Nouveautés

Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay in the Compound the longest, while competing in challenges for luxury rewards like champagne and lipstick, plus communal necessities to outfit their new home, like food, appliances, and a front door. Cameras are catching all her angles, good and bad, but Lily has no desire to leave: why would she, when the world outside is falling apart?

They arrive alive. They always leave dead. But first, they give me their confession. You know by now my name is Jack Steen, and for those who arrive on my "death" ward at the Asylum, I'm the last face many will see before they die. I am the night nurse at an Asylum for the Criminally Insane, and most of my patients know me as their Angel of Death. I know them as mass murderers, rapists, and serial killers—among other things. Here's what happens: they come on my floor, they give me their deathbed confession, and I help to make their death less painful.

In Echoes of the Lost: The Guardian of the Forgotten, Chandraish Sinha spotlights an engrossing tale of strength, mystery, and the tenacious pursuit of justice.

Old Raliv, isolated and angry, lives alone in a hunting cabin. When he discovers someone poaching rabbits on his land, he sets off to eliminate the intruder, but finds himself engaged in an unexpected epistolary exchange with an unusual visitor named Pan. What will develop from this encounter? And just who is this Pan? Pan and the Message Chair is very human commercial fiction as it recounts one man’s growth through grief and sorrow to hope with the help of a mysterious friend with whom he exchanges gifts and notes by placing them on a log chair in a meadow.

Als Alex eines Nachts durch die düsteren Straßen der Stadt irrt, trifft sie auf einen mysteriösen Fremden, der ihr eine ungewöhnliche Pille anbietet. Diese Begegnung ist der Beginn einer tiefgehenden und erschütternden Reise durch Raum und Zeit, die sie in die Abgründe ihrer eigenen Psyche führt. In Visionen und Begegnungen, die Realität und Illusion verschmelzen lassen, wird Alex mit verschiedenen Versionen ihrer selbst konfrontiert.

Nach dem Krieg kehrt Helene Keller in ihr verwüstetes Leben zurück – und findet im alten Archiv ihrer Stadt mehr als nur vergilbte Dokumente. Inmitten von Staub, Asche und verstummten Registern flüstert eine Wahrheit, die nie ausgesprochen werden durfte: Namen von Frauen, die verschwanden. Namen, die aus der Geschichte gelöscht wurden.

Beneath the Smile: A Story of Love, Lies, and Narcissism follows Ava, a loyal friend who watches helplessly as Maya, her vibrant and artistic chosen sister, falls under the spell of Devin, a charming but deeply manipulative narcissist. Through Ava’s eyes, we witness the subtle erosion of Maya’s spirit, the insidious isolation, and the devastating cost of unchecked emotional abuse. As Ava fights to hold on to Maya, the story becomes a chilling reminder of how easily love and trust can be weaponized.

Die vergessene Tochter von Schwarzwald. Ein Dorf voller Schatten. Eine Tochter ohne Namen. Eine Wahrheit, die nicht schweigen will. Lichtenfels, 1907. Ein kleines Dorf im Schwarzwald – still, fromm, verschwiegen. Als Marlene zufällig einen vergessenen Brief ihrer verstorbenen Mutter findet, beginnt eine Reise, die nicht nur ihre Herkunft infrage stellt, sondern auch das moralische Fundament eines ganzen Ortes erschüttert.

THE COMPLETE CHARLIE MARTENS TRILOGY is gathered together for the first time: VERNON DOWNS/WORLD GONE WATER/GARDEN LAKES. Charlie Martens is a man desperate for stability in an otherwise peripatetic life. An explosion that killed his parents when he was young robbed him of any chance for normalcy and he was shuttled from relative to relative, left alone to decipher the world he encountered in order to cobble together an answer as to how he should live. Three novels in one omnibus edition.

When long-buried secrets rise to the surface, they unleash a storm of suspense and emotional turmoil. Inspired by real historical events, A Handful of Soil is a gripping historical drama and psychological thriller that explores hidden truths, moral dilemmas, and the invisible forces shaping human destinies. As shadows of the past collide with the present, the characters must confront difficult questions: Who are they really? Where do they truly belong? And what price must they pay when the truth finally emerges? Some secrets refuse to stay buried. Some choices resonate through generations.

I don’t know who I am. I don’t know who to trust. But someone out there knows what really happened to me. The faces staring back at me feel wrong, their voices uncomfortably distant. Ever since I woke from the coma, it’s like I’ve been locked in a stranger’s life. My memories are fractured – frozen at thirty, yet they insist I’m forty. A wife. A mother. But these strangers? They say they’re my family. Daniel, my husband, swears he loves me, yet I can’t recall saying ‘I do.’ My children’s faces stir nothing but guilt. Even the wedding album feels staged.

Laughton Rees is back in the latest novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy—this time, with a case that hits uncomfortably close to home and threatens the thing Laughton values most: her daughter.

On this journey through the labyrinthine streets and hidden corners of one of the world's most fascinating cities, everybody is searching for something, and maybe searching in the wrong places. Elements of the fantastical and the surreal abound, as they tend to do in the early predawn hours of the morning, yet the settings, the human stories, and each character's search are all as real as can be.

Some women, with their perfect children and pricey athleisure, make motherhood look easy. But not Nicole. She never wanted to be a stay-at-home parent—losing her job left her no choice. Now, between her toddlers’ demands, husband’s distance, and father’s deteriorating health, she’s pulled in every direction except her own. Something has to give. Katrina’s in the same dissatisfied boat. After flirting with a handsome stranger at a bar, she’s ready to choose pleasure over responsibility.

When they were boys, Ray Dawley, Eddie Sayers, and Matthew Kauffman were the best of friends. Then new kid Bobby “Bones” Bonetti fell through the ice at Blackamore Pond. The other boys saved Bobby from drowning, but something else came out of the water that day, something dangerous that would tear their friendship apart and set one of them on a dark path.

Annie has avoided returning to her hometown of Ridgewater since the terrible night twelve years ago when her childhood best friend, Giselle, lost her life. But now Annie’s brother has been injured in an accident identical to Giselle’s, and she knows she must go back. Giselle’s mother – still living in the house next door to Annie’s family – is as creepy as ever, consumed with the memories of her dead daughter. Natalie, another of Annie’s old friends, is similarly obsessed, desperate to uncover the truth of what really happened that night.

In a quiet American town, an adopted boy wrestles with a face that doesn’t fit and a heart burdened by invisible scars. Distorted Self-Portrait follows Steven Anthony’s deeply emotional journey as he confronts racial prejudice, the truth of his adoption, betrayal, and redemption. From childhood pain to a breathtaking reunion with his roots in war-torn Korea, Steven discovers that identity is not defined by blood or appearance but by love, sacrifice, and courage. This inspiring coming-of-age story reminds us that even the most fragmented souls can find their way to wholeness.

In this bonus chapter, Blue and Ark continue to come to grips with the tragic loss that tore them apart.

Meet Millie, a personal trainer and loyal friend; she sees the best in people. When a kind, good-looking workman helps her out with a flat tyre, she’s thankful but soon forgets it. When their paths cross again and he helps her out a second time, romance blossoms.

In the unconscious, coincidence does not exist. A bizarre tragedy drives ten-year-old Paul from his dysfunctional home, leaving his younger sister, Bethany, behind. Paul flees to his estranged father’s apple orchard where he discovers comfort and parenting for the first time. Two decades later, the long-lost siblings settle separately in NYC where a gifted psychoanalyst, Lillian, develops independent relationships with them as all three characters search for seemingly unattainable connection while carrying inescapable demons. In Triskele by B.