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THAT NIGHT. Lisa remembers the first part of the night: an evening in the pub with her best friend. Then nothing. She wakes up, days later. She’s in hospital. Her best friend is dead. WHAT HAPPENED? Lisa holes up in a remote country cottage, plagued by guilt and flashbacks: how did their assailant know them? Why were they attacked? And what really happened that night? With only vague memories of the event, she cuts herself off from friends and family, spending her days wandering the hills with her dog, Riley.

Beth wants to love her new home on a quiet suburban street. She wishes she could make friends with her beautiful neighbour Oksana. She longs for a new group of friends. Welcoming neighbours to visit. Coffee dates and dinner parties. But life here feels so closed. Then Beth runs into Oksana’s garden one day to fetch her runaway dog, and she sees something shocking that makes her wonder who her new neighbours really are. A girl in the window. A pale desperate face. A hastily scribbled sign bearing only two words.

Lisa remembers the first part of the night: an evening in the pub with her best friend. Then nothing. She wakes up, days later. She's in hospital. Her best friend is dead. Lisa holes up in a remote country cottage, plagued by guilt and flashbacks: how did their assailant know them? Why were they attacked? And what really happened that night? With only vague memories of the event, she cuts herself off from friends and family, spending her days wandering the hills with her dog, Riley.

The woman who has it all. Heather has lucked out. She has a beautiful house, a happy marriage to James Jessop, with two sons, Ben and Harry — and she’s just won the lottery. £29 million! The loyal best friend. Natalie has never quite kept up, but she’s finally in a relationship with a new boyfriend, Nick. She’s been best friends with Heather since they were bullied at school. But will her friend’s new fortune change their friendship? A dream come true turns into a paranoid nightmare.

Heather has lucked out. She has a beautiful house, a happy marriage to James Jessop, with two sons — and she’s just won the lottery. £29 million! Natalie has never quite kept up, but she’s finally in a relationship with a new boyfriend, Nick. She’s been best friends with Heather since they were bullied at school. But will her friend’s new fortune change their friendship? The Jessops’ comfortable life dissolves into chaos. Heather starts receiving anonymous, hateful messages. She begs Natalie to escape with her to Spain, but away from the spotlight in London, things go from bad to worse.

Reeling from a brutal attack that leaves her flatmate dead and her badly injured, Lisa Fulbrook flees to the countryside to recuperate. With only vague memories of the event, she isolates herself from her friends and family, spending her days wandering the hills with her dog, Riley. She is plagued by vivid flashbacks and tormented by questions: how did the assailant know them? Why were they attacked? And what really happened that night?

Anna has everything worked out - a successful company, all the comforts she needs and no ties. But when she stumbles across the body of a young girl on a deserted beach in Lithuania, everything changes. Anna is compelled to uncover the story behind the tragedy, despite concern from her partner, Will. Everything points towards sex trafficking, but as she searches, her own deepest secrets start to surface. When Will disappears without a trace, Anna is pulled further into the murky world of organised crime. Time is running out, and there's a killer out there who will stop at nothing.

Die perfekte Straße. Die perfekten Nachbarn. Das perfekte Geheimnis Beth wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als sich in ihrem neuen Zuhause in einer ruhigen Straße in der Vorstadt endlich so richtig wohlzufühlen. Sich mit ihrer hübschen Nachbarin Oksana anzufreunden. Einen neuen Freundeskreis zu haben. Die Nachbarn zu sich einzuladen. Gemütliche Kaffeetreffen und gesellige Abendessen zu veranstalten. Aber alles hier fühlt sich so verschlossen und abweisend an.

Ricky and Leonora Bates are brother and sister, best friends, allies in a loveless family. They are a constant disappointment to their domineering father. He views Ricky’s quiet bookishness as weakness and Leonora’s feisty intelligence as unbecoming. Then Ricky is sent away to a boarding school in South Africa to “toughen him up”. And Leonora is stuck dealing with her dysfunctional parents on her own. The unthinkable happens. Leonora’s father travels to South Africa to bring Ricky home. Disaster strikes. Her father is shot dead. And her brother is nowhere to be found.

A brother sent away. A sister in a loveless home. A father ruthlessly murdered. Ricky and Leonora Bates are brother and sister, best friends, allies in a loveless family. They are a constant disappointment to their domineering father. He views Ricky’s quiet bookishness as weakness and Leonora’s feisty intelligence as unbecoming. Then Ricky is sent away to a boarding school in South Africa to “toughen him up”. And Leonora is stuck dealing with her dysfunctional parents on her own. The unthinkable happens. Leonora’s father travels to South Africa to bring Ricky home. Disaster strikes.

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.

En fuldstændigt fængslende psykologisk thriller med en nervepirrende slutning. Heather har heldet med sig. Hun har et smukt hus og et lykkeligt ægteskab med James Jessop, som hun har sønnerne Ben og Harry med – og så har hun lige vundet 29 millioner pund i lotteriet! Natalie har altid halset lidt bagefter, men nu er hun endelig i et forhold, med Nick. Hun og Heather har været bedste venner, siden de begge blev drillet i skolen. Men kommer hendes venindes lotterigevinst til at ændre deres venskab? Jessop-familiens liv bliver vendt helt på hovedet.