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Wenn in Wahrheit nichts so ist, wie du es dein Leben lang dachtest ... Mittwoch, 15. Mai. Mirror Lake, North Carolina. 62 Tage ohne Regen Die Dürre hat North Carolina fest in ihrem trockenen Griff. Während die Bewohner von Mirror Lake ihren langgedienten Polizeisheriff Perry Holt zu Grabe tragen, zieht sich die Wasserlinie des Sees immer weiter zurück – und gibt schließlich preis, was jahrelang unter der Oberfläche verborgen war: das Wrack eines Fahrzeugs, von dessen Existenz niemand wusste.

10 Jahre ist es her, dass in Tennessee zwei Schulbusse in eine Schlucht stürzten. Nur neun Jugendliche schafften es sich zu retten. Als sich eine von ihnen wenig später das Leben nimmt, schließen die übrigen einen Pakt: Jedes Jahr wollen sie sich treffen, um jener schrecklichen Nacht zu gedenken.

Alguien mató a Sadie porque conocía una incómoda verdad. Solo hay que hacerse las preguntas adecuadas para descubrirlo.

Arden Maynor era solo una niña cuando desapareció durante días en una noche de tormenta mientras caminaba sonámbula. Todo el pueblo se movilizó en su búsqueda. Se organizaron grupos de rescate y se realizaron vigilias. La gente rezaba para que regresara sana y salva. Contra todo pronóstico, la encontraron viva dentro de una alcantarilla. “La chica de Widow Hills” pasó a ser un milagro viviente.

Arden Maynor ist sechs Jahre alt, als sie schlafwandelnd das Haus verlässt und in einer Sturmnacht verschwindet. Die ganze Stadt sucht nach ihr. Der Fall wird zu einem nationalen Medienspektakel. Tage später wird Arden gefunden, in einem unterirdischen Schacht - und am Leben. Die Rettung grenzt an ein Wunder, die Öffentlichkeit ist wie besessen von Arden. Jahre später lebt sie als 'Olivia' hunderte Meilen entfernt. Der 20. Jahrestag ihrer Rettung rückt näher. Eines Nachts wacht sie plötzlich außerhalb ihres Bettes auf, wie damals. Zu ihren Füßen liegt die Leiche eines Mannes, den sie aus ihrem früheren Leben kennt.

Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter’s Pass. Cutter’s Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings—rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall—and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West, who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of the vanishing trail, then disappears himself.

Welcome to Hollow's Edge - a picture-perfect neighbourhood where everyone has each other's backs. At least, that's how it used to be, until the night Brandon and Fiona Truett were found dead. Two years ago, branded a grifter, thief and sociopath by her friends and neighbours, Ruby Fletcher was convicted of murdering the Truetts. Now, freed by mistrial, Ruby has returned to Hollow's Edge. But why would she come back? No one wants her there, least of all her old housemate, Harper Nash.

Hollow’s Edge use to be a quiet place. A private and idyllic neighborhood where neighbors dropped in on neighbors, celebrated graduation and holiday parties together, and looked out for one another. But then came the murder of Brandon and Fiona Truett. A year and a half later, Hollow’s Edge is simmering. The residents are trapped, unable to sell their homes, confronted daily by the empty Truett house, and suffocated by their trial testimonies that implicated one of their own. Ruby Fletcher. And now, Ruby’s back.

Littleport, Maine, has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline, and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service to the visitors. Typically, fierce friendships never develop between a local and a summer girl - but that’s just what happens with visitor Avery Greer and Littleport resident Sadie Loman. Each summer for almost a decade, the girls are inseparable - until Sadie is found dead.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Fragments of the Lost by Megan Miranda, read by Erin Spencer. Jessa Whitworth knew she didn't belong in her ex-boyfriend Caleb's room. But she couldn't deny that she was everywhere - in his photos, his neatly folded T-shirts, even the butterfly necklace in his jeans pocket...the one she gave him for safekeeping on that day. His mother asked her to pack up his things - even though she blames Jessa for his accident. How could she say no?

