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Intermezzo

Rooney, Sally

8.300 Lesepunkte

  • From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Normal People, an exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family. Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common. Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties - successful, competent and apparently unassailable.

    But in the wake of their father's death, he's medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women - his enduring first love Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke. Ivan is a twenty-two-year-old competitive chess player. He has always seen himself as socially awkward, a loner, the antithesis of his glib elder brother.

    Now, in the early weeks of his bereavement, Ivan meets Margaret, an older woman emerging from her own turbulent past, and their lives become rapidly and intensely intertwined. For two grieving brothers and the people they love, this is a new interlude - a period of desire, despair and possibility - a chance to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.

    Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

    ISBN: 9780571365487

Here, and Only Here

Dabos, Christelle

10.700 Lesepunkte

  • Welcome to the School of Here, a peculiar place, full of codes and unspoken rules. When a first-year student vanishes; an outsider goes into exile and a tyrannical pupil meets his match, the students start a top-secret investigation into the unexplained phenomenon at the heart of it all. A novel that explores the difficulties of fitting in.


    ISBN:     9781787705302

Orbital

Harvey, Samantha

10.700 Lesepunkte

  • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024
    **THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**

    'A slim, profound study of intimate human fears set against epic vistas' GUARDIAN

    'Stunning. . . An uplifting book' SUNDAY TIMES

    Life on our planet as you've never seen it before

    A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.

    Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction.

    The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. So far from earth, they have never felt more part - or protective - of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?

    'Our unanimity about Orbital recognises its beauty and ambition. It reflects Harvey's extraordinary intensity of attention to the precious and precarious world we share' Edmund de Waal, Chair of the 2024 Booker Prize judges

    *A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, DAILY MAIL AND MAIL ON SUNDAY*


    ISBN:     9781529922936

The Safekeep van der

Wouden, Yael

11.300 Lesepunkte

  • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE
    * WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION
    WINNER OF THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION *

    Shortlisted for the 2025 Dylan Thomas Prize and Aspen Words Literary Prize - A Best Book of 2024: The New York Times, The WashingtonPost, Los Angeles Times, Time, The Economist, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Kirkus Reviews, The Independent, BookPage, The Sunday Times (London)

    "Remarkable. . . Compelling. . . Fine and taut. . . Indelible." -The New York Times - "Moving, unnerving, and deeply sexy." -Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with the Pearl Earring - "A brilliant debut, as multi-faceted as a gem." -Kirkus Reviews

    A "razor-sharp, perfectly plotted" (The Sunday Times, London) tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961-a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.

    A house is a precious thing. . .

    It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be-led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season.

    Eva is Isabel's antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn't. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when things start disappearing around the house-a spoon, a knife, a bowl-Isabel's suspicions begin to spiral. In the sweltering peak of summer, Isabel's paranoia gives way to infatuation, leading to a discovery that unravels all Isabel has ever known. The war might not be well and truly over after all, and neither Eva-nor the house in which they live-are what they seem.

    Mysterious, sophisticated, sensual, and infused with intrigue, atmosphere, and sex, The Safekeep is "a brave and thrilling debut about facing up to the truth of history, and to one's own desires" (The Guardian).

    ISBN: 9781668034354

romance

Rewind It Back

Tomforde, Liz

10.700 Lesepunkte

  • IT'S TIME FOR THE FINAL INSTALMENT IN THE WINDY CITY SERIES, AND READERS ARE ALREADY OBSESSED. . .

