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Lauren komt thuis van haar verlovingsfeestje. Het was een fantastische avond, ondanks dat haar beste vriendin Sienna niet kwam opdagen. Maar als ze thuiskomt zijn alle lichten uit en is het doodstil. Waar is haar verloofde Robbie?

Five years ago I buried my husband. Today I saw him with his new wife. ‘Thank you for agreeing to be our wedding planner. Theo is on his way,’ Madison says as we meet to plan her dream wedding. The moment her fiancé enters the room, a newborn baby in his arms, my whole world shifts and I grab hold of my desk to stop myself from falling.

A young woman falls from a vehicle speeding down a quiet road. Battered and bruised, she turns her head to the person who comes to her aid. ‘Help her’, she whispers before her eyes close. Days later, the body of another young girl is found in a shallow grave just a few miles away. The similarities between the two girls are startling, same age, same frail body, same shocking red hair.

Melissa Sanderson is the perfect wife and mother. She dotes on her daughter and lives in her dream home in a quiet cul-de-sac in the suburbs. But looks can be deceiving. Something is amiss in that house - all the neighbors think so. Some say Melissa is having an affair. Others say she’s been drinking too much. Then one night, sirens wake up the whole neighborhood. Melissa Sanderson is dead.

Deborah Jenkins pulls her coat around her as she sets out on her short walk home in the pouring rain. But she never makes it home that night. And she is never seen again.

Four years later, an abandoned baby girl is found wrapped in dirty rags on a doorstep. An anonymous phone call urges the police to run a DNA test on the baby. But nobody is prepared for the results. The newborn belongs to Deborah. She’s still alive.

Church Road is a quiet corner of suburbia where happy families play in the local park and neighbors smile as they pass in the street. But behind the bright red door of number eight lies the body of Billie Reeves, a young mum who just took her last breath.

Kerstin is wide awake. While her family sleeps around her, the devastating secret her husband just told her is spinning through her mind. Does she really know the man she married? And are her children still safe in this small town? Fans of Angela Marsons, Cara Hunter and Clare Mackintosh will love this utterly gripping crime novel. Her Dying Wish will keep you up all night!

Na het lovend ontvangen Stil maar verschijnt nu de tweede thriller met rechercheur Gina Harte in de hoofdrol. Het enige geluid in huis waren zijn voetstappen in de gang. Zodra hij het licht had aangeknipt, zag hij het bloedspoor over de vloer. Zijn hart begon te bonzen terwijl hij langs het bloed naar de keuken sloop. 'Melissa?' Hij legde zijn oor tegen de keukendeur.Melissa Sanderson leek het perfecte leven te hebben: een heerlijk gezin en een prachtig huis in een rustige buitenwijk. Nu is ze dood en vertoont haar gewurgde lichaam bewijs van eerdere verwondingen.

Five-year-old Cally waits in her pretty pink bedroom for the sound of the front door opening and her mother’s sweet voice in the hall. But when the doorbell finally rings and Cally creeps out of bed to peer through the banister, a large man in uniform is all she sees. Her mother is missing....

Deborah Jenkins trekt haar jas aan en stapt de stromende regen in, op weg naar huis. Ze zal er nooit aankomen. In plaats daarvan wordt ze gedrogeerd en een busje in getrokken. Ze wordt wakker in een ijskoude, aardedonkere kamer, met een ketting om haar enkel die is vastgezet in de muur. Hier zal ze de komende vier jaar blijven. Detective Gina Harte kent de zaak van Deborah Jenkins van buiten. De jonge moeder verdween spoorloos en maanden van intensief politieonderzoek leidden tot niets. Deborah wordt al jaren dood gewaand.

Following a piece of old rope, the girls find a large mound of freshly laid earth, undisturbed in the darkness of the trees. Clawing at the ground beneath them, they make contact with something solid. When they realize what they’ve discovered, the silence is broken by their piercing screams as they stare down at the shallow grave. Without looking back, they run as fast as they can, failing to spot the person nearby watching their every move….

