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Ex fashion model and successful business woman Laura Ayars' perfect world is shattered at a time that should have been the happiest of her life. On her honeymoon, her sports superstar husband goes for a swim - and never returns. But what has happened to David - can he really be dead? Whilst struggling to cope with her almost overwhelming grief, Laura is plagued by questions and doubts. Was it an accident? Or suicide? Or is it some terrible, ill-judged hoax?

Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.

Eight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. For the next eight years Dr Beck re-lived the horror of what happened that day every day of his life. Then one afternoon, he receives an anonymous e-mail telling him to log on to a certain web-site at a certain time, using a code that only he and his wife knew. The screen opens on to a web cam - and it is Elizabeth's image he sees. Is it a practical joke?

WILDE. Il vit loin du monde, dans une forêt du New Jersey. C'est un enquêteur aux méthodes très spéciales. Nul ne sait d'où il vient, pas même lui. Un site internet, une recherche ADN et soudain une piste. Le secret de ses origines ? Enfin ? Un lointain cousin, star de téléréalité. Un homme suivi par une nation entière. Wilde touche au but mais le cousin disparaît.

Harlan's very first young adult project will link in with the storylines in his up-and-coming adult thrillers as Myron Bolitar discovers that his mysterious tearaway younger brother, Brad, has a son - now teenaged. When our series hero's father, Brad, dies in a mysterious accident in South America, Myron is his closest, albeit estranged, relative left and is assigned to be his legal guardian. Will uncle and nephew be able to live with one another?

Six years have passed since Jake Sanders watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career as a college professor. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funeral.

Preocupados com o filho Adam, que começou a se distanciar deles depois do suicídio do melhor amigo, Spencer, o Dr. Mike Baye e sua esposa, Tia, decidem instalar um programa de monitoração no computador do garoto. Os primeiros relatórios não revelam nada importante, mas de repente uma estranha mensagem muda completamente o rumo dos acontecimentos: “Fica de bico calado que a gente se safa.” Enquanto isso, a mãe de Spencer, Betsy, encontra uma foto que levanta suspeitas sobre a morte de seu filho. Será que foi mesmo suicídio?

Myron never saw it coming. A surprise visit from an ex-girlfriend is unsettling enough. But Emily Downing's news brings him to his knees. Her son Jeremy is dying and needs a bone-marrow transplant, from a donor who vanished without a trace. Then comes the real shock: the boy is Myron's son, conceived the night before her wedding to another man.

Una vida construida sobre mentiras. Una verdad que podría ser letal. Han pasado seis años desde que Jake Fisher vio como Natalie, el amor de su vida, se casaba con otro hombre. Seis años sin saber nada de Natalie, porque así se lo prometió a ella. Seis solitarios años como profesor de universidad, imaginándola feliz con su marido... Para descubrir de pronto que todo ha sido una gran farsa y que, buscando la verdad, su vida está en peligro.

They were looking for a miracle cure... Sara and Michael, the ideal celebrity couple, darlings of the media - until their lives are shattered by a mystery illness. Dr Harvey Riker, his clinic has found the miracle cure that millions seek. One-by-one his patients are getting well. One-by-one they are targeted by a serial killer more fatal than the disease. Lieutenant Bernstein, his true desires make him a perfect choice to track the killer - or a perfect victim.

A beautiful woman walking into Myron Bolitar's office asking for help should have been a dream come true. Only this woman, Suzze T, is in tears - and eight months pregnant.... Suzze's rock star husband has disappeared, and she fears the rumours questioning her baby's paternity have driven him away. For Myron, questions of fatherhood couldn't hit closer to home. His own father is clinging precariously to life, and the brother who abandoned the family years ago has resurfaced - with danger following close behind.

Insomniaques, passez votre chemin. Dix ans que le privé Win Lockwood attend ce moment. Dix ans qu'il tente de retrouver la trace de deux enfants kidnappés. Et l'un d'eux est là, devant lui, dans cette ruelle malfamée de Londres. Win touche au but. Le happy end est proche. Mais le garçon lui échappe. Retour à la case départ. Le moment est venu pour Win d'appeler du renfort : son associé, son meilleur ami, le détective Myron Bolitar.

Seventeen-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst.

Matt Hunter's life has already been blown away once. At the age of 20, he got into a fight outside a party and accidentally killed someone. That momentary lapse of reason cost him four years in gaol and a small sliver of his soul.

Que nadie conozca tus secretos. Disfrutas de una vida tranquila. De tu familia, de tu casa, de un buen trabajo. Hasta que un día alguien que no conoces se te acerca y te susurra algo íntimo que no esperas. Y entonces todo en lo que creías se tambalea. Te gustaría ignorar lo que te ha dicho, pero no puedes. Eso es lo que le acaba de suceder a Adam Price, que vuelve a casa para saber si lo que le ha contado el extraño es cierto. Y el caso de Adam no es el único.

When tragedy strikes close to home, teenager Mickey Bolitar and his loyal new friends: sharp-witted Ema and the ever-charming Spoon - find themselves at the centre of a murder investigation involving their friend Rachel. Now, not only does Mickey have to continue his quest to uncover the truth about the mysterious death of his father, he also needs to figure out what happened to Rachel - no matter what it takes. Mickey has always been ready to sacrifice everything to help the people he loves. But how can he protect them when he's not even sure who - or what - he's protecting them from?

L'hai persa. Tua figlia. Una ragazza sbandata e legata a un fidanzato che abusa di lei. Ma ti ha spiegato chiaramente che non vuole essere salvata. Tu non ti dai pace e quando, per caso, la vedi a Central Park, mentre suona una chitarra non credi ai tuoi occhi. Quella che hai davanti, però, non è la ragazza che hai cresciuto, quella che è sempre presente nei tuoi ricordi. È una donna che cammina sul filo del rasoio, malconcia, spaventata, decisamente nei guai.

Em uma cobertura em Nova York, um homem recluso é encontrado morto. Junto ao corpo, há duas peças dignas de nota: uma pintura de Vermeer e uma mala de couro com as iniciais WHL3 gravadas. Levado até o local pelo FBI, Win não faz ideia de como sua mala e o quadro que foi roubado de sua família anos atrás foram parar lá. Mas ele decide que vai descobrir, principalmente depois de saber que o homem assassinado pode estar ligado ao sequestro de sua prima, ocorrido há mais de 20 anos.

The two a.m. phone call is from a young, frightened, lost girl who has called the one adult who had promised to help her if she ever got into any trouble: Myron Bolitar. But his help proves not to be enough. He picks her up from a cold street corner and - against his better judgment - is persuaded to drop her at an unknown address. This is a mistake that he lives to regret, for Aimee Biel's final wave from a darkened porch turns out to be the last time anyone will see her.

Die 17-jährige Haley McWaid führt ein idyllisches Vorstadtleben: Sie ist eine mustergültige Schülerin, Captain des Lacrosse-Teams...