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In alten Kellerhallen, in denen der Techno die noch von der Gewalt des letzten Jahrhunderts gezeichneten Wände zum Beben bringt, trifft die 19-jährige Nila auf Gleichgesinnte. Man legt die Lines, während man den Sozialismus predigt, und für Nila ist dieser dunkle Massenkörper der Ausweg aus dem Berliner Plattenbau, in dem wie sie nur Geflüchtete leben, wo die Toiletten von Silberfischen befallen und die Wände mit Hakenkreuzen beschmiert sind.

“An exhilarating debut novel” (R.O. Kwon, The New York Times Book Review) about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of self-discovery—a portrait of the artist as a young woman set in a Berlin that can’t escape its history A girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she can’t...

WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 Good for a Girl is a joyful love letter to the running life, a raw personal narrative of growth and change, and gives voice to the often-silent experience of the...

Silvester 1999. Vier Mädchen werden bei der Arbeit in einer Videothek überfallen; nur eines lässt der Killer am Leben. 15 Jahre später werden in derselben Kleinstadt drei Jugendliche während ihrer Nachtschicht in einer Eisdiele erstochen, und erneut verschont der Täter die Vierte von ihnen. Auch ihr flüstert er seinen Abschiedsgruß ins Ohr: "Good night, pretty girl." Nach dem ersten Fall hatte die Polizei rasch einen Verdächtigen, den Freund eines der Opfer. Doch der junge Mann konnte fliehen und ist seither verschwunden.

WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION GOLD DAGGER AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2020 Don't miss the next electrifying Cyrus Haven thriller - When She Was Good, the Richard & Judy Book Club Pick for Summer 2021, is out now. 'A gripping and eerie read. You won't be able to look away' Karin...

Jack St. Claire is desperate. A grieving single father, he buries himself in his work—running a brand-new kink club in Paris. Instead of handling his grief, he’s built a fortress around his heart, and it’s time he hired someone to help him take care of his daughter before things get worse. Camille Aubert wasn’t looking for a new job. She just wanted to return a lost love letter she’d found within the pages of a book. But when she’s mistaken for a job candidate and hired as Jack’s live-in nanny, something tells her this is exactly where she needs to be.

From Sara Shepard, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, comes the shocking sequel to The Perfectionists—with an ending you’ll have to read to believe! Mackenzie, Ava, Caitlin, Julie, and Parker have done some not-so-perfect things. But even though they all...

One of Us Is Lying meets Sadie in this twisty, feminist thriller for the Me Too era. The troublemaker. The overachiever. The cheer captain. The dead girl. Like every high school in America, Jefferson-Lorne High contains all of the above. After the shocking murder of senior Emma Baines, three of...

A BEST BOOK OF 2023 IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN AND WALL STREET JOURNAL From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass, comes a searing memoir about her experience with anorexia, and her long journey to full recovery. From the ages of fourteen to seventeen, Freeman lived in psychiatric...

A masterly and agenda-setting inquest into how the deaths of two teenage girls shone a light into the darkest corners of a nation. Katra Sadatgani. A tiny village in western Uttar Pradesh. A community bounded by tradition and custom; where young women are watched closely, and know what is expected of them. It was an ordinary night when two girls, Padma and Lalli, went missing. The next day, their bodies were found - hanging in the orchard, their clothes muddied.

When Ailsa Field uproots her family to Norfolk, she's determined a change of scene will fix all their problems. Then the Fairports move in next door, and Ailsa is terrified their influence will damage her family's new start. But for teenagers Romy and Jay, none of that matters. But when Romy decides to help Jay, what starts as an innocent plan quickly threatens to destroy the Field family forever....

Samantha Jameson finds herself washed up on Siren Island - well, if she was to be honest with herself, more like worn-out, defeated, and dead tired. Her whole life has been spent playing by the rules, and for what? An empty apartment, a career with no upward movement, and one failed relationship after another. When it all blows up in her face, what’s a girl to do but book a last-minute trip to the ridiculously named Laughing Mermaid Bed & Breakfast on an unknown speck of an island in the Caribbean?

A Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Economist LONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026 'This book reads like a spy novel' FINANICAL TIMES 'Entertaining and vivid' OBSERVER...

"Stephanie Racine's talented narration helps create an atmospheric backdrop for this dark mystery.... Her timing helps the tension build as the events head to a revealing climax." —AudioFile on Daisy Darker Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Our...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER · SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER · A BRENDA NOVAK BOOK GROUP PICK · GLOSS BOOK CLUB PICK · THE GIRLFRIEND BOOK CLUB PICK · A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 (SheReads) · Margaret never really meant to start a book club . . . or a feminist revolution, for that matter in this...

Die neue Nachbarin von nebenan? Sie ist atemberaubend, aber für mich tabu. Ich bin kein Freund von festen Beziehungen. Das habe ich schon hinter mir und lasse mir mein Herz nicht noch einmal crashen. Doch dann bittet mich Rebecca um einen ganz speziellen Gefallen. Und ich bin der perfekte Mann für diesen Job! Schließlich sind wir nur zwei Freunde, die Spaß haben. Was kann da schon schiefgehen? Eigentlich war mein Leben ganz anders geplant.

Eine Kirche. Hier muss mich doch jemand vor den bewaffneten Verrückten beschützen, die hinter mir her sind, oder? Als ich hektisch die großen Flügeltüren aufstoße, löscht der Windstoß einen Großteil der flackernden Kerzenflammen. Der Regen, der mein Brautkleid durchtränkt hat, tropft auf den Steinboden. Dann sehe ich den Priester vor dem Altar. Er hat ein blutiges Rasiermesser in der Hand. Vor ihm auf dem Boden liegt ein regungsloser Körper. Offensichtlich bin ich nicht die Einzige, die ihre Sünden beichten muss.

Gabriella Jacobson has one goal for her freshman year of college: get Matthew Cory to fall in love with her. Luckily for Gabby, her best friend Ben attends the same college on a music scholarship. He is the perfect resource—girls love him, and he's more experienced with relationships than she is, since she's never had a boyfriend. When Gabby panics before her first date with Matt, she begs Ben to show her how to kiss. But Ben has a secret, one he's been keeping from Gabby for years. He's in love with her.

My mom instilled all the right values in me. I'm hard-working, loyal, and kind. I'm inexperienced at twenty-three years old… Until I walk into three separate lecture halls, and three different professors catch my eye. Derek teaches modern literature and is under investigation by the board… But all I can think about is his chiseled, clean-shaven jaw and how his inner calmness must make him very passionate behind closed doors. Samuel is the bad boy in my trio, a professor of ethics and morals… He's also the one who noticed me right away, kickstarting his gentle obsession with my well-being.

The last 60 years of dietary advice, warning women to avoid fat, have actually worsened women’s health. If you’re approaching menopause, in menopause, or are interested in improving your health naturally, here is a book that explains the history of menopause, the evolutionary benefits of this life event, and how to eat the right foods to help you enjoy what should be the longest and most fulfilling part of your life.