Триллеры — лучшие книги — стр. 208

A teen girl and her family return to her mother's childhood home, only to discover that the house's strange beauty may disguise a sinister past, in this contemporary gothic horror from the author of What We Harvest. The house was supposed to be a fresh start. That's what Libby's mom said. And after Libby’s recent bipolar III diagnosis and the tragedy that preceded it, Libby knows she and her family need to find a new normal. But Libby’s new home turns out to be anything but normal. Scores of bugs haunt its winding halls, towering stained-glass windows feature strange, insectile designs, and the garden teems with impossibly blue roses.…

I'll begin with Lucy. She is definitely first on the list. You can't believe how it feels to be in the cafeteria and turn around and there she is staring at me like I'm some disgusting bug or vermin. Does she really think I WANT to be this way? I hate you, Lucy. I really hate you. You are my #1 pick. I wish you were dead. The day after anonymous blogger Str-S-d wishes the popular girl would die, Lucy vanishes. The students of Soundview High are scared and worried. Especially frightened and wracked with guilt is Madison Archer, Lucy's friend and the last person to see her the night she disappeared. As days pass with no sign of the missing…

It wouldn't be a country house weekend without a little murder. . . Three rival actresses team up to solve a murder at the stately home of Lettice Davenport, the author whose sleuthing creation of the 1930s, Dahlia Lively, had made each of them famous to a new generation. A contemporary mystery with a Golden Age feel, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Jessica Fellowes - and Janice Hallett and Richard Osman, of course! In attendance at Aldermere: the VIP fans, staying at house; the fan club president turned convention organizer; the team behind the newest movie adaptation of Davenport's books; the Davenport family themselves; and…

『구원의 날』은 강에서 아주 작은 두개골이 발견되며 시작된다. 3년 전에 아이를 잃어버렸던 선준은 경찰로부터 시신과 함께 자신의 아이가 차고 있던 목걸이가 발견되었다는 연락을 받는다. 선준은 복잡한 심경으로 시신의 유전자 감식 결과가 나올 때까지 기다린다. 한편 3년 전의 사건으로 충동조절장애를 앓게 된 선준의 아내 예원은 주차되어 있던 사건 담당 형사의 차를 들이받고 이를 계기로 요양병원에 입원하게 된다. 그러나 그곳에서 뜻밖에 자신의 아이를 기억하고 있는 아이를 발견하게 되고, 부부는 마지막으로 남은 그 구원의 손길에 자신들의 모든 인생을 걸기로 다짐한다. 스릴러라는 장르 안에서 반전에 반전을 거듭하며 서로의 감춰졌던 비밀이 밝혀지는 순간, 독자는 장르를 넘어선 새로운 사유의 즐거움에 사로잡힌다. 동시에 이미 데뷔 때부터 “놀라운 페이지터너”라는 찬사를 받아온 정해연이 전에 없던 새로운 스릴러 서사에 도달했다는 사실을 납득하게 된다. 보호받지 못한 아이들, 그 아이들을 지키고자 인생을 건 어른들, 어떤 식으로든 약자를 괴롭히고 지배하려 하는 사람들, 그 모든 것들로부터 무관심한 사회에 이르기까지. 작가가 스스로 “여러 번이나 작품을 출간해왔지만 지금까지와는 전혀 다른 느낌을 받고 있다”고 고백한 것은 그만큼 이 소설에 등장하는 인물들이…

종현의 아내 현아가 실종 됐다. 어느 날 고구남이라는 남자가 현아에게 2억 원을 사기당했다며 종현 집에 눌러앉는다. 두 남자는 현아의 행적을 좇지만 그녀의 신상은 전부 거짓이었다. 한편, 뉴스에서는 6세 아이 유괴 용의자로 현아가 지목된다. 그녀는 왜 갑자기 다른 사람이 되었을까. 페이지 터너 정해연이 삶의 작은 선택들에 대해 이야기하는 코믹 스릴러!

