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Wedding bells chime in this thrilling addition to The Housemaid series - a short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden...This edition features exclusive content from Freida McFadden's upcoming, not yet announced hardcover release!Today is supposed to be the happiest day of my life.I'm engaged to the man of my dreams, and in a few short hours, I'm going to stand before a judge, who will declare us husband and wife, till death does us part. Despite some bumps in the road, this day is everything I dreamed it would be.There's only one problem: Someone out there doesn't want me to live long enough to say my vows.And if I'm not careful, they may very well get their wish....

Parents should pass down stories, not spirits...Avery and Carlos Tam have built their lives on logic, not legends. Carlos, the host of a hit reality show that exposes paranormal hoaxes, has made a name disproving the supernatural.But when they travel to his ancestral home in the Philippines, darkness clings to every corner. The mirrors are shrouded. The housekeeper won't stay in the house alone. And no one will speak of the tragedies the family has seen.Then a brutal car crash leaves Carlos trapped in his own body--silent, helpless, and utterly vulnerable. As Avery tends to him, the house begins to stir. It watches. It listens. And it speaks--in a voice only Carlos can hear--offering a twisted kind of comfort.And as the lies buried by Carlos and his family begin to surface, Avery must confront the truth: if the past won't rest, their future may never begin.Some inherit memories. Others inherit monsters.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a gripping psychological thriller about a YouTube sensation who has secrets hidden offline that might be enough to destroy her. Everyone has secrets. But some are worse than others. . .Everyone has secrets.YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know.Like where did her son go when he snuck out of the house? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows?And what’s buried in her backyard?Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others.April’s secrets are enough to destroy her.I’ll make sure of that.

【這封信，可能是你收過最恐怖的禮物。】每個人都有秘密，但有些秘密，會要了你的命。Debbie 是一個完美的妻子、完美的鄰居，她溫柔、善良，似乎擁有一切。直到那封信出現...那些隱藏在平靜生活下的裂痕，開始像蜘蛛網一樣蔓延。當你以為這只是一場關於嫉妒或復仇的家庭糾葛時，劇情會突然轉動方向盤，將你帶入一個完全無法預料的深淵。From #1 New York Times and global bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a twisted, subversive thriller about a columnist who finally decides to start following her own advice to make men pay for their sins...Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction. Or at least, she did. These days, Debbie’s life seems to be spiraling out of control. She just lost her job. She can’t keep her teenage daughters in check. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone. Now, Debbie’s do

From #1New York Timesbestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of monstrous motherhood. She gave you a life. Now she wants yours.Abby wants a baby more than anything.But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true.But it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret.And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a story of sinister secrets...Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime.To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it. She leaves behind her home, her job, and her family. She grabs her passport and heads for the northern border before the police can discover what she's done.But when an unexpected snowstorm forces her off the road, Quinn must take refuge at the broken-down, isolated Baxter Motel. The handsome and kindly owner, Nick Baxter, is only too happy to offer her a cheap room for the night.Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn't the quiet, safe haven it seemed to be. The motel has a dark and disturbing past. And in the dilapidated house across the way, the silhouette of Nick's ailing wife is always at the window. Always watching.In the morning, Quinn must leave the motel. She'll pack up her belongings and get back on the road to freedom.

A brand new psychological thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden!The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed.Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn't realize she's heading straight into a blizzard.She never arrives at her destination.Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she's made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.But something isn't right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realize she is in grave danger. This safe haven isn't what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet. And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself--and he

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!"Don't start a Freida McFadden book late at night. You won't be able to put it down!"-- Natalie Barelli, bestselling author of UnforgivableTwo women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back.Dawn Schiff is strange.At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m.So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell--beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running--is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything...It turns out Dawn wasn't just an awkward outsider--she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's

From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Intruder!How can you survive when you can't remember who wants you dead?Dr. Charly McKenna had the perfect life: a thriving dermatology practice, a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park, and a handsome husband who adored her.Until the night a bullet tore through her skull... and stole everything.Now Charly wakes in a rehabilitation hospital unable to walk, speak, or remember her own name. All she knows is that someone tried to kill her--and they may still be out there. As fragments of memory surface, so do unsettling questions about the people around her, including the attentive man who keeps appearing at her bedside.The truth of what happened that night lives somewhere inside her brain. And as Charly pieces together the jagged edges of her past, she begins to realize the most terrifying possibility: the person who wants her dead might be the one she once trusted most.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a

