The Housemaid
Over two million copies sold! Now a major motion picture starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried. Don't miss the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling, addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist that's burning up Instagram and TikTok--Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity. Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it's like. But she soon finds out ... and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it's far too late. But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don't know who I really am. They don't know what I'm capable of ...
The Judge`s List
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - John Grisham returns to Florida, where The Whistler's Lacy Stoltz takes on a cold case that reveals a judge's darkest secrets. "One of the best crime reads of the year . . . a world-class shocker, worth staying up all night to finish."--The Wall Street Journal In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tired of her work for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct and ready for a change. Then she meets a mysterious woman who is so frightened she uses a number of aliases. Jeri Crosby's father was murdered twenty years earlier in a case that remains unsolved and that has grown stone cold. But Jeri has a suspect whom she has become obsessed with and has stalked for two decades. Along the way, she has discovered other victims. The man Jeri holds responsible for all these deaths is brilliant, patient, and always one step ahead of law enforcement. He is the most cunning of all serial killers. He knows forensics, police procedure, and most important: he knows the law. He is a judge, in Florida--under Lacy's jurisdiction. But the man keeps a record of all his victims and targets, people unlucky enough to have crossed his path and wronged him in some way. Lacy must work to take him down, while somehow keeping her name off his list.
The Shack（有聲CD）
After his daughter's murder, a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions -- and finds unexpected answers -- in this riveting and deeply moving #1 NYT bestseller. When Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation, he remains hopeful that she'll return home. But then, he discovers evidence that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note that's supposedly from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.
The Star Trap
She put her head on my shoulder. Her hand slid off my thigh and into my lap, paused. She kissed my ear, lingered there. ''And what are you afraid of?'' she whispered.''Afraid you'll stop, '' I said against the moist spread of her lips.''I couldn't, '' she answered, falling back on the divan, taking me with her. ''Not for a long, long time, '' she said beside me. She took my hand and guided it beneath her sweater to the warmth of bare breast. ''Feel my heart, '' she said. ''I'm a fast train on a down track to nowhere. And my heart says 'Couldn't stop-wouldn't stop-couldn't if I would-wouldn't if I could . . .
Corpus Delectable
Give her five minutes more, I thought . . .More than an hour had passed since Jean Putnam's voice had promised on the phone that she would be there. As I started back to my office I gave a final look down the corridor, and suddenly she was there, framed in the stairwell. She was dressed in a very fetching pirate costume, the purposely ragged bottoms of her scarlet pants reaching to just below the hips. Her legs were bare from there on down to black oilcloth boots. She hadn't moved, and a new sensation blew cold across the back of my neck. As I lunged for her she crumbled and fell backwards down the yawning stairwell. When I reached her on the next landing I saw that not all the redness was in her costume. A bullet had struck her in the back.
The Locked Room
The BRAND NEW instalment in Holly Hepburn's Baker Street Mystery series - for fans of Sherlock Holmes! Join Harriet White in 1930's London for another glorious Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery, for fans of Nita Prose and Janice Hallett. After a very close call on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Harriet White is about ready to hang up her deerstalker and settle back into her normal life, working in a bank on Baker Street. Until she discovers a letter in The Times newspaper challenging Sherlock Holmes to prove his status as the world s greatest detective, by solving an impossible mystery. The letter, signed Professor James Moriarty, advises Holmes that the crime will be committed within the following seven days. There will be no further clues Holmes himself must deduce which crime is the correct one to investigate. Dismissing the letter as a prank, Harry goes about her business until news breaks of the theft of valuable jewel collection from a safe in an apparently locked room in a Mayfair townhouse. Intrigued in spite of her misgivings, Harry dons a disguise and investigates. But as she begins to unpick the puzzle, a body is found. And now, a stranger, and far more deadly mystery begins to unfold around her... Praise for Holly Hepburn: Honestly I couldn t find one bad thing to say about this book! I m a new fan for sure! Goodreads review The Missing Maid is a delightful book. I loved Harry. She s warm, funny, sassy and brave. I m very much looking forward to reading what Holly brings us next in this series. Goodreads review This is such a clever idea for a cozy mystery series! I love Harry and the twisty plot of this book. Can t wait for the next book! Goodreads review I really enjoyed this cozy mystery because it is at the intersection between cozy mystery and historical fiction and it is simply brilliant. Hepburn weaves a strong plotline and Harry shines throughout. A real pleasure to read. Goodreads review I am definitely a Sherlock Holmes fan, so the premise of this story got my attention immediately, but it was the writing, characters and the new story perspective that firmly held it. Goodreads review I loved everything about this historical cozy. Harry is a wonderful character. She's clever, independent and kind. The mystery of the missing maid kept me entertained throughout. The pacey drama and easy-to-read style meant that I devoured this book in one day. Goodreads review This was my first exposure to the agile and creative scribblings of Holly Hepburn and I found her writing style to be smooth, immersive, and easy to follow, with issues and scenarios true to the period. I adored her conjured characters and look forward to more of these adventures. Goodreads review The witty and whip-smart novel is refreshing and fabulous. Talk about an excellent start to a new series, one I genuinely look forward to. Holmes' fans especially ought to enjoy this. Loved the story and the characters with a few unexpected bumps along the way. Loved this book and can t wait for the next one! Goodreads review I absolutely loved this exciting and entertaining debut into cozy crime from a favourite author. I hope this is the start of a series and can t wait to see what Harry gets up to next! Goodreads review
