Domestic Noir

His Scandal Her Secret From New York Times bestselling author Alafair Burke, a stunning domestic thriller in the vein of Behind Closed Doors and The Woman in Cabin 10—in which a woman must make the impossible choice between defending her husband and saving herself. When Angela met Jason Powell...

Sur le papier, Stephanie est comblée : un mari attentionné, une jolie maison dans un quartier huppé, d'adorables jumelles âgées de quelques mois. Certes, elle manque de sommeil et son moral s'en ressent. Mais bientôt les bébés feront leurs nuits, et tout ira mieux. C'était sans compter l'irruption de la blonde et vénéneuse Erica Voss. Alors que Patrick a toujours prétendu que sa première épouse était morte dans un accident de voiture, Erica présente une version des faits bien plus sordide.

Aurora vit en Angleterre et sa sœur Isafold en Islande, elles sont très différentes et ont des relations compliquées. Isafold disparaît et leur mère, ne faisant pas la différence entre enquêtrice financière et enquêtrice policière, supplie Aurora d'aller chercher sa sœur. Aurora ne peut pas s'empêcher de pratiquer ce qu'elle fait de mieux, démasquer les fraudeurs et les faire payer. Elle va donc profiter de ce voyage pour examiner de près certains investissements financiers douteux, et analyser la corruption islandaise tout en testant ses capacités de séduction sur deux hommes.

Dr. Noah Alderman, a widower and single father, has remarried a wonderful woman, Maggie Ippolitti, and for the first time in a long time, he and his young son are happy. Despite her longing for the daughter she hasn’t seen since she was a baby, Maggie is happy too, and she’s even more overjoyed when she unexpectedly gets another chance to be a mother to the child she thought she'd lost forever, her only daughter Anna.

Mariés depuis deux ans, Karen et Tom ont tout pour être heureux : un train de vie confortable, un pavillon coquet, des projets d'avenir. Un soir, quand Tom rentre à la maison, Karen s'est volatilisée. Alors qu'il commence à paniquer, Tom reçoit une visite de la police : son épouse a été victime d'un grave accident de voiture, dans un quartier malfamé où elle ne met d'ordinaire jamais les pieds. À son réveil à l'hôpital, la jeune femme a tout oublié des circonstances du drame. Les médecins parlent d'amnésie temporaire.

**Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award Best Debut of the Year** **Shortlisted for the Crimetime Award 2022** Two couples set out together on a hiking trip that goes terrifyingly wrong in this addictive psychological thriller for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley. Anna, Henrik and Milena's...

“Clever Little Thing taps into the heart of maternal fear and will shock you in the best way. This one will give you goose bumps.” —Ashley Elston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins "Sharp and unflinching—a perfectly unnerving story." —Ashley Audrain, New York Times...

“Alafair Burke's latest propulsive thrill-ride is a suspenseful, twisty mystery about memory, friendship and secrets. A page-turner of the highest order.” -Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me The disappearance of a young woman leaves her best friend reeling and an NYPD homicide...

"A fantastic thriller--dead-on domestic noir, full of tension and surprises. I loved it." -Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Line She may not know exactly who is in her house. But she knows why they are there. Be careful who you let in… A house swap becomes the...

When entrepreneur Flosi arrives home for dinner one night, he discovers that his house has been ransacked, and his wife Gudrun missing. A letter on the kitchen table confirms that she has been kidnapped. If Flosi doesn't agree to pay an enormous ransom, Gudrun will be killed. Forbidden from contacting the police, he gets in touch with Áróra, who specialises in finding hidden assets, and she, alongside her detective friend Daniel, try to get to the bottom of the case without anyone catching on.

‘Compelling, addictive…brilliant’ B A Paris It was just a party. But it turned into a nightmare. When Rachel wakes up in a strange room, the morning after a neighbour’s party, she has no memory of what happened the night before. Why did her husband leave her alone at the party? Did they...

Et si votre nounou était votre pire cauchemar ? Angèle jongle entre un mari infidèle, une fille qu'elle surprotège et un emploi prenant. L'arrivée de Louise, nounou idéale, apaise le quotidien. Mais derrière les baies vitrées de leur maison cossue, une vérité glaçante se terre : mensonges, secrets et manipulations empoisonnent chaque geste, chaque parole, jusqu'à ce qu'on ne sache plus distinguer le mensonge de la vérité. Un thriller psychologique domestique où la paranoïa s'immisce : saurez-vous démêler les fils de la manipulation avant le point de non-retour ?

“An astounding and original thriller with a complex relationship between three women at its heart and an explosive conclusion.” —B. A. Paris, New York Times bestselling author The next gripping psychological thriller by the author of the bestselling How I Lost You follows a psychiatrist...

The second standalone thriller from the award-winning author of The Nowhere Child, Christian White. Set against the backdrop of an eerie island town in the dead of winter, The Wife and The Widow is an unsettling thriller told from two perspectives: Kate, a widow whose grief is compounded by what...

It's August 1984, and paperboy Christopher Stewart has gone missing. Hours later, 12-year-old Sammy Cox hurries home from his own paper route, red-faced and out of breath, hiding a terrible secret. Crystal, Sammy's 17-year-old sister, is worried by the disappearance but she also sees an opportunity: the Stewart case has echoes of an earlier unsolved disappearance of another boy, one town over. Crystal senses the makings of an award-winning essay, one that could win her a scholarship - and a ticket out of their small Iowa town.

Nominated for the International Thriller Award for Best Audiobook! A twist-filled psychological and domestic thriller packed with family secrets, shocking twists, and suspense, following a woman who protects her stepson from a murder accusation only to discover deadly secrets in her home...

Zehn Jahre ist es nun her, dass die fünfzehnjährige Emma spurlos verschwand. Beim Ausräumen von Emmas Zimmer macht sie eine Entdeckung: Versteckt im Bett ihrer Tochter liegt deren Tagebuch. Die letzten Wochen vor Emmas Verschwinden zeigen die Geschehnisse in einem völlig anderen Licht – und Marlene muss erkennen, dass sie damals vieles nicht gewusst hat. Als sie Emmas Vater Heiko mit den Tagebucheinträgen konfrontiert, kommen weitere verstörende Details ans Licht. Es gibt so manches, was er ihr all die Jahre verschwiegen hat.

Never trust anyone. Never trust yourself. Rachel has made poor decisions in the past, but she has always tried her best for her daughter. When Vivian needed a fresh start, Rachel didn't hesitate to move them far from London. She just wishes she could shake the nagging doubt that Vivian is hiding...

'Kept me furiously turning the pages. What a ride!...A dark, devious and devastatingly twisted tale.' Alice Hunter, author of The Serial Killer's Wife Her missing daughter was just the start of the nightmare Twenty years ago, Christine Donovan took a call she should have ignored while shopping...

This final chapter in Daniel Woolrell's Ozark trilogy peels the lid back on a dysfunctional Missouri family as infidelity threatens to consume their world in violence and terror. Shug Akins is a lonely, overweight thirteen-year-old boy. His mother, Glenda, is the one person who loves him—she...