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For two years Lucy and Sam renovated their Victorian home but spiraling debts are forcing them to sell. The agreement with their real estate agent is that they won’t be home for viewings, but when Lucy gets a voicemail saying the Agent is running late, she realizes she will have to show the prospective buyer around herself. Suffering from anxiety and claustrophobia, Lucy watches the stranger on their doorstep waiting to be let in; and takes a breath and begins to show their house. He is well dressed, polite, and despite her unease everything goes well, until he starts acting strangely.

Your estate agent calls. She’s running late and needs you to show a man around your home. You let him in and begin the tour. But something about him feels wrong. You ask him to leave and he refuses. Then he tells you something about you – something inconceivable. Why? And how far would you go to find the truth?

It’s five p.m. on a Friday. You have been called to an interview for your dream job. In a stunning office 13 floors above the city below, you are all alone with the man interviewing you. Everyone else has gone home for the weekend. The interview gets more and more disturbing. You’re feeling scared. Your only way out is to answer a seemingly impossible question.

The chilling and outstanding new stand-alone thriller from C. M. Ewan, author of Safe House: if your family was targeted in the middle of the night, what would you do? You are asleep. A noise wakes you. You stir, unsure why, and turn to your wife. Then you hear it. Glass. Crunching underfoot. Your worst fears are about to be realised. Someone is inside your home. Your choices are limited.You can run. Or stay and fight. What would you do?

Eine zerrüttete Familie. Ein abgelegenes Haus. Und kein Entkommen. Als Tom Sullivan nachts um zwei ein Fenster zerbrechen hört, werden seine schlimmsten Albträume Wirklichkeit: Jemand ist ins Haus eingedrungen und trachtet ihm und seiner Familie nach dem Leben. Sein Feriendomizil mitten im schottischen Nirgendwo, das eigentlich für ein paar Wochen zu einem beschaulichen Urlaubsort werden sollte, bietet keinen Ausweg. Eine atemberaubende Verfolgungsjagt beginnt, während der sich Tom mehr als einmal fragt, ob er denen, die ihm am nächsten sind, wirklich vertrauen kann.

Abi and Ben are driving home down foggy country roads, arguing about having had to cut short their weekend away. Abi’s driving and her eyes leave the road for a moment to say something to Ben, just as he gasps. A man is in front of the car, waving a torch. Abi swerves to avoid him. Ben tells her they should stop and go back, but Abi refuses. It’s dark, the roads are isolated and they don’t know this stranger. But as Abi turns the corner ahead of them, they see a broken down car. Every instinct is still telling Abi to drive on but then she sees the woman, holding a baby in a car seat.

Ein harmloses Gespräch wird zum Albtraum. Ein leeres Büro zum Gefängnis. Und ein seriöser Mann zur tödlichen Gefahr. Kate Harding bekommt den Job ihres Lebens angeboten. Nach dem Tod ihres Mannes vor fünfzehn Monaten, ist das ihre Chance auf einen Neubeginn. Doch das vermeintliche Vorstellungsgespräch entwickelt sich zu einem Albtraum. Eingesperrt in einem Glaskastenbüro in einem leeren Bürogebäude, ist Kate allein mit ihrem Entführer. Einem gefährlichen Mann, der Informationen über ihre Vergangenheit will. Informationen, die sie ihm nicht geben kann.