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When Emma joins her new boyfriend Michael for a ‘Friendmas’ in the Alps, she’s quickly thrust into an exclusive world of privilege, partying, and politics. Emma can't ski and is out of place among the close-knit group, but she's determined to win them over. Without the usual headache of extended family members, Brussels sprouts, and unwanted gifts, the group turn back the clock and unwind with wild abandon. As a storm gathers outside, the friends begin to re-trace their past, prodding at memories and feelings that have long been buried.

Quand Emma rejoint son nouveau petit ami Michael dans les Alpes pour un Noël entre amis, elle est rapidement propulsée dans un univers mêlant privilèges, fêtes et politiques. Emma est incapable de skier et se sent à l’écart de ce groupe d’amis soudés. Mais elle est bien décidée à s’y faire une place. Sans les habituelles complications d’un Noël en famille, les repas ennuyeux et les cadeaux mal choisis, le groupe remonte le temps et vit un séjour totalement débridé.

Qui allez-vous croire ? Votre mari ou votre meilleure amie ? Alison organise une réunion d'anciens camarades d'Oxford pour fêter une amitié longue d'un quart de siècle. Entre-temps, elle s'est mariée avec Mike, avocat d'affaires, dont elle a eu deux enfants. Elle vit dans la maison de ses rêves dans le Kent. Elle a réussi sa vie, et elle a bien l'intention d'en faire la démonstration lors de ces retrouvailles.

Vingt ans de vie commune. Vingt ans de mensonges. Helen et George avaient imaginé une nouvelle vie, loin de leurs problèmes, dans ce cottage à retaper au fin fond des Cornouailles. Mais à peine sont-ils arrivés qu’ils comprennent que quelque chose cloche avec cet endroit. Helen ne se départit pas de l’angoissante sensation d’avoir déjà vu cette maison. Et les poupées trouvées dans les murs ou les étranges bocaux enterrés dans le jardin ne font rien pour atténuer sa terreur.

" Tout le monde ici a tué quelqu’un. " " Il n’y a aucun moyen de quitter cette île. " " Vous allez tous tuer ou être tués ici. " L’une de ces affirmations est un mensonge. Mais laquelle ? Amira n’a aucune envie de participer à l’anniversaire de son mari et de ses amis sur une île écossaise coupée du monde. Et malgré un jacuzzi chauffé au bois, le séjour s’annonce glacial. Pour détendre l’atmosphère, les convives décident de jouer à « deux vérités et un mensonge » en déposant anonymement trois déclarations sur eux-mêmes dans une boîte.

Il n’y a pas si longtemps, Suzi a commis l’irréparable. Elle en paie le prix à présent : enceinte et terrorisée, elle vit dans un cottage isolé avec son mari, Nick, véritable maniaque du contrôle. Quand Nora s’installe dans la seule maison à proximité, Suzi est ravie d’avoir enfin une amie. À tel point qu’elle est presque tentée de lui révéler son effroyable secret. Mais, très rapidement, Suzi commence à douter : Nora serait-elle au courant ?

For Helen and George, the remote fixer-upper in Cornwall was supposed to be a dream home, and a way to leave behind the problems they’re both running from. But something about the place feels wrong from day one. And why does Helen have a creeping feeling she’s seen this house before?

Writer Karen Walker knows more than most about murderers. Her first love went on to become The Bagman, a notorious serial killer now locked away for life in a maximum-security prison. Karen has spent her life running from the weight of having loved him, defended him and, ultimately, leading the police to his door. But now, ten years later, just as she’s about to publish her account of his crimes, a young woman is abducted in horribly familiar circumstances.

It was supposed to be the perfect reunion: six university friends together again after twenty years. Host Ali finally has the life she always wanted, a career she can be proud of and a wonderful family with her college boyfriend, now husband. But that night her best friend makes an accusation so shocking that nothing will ever be the same again.

Suzi did a bad thing. She’s paying for it now, pregnant, scared, and living in an isolated cottage with her jealous husband, Nick. When Nora moves into the only house nearby, Suzi is delighted to have a friend. So much so that she’s almost tempted to tell Nora her terrible secret. But there’s more to Nora than meets the eye. It’s impossible - does she already know what Suzi did?

