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The night Jack Smyth ran into flames in a desperate attempt to save his wife from their burning home, he was, tragically, too late - but hailed a hero. Until it emerged that Kate was dead long before the fire began. Suspicion has stalked him ever since. After all, there's no smoke without fire. A year on, he's signed a book deal. He wants to tell his side of the story, to prove his own innocence in print. He just needs someone to help him write it. Emily has never ghostwritten anything before, but she knows what it’s like to live with a guilty secret.

At the age of 12, Eve Black was the only member of her family to survive an encounter with serial attacker the Nothing Man. Now an adult, she is obsessed with identifying the man who destroyed her life. Supermarket security guard Jim Doyle has just started reading The Nothing Man - the true-crime memoir Eve has written about her efforts to track down her family’s killer. As he turns each page, his rage grows. Because Jim’s not just interested in reading about the Nothing Man. He is the Nothing Man.

The day Adam Dunne's girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads "I'm sorry - S" sets off real alarm bells. He vows to do whatever it takes to find her. Adam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called the Celebrate - and to a woman, Estelle, who disappeared from the same ship in eerily similar circumstances almost exactly a year before. To get answers, Adam must confront some difficult truths.

Will Hurley was an attractive, charming, and impressive student at Dublin's elite St. John's College - and Ireland's most prolific serial killer. Having stalked his five young victims, he drowned them in the muddy waters of the Grand Canal. Sentenced to life imprisonment when he was just 19, Will is locked away in the city's Central Psychiatric Hospital.

Feeling her stardom fading, struggling soap-actress Adele Rafferty is ready to give up on her dreams when she gets a last-minute offer to play the lead in upcoming horror film Final Draft. Could this be her big break? Will she have redemption for what happened the last time she was on a film set? Adele doesn’t think twice before signing the dotted line. But when life on set starts to mirror the sinister events portrayed in the script, Adele fears the real horror lies off the page. Isolated and unsure who in the crew she can trust, is there anywhere or any time left to run?

One year ago, Lucy’s sister, Nicki, left to meet friends at a pub in Dublin and never came home. The third Irish woman to vanish inexplicably in as many years, the agony of not knowing what happened that night has turned Lucy’s life into a waking nightmare. So, she’s going to take matters into her own hands. Angela works as a paper-pusher in the Missing Persons Unit, but wants nothing more than to be a fully fledged member of An Garda Síochána, the Irish police force. With the investigation into the missing women stalled, she begins pulling on a thread that could break the case wide open.

PLAY. Andrew, the manager of Shanamore Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera in her room. One night the unthinkable happens: a shadowy figure emerges on-screen, kills her, and destroys the camera. But who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? And how will Andrew live with himself? PAUSE. Natalie wishes she'd stayed at home as soon as she arrives in the wintry isolation of Shanamore. There's something creepy about the manager. She wants to leave, but she can't - not until she's found what she's looking for.... REWIND.

Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores. When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who - and what - he really is.

Fifty-six days ago. Ciara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores. Thirty-five days ago. When lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests they move in together. Ciara sees a unique opportunity for a relationship to flourish without the scrutiny of family and friends. Oliver sees a chance to hide who - and what - he really is. Today. Detectives arrive at Oliver's apartment to discover a decomposing body inside.

I was the girl who survived the Nothing Man. Now I am the woman who is going to catch him.... You've just read the opening pages of The Nothing Man, the true-crime memoir Eve Black has written about her obsessive search for the man who killed her family nearly two decades ago. Supermarket security guard Jim Doyle is reading it too, and with each turn of the page his rage grows. Because Jim was - is - the Nothing Man. The more Jim reads, the more he realises how dangerously close Eve is getting to the truth.

Ein Thriller nicht nur für True Crime-Fans: Der neue beklemmende und extrem spannende Roman der irischen Bestsellerautorin. Ein Opfer jagt den Serienkiller: Wer hat die Macht, den anderen zu zerstören? "Ich war das Mädchen, das den Nothing Man überlebte. Jetzt bin ich die Frau, die ihn fassen wird." So beginnt das True Crime-Memoir "The Nothing Man", das Eve Black über die verzweifelte Suche nach dem Mann geschrieben hat, der vor nahezu zwanzig Jahren ihre gesamte Familie tötete. Dem Mann, der nie Spuren hinterließ.

