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From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Housemaid, The Boyfriend and The Tenant comes a twisty psychological thriller like no other – a story of sinister secrets that will keep you enraptured through to the shocking finale. Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime. To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover what she’s done. But when an unexpected snowstorm forces her off the road, Quinn must take refuge at the broken-down, isolated Baxter Motel. The handsome and kindly owner, Nick Baxter, is only too happy to offer her a cheap room for the night. Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn’t the quiet, safe haven it seemed to be. The motel has a dark and disturbing past. And in the dilapidated house across the way, the silhouette of Nick's ailing wife is always at the window. Always watching. In the morning, Quinn must leave the motel. She'll pack up her belongings and get back on the road to freedom. But first, she must survive the night. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464228582 • Author: Freida McFadden  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 304 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.9cm

She was promised a miracle. She got more than she bargained for. Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer to serve as a surrogate. It’s an offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true. But soon, strange things start happening. And it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret. And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464228605 • Author: Freida McFadden     • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2 cm

From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet. Beth’s life hasn’t worked out the way she planned. After her father walked out on their family with a note simply saying ‘I’m sorry’, she became obsessed with finding him. An obsession that destroyed her relationship with her husband and her daughter. She just has her dying mother left, Beth taking care of her as best she can until she breathes her final, shocking words: Your father. He didn’t disappear. Don’t trust… Still processing these words, Beth receives a surprise call to say her sister has been attacked and rushed to hospital. Soon after, she finds both estranged sister and brother returning to the family home. She makes sure to lock her bedroom door at night. Her sister can’t be trusted. Desperate to revisit happier memories, the siblings find themselves watching home videos of their childhood. It feels like a good idea, until the footage shows them their father covered in blood, their mother’s voice panicked, and a dead girl’s body. They’d love to believe it’s fake, but they know the girl in the video. Losing their mother is already hard enough, but will Beth and her siblings survive the truth of what really happened to that little girl? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398723566 • Author: Jeneva Rose  • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm

The Inmate is a propulsive, mind-bending thriller about how we define guilt―and who has to pay for it, from bestselling author Freida McFadden. The guiltiest people aren't always the ones behind bars… As a new nurse practitioner at a maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan is taught three crucial rules: Treat all prisoners with respect. Never reveal any personal information. Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates. But nobody knows that Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates. They certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke's high school sweetheart―the star quarterback, the golden boy who's serving a life sentence for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there. But Shane knows. He knows more than anyone. And he will never forget. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781464221385 • Author: Freida McFadden  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 2.0 x 19.7 cm

A dark, twisting thriller about a group of friends lost in the woods: one by one, they each will fall, and only the killer will return home alive... A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with friends. It sounded like heaven. Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel. But it turns out the woods aren't as easy to navigate as they thought. Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost. And as they navigate deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously one by one. Has a wild animal been hunting them? Or is the hunter one of them? But as more time passes, one thing becomes clear: Only one of them will return home alive. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781464221392 • Author:  Freida McFadden  • Publisher:  Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  272 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden. All families have secrets. But some secrets are deadly. Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until, one quiet evening, two detectives show up at her front door. "Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night..." A high school girl has vanished from their quiet neighbourhood, and the police suspect the worst. Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive. Erika has always sensed something… different in her seemingly perfect oldest child. He’s charming, smart and popular, but mothers have the best instincts. Erika knows there’s more to her son than meets the eye. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth? Liam may have done the unthinkable. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781464228599 • Author: Freida McFadden  • Publisher: Sourcebooks, Poisoned Pen Press • Format: Paperback • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.9 x 2cm

A brand new story from Number One bestselling author Valerie Keogh. An explosive thriller that will leave you shocked! Meet The Wives... Lies, secrets, deadly decisions… When Natasha meets Daniel, she knows her life is made. Rich, handsome and charming, Daniel will make the perfect husband. Even if she won’t make the perfect wife… She is thrilled when Daniel suggests an all-expenses paid cruise for Natasha, her friends, Barbara, Tracy Ann and Michelle, and their husbands. What better way to show everyone that Natasha has finally made it? But as the ship sets sail, she learns that far from being the perfect husband, Daniel has terrible secrets that are about to be revealed. And each of the wives has their own reasons for wanting him dead. This trip might cost more than any of them ever imagined… A gripping new story from the psych thriller queen that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of Frieda McFadden, J.A. Baker and Sue Watson. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781805577034 • Author: Valerie Keogh • Publisher: Boldwood Books Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 296 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.7 cm

