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Deeply shaken after a brutal attack, Bailey Carpenter struggles to reclaim control over what had once seemed like a neatly ordered life. Unable to face her job, her friends, or even the world outside her apartment, Bailey is trapped with her thoughts, replaying the attack in her desperate search for every detail that will help the police uncover the identity of her unknown assailant.

Beautiful, happily married, and the owner of a successful interior design business, Casey Marshall couldn't be more content with her life, until a car slams into her at almost 50 miles an hour, breaking nearly every bone in her body and plunging her into a coma. Lying in her hospital bed, Casey realizes that although she is unable to see or communicate, she can hear everything.

In this compelling novel, Fielding introduces two brothers, Will and Jeff, and their friend, Tom, a trio of playboys out to make something happen in the hot sands of South Beach. One night at their favorite watering hole, they make a bet on who will be the first to seduce a mysterious young woman they’ve never seen before. Dark-haired and blue-eyed, Suzy has a disarming, girl-next-door aura about her. But these players have no idea what they’re dealing with.

A lifetime ago, every year Carole Shipley looked forward to her wedding anniversary. But then a celebratory trip to Mexico for the occasion with her husband and friends ended in the unsolved kidnapping of her infant daughter, Samantha. Now, 15 years after that horrific time, divorced and isolated, Carole is forced to relive the kidnapping by reporters who call every year on the anniversary of Samantha's disappearance.

Jodi Bishop knows success. She's the breadwinner, a top-notch real estate agent. Her husband, Harrison...not so much. Once, he had big dreams. But now, he's a middling writer who resents his wife's success.

There was no shortage of words she could use to describe her father, and almost none of them complimentary. A voicemail from her estranged sister, Melanie, sends Robin’s heart racing and her mind spiraling in a full-blown panic attack. Melanie’s message is dire: Their father, his second wife, and his 12-year-old stepdaughter have been shot - likely in a home invasion - and lie in the hospital in critical condition.

Four women - friends, family, rivals - turn to online dating for companionship, only to find themselves in the crosshairs of a tech-savvy killer using an app to target his victims in this harrowing thriller from the New York Times best selling author of See Jane Run and The Bad Daughter.

A shooting lays bare the secrets harbored by five families in a sleepy suburban cul-de-sac in this riveting psychological thriller from the New York Times best-selling author of All the Wrong Places.

Jodi Bishop ist erfolgreiche Maklerin und lebt mit ihrem Ehemann und zwei Kindern in Toronto. Da ihre Mutter an Parkinson erkrankt ist, beschließt sie, eine Haushälterin für ihre alternden Eltern einzustellen. Als sie die erfahrene Elyse trifft, ist sie begeistert von deren warmherziger, anpackender Art. Sogar Jodis skeptischer Vater scheint sie zu mögen. Aber schon nach kurzer Zeit nimmt Jodi beunruhigende Veränderungen wahr. Ihre Eltern verlassen kaum noch das Haus, ihre Mutter scheint sich regelrecht vor Elyse zu fürchten.

Forty-year-old nurse Terry Painter enjoys a solitary existence. Her tranquil life takes a turn, however, when young, vibrant Alison Simms rents the cottage behind her, bringing friendship and excitement. But after the initial euphoric wave, Terry soon finds that the friendship that once brightened her days now has her fearing for her life! Can she reclaim her life before Alison's past catches up to them?

As Sheriff John Weber would attest, the deadliest predators to date in his tiny hamlet were the alligators lurking in the nearby swamps. But that was before someone abducted and murdered a runaway teenage girl...and before the disappearance of popular and pretty Liana Martin. The pattern is chilling to Sandy Crosbie, the town's new high school English teacher who wishes she'd never come to the seemingly quiet town with shocking depths of scandal, sex, and brutality roiling beneath its surface.

"One afternoon Jane Whittaker went to the store for some milk and eggs and forgot who she was...." This unnerving situation is just the start of the terror in store for Jane in this thrilling mystery that follows in the tradition of the queen of suspense, Mary Higgins Clark.