A trained killer. An unbreakable code. Scott Hunter must crack the code or stand to lose everything. Scott Hunter unwittingly uncovers a conspiracy of lies maintained since The Second World War. Plunged into the shadowy world of Whitehall espionage, long-dead Nazi scientists and his own family's shocking history, could this be the Birth of a Spy? gripping and unexpected… an absolutely fantastic read… a writer of clear talent and enthusiasm for the genre…

Dieser Fall raubt ihm den letzten Schlaf Der packende Auftakt zur Ein Erik Lindberg Thriller-Reihe Der ehemalige CEO des umstrittenen Pharmakonzerns GENEKNOV wird mit offenem Schädel und angeschlossenen Elektroden ermordet aufgefunden. Das Unternehmen ist bekannt für sein neues Medikament Remexan, das den Schlafbedarf auf eine Stunde verkürzt. Erntet dafür aber auch viel Kritik. Kommissar Erik Lindberg erholt sich eigentlich von einem traumatischen Fall und einer Tragödie in seinem Privatleben, als der Fall bei ihm auf dem Tisch landet. Um sich abzulenken vertieft er sich in die Arbeit. Zunächst vermutetet er militante…

オカルト雑誌で働く藤間が受け取った、とある原稿。読み進めていくと、作中に登場する人形が現実にも現れるようになり……。迫りくる死を防ぐために、呪いの原稿の謎を解け。新鋭が放つ最恐ミステリ!

What matters more than your health? And the health care system that is supposed to keep you healthy or fix your medical care problems? Very little. Imagine learning more about this major social issue- and its problems- through an entertaining public health detective mystery story. A compelling tale that begins with the threat of a pandemic and moves on to something far more sinister. The Theory of Irv provides a suspenseful journey through not just the storyline of the book’s plot, but an overview of American health policy. How it came to be a hundred years ago. How it has adapted in the last several decades. Perhaps more importantly,…

John Milton is the man the government call when they want a problem to vanish . . . but what happens when he's the one that needs to disappear? After a botched job leaves a bloody trail, government assassin John Milton does the one thing he's never done before: he hides. Disappearing into London's bustling East End and holing up in a vacant flat, Milton becomes involved with single mother Sharon and her troubled son Elijah, who are caught in an increasingly bloody turf war between two rival gangs. Unable to ignore the threat, Milton sets about protecting mother and son, meeting violence with violence. But his involvement puts him in…

There is nothing as powerful as a mother’s love. But how far will Ellen go to protect her son? From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Other Passenger and Our House – now a major ITV series – comes a nail-biting story about a mother’s obsession with revenge. Ellen Saint is just your average mum. Devoted to her family, she’s no different from any other mother who wants the best for her kids. But when her teenage son Lucas brings a new friend home, cracks start to appear in Ellen’s perfect family life. Kieran Watts isn’t like Lucas. He’s rude, obnoxious and reckless, and Ellen can only watch in despair as her son falls deeper under…

My name is Amber Fraser. I've just moved in at Number 40, Lime Park Road. You'll think of me as a loving wife, a thoughtful neighbour and a trusted friend. But this is a lie. When Christy and Joe Davenport are handed the keys to Number 40 on picture-perfect Lime Park Road, it should be a dream come true. But it's strange that the house was on the market for such a low price. And that the previous owners, the Frasers, had renovated the entire property yet moved out within a year. And that none of the neighbours will talk to Christy. As her curiosity begins to give way to obsession, Christy finds herself drawn deeper into the mystery of…

Mrs. Otway is the widow living in an idyllic, rural town in southern England. She has raised her only daughter with the help of a German servant, Anna, who has been housekeeper, cook and nanny all in one. Anna is hard-working and loyal, but also has worries about providing for herself in case she loses her job. When WWI breaks out, the neighbors start looking suspiciously at the German staying in the household and Anna is torn between well-wishing for her adopted family and patriotic enthusiasm for the virtues of her native country.

Иногда хорошие матери совершают плохие поступки… Если бы вы могли протестировать своего сына на отсутствие гена, который отвечает за насилие, вы бы это сделали? Антония и Беатрис — сестры и любящие матери. Но на этом их сходство заканчивается. Антония проверила своего сына, чтобы убедиться, что у него нет "агрессивного" М-гена. Беатрис же отказывается тестировать своего ребенка. Она уверена, что его жизнь не должна определяться положительным или отрицательным результатом. Эти женщины пойдут на все, чтобы защитить своих сыновей. Но одна из них прячет жестокого монстра. И это будет иметь фатальные последствия для всех... Готовы…

