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Rosie Cantrell has a past that even her husband knows nothing of. Born Samantha Ashby, she abandoned her old life when her twin sister was murdered and their trust fund was stolen. Journalist Frank Stokes knows Rosie’s story, and, nearly ten years later, he intends to write a book about the sisters. Tracing Rosie, he visits Thursdale, the village where she now lives with Mike and their baby son, Noah. Compelled to reveal her past to Mike, Rosie tells him of the man she dated who later killed her sister—and who was subsequently killed while in prison awaiting trial.

An impossible crime has occurred. A Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air - abducted from his quarters in a building whose entrances and exits are all sealed. The brilliant and mercurial investigator, Ana Dolabra, and her assistant Dinios Kol have been called in to crack the case...

A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House i must stop writing letters and get to writing a novel. Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American authors of the last hundred years and...

“Wonderful—suspense and surprises, real characters, and a scary, ominous backbeat. This feels like the book Jackson was born to write.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author Named a Best Book by USA Today People The Wall Street Journal Time Entertainment Weekly...

She appeared out of nowhere in June of 1978. A beautiful five year old little girl dressed in only a pillowcase for a dress and rags for shoes. No one knew where Molly Sue came from and she could not lead them back to her home. Little did she know, that she was walking straight into the heart of...

After the personal tragedy that altered Carrie's life forever but before her dynamic transformation in The Redemption Series, Carrie was learning to be a good OSBI agent beside Randy Jeffries. This long novella is a case that stumped them both. Young middle school girls were suddenly going...

Aging is the aggressive pursuit of comfort. Helping people embrace controlled stress, challenge themselves daily, and build stronger minds, bodies, and lives.

No nation has ever achieved the literary diversity of America. From nativist humor to immigrant triumph, Americans have recorded their visions and hopes better than anyone

When fate brings Jazmine and the X-Man together, the only thing they have in common is a dream to make it big in the music business. Jazmine, a college student, sings in the church choir and yearns for the courage to move away from her overprotective father. The X-Man, who packs a .38 and gets high with his homies, performs his own brand of gangsta rap in the street. Suddenly Black Tie Records discovers them both, and, amazingly enough, they discover each other. These unlikely lovers are a good match, realizing their dreams together....

Las Meditaciones de Marco Aurelio es una obra clásica de la filosofía estoica, escrita por el propio emperador romano como una serie de reflexiones personales destinadas a su desarrollo espiritual y moral. Lejos de ser un tratado académico, el texto es íntimo, sincero y profundamente humano. A través de sus páginas, Marco Aurelio se enfrenta a las dificultades del poder, el dolor, la muerte y el deber, mientras busca vivir de acuerdo con la razón, la virtud y la naturaleza.

Brought to you by Penguin. Get ready for the unmissable new thriller from the #1 internationally bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder In seven days Jet Mason will be dead. Jet is the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in Woodstock, Vermont. Twenty-seven years old, she’s...

Eine elitäre Highschool-Clique, ein tödlicher Unfall – und 15 Jahre später gibt es erneut Tote ... Wer hat es auf die ehemaligen Schülerinnen und Schüler des gemeinsamen Highschool-Jahrgangs abgesehen? "Last Girl Standing – Wer wird überleben?" ist ein temporeicher, mitreißender Thriller von den Schwestern und Erfolgsautorinnen Lisa Jackson und Nancy Bush! In der Schule waren sie als die Fantastischen Fünf bekannt – eine Mädchen-Clique, so bewundert wie gefürchtet. Ihre gemeinsame Zeit endete jäh, als eine von ihnen bei der Abschlussparty ums Leben kam.

Atlanta is blanketed with snow but will the warmth of young love melt the ice in this sparkling multi-POV romance novel? Unwrap this cosy, second-chance story of love, yearning and friendship this Christmas. The perfect gift and stocking filler for the winter holidays. From six bestselling...

Als Jugendliche war Elle angeklagt für den versuchten Mord an ihrem Stiefvater Ray, der auf ihre Mutter losgegangen war. Ray landete hinter Gittern, Elle wurde auf eine exklusive Privatschule geschickt. Jahre später kommt Ray frei. Elle weiß, dass er hinter ihr und ihrer Tochter her ist. Sie ahnt, dass ihr Versteck in den Bergen kein sicherer Ort ist. Auch der Schneesturm, der um sie herum tobt, bietet ihr keine Deckung. Ihr bleiben nur noch Stunden, um ihre Vergangenheit zu bewältigen. Um sich und ihre Tochter zu retten. Denn er kommt. Er ist schon ganz nah.

As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy. “An absolutely wild ride . . . Foundryside blew me away, and this is a perfect sequel.”—Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times...

Alta California, 1820: The Pueblo de Los Angeles is under the heel of a dictatorial Alcalde, Luis Miguel Montero. No class is exempt. California's largest landowner, Don Alejandro de la Vega, has grown weary of the situation and has summoned his son Diego home to aid him in overthrowing Montero's oppressive regime. But to his surprise, when Diego arrives, he finds his son uninterested the community's problems and unwilling to take up arms. However, Diego's pretense of pacifism is just a ploy to protect his quick-tempered firebrand of a father....

You're in the top HR seat. You know the job is bigger than the one you're being asked to do. Has anyone actually shown you how?The Consequential CHRO helps Chief Human Resources Officers, Chief People Officers, and senior HR executives go beyond running the function and become business-first — the consequential leader your CEO builds the business with. Because the top chair isn't an HR job. It's a brand new identity.Because the top chair isn't an HR job. It's a brand new identity. Nobody tells you that. The chair changed, and the altitude it demands changed with it.So the work stays at the ...

The Argyle Murder Case opened with the finding of the body of a man dressed in brand new clothing with the exception of a pair of argyle socks. Vance, with only this meagre clue to work on, identifies the body and manages to interview three people - Roger Star owner and feature performer in a theater company; Lila Martin, an actress; and Milton Talbot, publisher of a theatrical newspaper. 

The Muddy Murder Case began with the shooting of Johnny Williams, racketeer. Although his house was completely surrounded by mud and Williams was killed at close range, there were no footprints in the mud and nobody but Williams' housekeeper was in his home. Philo Vance and DA Markham suspect a racketeer named Foster, especially since they think he killed another former ally. 

A gang of conmen is selling machines that they say can manufacture genuine $1 bills. It's a neat scam, but it leads to murder! How did the traveling monogram illusion work? Frank Kent, an inmate of the state hospital, has been broken out. The hospital is actually a mental institution. Frank was there because his mind is permanently in another world. But the reason somebody wants him is because he is a mathematical genius.