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<b><i>THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*</i><br/><br/>A twisting psychological thriller from the author of <i>The Coworker</i> and <i>The Housemaid</i>.<br/><br/>Once again, Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest - and shows readers why her books continue to go viral on TikTok.<br/><br/>***<br/><br/><i>She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.</i></b><br/><br/>Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profiles, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. Until she meets Tom.<br/><br/>Tom is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.<br/><br/>Then the brutal murder of a young woman - the latest in a string of deaths across the coast - confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.<br/><br/>Sydney should feel safe. After all, she has Tom, the man of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim...<br/><br/><b>A dark crime thriller about obsession and the things we'll do for love, this page-turning murder mystery will have you hooked through every twist and turn.</b><br/><br/><b>Tropes:</b><br/>Psychological<br/>Mystery Thriller<br/>Suspense<br/>Serial Stalker<br/>Gaslighting<br/><br/><b>Also by Freida McFadden:</b><br/><i>The Housemaid is Watching<br/>The Perfect Son<br/>The Coworker<br/>The Locker Door<br/>Never Lie<br/>The Teacher<br/>The Inmate<br/>One by One</i><br/><br/><b>*<i>The Boyfriend </i>made the <i>Sunday Times </i>Bestsellers list in October 2024</b>

<b>A woman must confront the demons of her past when she attempts to fix up her childhood home in this devilishly clever take on the haunted house novel from the USA Today bestselling author of <i>Black Sheep</i> and <i>So Thirsty</i>.</b><br/><br/>Clio Louise Barnes leads a picture-perfect life as a stylist and influencer, but beneath the glossy veneer she harbors a not-so glamorous secret: she grew up in a haunted house. Well, not haunted. Possessed. After Clio's parent's messy divorce, her mother, Alex, moved Clio and her sisters into a house occupied by a demon. Or so Alex claimed. That's not what Clio's sisters remember or what the courts determined when they stripped Alex of custody after she went off the deep end. But Alex was insistent; she even wrote a book about her experience in the house.<br/><br/>After Alex's sudden death, the supposedly possessed house passes to Clio and her sisters. Where her sisters see childhood trauma, Clio sees an opportunity for house flipping content. Only, as the home makeover process begins, Clio discovers there might be some truth to her mother's claims. As memories resurface and Clio finally reads her mother's book, the presence in the house becomes more real, and more sinister, revealing ugly truths that threaten to shake Clio's beautiful life to its very foundation.

A sinister hidden room. A dead space between two walls. A sealed cellar. A child's face glimpsed at a window. Every house hides secrets. But some secrets are far darker than others. More than a million readers have discovered the terrible truth behind these strange houses. Now it's your turn.

<b>Book 18 in the acclaimed and number one-bestselling Three Pines series featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.</b><br/><br/>It's spring and Three Pines is re-emerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should return.<br/><br/> But something has.<br/><br/> As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir find themselves increasingly worried. A young man and woman have reappeared in the Surete du Quebec investigators' lives after many years. The two were young children when their troubled mother was murdered, leaving them damaged, shattered. Now they've arrived in the village of Three Pines.<br/><br/> But to what end?<br/><br/> Gamache and Beauvoir's memories of that tragic case, the one that first brought them together, come rushing back. Did their mother's murder hurt them beyond repair? Have those terrible wounds, buried for decades, festered and are now about to erupt?<br/><br/> As Chief Inspector Gamache works to uncover answers, his alarm grows when a letter written by a long dead stone mason is discovered. In it the man describes his terror when bricking up an attic room somewhere in the village. Every word of the 150-year-old letter is filled with dread. When the room is found, the villagers decide to open it up.<br/><br/> As the bricks are removed, Gamache, Beauvoir and the villagers discover a world of curiosities. But the head of homicide soon realizes there's more in that room than meets the eye. There are puzzles within puzzles, and hidden messages warning of mayhem and revenge.<br/><br/> In unsealing that room, an old enemy is released into their world. Into their lives. And into the very heart of Armand Gamache's home.<br/><br/><b>PRAISE FOR LOUISE PENNY AND THE INSPECTOR GAMACHE SERIES:</b><br/><b><br/>'Enthralling ... </b>With beautifully drawn characters, this is <b>crime writing of the highest order</b>'<i> <b>DAILY MAIL</b></i><br/><br/>'A <b>satisfying and multi-layered mystery</b>, in Penny's excellent series' <i><b>IRISH INDEPENDENT</b></i><br/><br/>'Louise Penny is on peak form ... <b>a grown-up, timely thriller</b> that considers the nature of cowardice ... merges the personal and professional life of her detective with equal skill and wit' <i><b>THE TIMES</b></i><br/><br/>'A <b>great sense of place and characterisation</b> ... very much a book that will make you think' <i><b>SHOTS</b></i><br/><br/> 'Louise Penny is one of the greatest crime writers of our times' <b>DENISE MINA</b><br/><br/> 'Gamache has become to Canada what Hercule Poirot is to Belgium' <b><i>THE NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><br/><br/> 'Louise Penny twists and turns the plot expertly tripping the reader up just at the moment you think you might have solved the mystery' <b><i>DAILY EXPRESS</i></b><br/><br/> 'The series is deep and grand and altogether extraordinary . . . Miraculous' <b><i>WASHINGTON POST</i></b><br/><br/> 'No one does atmospheric quite like Louise Penny' <b>ELLY GRIFFITHS</b>