Marissa lives alone in her tiny one-bed apartment. It’s quiet and safe; all she’s ever wanted since the night her mother was killed in front of her. But when the police knock on her door with the news that her last remaining family member has been murdered, she comes face-to-face with the trauma she has spent a lifetime running from.

Susan Wheeler is a devoted mother. She would do anything for her three children. She drops them off and picks them up every single day. Until one day when Susan kisses them goodbye and then never comes to pick them up. Susan’s mother, Mary, is worried. Susan’s sister, Clare, is furious. As the hours turn into days, even Clare becomes fearful for Susan. And, when Mary discovers Susan’s diary, she begins to uncover a dark secret from her childhood. Something no one in the family knew.

Dressed in a sage green bridesmaid dress, and smiling for pictures, Holly is the happiest she’s ever been. Hours later, Holly is dead. People love to hate Holly Long. Smart, beautiful, and a woman who men find it hard to say no to, she’s the town’s most gossiped-about resident. Now Holly’s body lies in her hotel room, strangled at her best friend’s wedding party. And the gossip has stopped, because nobody wants to look like they did it.

Amber applies a dash of red lipstick and checks herself out in the mirror before heading out on a date. ‘Don’t wait up!’ she calls to her housemates as she leaves. But Amber never returns home that night. Amber Slater is never seen again.

She races home, her young son clasped tightly to her chest, glancing over her shoulder at every face she passes. She reaches the safety of her home, closing the door behind her. Little does she know the danger that awaits her inside… When local vicar, Sally, packs away the brightly coloured toys and dog-eared books left over from a morning parent and toddler group, her heart pounds as she discovers a note left behind.

Carla Kovach veroverde met detective Gina Harte binnen een paar maanden een trouw publiek. Een jonge vrouw valt uit een busje dat met hoge snelheid over een afgelegen weg raast. Haar lichaam is gekneusd en beurs en met haar laatste kracht wendt ze zich tot de persoon die haar te hulp schiet. "Help haar," fluistert ze voordat ze haar ogen voorgoed sluit. Een paar dagen later wordt in een ondiep graf, slechts enkele kilometers verderop, het lichaam van een ander meisje gevonden. De gelijkenissen tussen de twee meisjes zijn verontrustend - dezelfde leeftijd, hetzelfde fragiele lichaam en tot slot dat felrode haar.

I can’t trust anything Cain says. Desperate for answers, I agree to meet Charlotte in secret. But it’s Charlotte who is full of questions: about our lives, our relationship. It’s only when she lets slip the name of the road I used to live on, that I realize how much she knows about me, too. Cold fear floods through my body. My husband may not have told the truth, but his lies are nothing compared to mine. If Charlotte knows my darkest secret, my whole life could fall apart. How far will I have to go to keep the truth hidden?

Na een geslaagd feestje loopt Samantha in haar eentje door een drukke straat naar huis, een route waar ze normaal gesproken slechts tien minuten over doet. Ze komt nooit thuis aan. Zeven jaar na haar verdwijning, op de dag waarop ze haar drieëndertigste verjaardag had moeten vieren, ontvangt haar beste vriendin Diane een brief die geadresseerd is aan Samantha. Als Diane de envelop opent, haalt ze er een verjaardagskaart uit, en een vingernagel, gelakt in een oudroze kleur: dezelfde kleur die Samantha altijd droeg. De politie laat de nagel onderzoeken, maar hij blijkt niet van Samantha.

Opening the door to her new home, Libby can’t believe she can afford such a beautiful place. As her new landlord follows her into the bright, open living room, watching her every more, she feels so lucky she spotted the ad online. Days later, Libby is woken by the sound of her neighbors arguing through the wall. As she listens to their angry words, she swears she hears her name mentioned. Why would they be talking about her? As the weeks pass, Libby can’t help but feel that someone is watching her.