    'Feeling too emotional to write a review so check back in 24 hours once I've stopped dry heaving over the fact that this is over' _____
    '10/10, infinity stars, 100% flawless. Surpassed all my wildest dreams, broke me in a hundred ways and re-made me every single time' _____
    'Everything I never knew I needed' _____
    'All the freaking stars! ! ! ! I'm so emotional right now thinking about the fact that this is the final book in the Windy City series . . . absolute perfection' _____
    'HOLY MOLY THIS BOOK OWNS ME. . . Could not have ended this series more perfectly' _____
    'It's currently 3am and I'm crying because this series is over. Nothing will ever compare. Nothing' _____
    'The easiest 5 stars I've ever given' _____
    'I am utterly wrecked in the best way and will be thinking about this book for months' _____

    HALLIE

    When I was eleven, my family moved next door to his.
    When I was thirteen, he was my first crush.
    When I was sixteen, we fell for each other.

    And when I was nineteen, we broke each other's hearts.

    Six years later, I've landed an internship with a big-name interior designer in a new city. Unfortunately, that city just so happens to be the one he plays hockey for.

    I thought Chicago was big enough to avoid him, until I get the surprise of a lifetime and unknowingly move in right next door. Even worse? The renovation project I'm assigned to in hopes of turning that internship into my full-time dream job. . .

    It's his house.

    But how am I supposed to update his bachelor pad into a family home when we can't even stand to be in the same room?

    I may have loved Rio DeLuca once, but I'm not that same girl anymore.

    RIO

    I never thought I'd be the only single one left in my friend group. But after years of trying to find love, I've concluded it may not exist for me anymore.

    That is, until I accidentally hire Hallie Hart to renovate my house and our jaded history has me rewinding memories I've kept secret for years.

    You see, there's something that my friends don't know.

    That connection I've been looking for since I moved to Chicago, that one person some search their entire lives to find . . . I had already found her when I was twelve years old.

    And now the only girl I've ever loved is moving into the house next door.

    Again.

    Rewind It Back is the fifth and FINAL book in the sensational Windy City series which has gripped over a million readers across the world. But don't worry if you're new round here, you'll still love it as a standalone!

    __ ONLY IN THE PAPERBACK: Includes an exclusive SNEAK PEEK of Liz Tomforde's new sports romance, featuring Emmett (Monty) Montgomery and Reese Remington __


    ISBN:     9781399746427

Wild Card

Silver, Elsie

11.500 Lesepunkte

  • Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot as hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands.

    It's the perfect combination. But unfortunately for me, he's also my ex-boyfriend's dad.

    A chance meeting brought us together and a missed connection has kept us apart.

    One year later, a stroke of fate has us living under the same roof-which makes everything between us downright messy.

    Because even after all this time, he's still the man I think about when I fall asleep. The one I can't get over no matter how hard I try.

    He's working on mending a fragile relationship with his son and we both know acting on these urges would be the ultimate betrayal.

    But I see the heat in his eyes. That look of need that never fails to send a shiver down my spine.

    The mutual longing is borderline unbearable and the simmering heat between us is downright palpable.

    We both know there are rules when it comes to situations like this.

    But then again...following the rules never has been my strong suit.


    ISBN:     9780349441696

The Same Backward as Forward

Barnes, Jennifer Lynn

12.100 Lesepunkte

  • #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes delivers a star-crossed, enemies-to-lovers, tragic love story like no other! Read her side of the story, then flip the book over to experience their love anew through his eyes in this lushly designed deluxe novel that you can read backward or forward.

    Hannah Rooney knows how to be invisible. At twenty, she keeps her head down and her eyes open, and so far, she’s managed to avoid being pulled into the dealings of her notorious criminal family. Hannah lives her life in countdown mode, biding her time in nursing school as she waits for her beloved sister, Kaylie, to turn eighteen so Hannah can get them both far, far away from Rockaway Watch and start a new life. 
      
    Tobias Hawthorne II acts every inch the entitled heir that he is. As the only son of one of the country's richest men, there isn't a door that isn't open to him. Yet behind his razor sharp cheekbones and devil-may-care attitude, Toby is guarding a nest of deadly secrets and a fiery anger fierce enough to burn everything in his path. 
      