<b>**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**</b><br/><br/>'<i>The Thursday Murder Club</i> on <b>steroids</b>' <i><b>SAGA Magazine</b></i><br/><br/>'Irresistible and <b>highly recommended</b>!' <b>LEE CHILD</b><br/><br/>'I loved it. A <b>hugely entertaining</b> read!' <b>ANN CLEEVES</b><br/><br/>'A nice take on retirement-five old spooks whose bones may ache but whose minds remain sharp. You can <b>expect mystery, action, and bloodshed in this exciting thriller</b>' - <i>Kirkus </i><br/><br/><b>***<br/><br/>INTRODUCING MAGGIE BIRD<br/><br/>IN A RIVETING NEW SERIES FROM THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES </i>BESTSELLING AUTHOR </b><br/><br/>Maggie Bird is many things. A chicken farmer. A good neighbour. A seemingly average retiree living in the seaside town of Purity. She's also a darned good rifle shot. And she never talks about her past.<br/><br/>But when an unidentified body is left on Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a calling card from old times. It's been fifteen years since the failed mission that ended her career as a spy, and cost her far more than her job.<br/><br/>Step forward the 'Martini Club' - Maggie's silver-haired book group (to anyone who asks), and a cohort of former spies behind closed doors. With the help of her old friends - and always one step ahead of the persistent local cop - Maggie might still be able to save the life she's built.<br/><br/><b>IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE TO RETIRE . . . UNTIL THEY FIND YOU.</b><br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Praise for <i>The Spy Coast</i>:<br/><br/>'Gerritsen is a <b>born storyteller</b>, and this new series showcases her talents more than ever' <b>LEE CHILD</b><br/><br/>'Echoes of Richard Osman but Gerritsen offers us a <b>darker and consistently exciting thriller</b>' <i><b>THE MAIL ON SUNDAY</b></i><br/><br/><b>'</b>Action-packed pages, G-force twists and turns, and a platoon of fascinating characters' <b>DAVID BALDACCI</b><br/><br/>'A <b>riveting tale</b> filled with engaging characters' <b>KATHY REICHS</b><br/>.<br/><br/><i>The Summer Guests, </i>the second book in the Martini Club series is <b>AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER</b>.

'Unquestionably the supremo of South African crime-writing fiction' - Peter James<br/><br/>Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido are languishing in Stellenbosch. Run-of-the-mill police work in the leafy university town is a far cry from their previous life in the elite HAWKS. But when a student is found dead on a mountain trail, the two detectives find themselves trying to unpick a stubbornly difficult mystery.<br/>In the north of the country, meanwhile, a beautiful wildlife guide is recruited by a group of special forces soldiers to act as a honeytrap, part a dangerous multi-million-dollar heist that goes tragically wrong. Then back in Stellenbosch, a local businessman is found murdered in what looks like a professional hit - suffocated by fast-action filler foam sprayed down his throat. A message to keep silent - but about what?<br/>You need a cool head to unravel it all, because sadly, the thieves and criminals are as likely to be in government - or even the police - as on the streets. You need to stay calm, focused - and sober. Benny may be sober these days, but he's not feeling calm. Solving this puzzle is turning into a deadly race against time and there's another date that's coming towards him like an express train. Alexa has fixed the date for their wedding. Big trouble, on every front.

It&rsquo;s hard to find an employer who doesn&rsquo;t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It&rsquo;s almost perfect. But I still haven&rsquo;t met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I&rsquo;m sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I&rsquo;m doing laundry. And one day I can&rsquo;t help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything&hellip;. That&rsquo;s when I make a promise. After all, I&rsquo;ve done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It&rsquo;s simply a question of how far I&rsquo;m willing to go&hellip;. An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train will be completely hooked!