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On a summer's night in 1994, 16-year-old Flora Powell vanished from her sleepy seaside town. She left no trace - only heartache for her mother and her sister, Heather. Twenty-five years later, Heather walks into a stranger's house. There, the loving wife and doting new mother kills two people in cold blood. So only one remains...Jess is sent to report on the case that shocked the hometown she left behind. But it's anything but business to her.

Twenty years ago: One rainy night, Olivia Rutherford is driving three friends home when a figure in the road causes her to swerve and crash. Regaining consciousness, she finds herself alone in the car—her friends have vanished. They are never seen again. Now: Journalist Jenna Halliday visits the close-knit community of Stafferbury to persuade Olivia to talk and solve the mystery of the girls' disappearance. But Olivia won't speak. What happened? Is Olivia hiding something? Why are the people of Stafferbury so frightened?

The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of The Couple at No 9.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas, read by Hannah Daniel. Could your dream home be your worst nightmare? After what happened in London, Kirsty needs a fresh start with her family. And running a guesthouse in the Welsh mountains sounds idyllic. But then their first guest arrives. Selena is the last person Kirsty wants to see. It's 17 years since she tore everything apart. Why has she chosen now to walk back into Kirsty's life?

Twenty years ago 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanished one night. She left nothing behind but a trainer on the old pier - and a hole in the heart of her best friend, Francesca. Now a body's been found. And Francesca's drawn back to the seaside town she's tried to forget. Perhaps the truth of what happened to Sophie will finally come out. Yet Francesca is beginning to wish she hadn't returned. Everywhere she turns are ghosts from her past. The same old faces and familiar haunts of her youth.

Der neue Thriller von Bestsellerautorin Claire Douglas. Schon immer waren Jess und Heather die allerbesten Freundinnen. Bis ein einziger Tag ihre Freundschaft unwiderruflich zerstörte. Jahre später kehrt Jess in ihre idyllische Heimatstadt an der Küste Englands zurück. Dort soll sie die Berichterstattung zu einem brutalen Doppelmord übernehmen. Doch als Jess erfährt, dass Heather die Hauptverdächtige ist, ist sie fassungslos. Kann ihre beste Freundin von damals eine eiskalte Mörderin sein?

Nach dem Selbstmordversuch ihres Mannes ist Kirsty am Boden zerstört. Ein Neuanfang in ihrer alten Heimat Wales scheint daher perfekt. Dort, in einem abgeschiedenen alten Pfarrhaus, will sie eine kleine Pension eröffnen. Doch dann taucht wie aus dem Nichts Selena auf. Die Frau, die sie nie mehr in ihrem Leben hatte wiedersehen wollen. Kirsty ist außer sich: Was will Selena von ihr? Und warum findet Kirsty plötzlich jeden Morgen einen verwelkten Blumenstrauß vor der Haustür? Noch bevor sie Selena zur Rede stellen kann, wird diese ermordet.