    Their lives collide in one tragic, stormy night, where an act of arson and nature leave Kaylie and two others dead and Toby just barely alive—with no memory of who he is. The fisherman who pulls him from the ocean enlists Hannah to help save the very person who she knows took away her sister. Fueled by her hatred, Hannah is determined to deny Toby's death wish by keeping him alive. He is the last person that she should ever develop feelings for, and she is the first thing he ever remembers seeing.
     
    Some things cannot happen—and some things cannot be stopped.
     
    *Hannah’s side of the story was previously published as a novella in Games Untold

    *Reading them all? The ideal reading order is: The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne, Games Untold, The Grandest Game, Glorious Rivals, and The Same Backward as Forward. 
     
    *Looking for more unputdownable reads from Jennifer Lynn Barnes? Check out The Naturals series (The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, and the enovella, Twelve), The Debutantes duet (Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals), and The Lovely and the Lost.


    ISBN:     9780316597128

Claiming 10

Walsh, Chloe

12.700 Lesepunkte

  • Releasing 10 is an epic and unforgettable love story in the international bestselling and TikTok-phenomenon The Boys of Tommen series, from Chloe Walsh.

    The power and pain of first love has never been more deeply felt than in Chloe Walsh's extraordinary stories about the irresistible Boys of Tommen, which will give you the ultimate book hangover.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    A love that couldn't be broken, except by the truth.

    Lizzie Young has always felt she was too much everything. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at a young age, she's never fit in with her family, her friends, her community. Lizzie wants to be accepted and understood, but with few people in her corner, she's carried her burdens and her trauma on her own.

    But when she meets a kind boy on the school bus, things start to look bright for the first time in her life . . .
    Hugh Biggs has an old soul and the wisdom of someone far beyond his years. A young man with a sharp mind and a firm code of ethics, he sees something in Lizzie Young that he can't resist. He wants to be her everything and shoulder her burden. And Lizzie wants that too.

    Lizzie and Hugh's bond seems unbreakable - their chemistry is electric, their love is potent, and their connection is soul deep - but even the truest love can be shaken by forces beyond control.

    Warning: Releasing 10 tackles several sensitive topics, including childhood abuse, sexual trauma, self-harm, and suicide. It includes explicit sexual content and graphic violence. Reader discretion is advised.
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    Want more of The Boys of Tommen? Read all of the series so far:
    Binding 13
    Keeping 13
    Saving 6
    Redeeming 6
    Taming 7

    ISBN:     9780349439341

fantasy

A Theory of Dreaming

Reid, Ava

10.700 Lesepunkte

  • Return to the immersive, lush, and dreamlike world of the instantly bestselling dark academia fantasy A Study in Drowning as the aftermath of their first discovery pulls Effy and Preston on a final adventure and brings their haunting love story to its end in this stunning sequel and final book in the duology.

    All stories come to an end.

    Effy learned that when she defeated the Fairy King. Even though she may never know exactly what happened at Hiraeth, she is free of her nightmares and is able to pen a thesis with Preston on the beloved national fairy tale Angharad. She has finally earned a spot at the literature college, making her the first woman in history to enroll.

    But some dreams are dangerous, especially when they come true. The entire university-and soon the entire nation-is waiting for her to fail. With the Fairy King defeated and Myrddin's legacy exposed, Effy can no longer escape into fantasy. Who is she without her stories?

    With Effy under threat, Preston is surprised to discover a rage simmering inside him, ringing in his ears like bells. He begins to dream of a palace under the sea, a world where he is king-visions that start to follow him even in waking.

    As the war between Llyr and Argant explodes, Effy and Preston find themselves caught in the crossfire: Effy losing her dreams and Preston losing himself in his.

    Are dreams ever truly just dreams?

    ISBN: 9780063450301

Hazelthorn

Drews, C. G.

11.500 Lesepunkte

  • Knives Out meets Belladonna in this gorgeously gothic queer YA horror and dark romance about an inherited estate, murderous relatives, and a garden with a taste for blood, from the New York Times bestselling author of Don't Let the Forest In and The Boy Who Steals Houses.

