Alex Armstrong has changed everything about herself—her name, her appearance, her backstory. She’s no longer the terrified teenager a rapt audience saw on television, emerging in handcuffs from the quiet suburban home the night her family was massacred. That girl, Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes by the media, was accused of the killings, fought to clear her name, and later took the stand during her highly publicized defamation lawsuit that captured the attention of the nation. It’s been ten years since, and Alex hasn’t stopped searching for answers about the night her family was killed, even as she continues to hide her real identity from true crime fanatics and grasping reporters still desperate to locate her. As a legal investigator, she works tirelessly to secure justice for others, too. People like Matthew Claymore, who’s under suspicion in the disappearance of his girlfriend, a student journalist named Laura McAllister. Laura was about to break a major story about rape and cover-ups on her college campus. Alex believes Matthew is innocent, and unearths stunning revelations about the university’s faculty, fraternity members, and powerful parents willing to do anything to protect their children. Most shocking of all—as Alex digs into Laura’s disappearance, she realizes there are unexpected connections to the murder of her own family. For as different as the crimes may seem, they each hinge on one sinister truth: no one is quite who they seem to be . . .

A woman being held captive is willing to risk everything to save herself, her unborn child, and her captor’s latest victim in this claustrophobic thriller in the tradition of Misery and Room. On an isolated farm in the United Kingdom, a woman is trapped by the monster who kidnapped her seven years ago. When she discovers she is pregnant, she resolves to protect her child no matter the cost, and starts to meticulously plan her escape. But when another woman is brought into the fold on the farm, her plans go awry. Can she save herself, her child, and this innocent woman at the same time? Or is she doomed to spend the remainder of her life captive on this farm? Intense, dark, and utterly gripping The Last Thing to Burn is a breathtaking thriller from an author to watch.

Maria Weston wants to be friends. But Maria Weston is dead. Isn't she?1989. When Louise first notices the new girl who has mysteriously transferred late into their senior year, Maria seems to be everything the girls Louise hangs out with aren't. Authentic. Funny. Brash. Within just a few days, Maria and Louise are on their way to becoming fast friends.2016. Louise receives a heart-stopping email: Maria Weston wants to be friends on Facebook. Long-buried memories quickly rise to the surface: those first days of their budding friendship; cruel decisions made and dark secrets kept; the night that would change all their lives forever.Louise has always known that if the truth ever came out, she could stand to lose everything. Her job. Her son. Her freedom. Maria's sudden reappearance threatens it all, and forces Louise to reconnect with everyone she'd severed ties with to escape the past. But as she tries to piece together exactly what happened that night, Louise discovers there's more to the story than she ever knew. To keep her secret, Louise must first uncover the whole truth, before what's known to Maria - or whoever's pretending to be her - is known to all.

In this lyrical, wildly inventive horror novel interwoven with Japanese mythology, two people living centuries apart discover a door between their worlds.October, 2026: Lee Turner doesn’t remember how or why he killed his college roommate. The details are blurred and bloody. All he knows is he has to flee New York and go to the one place that might offer refuge—his father’s new home in Japan, a house hidden by sword ferns and wild ginger. But something is terribly wrong with the no animals will come near it, the bedroom window isn't always a window, and a woman with a sword appears in the yard when night falls.October, 1877: Sen is a young samurai in exile, hiding from the imperial soldiers in a house behind the sword ferns. A monster came home from war wearing her father’s face, but Sen would do anything to please him, even turn her sword on her own mother. She knows the soldiers will soon slaughter her whole family when she sees a terrible a young foreign man who appears outside her window.One of these people is a ghost, and one of these stories is a lie.Something is hiding beneath the house of sword ferns, and Lee and Sen will soon wish they never unburied it.

Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans —though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that an infectious virus has made all animal meat poisonous to humans. Then governments initiated the “Transition.” Now, eating human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing. Then one day he’s given a gift: a live specimen of the finest quality. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.

Ein feministisches Plädoyer für die Anerkennung weiblicher Wut von Platz-1-SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin Tara-Louise Wittwer alias @wastarasagt  Seit Jahrhunderten werden Frauen unterdrückt. Frauen, die in irgendeiner Weise Stärke ausgestrahlt, sich selbst ermächtigt und zur Wehr gesetzt haben, werden belächelt, verurteilt und dämonisiert. Und all diese Frauen leben in uns weiter - ihre Angst, ihre Freude, ihre Liebe. Und ihre Wut. All diese Mütter, Großmütter und Urgroßmütter. Alle Frauen der Geschichte, die große Opfer auf dem steinigen Weg zur Gleichberechtigung bringen mussten.  Auf der Suche nach den Ursprüngen von Female Rage taucht Tara-Louise Wittwer (Sorry, aber …) in die europäische Geschichte ein und erzählt die ungehörten Geschichten der Frauen, die sich gegen das männliche Narrativ der Schwäche und Passivität gestemmt haben. Von den Sagen der Antike, bis zur Realität des 21. Jahrhunderts, von Giulia Tofana, der legendären Giftmischerin, bis zu den unbekannten Heldinnen des Alltags.  Die SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Autorin bringt tiefsitzende, über Generationen vererbte patriarchale Narrative ans Licht, mit denen nur ein Ziel verfolgt Frauen zu schwächen, zu verunsichern und mundtot zu machen. Wir leben in einer Gesellschaft, die Frauen systematisch Unrecht tut und verhindern will, dass sie sich gegenseitig stärken. Doch die Zeit der Pick-me-Girls ist vorbei und Frauen müssen sich miteinander solidarisieren. Tara-Louise Wittwer zeigt, was Frauen erreichen können, wenn sie zusammenhalten, damit ihre Wut irgendwann heilen kann.

Ésta es una historia de un triángulo pasional al borde de la locura, de la muerte, de la destrucción. Gregorio, un adolescente en extremo sensible, para quien la realidad resulta insoportable, decide acabar con su vida y con ello desencadena la desesperación en las vidas de Tania, su exnovia y de Manuel su mejor amigo, quienes entrarán en una espiral de celos, culpas y traición. La ciudad de México es el escenario donde estos personajes se buscan para sobrevivir al nihilismo que los invade. El fantasma de Gregorio los empuja al abismo y a desafiar todas las convenciones. El búfalo de la noche, el vacío, la muerte, respira muy cerca de sus cabezas, y en ese trance se define el destino de sus vidas. El búfalo de la noche explora la geografía emocional y sentimental de los adolescentes actuales. Habla su lenguaje, habita su espacio, explora su espíritu. Ésta es una novela emblemática de los comienzos del siglo XXI. Una vez más, Guillermo Arriaga demuestra su talento y eficacia como un narrador de historias donde la trama y la tensión están al servicio de la mejor literatura. Arriaga confirma su estilo como un narrador visual, de acción, decidido a atrapar al lector y mantenerlo atento a todos los detalles de su historia.