Locked-room mysteries and other impossible crime stories have been relished by puzzle-lovers ever since the invention of detective fiction. Fiendishly intricate cases were particularly well suited to

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A brand-new, gripping thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!What is a happily ever after really worth?Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family...Then--he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a 20-something.It's a brutal end to the story. Naomi should accept defeat: move into a dingy apartment, get back into the workforce, and piece together the shattered remains of her life.Except, why should she?Instead, Naomi fixates on her husband's new girlfriend. What begins as cynical curiosity soon twists into obsession--and then into something far darker. As Naomi uncovers secrets she never imagined, she realizes her own life may be in danger.But if it keeps her perfect family intact, isn't it worth it?In The Divorce, #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a raz

"A dark and stormy night. An isolated cabin in the woods. A runaway child with a mysterious past...Thriller fans, buckle up!" ― Jason Rekulak,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Last One at the WeddingThere's someone at your front door – should you let them in? Find out in a riveting new thriller from global sensation and #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Housemaid, Freida McFadden!Who knows what the storm will blow in…Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane.Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the wind.But she's a lot more worried about the girl she discovers lurking outside her kitchen window.She's young. She's alone. And she's covered in blood.The girl won't explain where she came from, or loosen her grip on the knife in her right hand.And when Casey makes a disturbing discovery in the middle of the night, things take a turn for the worse.The girl has a dark secret. One she'll kill to keep.And if C

A new, jaw-dropping thriller from the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boyfriend and The Housemaid!There's no place like home...Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone he shares with his fianc嶪, he's desperate to make ends meet.Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she?Because something isn't quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. The smell of decay permeates his home, no matter how hard he scrubs. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night. And soon Blake fears someone knows his darkest secrets...Danger lives right at home, and by the time Blake realizes it, it'll be far too late. The trap is already set.#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden knocks at your door with a gripping story of revenge, privilege, and sec

Medical student Amy Brenner isspending the night on a locked psychiatric ward.Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation.Reasons nobody can ever find out.And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convincedsomething terrible is happeningwithin these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff start to vanish without a trace, it becomes clear thateveryone on the unit is in grave danger.Amy’s worst nightmare was spending the night on Ward D.And now she might never escape.

A new, twisting thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Coworker and The Housemaid!She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.Then the brutal murder of a young woman--the latest in a string of deaths across the coast--confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them. Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't

Meet Cordelia Black. Cordelia loves exactly three things: Her chosen family comprised of her best friend Diane and her goddaughter, her hairdresser (worth every penny plus tip), and killing bad men.By day she's a successful pharma rep with her pristine reputation and designer wardrobe, by night she's culling South Louisiana of unscrupulous men--monsters who always seem to evade justice, until they meet her. It's a complicated, yet fulfilling life that requires complete and total control- at all times. But when the evening news starts throwing around the word serial killer, suddenly pressure heightens for Cordelia in the South. And it's only exacerbated when Diane starts dating a man who Cordelia isn't sure is a good person. Someone who might just unravel everything Cordelia has worked for.Soon enough Cordelia's world starts to spiral and she loses control of those tightly held threads that keep her safe. and she has to come face to face with the choices she's made. The good, the bad, a

女主角與家人搬進夢寐以求的郊區新家，擁有寬敞庭院與安靜街道，一切似乎完美無缺。然而，新鄰居 Mrs. Lowell 在見到她的丈夫後表情異樣，並透過聚會邀請他們到家中作客。女主角對 Lowell 家的女傭感到熟悉卻心生寒意，接著，深夜出門的丈夫、街頭的詭異身影，以及鄰居的警告，讓她懷疑這裡隱藏危機。故事以細膩筆法塑造懸疑氛圍，情節層層推進至驚人結局。郊區家庭生活與懸疑謎團的巧妙融合氛圍漸進升溫，讀來緊張卻欲罷不能善用視角與細節，鋪陳多重反轉A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way...I used to clean other people's houses--now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve.Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell

A twisted, psychological thriller from USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid, Freida McFaddenNewlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams.But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate... with no chance of escape until the blizzard comes to an end.In search of a book to keep her entertained until the snow abates, Tricia happens upon a secret room. One that contains audio transcripts from every single patient Dr. Hale has ever interviewed. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to Dr. Hale's mysterious disappearance.Tricia plays the tapes one by one, late into the night. With each one, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and Dr. Adrienne Hale's web of lies slowly unravels.And then Tricia reaches the final cassette.The one tha

A twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!Some doors are locked for a reason...While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.Until the day the police arrived at their front door.Decades later, Nora's father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it that way.Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered. In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims.Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she's not a killer like her father. The police can't pin anything on her.As long as they don't look in her basement.

An impossible locked-room mystery by a master of the genreFirst published in 1944, Till Death Do Us Part remains a pacey and deeply satisfying impossible crime story, championed by Carr connoisseurs as one of the very best examples of his mystery writing talents. This edition includes an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning author Martin Edwards.Crime author Dick Markham is in love again; his fiancée, the mysterious newcomer to the village, Lesley Grant. When Grant accidentally shoots the fortune teller through the side of his tent at the local fair―following a very strange reaction to his predictions―Markham is reluctantly brought into a scheme to expose his betrothed as a suspected serial husband-poisoner. That night the enigmatic fortune teller―and chief accuser―is found dead in an impossible locked-room setup, casting suspicion onto Grant and striking doubt into the heart of her lover. Lured by the scent of the impossible case, Dr. Gideon Fell arrives from London to exa

The second in a new cozy series! The muensters have arrived in Balsam Dell when a body is discovered at the Grilled Cheese EateryThe muensters have arrived in quaint Balsam Dell, Vermont! Grinning jack-o-lanterns glow from front porches and Halloween spirit reigns. After a long hot summer, Carly Hale is delighted that her grilled cheese eatery is thriving and the upcoming food competition―the town's "Scary-Licious Smorgasbord"―is the perfect way to bring some additional traffic to the Eatery, along with a $500 cash prize.But Ferris Menard, the owner of Sub-a-Dub-Sub, is nursing a serious grudge against Carly. Two days before the competition, one of Carly's employees quit his part-time gig at Menard's sub shop, alerting the local health inspector to some unsavory cooking standards and sending Menard into a serious snit. In a confrontation witnessed by Carly's customers, Menard accused Carly of sabotage and vowed to expose her as a fraud.That's when Menard's body is found in his kitchen

"There are a dozen clever deceptions in the book, twice as many as most writers would have given us."―Julian Symons in Bloody MurderFirst published in 1952, The Widow of Bath offers intricate puzzles, international intrigue, and a richly evoked portrait of post-war Britain, all delivered with Bennett's signature brand of witty and elegant prose. This edition includes an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning author Martin Edwards.Hugh Everton was intent on nothing more than quietly drinking in the second-rate hotel he found himself in on England's south coast―and then in walked his old flame Lucy and her new husband and ex-judge, Gregory Bath. Entreated by Lucy to join her party for an evening back at the Bath residence, Hugh is powerless to resist, but when the night ends with the judge's inexplicable murder, he is pitched back into a world of chaos and crime―a world he had tried to escape for good.

Solve humorous cases as you travel across early 20th century New York City with amateur sleuth Average Jones!Average Jones is a brilliant young man of independent means, thanks to the bequest of a wealthy yet jaded uncle. Five years after graduating college, he finds himself bored with travel and his bon vivant lifestyle, and restless for some meaningful hobby to occupy his mind. On the advice of a friend, he decides to set up a business as an "Ad-Visor," warning potential buyers of goods and services of potential scams. Each "ad-vising" case turns into a crime-detecting story showcasing the amateur sleuth's deductive reasoning, a la Sherlock Holmes. At times bizarre, at times humorous, this collection is highly entertaining, featuring stories such as "The B-flat Trombone," "The Man Who Spoke Latin," and "The Million-Dollar Dog."