He swore he’d never let her go. She should have believed him. Brooke Hastings is ready to end her six-week affair. Gideon Ross is charming and sexy, but he’s not worth throwing away her marriage and family for. So she breaks it off, hoping Gideon will understand.  He doesn’t. Gideon insists that he and Brooke are meant to be together. Finally, he backs off, but not before issuing a promise: he’ll never let her go.  Six years later, Brooke wants to believe it’s all behind her. Her family has survived intact. Gideon has vanished.  But the fear hasn’t disappeared. Brooke can’t tell how much of it is paranoia, and how much is justified, but she’s worried. And maybe she’s right to be.  Because Gideon is a man who keeps his promises . . . A totally addictive psychological thriller with a twist you won’t see coming. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, K.L Slater and The Housemaid. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399723909 • Author: Lisa Jackson • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Pages: 384 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm

A new job. A new home. A new start. It’s all Anna wants. But in a closed rural community, strange traditions and a suspicion of outsiders mean everything is not as it seems. Three teenage girls have vanished at the annual Gathering as they reach their sixteenth birthday. No one seems to be investigating. And a fourth girl begs Anna for help, fearing that she will be next to disappear. Everyone has secrets. Anna is watching everyone. But who is watching Anna? An unpredictable and wild page-turner, with shocks, surprises and a killer twist for a finale. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398709881 • Author: Sharon Bolton • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 352 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm

Alex and Pip are in desperate need of an escape. Their stressful roles as hostage negotiators are eased only by the fact that they get to come home to each other every night. When an old friend invites the couple up to the Scottish Highlands for an extended break, Alex and Pip jump at the chance. It’s the rest they both need. But soon after they arrive at the castle, they hear the sound of gunshots, and their perfect escape turns into a perfect nightmare. The remote mountainous landscape is now the setting for a terrifying kidnap plot targeting one of the other guests. In the desperate hours that follow, Alex and Pip must call on all their years of negotiating experience to keep everyone alive. But with Pip gravely injured and the net closing in, it might be her life that needs saving most of all… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398716865 • Author: John Sutherland • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 352 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3 cm

Kate and her husband are expecting their first child. Even though it was a surprise, Kate is thrilled and so is her mother, Helen. Kate just needs Helen’s anxieties to ease and for Dan to be on board. Dan is struggling – he loves Kate, but he is not ready to be a father. With relations between them feeling hostile, the attractive lead singer in Dan’s band offers him a tantalizing escape. Two weeks before the due date, Kate heads off for an overnight stay at a guesthouse she is designing. When suddenly neither Helen nor Dan can reach her, Helen discloses a dark secret from their past. One that leaves them wondering, has something terrible happened to Kate and the baby? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008607593 • Author: Karen Clarke • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.1 cm

Cora-Jane Winslow’s father walked out on her family 23 years ago; his letters to her over the years the only connection she has had to him. When his body is discovered in an abandoned building, she is shocked to discover he has been dead all this time. What happened to him and who would cover up his murder by writing the letters? After his post-traumatic stress disorder forced him to run away from his life, Phin Bishop returns to the Burke Broussard Private Detective Agency, only to stumble upon an armed break-in. Cora-Jane is seen running from the building and his colleague Joy has been shot. When it appears the shooting is related to Cora-Jane’s father, the Agency step in to offer protection while they hunt for the perpetrator. Someone knows what really happened to Cora Jane’s father and will stop at nothing to prevent their long-buried secrets being discovered . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781035403233 • Author: Karen Rose • Publisher: Hodder Headline • Format: Paperback • Pages: 512 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.2 cm

Set in Southern Spain, A Silent Death is the scorching thriller from worldwide bestselling author of The Lewis Trilogy, Cast Iron and I'll Keep You Safe. A SILENT VOW Spain, 2020. When expat fugitive Jack Cleland watches his girlfriend die, gunned down in a pursuit involving officer Cristina Sanchez Pradell, he promises to exact his revenge by destroying the policewoman. A SILENT LIFE Cristina's aunt Ana has been deaf-blind for the entirety of her adult life: the victim of a rare condition named Usher Syndrome. Ana is the centre of Cristina's world - and of Cleland's cruel plan. A SILENT DEATH John Mackenzie - an ingenious yet irascible Glaswegian investigator - is seconded to aid the Spanish authorities in their manhunt. He alone can silence Cleland before the fugitive has the last, bloody, word. Peter May's bestseller unites a strong, independent Spaniard with a socially inept Scotsman; a senseless vendetta with a sense-deprived victim, and a red-hot Costa Del Sol with an ice-cold killer. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529443981 • Author: Peter May • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm

