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The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They're both wrong. One year ago, Caroline Johnson chose to end her life - a shocking suicide carefully played out to match that of her husband just months before. Their daughter, Anna, has struggled to come to terms with her parents' deaths ever since. Now with a young baby herself, Anna feels her mother's presence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened. But as she looks for answers, someone is trying to stop her.

When the body of an estate agent is found in an upturned kayak on Mirror Lake, DC Ffion Morgan quickly realises the accident has been staged. There's no love lost between Ffion and estate agents, but who hated this one enough to want her dead? Over the border in Cheshire, DS Leo Brady has his own property nightmare on his hands. The Hill is the kind of place where owners relish people gawking at their multi-million-pound homes - but now someone is breaking and entering their houses one by one.

His lakeside holiday homes are a success, and he's generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbours. This will be the party to end all parties. But not everyone is there to celebrate. By midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbours, friends and family—and Ffion has her own secrets to protect. With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn't who wanted Rhys dead...but who finally killed him.

A tragic accident. It all happened so quickly. She couldn't have prevented it. Could she? In a split second, Jenna Gray's world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to walk away from everything she knows to start afresh. Desperate to escape, Jenna moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast, but she is haunted by her fears, her grief, and her memories of a cruel November night that changed her life forever. Slowly Jenna begins to glimpse the potential for happiness in her future.

When best-selling writer Clare Mackintosh lost her five-week-old son, she searched for help in books. All of them wanted to tell her what she should be feeling and when she should be feeling it, but the truth—as she soon found out—is that there are no neat, labelled stages for grief, or crash grief-diets to relieve us of our pain. What we need when we're grieving is time and understanding. I Promise It Won't Always Hurt Like This is the book she needed then.

When Lizzie's daughter, Meg, is given a life-saving heart transplant, Lizzie feels hugely grateful to the nameless donor. Then, she receives a letter from the donor's mother, Karen, asking to meet, and it seems like the least she can do. But as soon as Karen is welcomed into their lives, Lizzie feels something isn't right. And before long, she can't help but worry that by inviting Karen in, she might have put Meg in danger.

Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they've signed up for. Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won't just be eliminated - they'll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they'd ever imagined, and they're trapped. The disappearance of a contestant wasn't supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she's watched on screen, and find out who these people really are - knowing she can't trust any of them.

The powerful new novel from number one Sunday Times best seller Clare Mackintosh. Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. Only now they're facing the most important decision of their lives - and they don't agree. As the consequences of an impossible choice threaten to devastate them both, nothing will ever be the same again. But anything can happen after the end....

The atmosphere on board the first non-stop flight from London to Sydney is electric. Celebrities are rumoured to be among the passengers in business class, and the world is watching the landmark journey. Flight attendant Mina is trying to focus on the passengers, instead of her troubled five-year-old daughter back at home - or the cataclysmic problems in her marriage. But soon after the plane takes off, Mina receives a chilling anonymous note. Someone wants to make sure the plane never reaches its destination. They're demanding her cooperation...and they know exactly how to get it.

When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classifieds section of a London newspaper, she is determined to find out why it's there. There's no explanation, no website - just a grainy image and a phone number. She takes it home to her family, who are convinced it's just someone who looks like Zoe. But the next day the advert shows a photo of a different woman, and another the day after that.Is it a mistake? A coincidence? Or is someone keeping track of every move they make?

Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking the beach. And she has a monthly book club that everyone is dying to get invited to. Literally. Because behind the crystal wine glasses, the fine linens and the catered hors d'oeuvres lies a tangled web of secrets, of deceit, of murder. No member of the book club is innocent—and many are guilty. And the person with the most to hide is Margaret Richter herself.

I have always loved the Cotswolds. I think I loved them even before I found them, in that half-formed ideal one has of where to put down roots. Somewhere peaceful, green, where the road meanders between drystone walls and from town to town, and a strip of blue bursts from brook to river and back again. For eight years, Clare Mackintosh wrote for Cotswold Life about the ups and downs of life with a young family in the countryside. In this memoir she brings together all of those stories - and more - for the first time.

Clare's debut novel, I Let You Go, became a sensational bestseller. Her second novel, I See You, is set to follow in these footsteps. Clare discusses what we can expect, about the success of her first novel, and what we can expect next.

Reina la exaltación en el primer vuelo sin escalas de Londres a Sídney. Se rumorea que en primera clase viajan algunos famosos, así que todo el mundo está pendiente del acontecimiento más importante en la historia de la aviación.

Le jour où Zoe Walker découvre son portrait dans les petites annonces d'un journal londonien, elle décide de mener sa propre enquête. L'image floue n'est accompagnée d'aucune explication, juste d'une adresse internet et d'un numéro de téléphone. Pour les proches de Zoe, c'est la photo d'une femme qui lui ressemble vaguement, rien de plus. Mais le lendemain et le surlendemain, d'autres visages féminins figurent dans l'encart publicitaire.

Quando Jacob morre atropelado em uma rua de Bristol, Inglaterra, depois de ter soltado a mão da mãe em um dia chuvoso, o motorista do carro que o atinge acelera a foge. Desvendar sua morte vira um caso para o detetive Ray Stevens e seus colegas, Kate e Stumpy. Determinado a encontrar o assassino, Ray se vê consumido a ponto de colocar tanto a vida profissional quanto a pessoal em jogo.

Como cada día, Zoe regresa de trabajar en el metro de Londres. Sin embargo, al abrir el periódico encontrará algo que perturbará su apacible vida. Un anuncio de la sección de clasificados lleva su foto. No hay explicación alguna: solamente la imagen granulada de Zoe, la dirección de una página web y un número de teléfono. Su familia está convencida de que el misterio no es tal, sino solamente un caso de extraordinario parecido físico. Pero, día tras día, en el anuncio aparece la foto de una mujer distinta.

Un soir de pluie à Bristol. Un petit garçon qui échappe à la vigilance de sa mère. Une voiture qui surgit... et un chauffard qui s'enfuit. En dépit de l'obstination de l'équipe d'enquêteurs, pas une piste. Rien. Ce bref instant a suffi à transformer en cauchemar l'existence de Jenna. Aurait-elle pu empêcher la tragédie ? Pour elle, il n'y a plus qu'une solution, tout quitter. Va-t-elle pouvoir oublier la souffrance de cette nuit de novembre, dans ce cottage isolé où elle se réfugie sur la côte désolée du pays de Galles ?

Ein regnerischer Novemberabend in Bristol. Der fünfjährige Jacob ist mit seiner Mutter auf dem Weg nach Hause, plötzlich reißt er sich los und stürmt auf die Straße. Das Auto, das wie aus dem Nichts erscheint und ihn erfasst, ist ebenso schnell wieder verschwunden. Für den kleinen Jungen kommt jede Hilfe zu spät. DI Ray Stevens schwört sich, dass Jacobs Tod kein Fall für die Statistik werden darf. Aber noch ahnt er nicht, welch verhängnisvolle Kette von Ereignissen die Ermittlungen auslösen.

Hace un año, Caroline Johnson eligió acabar con su vida de forma brutal: un suicidio planeado para ponerle fin a todo del mismo modo que lo hizo marido meses atrás. Su hija, Anna, ha luchado desde entonces para superar la pérdida, el vacío y el dolor de un desenlace que aún no ha podido comprender.

Ahora, con una hija pequeña a su cargo, Anna echa de menos a su madre más que nunca, y las dudas sobre su muerte y la de su padre no hacen sino crecer con el paso los días.