Spain in the 1990s is beset by a simmering campaign of terror from Basque separatists ETA, with periodic atrocities shattering an illusory calm. Against this backdrop, retired British Secret Service member Tomas Nevinson - now living a quiet life in his hometown Madrid - is approached by his sinister former handler, Bertram Tupra, with an offer to bring him back in from the cold, for one last assignment: a favour for Tupra, for old times' sake, which is also a favour for a powerful Spanish friend. His mission: to go back undercover, in a small Spanish town, to find out which of three women who moved there a decade ago is in fact an ETA…

Нетрезвый водитель врезался в фургон на автостраде Лос-Анджелеса. Обычное дело. Вернее, было бы обычным, если бы фургон не скрылся с места происшествия, а из него в результате столкновения не выпали… замороженные части человеческого тела. Или тел. Агент ФБР неофициально обращается за помощью к судмедэкспертам-антропологам Джейн Холл и Стили Ландер, чье частное агентство занимается криминалистической экспертизой неопознанных трупов. Джейн и Стили — великолепные знатоки своего дела. Они быстро устанавливают, что телесные фрагменты принадлежат сразу нескольким женщинам. Причем личность одной из них возможно установить по хирургической…

What happens when your prayers are answered? Camille: A young girl wakes cold and alone on the side of a mountain, with no memory of how she got there - and no idea that she died four years' ago. When she arrives back home, her family are both thrilled and terrified. How can such a miracle be real? Simon: A troubled young man comes back to find his fiancee is betrothed to another man. Jealous and angry, he cannot forgive that she has moved on with her life. Victor: An enigmatic boy refusing to speak, possessed with a strange intensity that gives no clues as to his intentions. He's lost. Equally as lost as the emotionally…

As a child, Evan Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised and trained as an off-the-books assassin for the government as part of the Orphan program. When he broke with the program and went deep underground, he left with a lot of secrets in his head that the government would do anything to make sure never got out. When he remade himself as The Nowhere Man, dedicated to helping the most desperate in their times of trouble, Evan found himself slowly back on the government's radar. Having eliminated most of the Orphans in the program, the government will stop at nothing to eliminate the threat they see in Evan. But Orphan X has always…

Can you remain a good man when you help a bad one? . . . Former government assassin Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke free to use his skills to help the good but powerless. But what if the person asking for help is neither? When the daughter of a Texan crime boss is kidnapped by a ruthless drugs cartel, he asks Evan to rescue her. The girl is innocent of her father's crimes. But in taking the case is Evan crossing a line? To find out he must break into an impregnable Mexican fortress. Then somehow get her out alive . . .

Уже около года я живу в Нью-Йорке со своей лучшей подругой. Я сбежала за океан от старой жизни и от ужасных токсичных отношений с одним безумно сексуальным тираном. Казалось бы, наша связь давно в прошлом. Во всяком случае, я изо всех сил убеждаю в этом себя и окружающих! Год назад этот мужчина нагло растоптал моё сердце и гордость, и теперь я должна, нет, я просто обязана, начать жизнь с чистого листа. До сих пор у меня это отлично получалось, пока однажды… КНИГА ЯВЛЯЕТСЯ ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕМ РОМАНА «МОЙ ПОРОЧНЫЙ ПИСАТЕЛЬ». ПЕРВАЯ КНИГА. МОЙ ПОРОЧНЫЙ ПИСАТЕЛЬ

She woke up with a new face. She woke up with no memories. And she woke up to murder... Not only has Marla Cahill survived a deadly car accident, but her beautiful features have been restored through plastic surgery. She should be grateful. Instead, she's consumed by confusion...and panic. For the people gathered at her bedside - her family - are strangers. And so is the woman whose haunted eyes stare back from the mirror... Secluded at the magnificent Cahill mansion, Marla waits for something to trigger recognition. Yet the only thing she's left with is the unshakable feeling that she is not who everyone says she is, and that something is…

The Cahill family are famous for two things: their wealth, and the scandals that surround them. James Cahill has always tried to make his own way in the world, though he has enjoyed the many women taken in by the easy charms of a handsome, soon-to-be-rich bad boy. Waking up in hospital, bandaged and bruised, James barely recognises the gorgeous blonde at his bedside; Sophia, his mistress. As James' memories gradually return, pieces of a terrifying puzzle begin to slot into place. His girlfriend, Megan, had found out about his affair. Megan is missing. His family is hounding him. The police are asking him questions. James insists he has no…