A new collection of classic mystery tales from the British Library, featuring all manner of animals, great and smallFeline friends, canine companions and aviary associates are often the truest reflections of their owners and have played a crucial role in classic crime fiction―be they detectives, or delinquents. Encompassing all creatures great and small―from tales of commonplace critters like bees and earthworms, to distinctly more exotic incidents involving primates, lions, and crocodiles (and the occasional red herring, of course)―sometimes the crime or the explanation goes beyond human comprehension and requires the acute perceptions of our animal counterparts.In this new anthology, series consultant Martin Edwards gathers the lion's share of animal tales from the Golden Age of Crime Fiction, with stories by Josephine Bell, Anthony Wynne, G.K. Chesterton and Arthur Conan Doyle.

A Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award-winning addition to the British Library Crime ClassicsAgnes―hands bloodied, numb with fear, her world turned upside down― is the passenger in a car as it speeds down a road between miles of marshes and estuary flats. It's been thirty minutes since she "ran away" but it's unclear what she was fleeing. Meanwhile, the news of a girl found dead on the marsh is spreading around the local area and Agnes is sure that the girl's death is related to her own troubles. With her memories of the past few days skewed, will Agnes be able to piece together the clues and find the truth? A masterpiece of suspense, Mary Kelly's 1962 novel follows Agnes as she casts her mind back through the past few days to find the links between her husband, his friends, a mysterious stranger new to the village, and a case of unexplained death.Gripping, intelligent and affecting, Due to a Death was nominated for the Gold Dagger Award and showcases the author's versatility a

Harlem detective Perry Dart tackles nosy neighbors, supernatural rites, and murder.When the body of N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man, is discovered in his consultation room, Perry Dart, one of Harlem's ten Black police detectives, is called in to investigate. Together with Dr Archer, a physician from across the street, Dart is determined to solve the baffling mystery, helped and hindered by Bubber Brown and Jinx Jenkins, local boys keen to clear themselves of suspicion of murder and undertake their own investigations.This groundbreaking mystery is the first ever to feature a Black detective and all Black characters, written by Black author Rudolph Fisher, who was a principal writer of the Harlem Renaissance.

Frankenstein wasn't the only classic horror novel created by a woman...England, 2126.Edmund Montague is a national hero in the army, while his younger brother, Edric, is lazy but very intelligent. Edric yearns for notoriety of his own, albeit academic. So he hatches a plan with a German scientist – his tutor – Dr. Entwerfen, to resurrect a mummy. Is Edric a more rational Victor Frankenstein?Originally published in 1827, within a decade of the 1818 publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, seventeen-year-old Jane Webb created Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century. A futuristic story of reanimation, robots, and the concept of a living, functional mummy with the wisdom of the ages eager to share his insights with humanity. This pioneering tale offers an engaging mix of comedy, politics, and science fiction.

The perfect cozy Christmas murder mystery Imagine being stuck indoors with your family, waiting for something to happen... and then disaster strikes.Christmas 1938. The Westbury family and assorted friends have gathered together for another legendary Christmas at their Sussex mansion. As family tensions simmer on Christmas Eve, the champagne flows, the silver sparkles and upstairs the bedrooms are made up ready for their occupants. But one bed will lie empty that night...Come Christmas morning, guest David Campbell-Scott is found lying dead in the snow, with only a hunting rifle lying beside him and one set of footprints leading to the body. But something doesn't seem right to amateur sleuth Hugh Gaveston. Campbell-Scott had just returned from the East with untold wealth--why would he kill himself? Hugh sets out to investigate... and what he finds is more shocking than he ever could have expected.

Are the answers to these ancient secrets worth your soul?Vathek, the ninth caliph of the Abassides in Arabia, ascends to the throne at an early age and reigns with an iron fist, inspiring terror and u

The glamor and grit of the 1950s comes to life in Helen Harrison’s scandalous retelling of a murder that rocked the art worldOn the night of August 11, 1956, Jackson Pollock crashed his car into a tre

The first book in a new mystery seriesWhen the Cuban painter Wifredo Lam turns up dead in his Greenwich Village studio, the investigation takes Detective Juanita Diaz and her new NYPD counterpart Bria

Murder is par for the course in this mystery anthology written by award-winning crime writer, Martin EdwardsDrawing upon Martin Edwards' expert knowledge of golden age crime and mystery short fiction,