Between 1993 and 1998, eight women went missing from an area around Dublin that became known as the ‘Vanishing Triangle’. Was there a link? Speculation abounded. There were whispers of a serial killer, responsible for some, if not all, of these cases. But nobody was ever brought to justice. Twenty years later, the brutal murder of Jastine Valdez disturbs crime novelist Claire McGowan into action.

Victim: male. Mid-30s. Five foot seven. Cause of death: hanging. Initial impression - murder. ID: Mickey Doyle. Suspected terrorist and member of the Mayday Five. The officers at the crime scene know exactly who the victim is. Doyle was one of five suspected bombers who caused the deaths of 16 people. The remaining four are also missing, and when a second body is found, decapitated, it's clear they are being killed by the same methods their victims suffered.

With two young children, Mary hasn’t slept in what feels like years. For his part, Tim never feels safe enough to sleep. And so one hot, exhausting night, the two strangers meet while seeking solace in a nearby park. There, they witness something horrific: a violent attack in the window of a neighbouring house. Bonded by what they’ve seen, Tim and Mary are desperate to find answers. And when they see news reports of a missing woman who was last seen walking alone not far from them, the pair are convinced it’s her they saw being attacked—no matter what the police say.

Not everyone who's missing is lost. When two teenage girls go missing along the Irish border, Paula Maguire has to return to the hometown she left years before. Swirling with rumour and secrets, the town is gripped by fear of a serial killer. But the truth could be even darker. Not everyone who's lost wants to be found. Surrounded by people and places she tried to forget, Paula digs into the cases as the truth twists further away. What's the link with two other disappearances from 1985? And why does everything lead back to the town's dark past - including the reasons her own mother went missing years before?

From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a stunning psychological thriller. One party. Thirteen people. By 3.02 p.m., one of them will be dead.

Victim: female. Twenty-two years of age. Reason for investigation: missing person. ID: Alice Morgan. Student. Last seen at a remote religious shrine in Ballyterrin. Alice Morgan's disappearance raises immediate questions for forensic psychologist Paula Maguire. Alice, the daughter of a life peer in the Home Office, has vanished along with a holy relic - the bones of a saint - and the only trace is the bloodstains on the altar.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune will probably be verified on social media. The characters of Pride and Prejudice are navigating the same struggles on unfamiliar channels—social media channels, to be precise. When authors Claire McGowan and Sarah Day imagined how Pride and Prejudice on social media might look, retelling the story through mocked-up social media posts, their post instantly went viral.

Para Emma, pasar su primera Navidad con Michael, quien está viviendo un gran momento en su carrera política, debería ser un motivo para estar ilusionada. Sin embargo, la idea que él tiene de unas navidades juntos no coincide precisamente con las de ella. Su plan consiste en viajar a un chalé perdido en los Alpes franceses, junto a una estación de esquí. Dicho así suena muy glamuroso. Pero el plan incluye a los amigos de juventud de Michael y sus parejas.«¿Qué hago yo aquí?», es la primera pregunta que Emma se hace.

Als Emma mit ihrem neuen Freund Michael und einer Gruppe seiner engsten Freunde über Weihnachten in die Alpen reist, wird sie überraschend in eine exklusive Welt aus Privilegien, Partys und Machtspielchen katapultiert. Nicht nur, dass sie nicht Ski fahren kann, Emma ist in der Gruppe das sprichwörtliche fünfte Rad am Wagen. Trotzdem ist sie fest entschlossen, die anderen für sich zu gewinnen. Ohne den üblichen nervigen Weihnachtsstress wie entfernte Verwandte, zähe Braten und unerwünschte Geschenke, schwelgen die Freunde in Erinnerungen und geben sich hemmungslosen Exzessen hin.

Quando Emma si unisce al suo nuovo fidanzato Michael per un “Natale tra amici” sulle Alpi, viene rapidamente catapultata in un mondo esclusivo di privilegi, feste e politica. Emma non sa sciare e si sente fuori posto in quel gruppo affiatato, ma è determinata a conquistare tutti. Senza il solito mal di testa da famiglia riunita, i cavolini di Bruxelles e i regali indesiderati, il gruppo torna indietro nel tempo e si lascia andare senza freni. Mentre fuori sta per arrivare una tempesta, gli amici iniziano a ripercorrere il passato, riesumando ricordi e sentimenti a lungo sopiti.