In this paradise you won’t like what you see . . . When Nina’s father dies, she inherits a gleaming dream vacation home in a balmy tropical paradise – one she had no idea existed. The house is extraordinary: state-of-the-art, all glass and marble. How did her sensible father ever have enough money for this? And why not tell her about it? Desperate to uncover why he hid such a big secret, she decides to visit. Maria, once an ambitious medical student, is now a nanny for the super-rich. The money’s better, and so are the destinations – like this new assignment in the British Virgin Islands. But when her wards never show, Maria begins to make herself at home, spending her days luxuriating by the pool. There’s just one rule: Don’t go in the basement. But her curiosity might just get the better of her. And soon, she’ll wish her only worry was not getting paid. As both women’s timelines intertwine, dark secrets start to unravel and one thing quickly becomes clear – nothing could have prepared them for what they are about to encounter. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529438857 • Author: Catherine Steadman • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Format: Paperback • Pages: 336 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm

Prepare to read the most exhilarating thriller from M.J. Arlidge yet…. When local teenager Naomi goes missing, Detective Inspector Helen Grace is her only hope. But with the police force under fire from all sides as a gang war grips the city, Helen will have to defy direct orders to search for her. Helen’s secret investigation follows a disturbing trail of missing girls disappearing from the streets. She’s the only person looking for them. And with the clock still ticking, she’s about to have more enemies than time working against her… Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398708259 • Author: M. J. Arlidge • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.69 x 13.03 x 2.87 cm

You’re trained to save the lives of others. But how far would you go to save your own? Olivia, Laura and Anjali couldn’t be more different. Inseparable since the first day of medical school, their bond has remained unbreakable. Years ago, they promised nothing would come between them – including the wild university party that forced them to make a deadly choice. Now working as doctors in high-pressure jobs, with lives and families of their own, their secret binds them tighter still. But when an eerily similar tragedy affects their teenage children, the choice the three women face may not be one their friendship can survive . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399613095 • Author: Christie Watson • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 320 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm

When Martina Torres arrives in the glamorous and vibrant metropolis of Hong Kong, newly married to her high school sweetheart, the world seems to be her oyster. But looks can be deceiving. Adrift in a foreign city, with no job and no friends, Martina chafes in her new role as Expat Wife. Her luck changes when she meets Veronica Hawkins. Beautiful, sophisticated, and very, very rich, Veronica is the epitome of Old Hong Kong - the last surviving member of a British mercantile dynasty that built the city during its colonial heyday. Martina can hardly believe her fortune when she's taken under Veronica's wing and into her confidence, with Veronica helping her to find a new apartment, a new career, and most importantly, a new self. Veronica transforms Martina's life and then, shockingly, she dies. She disappears over the side of a yacht during a party attended by Hong Kong's most influential people - yet somehow there are no witnesses. Was it murder? Suicide? A terrible accident? What really happened to Veronica Hawkins? Somebody knows but nobody's telling. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781408719039 • Author: Kristina Pérez • Publisher: Little Brown • Format: Paperback • Pages: 400 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 4 cm

Pete Riley answers the door one morning to a parent’s worst nightmare. On his doorstep is Miles Lambert, who breaks the devastating news that Pete’s two-year-old, Theo, isn’t Pete’s real son – their babies got mixed up at birth. The two families agree that, rather than swap the boys back, they’ll try to find a more flexible way to share their children’s lives. But a plan to sue the hospital triggers an investigation that unearths disturbing questions about just what happened the day the babies were switched. And when Theo is thrown out of nursery for hitting other children, the Rileys have to ask themselves: how far do they want this arrangement to go? What secrets lie hidden behind the Lamberts’ smart front door? How much can they trust the real parents of their child – or even each other? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529434774 • Author: JP Delaney • Publisher: Quercus Publishing plc • Format: Paperback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.8 cm

He was her doctor. She was his downfall… Anna is on the brink of losing it all when she is handed the career opportunity of a lifetime – working as a ghostwriter for charismatic neuroscientist Nate. Nate’s work at the mysterious Pain Laboratory could transform millions of lives, but his research is overshadowed by rumours surrounding the shocking death of his wife Eva. As Anna writes Nate’s story, she finds herself obsessed with Eva, a former patient of Nate’s who was unable to experience pain but found joy in inflicting it. As she strips away the secrets of their toxic marriage, she makes a shocking discovery. But will writing the truth have deadly consequences? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398717268 • Author: Emma Cook • Publisher: Orion Publishing • Pages: 304 • Format: Paperback • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 2.7 cm

Two women. One name. A terrifying, deadly secret. She shares your name. It’s how you meet the other Sally Jones, sparking an unusual friendship that you grow to trust, especially when your dad dies and your dream job is in danger. So when she disappears suddenly, you are worried she may be in danger. As you try to find her, you uncover a shocking truth about your friendship, which turns out not to be the chance encounter you once thought. Was anything the other Sally ever told you real? You thought she was a friend. But she could bring your world crashing down. A twisty, edge-of-your-seat thriller perfect for fans of Shari Lapena and B.A. Paris. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781804366745 • Author: Sophie Flynn • Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd • Format: Paperback     • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.84 x 12.85 x 2.01 cm