    Sixteen-year-old Evander lives like a ghost in the forgotten corners of the Hazelthorn Estate, taken in by his reclusive billionaire grandfather when he was a child after his older siblings tried to kill him.  

    When his grandfather dies, Evander inherits the entirety of his estate. There's just one catch: he must choose a guardian from his scheming, backstabbing relatives to care for Hazelthorn until he turns eighteen. All of them are suspects in his grandfather's murder and Evander is forced to enlist the help of the gardener's daughter, his childhood enemy, to solve it.

    But as his family's dark secrets unravel, Hazelthorn's garden is overgrowing. Vicious vines crawl through the house, moss bleeds though the walls, and poisonous mushrooms flourish beneath the floorboards. Evander needs to find out what he's really inheriting before the garden demands to be fed.


    ISBN:     9781444983326

Katabasis (Standard Edition)

Kuang, R. F.

13.100 Lesepunkte

  • Dante's Inferno meets Susanna Clarke's Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor's soul-perhaps at the cost of their own.

    Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek:

    The story of a hero's descent to the underworld

    Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality: her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world.

    That is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault.

    Grimes is now in Hell, and she's going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams. . . .

    Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the very same conclusion.

    With nothing but the tales of Orpheus and Dante to guide them, enough chalk to draw the Pentagrams necessary for their spells, and the burning desire to make all the academic trauma mean anything, they set off across Hell to save a man they don't even like.

    But Hell is not like the storybooks say, Magick isn't always the answer, and there's something in Alice and Peter's past that could forge them into the perfect allies. . . or lead to their doom.


    ISBN:     9780063455245

The Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk

Broadbent, Carissa

14.000 Lesepunkte

  • The instant number 1 Sunday Times bestseller!Mische made the ultimate sacrifice to save those she loves - and plunged the world into an eternal night. Now, imprisoned by the gods and obsessed with revenge, Asar is desperate to find her again.

    When a goddess offers them a final path to redemption - and back to each other - Asar and Mische embark on an extraordinary mission. Together, they must seize the power of the god of death so that Asar can do the impossible: ascend to true divinity.

    Their journey will take them through mortal and immortal realms, alongside both old friends and ruthless enemies. But, as the underworld teeters on the brink of collapse and the gods prepare for a war, Asar and Mische must decide what they are willing to sacrifice for the power to defy death. In a game of vengeful gods and ancient betrayals, there are some debts that even love may not be able to repay.

    The Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk is the stunning, heart-pounding sequel to The Songbird and the Heart of Stone and the second book in the Shadowborn Duet (Book 4 in the Crowns of Nyaxia) from Sunday Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent.

    Readers are obsessed . . .
    'A perfect, utterly devastating conclusion'
    'I loved every minute of it!'
    'Searingly romantic'
    'Did I finish the book or did the book finish me?'

    ISBN: 9781035051656

The Society of Unknowable Objects

Brown, Gareth

14.800 Lesepunkte

  • From the author of the internationally bestselling The Book of Doors, another fantastical, stand-alone novel in which a trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects-ordinary items with extraordinary properties.

    The world of unknowable objects-magical items that most people have no idea possess powers-has been quiet for decades, but the three current members of a secret society have remained watchful, meeting every six months in the basement of a bookshop in London. They are pledged to protect their archive of magical items hidden away, safe from the outside world-and the world safe from them. But when Frank Simpson, the longest-standing member of the Society of Unknowable Objects, hears of a new artifact coming to light in Hong Kong, he sends Magda Sparks-author by day and newest member-to investigate.

    Within hours of arriving in Hong Kong, Magda is facing death and danger, confronted by a professional killer who seems to know all about unknowable objects, specifically one that was stolen from him a decade before. Magda is forced to flee, using an artifact that not even the rest of the Society knows about.