Mallory killed her boyfriend, Brian. She can't remember the details of that night but everyone knows it was self-defense, so she isn't charged. But Mallory still feels Brian's presence in her life. Is it all in her head? Or is it something more? In desperate need of a fresh start, Mallory is sent to Monroe, a fancy prep school where no one knows her . . . or anything about her past.But the feeling follows her, as do her secrets. Then, one of her new classmates turns up dead.

Nichts ist gefährlicher und mächtiger als die Lügen, die wir uns selbst erzählen. Zehn Jahre ist es her, dass Nic ihre Heimatstadt von einem Tag auf den anderen verließ. Doch die Erinnerungen an die Nacht, in der ihre beste Freundin Corinne spurlos verschwand, haben sie nie losgelassen. Hatte jemand aus ihrem Freundeskreis etwas damit zu tun? Eines Tages erhält sie eine geheimnisvolle Nachricht: "Dieses Mädchen. Ich habe sie gesehen." Nic weiß, dass nur eine damit gemeint sein kann - Corinne.

Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes they move to rural Pennsylvania, where Leah can get a teaching position and both women can start again. But their new start is threatened when a woman with an eerie resemblance to Leah is assaulted by the lake, and Emmy disappears days later.

Nobody really believes in a curse. Until you know the people who disappear. Too much coincidence, you look for reason. Too much death, you grasp for something to blame. Carson pulled Delaney out and he died on the side of the road with her mouth pressed to his. Her air in his body. Troy. She told the cops it was suicide. Didn't matter. The lake released her and grabbed another. But when Decker's father dies in a pool of spilled water on their kitchen floor, all Decker can feel is a slow burning rage. Because he knows that Delaney knew that his dad was going to die.

Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend, Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine - despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?

It's been 10 years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without a trace. Back again to tie up loose ends and care for her ailing father, Nic is soon plunged into a shocking drama that reawakens Corinne's case and breaks open old wounds long since stitched. The decade-old investigation focused on Nic; her brother, Daniel; her boyfriend, Tyler; and Corinne's boyfriend, Jackson. Since then only Nic has left Cooley Ridge.

Die Journalistin Leah flieht vor ihrem alten Leben: Sie lässt ihre Heimat und ihren Job hinter sich und zieht mit ihrer besten Freundin Emmy in ein altes Haus auf dem Land. Das Zusammenleben klappt gut. Leah arbeitet tagsüber in der Schule, Emmy nachts an einer Rezeption. Doch dann stellt Leah eines Nachts fest, dass sie ihre Freundin seit Tagen nicht gesehen hat. Noch bevor sie Emmy als vermisst melden kann, wird in der Nähe eine brutal misshandelte junge Frau gefunden. Doch die Frau ist nicht Emmy - stattdessen sieht sie Leah zum Verwechseln ähnlich.

Nichts ist gefährlicher und mächtiger als die Lügen, die wir uns selbst erzählen. Zehn Jahre ist es her, dass Nic ihre Heimatstadt von einem Tag auf den anderen verließ. Doch die Erinnerungen an die Nacht, in der ihre beste Freundin Corinne spurlos verschwand, haben sie nie losgelassen. Hatte jemand aus ihrem Freundeskreis etwas damit zu tun? Eines Tages erhält sie eine geheimnisvolle Nachricht: "Dieses Mädchen. Ich habe sie gesehen." Nic weiß, dass nur eine damit gemeint sein kann - Corinne.

After surviving an infamous family tragedy, 16-year-old Kennedy Jones has made it her mission to keep her brother's search through the cosmos alive. But then something disturbs the frequency on his radio telescope - a pattern registering where no signal should transmit. In a neighboring county, 17-year-old Nolan Chandler is determined to find out what really happened to his brother, who disappeared the day after Nolan had an eerie premonition. There hasn't been a single lead for two years, until Nolan picks up an odd signal - a pattern coming from his brother's bedroom.

Arden Maynor was just a child when she was swept away while sleepwalking during a terrifying rainstorm and went missing for days. Strangers and friends, neighbors and rescue workers, set up search parties and help vigils, praying for her safe return. Against all odds, she was found, alive, clinging to a storm drain. The girl from Widow Hills was a living miracle. Arden’s mother wrote a book. Fame followed.