The Locked Room
The BRAND NEW instalment in Holly Hepburn's Baker Street Mystery series - for fans of Sherlock Holmes! Join Harriet White in 1930's London for another glorious Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery, for fans of Nita Prose and Janice Hallett. After a very close call on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Harriet White is about ready to hang up her deerstalker and settle back into her normal life, working in a bank on Baker Street. Until she discovers a letter in The Times newspaper challenging Sherlock Holmes to prove his status as the world s greatest detective, by solving an impossible mystery. The letter, signed Professor James Moriarty, advises Holmes that the crime will be committed within the following seven days. There will be no further clues Holmes himself must deduce which crime is the correct one to investigate. Dismissing the letter as a prank, Harry goes about her business until news breaks of the theft of valuable jewel collection from a safe in an apparently locked room in a Mayfair townhouse. Intrigued in spite of her misgivings, Harry dons a disguise and investigates. But as she begins to unpick the puzzle, a body is found. And now, a stranger, and far more deadly mystery begins to unfold around her... Praise for Holly Hepburn: Honestly I couldn t find one bad thing to say about this book! I m a new fan for sure! Goodreads review The Missing Maid is a delightful book. I loved Harry. She s warm, funny, sassy and brave. I m very much looking forward to reading what Holly brings us next in this series. Goodreads review This is such a clever idea for a cozy mystery series! I love Harry and the twisty plot of this book. Can t wait for the next book! Goodreads review I really enjoyed this cozy mystery because it is at the intersection between cozy mystery and historical fiction and it is simply brilliant. Hepburn weaves a strong plotline and Harry shines throughout. A real pleasure to read. Goodreads review I am definitely a Sherlock Holmes fan, so the premise of this story got my attention immediately, but it was the writing, characters and the new story perspective that firmly held it. Goodreads review I loved everything about this historical cozy. Harry is a wonderful character. She's clever, independent and kind. The mystery of the missing maid kept me entertained throughout. The pacey drama and easy-to-read style meant that I devoured this book in one day. Goodreads review This was my first exposure to the agile and creative scribblings of Holly Hepburn and I found her writing style to be smooth, immersive, and easy to follow, with issues and scenarios true to the period. I adored her conjured characters and look forward to more of these adventures. Goodreads review The witty and whip-smart novel is refreshing and fabulous. Talk about an excellent start to a new series, one I genuinely look forward to. Holmes' fans especially ought to enjoy this. Loved the story and the characters with a few unexpected bumps along the way. Loved this book and can t wait for the next one! Goodreads review I absolutely loved this exciting and entertaining debut into cozy crime from a favourite author. I hope this is the start of a series and can t wait to see what Harry gets up to next! Goodreads review
The Locked Room
The BRAND NEW instalment in Holly Hepburn's Baker Street Mystery series - for fans of Sherlock Holmes! Join Harriet White in 1930's London for another glorious Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery, for fans of Nita Prose and Janice Hallett. After a very close call on the Cambridgeshire Fens, Harriet White is about ready to hang up her deerstalker and settle back into her normal life, working in a bank on Baker Street. Until she discovers a letter in The Times newspaper challenging Sherlock Holmes to prove his status as the world s greatest detective, by solving an impossible mystery. The letter, signed Professor James Moriarty, advises Holmes that the crime will be committed within the following seven days. There will be no further clues Holmes himself must deduce which crime is the correct one to investigate. Dismissing the letter as a prank, Harry goes about her business until news breaks of the theft of valuable jewel collection from a safe in an apparently locked room in a Mayfair townhouse. Intrigued in spite of her misgivings, Harry dons a disguise and investigates. But as she begins to unpick the puzzle, a body is found. And now, a stranger, and far more deadly mystery begins to unfold around her... Praise for Holly Hepburn: Honestly I couldn t find one bad thing to say about this book! I m a new fan for sure! Goodreads review The Missing Maid is a delightful book. I loved Harry. She s warm, funny, sassy and brave. I m very much looking forward to reading what Holly brings us next in this series. Goodreads review This is such a clever idea for a cozy mystery series! I love Harry and the twisty plot of this book. Can t wait for the next book! Goodreads review I really enjoyed this cozy mystery because it is at the intersection between cozy mystery and historical fiction and it is simply brilliant. Hepburn weaves a strong plotline and Harry shines throughout. A real pleasure to read. Goodreads review I am definitely a Sherlock Holmes fan, so the premise of this story got my attention immediately, but it was the