    Returning to London, Magda learns hers is not the only secret being kept from the other two members. And that the most pernicious secret is about the nature of the Society's mission. Her discoveries will lead her on a perilous journey, across the Atlantic to the deep south of the United States, now in pursuit of not an unknowable object, but an unknowable person: the professional killer she first faced in Hong Kong. In doing so, Magda begins to understand that there are even more in the world who are chasing these magical items, and that her own family's legacy is tied up in keeping all these secrets under wraps.

    Magic has always been too powerful to reveal to the world. But Magda will learn there might be something even more powerful:

    The truth.

    ISBN: 9780063447936

Wings of Starlight

Saft, Allison

17.100 Lesepunkte

  • AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND #1 INDIE BESTSELLER!

    A Kids' Indie Next Pick
    BookPage Most Anticipated YA Books of 2025 selection
    Goodreads Most Anticipated Releases of 2025 selection

    Brimming with magic and romance, a young fairy queen must form an unlikely alliance or risk an unspeakable danger destroying all she holds dear in this fantasy adventure from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft.

    “ Enchanting and achingly romantic. Readers will feel as if they’ ve stepped right into Pixie Hollow. ” — Sasha Peyton Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Witch Haven

    It’ s been centuries since a warm-season fairy in Pixie Hollow has crossed into the Winter Woods, and while most fear the legends of monsters lurking in the frozen lands, Clarion, can’ t help being intrigued by Winter’ s stoic beauty. But under the watchful eyes of the current monarch and the court's seasonal ministers, Clarion has little time to dwell on daydreams while the days to her coronation dwindle away.  

    That is, until reports of a monster crossing from Winter into Spring make their way to the palace. Clarion sees defeating this threat as an opportunity to prove that she is worthy of her new role. But instead of finding a monster at the edge of Winter, she finds Milori, a young guardian of the Winter Woods. Together, they form an unlikely bond as they race to save their lands.      

    But as their alliance warms to something more, they will discover there is a reason a warm-season fairy and a winter fairy must not be together. And the cost could be just as deadly as the monsters that prowl the Winter Woods.

    Discover the origin of the sweeping, star-crossed romance between the queen of Pixie Hollow and the lord of the Winter Woods.

    ISBN: 9781368098458

thriller/crime

Nobody's Fool

Coben, Harlan

9.600 Lesepunkte

  • Dark secrets from former Detective Sami Kierce's past comes back to haunt him in the unmissable new thriller from the global No. 1 bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once.


    *THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

    'A tense, suspenseful and action-packed thriller' Independent
    'I couldn't put it down' Lauren Laverne, BBC The One Show
    'Unbelievably brilliant' Richard Osman
    __________
    The present day is hard enough for former Detective Sami Kierce, but his past isn't through with him yet. . .

    Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There's a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He begins to scream - and then he runs.

    Twenty two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is a new father who's working off his debts by teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes a familiar face at the back of the classroom. Anna. It's unmistakably her. But as soon as he makes eye contact with her, she bolts.
    For Kierce there is no choice. He knows he must find this woman and solve the impossible mystery that has haunted his every waking moment since that terrible day.
    His investigation will bring him face-to-face with his past. Soon he discovers that some secrets should stay buried. . .
    __________
    Readers are loving Nobody's Fool:

    'I was hooked right from the start!' 5-star reader review

    'Compelling, addictive, and seriously electric' 5-star reader review

    'Jaw-dropping' 5-star reader review

    'A heart-pounding thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat' 5-star reader review

    'This story is genius! So clever and so addictive' 5-star reader review

    'I couldn't put this one down! ' 5-star reader review

    'Coben is a master' 5-star reader review

    'Epic! ' 5-star reader review

    'Highly addictive and entertaining' 5-star reader review

    'A twisty thriller, packed full of suspense, drama and mystery' 5-star reader review

    Praise for Harlan Coben:

    A GREAT writer' JOHN GRISHAM

    'Never lets you down' LEE CHILD

    'Simply one of the all-time greats' GILLIAN FLYNN

    'The modern master of the hook and twist' DAN BROWN

    'One of the world's finest thriller writers' PETER JAMES

    'I love Harlan Coben. I've read all his books' BILL NIGHY

    'My favourite thriller writer ever' REESE WITHERPOON


    ISBN:     9781804943434

Hemlock House

Cotugno, Katie

10.800 Lesepunkte

  • Lies, secrets, and louche living collide when a college student is found dead and everyone is a suspect— ​ and potential next victim.