Stranded on a dark road in the middle of the night, a young woman accepts a lift from a passing stranger. It's the nightmare scenario that every girl is warned about, and she knows the dangers all too well - but what other choice does she have? As they drive, she alternates between fear and relief - one moment thinking he is just a good man doing a good thing, the next convinced he's a monster. But when he delivers her safely to her destination, she realizes her fears were unfounded. And her heart sinks. Because a monster is what she's looking for.

Dublin's notorious Canal Killer is 10 years into his life sentence when a body is fished out of the Grand Canal. Detectives suspect a copycat is emulating the crimes, and they must turn to Ireland's most prolific serial killer for help. Will admits he has the information the cops need but will give it to only one person.... When Alison Smith gets the request from Dublin, she is pulled back to face the man she's worked so hard to forget.

Andrew, the manager of Shanamore Holiday Cottages, watches his only guest via a hidden camera in her room. One night the unthinkable happens: a shadowy figure emerges onscreen, kills her and destroys the camera. But who is the murderer? How did they know about the camera? And how will Andrew live with himself?

The day Adam Dunne's girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a business trip to Barcelona, his life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads, 'I'm sorry - S' sets off real alarm bells. Adam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called The Celebrate and to a woman who disappeared in eerily similar circumstances. Adam must try to outwit a predator who seems to have found the perfect hunting ground....

Hun tror, at hun kender sandheden. Hun kan tro om... Det er ti år siden, Alison Smith forlod Dublin. Ti år siden hendes bedste veninde Liz blev offer for den berygtede Kanalmorder. Ti år siden Alisons verden brød sammen, da det viste sig, at det var hendes kæreste Will Hurley, der havde myrdet Liz og fire andre unge kvinder. Nu er endnu en ung kvindes lig blevet fisket op af Dublins kanaler. Drabsmetoden er den samme som dengang, men Will Hurley sidder indespærret på en retspsykiatrisk afdeling.

Final Draft, a psychological horror, being filmed at a house deep in a forest, miles from anywhere in the wintry wilds of West Cork. Former soap-star Adele Rafferty has stepped in to replace the original actress at the very last minute. She can’t help but hope that this opportunity will be her big break—and she knows she was lucky to get it, after what happened the last time she was on a set. Something isn’t quite right about Final Draft. When the strange goings-on in the script start to happen on set too, Adele begins to fear that the real horror lies off the page.

Gav hon sig av ... eller blev hon bortförd? Dagen då Adam Dunnes flickvän, Sarah, inte kommer tillbaka efter en jobbresa till Barcelona börjar hans perfekta liv att falla i spillror. Några dagar senare dyker hennes pass och en lapp med texten "Jag är ledsen - S" upp och larmklockorna börjar ringa på allvar. Han svär på att göra allt som krävs för att hitta henne.

Will Hurley var en tilldragande, charmig och högpresterande student vid elituniversitetet St John's i Dublin - och Irlands mest fruktade seriemördare. Efter att ha stalkat sina fem unga offer dränkte han dem i den stora kanalens leriga vatten. Will dömdes till livstid vid bara nitton års ålder och sitter inspärrad i Dublins centrala mentalsjukhus. Den nybakade studentskan Alison Smith flyttade till Dublin för att plugga vid St John's och föll snart handlöst för Will Hurtley. Hela hennes värld blommade upp.

Die perfekte Falle für einen grausamen Mörder. Mitten in der Nacht steigt eine junge Frau zu einem Mann ins Auto. Es ist genau das Horrorszenario, vor dem jede Frau gewarnt wird, und sie kennt die Gefahren nur zu gut. Aber sie hat keine andere Wahl. Während der Fahrt schwankt sie zwischen Angst und Erleichterung: Ist ihr Fahrer wirklich nur ein normaler, hilfsbereiter Mann - oder vielleicht doch ein Monster? Als er sie sicher zu Hause abliefert, ist klar, dass ihre Ängste unbegründet waren. Dafür schlägt die Enttäuschung zu. Denn sie ist auf der Suche nach einem Monster.