writing, characters and the new story perspective that firmly held it. Goodreads review I loved everything about this historical cozy. Harry is a wonderful character. She's clever, independent and kind. The mystery of the missing maid kept me entertained throughout. The pacey drama and easy-to-read style meant that I devoured this book in one day. Goodreads review This was my first exposure to the agile and creative scribblings of Holly Hepburn and I found her writing style to be smooth, immersive, and easy to follow, with issues and scenarios true to the period. I adored her conjured characters and look forward to more of these adventures. Goodreads review The witty and whip-smart novel is refreshing and fabulous. Talk about an excellent start to a new series, one I genuinely look forward to. Holmes' fans especially ought to enjoy this. Loved the story and the characters with a few unexpected bumps along the way. Loved this book and can t wait for the next one! Goodreads review I absolutely loved this exciting and entertaining debut into cozy crime from a favourite author. I hope this is the start of a series and can t wait to see what Harry gets up to next! Goodreads review
Queen of Likes
They thought she drowned. They were wrong.Grace Reynolds should have died in the Piscataquis River. Instead, she wakes into a broken world-and discovers that her unraveling mind is the most dangerous weapon left in it. Encouraged by her handlers Kyle, Nate, and Pete, Grace becomes the Queen of Likes: a skeletal warlord in glitter and pink camo who believes millions are watching her every move. Every killing is content. Every corpse is audience engagement. And the ghosts of those she's executed whisper praise only she can hear.But while Grace chases the high of viral violence, one prisoner watches and waits. Rebecca Mitchell has played the role of shattered captive long enough. She's building a rebellion in the shadows-one meant to end Grace's reign before the Queen burns the last of humanity to the ground.When Kyle-the man who cultivated her madness-finally tries to step away, Grace's world fractures. She discovers that even queens run out of followers, platforms, and reasons to keep performing for an audience that never existed.This is the finale readers have been waiting for. Fast-paced, relentless, and unforgettable, Queen of Likes delivers the most terrifying villain while racing toward a climactic assault that will leave no one unchanged. The Skies Afire series reaches its heart-pounding conclusion as Grace's revenge fantasy collides with reality at the gates of Cornish-where Hannah and Maddie finally face the monster they couldn't save.The Skies Afire series ends here-in a brutal, intimate collision of madness, power, and revenge. Fast. Relentless. Devastating.You will not survive this finale unchanged.
Pretty Pictures
Every picture tells a story. But sometimes, the ending is deadly.Ruby Blake is desperate for a fresh start. Uprooting her two children, Mory and Cameron, she's convinced this move will finally be the one that sticks. The house is ideal, the neighbors seem friendly, and when she meets Justin, it's everything she's been waiting for. But the cracks soon appear. Her new home needs more than just a lick of paint. The woman next door is a living nightmare. And Justin isn't telling her the whole truth. Then Ruby begins finding photographs hidden throughout the house - images of women that grow more disturbing the longer she looks at them.When Mory starts keeping secrets of her own, Ruby realizes her perfect new life is already unraveling. Because someone is watching. Someone who knows the truth behind the pictures. Someone willing to do anything to keep the past buried.Pretty Pictures is a gripping and unsettling thriller perfect for fans of C.L. Taylor, Lisa Jewell and John Marrs.
The Jam Sandwich Detectives
Murder's on the menu, and no one is safe from playground gossip... classic Tuesday.From cocktails to cold tea, and swanky dinners to school gate antics, Rachel Walker has lost her old life-and her identity. But when the new term begins, and she's swept into the Parent WhatsApp group chat, she's determined to find her purpose again.Then a fellow mum turns up dead after the PTA Bake-Off party... and Rachel was the last person to message the group.With rumours flying and trial-by-mum-chat in full swing, Rachel joins forces with her closest friend Jane and their new ally Frankie. Together, the trio swap the playground for playing detectives, and soon uncover that at this Bake-Off, poison was very much on the menu.But when Rachel stumbles on the juiciest secret of all, she has to ask herself: how far will she go to clear her name?Perfect for fans of Fiona Leitch and Verity Bright, The Jam Sandwich Detectives is a witty and addictive cozy crime mystery that will keep you turning the pages long after lights out.
Skin Game
Gabriel Karne is cautiously optimistic. Life seems to be settling down into a nice even keel.It's a new year and the former con artist has a permanent-for-now address. No more rickety sailboats and living out of go-bags for Gabriel Karne. No surprises. No dead bodies.Romance-wise, he and Ranger Man are easing into being a couple. A lifetime of habits is hard to break, but they're getting there.Gabe even has a job. Will he regret agreeing to it? Probably but it's almost legal, so baby steps.
A strange young woman claiming to be his long-lost daughter appears on his new doorstep, and she has some sketchy documentation to prove it. It's not impossible, but Gabe wasn't born yesterday, and Heidi Karne was his mother, after all.Then, another damn letter-this one from a stranger-shows up. The author claims to have some of his late mother's belongings. Just great.It's pretty clear that the past isn't done with him yet.It will be fine. Everything will be fine.
Skin Game is book three in the Subtle Deceptions series.
Dead Renegade
A sunny Thursday heading into the Fourth of July and retired dentist Doc Osborne is helping his daughter, Erin, who has just opened her own legal practice. They are assisting an elderly client of Erin's reclaim an antique chest from an uncooperative antique dealer when Doc Osborne stumbles over a rug and human remains tumble onto the floor. . . .