    More than a year after childhood friends Michael Linden and Holiday  Poirot  solved a headline-making murder on Martha’ s Vineyard, Linden is ready to start over as a freshman at Harvard— and, he hopes, to reunite with his old girlfriend, Greer. But just as things start to heat up between them, a friend is found dead in Greer’ s dorm, Hemlock House.

    The police believe the death is the result of an overdose, but Linden suspects there’ s more to the story. The victim was wearing Greer’ s clothes and sleeping in Greer’ s bed when she died . . . and Greer has a long list of enemies. It makes Linden wonder: Was this a case of mistaken identity? Was someone trying to kill Greer? Is she in danger? Is he?

    Nearly everyone on campus has something to hide— and some mysteries are better left buried. . . .


    ISBN:     9780593433355

The Boyfriend

McFadden, Freida

10.800 Lesepunkte

  • THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*

    A twisting psychological thriller from the author of The Coworker and The Housemaid.

    Once again, Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest - and shows readers why her books continue to go viral on TikTok.

    ***

    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 profiles, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. Until she meets Tom.

    Tom 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 has Tom, the man 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 get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim. . .

    A dark crime thriller about obsession and the things we'll do for love, this page-turning murder mystery will have you hooked through every twist and turn.

    Tropes:
    Psychological
    Mystery Thriller
    Suspense
    Serial Stalker
    Gaslighting

    Also by Freida McFadden:
    The Housemaid is Watching
    The Perfect Son
    The Coworker
    The Locker Door
    Never Lie
    The Teacher
    The Inmate
    One by One

    *The Boyfriend made the Sunday Times Bestsellers list in October 2024


    ISBN:     9781464221408

Secret of Secrets

Brown, Dan

19.500 Lesepunkte

  • The world s most celebrated thriller writer returns with his most stunning novel yet a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do.

    Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a groundbreaking lecture by Katherine Solomon a prominent noetic scientist with whom he has recently begun a relationship. Katherine is on the verge of publishing an explosive book that contains startling discoveries about the nature of human consciousness and threatens to disrupt centuries of established belief. But a brutal murder catapults the trip into chaos, and Katherine suddenly disappears along with her manuscript. Langdon finds himself targeted by a powerful organization and hunted by a chilling assailant sprung from Prague s most ancient mythology. As the plot expands into London and New York, Langdon desperately searches for Katherine . . . and for answers. In a thrilling race through the dual worlds of futuristic science and mystical lore, he uncovers a shocking truth about a secret project that will forever change the way we think about the human mind.


    ISBN:     9780385546898

younger readers

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)

Riordan, Rick

8.600 Lesepunkte

  • Als Mrs. Dodds, die neue Mathelehrerin, sich in eine stinkende Furie verwandelt und fauchend über ihn herfällt, ahnt Percy schon, dass hier irgendwas nicht stimmt. Und dass er sich schleunigst aus dem Staub machen muss. Auf der Flucht bringt er noch schnell den gefährlichen Minotaurus zur Strecke - dann gelangt er ins Camp der Halbblüter, wo die Kinder der Götter leben. Alles Halbgötter natürlich. Und Percy erfährt, dass er der Sohn des Poseidon ist. Große Aufgaben warten auf ihn: Er soll herausfinden, wer den Blitz des Zeus gestohlen hat. Gemeinsam mit Athenes Tochter Annabeth und dem Satyr Grover macht Percy sich auf die abenteuerliche Suche. Die Zeit läuft den dreien davon, denn sie wissen: Wenn ihre Mission fehlschlägt, droht ein Krieg unter den Göttern. . .

