Nun, vielleicht - wenn da nicht das unüberwindliche Begehren wäre, jemandem von eben diesem perfekten Verbrechen erzählen zu wollen.

My husband’s dead. They say my best friend did it. I can’t believe it. Not Lisa. There’s no way she could have done something so terrible. I look around at her shaken family, her two devastated children and her shocked husband, as they watch the most important woman in their lives being arrested for murder… I always thought Lisa was the perfect wife and mother. We’ve been best friends ever since I moved to Dragonfly Close. But then I remember the day I saw her at the coffee shop with Russell.

A Lethal Operative. A Vanished Girl. A Twisted Tapestry of Corruption. Nola James, a former CIA operative turned avenging angel, is determined to mete out justice where the system fails. When a young girl disappears in a sleepy town on the outskirts of Atlanta, Nola makes a solemn vow to bring her back from the abyss. Guided by an unrelenting resolve and a smoldering fury, Nola has spent the last few years righting the wrongs of the criminal justice system. This case, though, pushes her to the limits. And as she peels back the layers of a shadowy conspiracy, even her deadly skills and ...

After the shocking events of last Christmas, Jess Croft is determined this festive season will be the one to remember, for all the right reasons. But when a stranger turns up on her doorstep claiming to be her estranged father, Jess is shocked. Moreso, when the man claims that the little girl with him is none other than Jess’s sister - a child she knew nothing about. Jess isn’t sure she wants these strangers to stay, but she can’t turn them away, especially when she learns that their lives are in danger.

How far will a man go to protect his family? For lawyer Sam Trask, it is farther than he ever thought possible, even in his worst nightmare. Because his worst nightmare is about to come true. At age forty-seven, attorney Sam Trask finally seems to have his life in order. The dark years of too much drinking and self-seeking ambition are behind him. His marriage is solid again. Everything seems finally on the right track. Until a voice from the past comes back to say hello. Suddenly, Sam faces a danger more real than he ever imagined—danger from someone who will not rest until Sam's life ...

A wealthy family with DARK secrets. A SHOCKING reveal that you guaranteed won't see coming... Avery Collins is an attorney with the tender heart of a warrior for the wrongfully accused, for one simple reason. She was once wrongfully accused, and spent 7 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit. Now sworn to protect the indigent accused, she's persuaded to represent Esme Guitierrez, an El Salvadoran refugee who is accused of killing 21-year-old Aria Whitmore. Aria was the daughter of the prominent billionaire hotelier Jacob Whitmore, and was also an aspiring concert pianist and music ...

BOOK II WHEN THE AMERICAN DREAM DIES, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TURN TO AMERICAN CRIMES! A lower middle-class couple, a mailman and a housewife, living in the suburbs suddenly find themselves caught up in the middle of a Mexican Cartel drug war. In Book II, the Jones' transition from mild-mannered, middle class, do-no-wrong suburbanites, to something entirely different. Guns, bullets, cremations, money laundering, and a new scheme to create their own new street drug which will rival anything the cartel can deliver, are suddenly in the works. Brand new, hot-off-the-press material by New York...

DON'T MESS WITH BINGO NIGHT!!!! When two losers working for a floral supply outfit get it into their heads that they can rob the creepy old home for the elderly which is located directly across the street from their place of employment on Bingo Night, it sounds like an easy score. Too easy. Because what they don't realize is that just because people are old, doesn't mean they still don't have some fight left in them. In fact, in the case of Bingo Night, these elderly people have more than fight in them. They are barbarians. Originally published in Pulp Metal Magazine in two parts, Bingo ...

When Óttar Karlsson, a wealthy and respected government official and businessman, is found murdered, after failing to turn up at his own surprise birthday party, the police are at a loss. It isn't until young police officer Sigurdís finds a well-hidden safe in his impersonal luxury apartment that clues start emerging. As Óttar's shady business dealings become clear, a second unexpected line of enquiry emerges, when Sigurdís finds a US phone number in the safe, along with papers showing regular money transfers to an American account.