After spending a year in prison, Ralph Fisher has explicit plans for his first night of freedom: tonight, someone will be held accountable. He goes to murderous lengths to obtain the address of his former wife - the woman he blames for his fate and against whom he has sworn vengeance. Determined to bring her to his idea of justice, Ralph's next step is to travel from Florida's sandy beaches to Dayton, Ohio, where his ex-wife is struggling to make ends meet on Mad River Road.

Charley Webb is a beautiful single mother who writes a successful and controversial column for the Palm Beach Post. She's spent years building an emotional wall against scathing critics, snooty neighbors, and her disapproving family. But when she receives a letter from Jill Rohmer, a young woman serving time on death row for the murders of three small children, her boundaries slowly begin to fade. Jill wants Charley to write her biography so that she can share the many hidden truths about the case that failed to surface during her trial.

Wohnt nebenan ein Mörder? Der spannende Psychothriller von Joy Fielding. Nach einem traumatischen Erlebnis zieht Maggie mit ihrer Familie nach Palm Beach Gardens in Florida. Sie hofft, in der gepflegten Gegend mit den freundlichen Nachbarn ihre Vergangenheit endlich hinter sich zu lassen. Doch dann verlässt sie ihr Mann, und auch die Idylle ihres Viertels erweist sich als trügerisch: Eine lautstarke Auseinandersetzung im Haus gegenüber, zwielichtiger Besuch nebenan, spitze Bemerkungen bei einem gemeinsamen Grillfest.

Amanda Travis is a high-powered, 28-year-old lawyer whose greatest likes are spinning classes at her Palm Beach gym and a compliant jury. As for the things she hates, they include nicknames, the color pink, clients who don't follow her advice, and memories. Unfortunately, running from her past becomes a lot harder when one of her ex-husbands calls from her hometown of Toronto with the alarming news that her mother has shot and killed a complete stranger.

Fifty-year-old Marcy Taggart’s husband has left her for another woman. Devastating as that may be for some, it hardly compares to the death of her twenty-one-year-old daughter, Devon, in a canoeing accident. Her body was never found in the icy waters of Georgian Bay, and as a result Marcy has never fully accepted her death. Two years have passed, and she continues to see the young woman’s face in crowds and has even stopped strangers on the street, certain she has finally discovered her long lost daughter.Now, in Ireland, Marcy yet again thinks she sees her daughter, casually strolling past....

Bailey Carpenter ist eine erfolgreiche Privatermittlerin in Miami, und sie ist es gewohnt, die Dinge unter Kontrolle zu haben. Das ändert sich schlagartig, als sie eines Nachts von einem Unbekannten brutal überfallen wird und nur knapp dem Tod entkommt. Von da an quälen Bailey Panikattacken und Albträume, sie ist besessen von dem Gedanken, verfolgt zu werden, und zieht sich völlig in sich zurück. Doch dann entdeckt sie eines Tages, dass ihr Nachbar im Hochhaus gegenüber sie beobachtet.

Gefangen im eigenen Körper: Im Thriller-Hörbuch "Im Koma" von Joy Fielding erschafft Sprecherin Hansi Jochmann eine beklemmende, klaustrophobische Stimmung, die den Hörer im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes "gefangen nimmt". Casey Marshall, eine erfolgreiche 32-jährige Frau aus Philadelphia, wird Opfer eines schweren Autounfalls. Im Krankenhaus erlangt sie zwar das Bewusstsein wieder - erfährt aber wenig später, dass sie einige Wochen im Koma lag. Nach wie vor hilflos und ans Bett gefesselt, wird Casey Marshall bald klar, dass sie noch immer in Gefahr schwebt...

Due to a last-minute change in plans, a group of unlikely traveling companions finds themselves on a camping trip in the Adirondacks. They include the soon-to-be-divorced Valerie; her oddball friends, Melissa and James; her moody teenage daughter, Brianne; and Val's estranged husband's fiancee, Jennifer. Val is dealing with unresolved feelings toward her ex and grappling with jealousy and resentment toward his younger, prettier new flame.