    ISBN: 9780141346809

From the World of Percy Jackson: Rhe Court of

Riordan, Rick

9.000 Lesepunkte

  • A BRAND-NEW ADVENTURE FROM THE WORLD OF PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS

    From #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan and award-winning author Mark Oshiro comes a new adventure featuring two of the most popular characters from the world of Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

    It's been three months since demigod boyfriends Nico di Angelo and Will Solace returned from Tartarus, and there hasn't been a single quest for them in all that time. So, when Nico's half sister Hazel asks them to come to Camp Jupiter to help with an 'issue', Nico shadow-jumps at the chance to do something.

    What Hazel didn't tell the boys is that she's providing a haven for a group of monsters who've escaped the Underworld! Apparently, during Nico and Will's trip to the Underworld, they showed the monsters that they don't have to be evil - that the monsters have options.

    But then the monsters start disappearing from the camp and it's clear a dark force is at work - and Nico, Will and Hazel are shocked to find that they're connected to it . . .


    Return to the World of Percy Jackson in the best-selling, brand-new adventure featuring the original hero in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess - out now!


    ISBN:     9780241731413

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 20 Partyhopper

Kinney, Jeff

10.100 Lesepunkte

  • It's Wimpy Kid Greg's birthday - and you're invited to the chaos. In Partypooper, the 20th book in Jeff Kinney's global smash-hit Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Greg Heffley is planning the ultimate party - for himself.

    But when the guest list grows, the decorations flop, and the surprises backfire, this birthday bash turns into a total blowout-just not the kind Greg had in mind.

    Packed with cake disasters, family fiascos, and laugh out loud Wimpy Kid fun, this book is perfect for readers ages 8-12.


    Collect all the books in the #1 bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series:     Diary of a Wimpy Kid (#1) | Rodrick Rules (#2) | The Last Straw (#3) | Dog Days (#4) | The Ugly Truth (#5) | Cabin Fever (#6) | The Third Wheel (#7) | Hard Luck (#8) | The Long Haul (#9) | Old School (#10) | Double Down (#11) | The Getaway (#12) | The Meltdown (#13) | Wrecking Ball (#14) | The Deep End (#15) | Big Shot (#16) | Diper Överlöde (#17) | No Brainer (#18) | Hot Mess (#19) | Partypooper (#20)

    See the Wimpy Kid World in a whole new way with the #1 bestselling Awesome Friendly books, told from the perspective of Greg Heffley's best friend Rowley Jefferson: Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal | Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure | Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories

    ISBN: 9780241745168

The Book of Bill

Hirsch, Alex

19.500 Lesepunkte

  • The instant #1 New York Times bestseller!

    Did you miss him? Admit it, you missed him.

    The demon that terrorized Gravity Falls is back from the great beyond to finally tell his side of the story in The Book of Bill, written by none other than Bill Cipher himself.

    Inside, Bill sheds light on his bizarre origins, his sinister effects on human history, the Pines family s most embarrassing secrets, and the key to overthrowing the world (laid out in a handy step-by-step guide). This chaotic and beautifully illustrated tome contains baffling riddles, uncrackable ciphers, lost Journal 3 pages, ways to cheat death, the meaning of life, and a whole chapter on Silly Straws. But most importantly, The Book of Bill is deeply, deeply cursed.

    Alex Hirsch, #1 New York Times bestselling author, resuscitates this infamous villain and invites fans to a Bill s eye view of the Gravity Falls universe. There are many who believe this book is too dangerous for human hands. But if you can t resist, just know this: Once you make a deal with Bill, it s not so easily undone . . .

    Beware: This book travels to dimensions meant for older readers.

    ISBN: 9781368092203

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