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A modern-day noir featuring a twisty cat-and-mouse chase, this dark debut thriller tells the story of a woman who makes a living taking down terrible men...then finds herself in over her head and with blood on her hands. The only way out? Pull off one final con. Jo's job is blackmailing the most lecherous men in Los Angeles--handsy Hollywood producers, adulterous actors, corrupt cops. Sure, she likes the money she's making, which comes in handy for the debt she is paying off, but it's also a chance to take back power for the women of the city. Eager to prove herself to her coworker Lou and their enigmatic boss, known only as the Lady Upstairs, Jo takes on bigger and riskier jobs. When one of her targets is murdered, both the Lady Upstairs and the LAPD have Jo in their sights. Desperate to escape the consequences of her failed job, she decides to take on just one more sting--bringing down a rising political star. It's her biggest con yet--and she will do it behind the Lady's back, freeing both herself and Lou. But Jo soon learns that Lou and the Lady have secrets of their own, and that no woman is safe when there is a life-changing payout on the line. A delicious debut thriller crackling with wit and an unforgettable feminist voice, The Lady Upstairs is a chilling and endlessly surprising take on female revenge.

Halley Sutton (Author), Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

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Cualquier otro día

La apertura de la famosa trilogía histórica de Dennis Lehane que cuenta el auge y la decadencia de Joe Coughlin en el Boston de principios del siglo XX. Ambientada en Boston a finales de la Primera Guerra Mundial, Cualquier otro día -primera entrega de la serie Coughlin- es una impresionante epopeya que cuenta la historia de dos familias arrastradas por la vorágine política y social de un mundo que se recupera con enormes dificultades de los estragos de la Gran Guerra. Estamos en 1918. Debido a un cúmulo de azares, un joven obrero negro de Ohio llamado Luther Laurence es llevado a disputar un partido de béisbol frente a Babe Ruth, estrella emergente de ese deporte, una amarga experiencia que Luther nunca olvidará. Al mismo tiempo, el agente Danny Coughlin, hijo mayor de un legendario capitán irlandés de la policía de Boston, recibe un encargo envenenado: infiltrarse en los medios sindicales y anarquistas. A priori, Luther y Danny no tienen nada en común, pero el destino va a unirlos en Boston en 1919, el año de todas las desgracias. Y en esa ciudad en la que los bolcheviques y otros grupos de agitadores se han adueñado de las calles, la huelga de las fuerzas policiales va a prender la mecha. A través de algunos de los acontecimientos fundamentales del momento, con un tratamiento cuasi cinematográfico de la narración y unos personajes arrolladores, Dennis Lehane explora la devastadora violencia y la incontenible efervescencia de un país en busca de la libertad y en guerra consigo mismo. Considerada uno de los ejemplos más señeros de «la gran novela americana», Cualquier otro día captura de forma admirable el espíritu de una época y aborda muchos temas que nos siguen acuciando un siglo después: la raza, la inmigración, el terrorismo, la inestabilidad económica o la brecha creciente entre ricos y pobres. La crítica ha dicho... «Una novela de una fuerza desgarradora. [...] Una epopeya fiera y majestuosa. Un libro colosal, apasionado y muy bien documentado que nos hace revivir la historia.» The New York Times «El mejor libro de Lehane. [...] El autor capta la esencia de la vida estadounidense en una sociedad cambiante que refleja de forma sobrecogedora la actual.» USA Today «Sincera y conmovedora. [...] Lehane merece ser incluido entre los novelistas estadounidenses más interesantes y consumados de cualquier género o categoría.» The Washington Post Book World «Una gran novela histórica. [...] Espectacular en los detalles, inteligentemente construida, con escenas soberbiamente escritas.» The Boston Globe

Dennis Lehane (Author), Tito Asorey (Narrator)

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At Home in the Dark

The crime fiction canopy's a broad one, with room to give shelter to writing of all sorts, as editor Lawrence Block shows with At Home in the Dark: 'Some of these stories have one or both feet planted in another genre. James Reasoner's story is a period western, Joe Lansdale's is bleakly dystopian, and Joe Hill's novelette slithers through a little doorway into another world. And now that I've singled out those three, I suppose I should go ahead and list the rest of the gang: N. J. Ayres, Laura Benedict, Jill D. Block, Richard Chizmar, Hilary Davidson, Jim Fusilli, Elaine Kagan, Warren Moore, Joyce Carol Oates, Ed Park, Nancy Pickard, Thomas Pluck, Wallace Stroby, and Duane Swierczynski. If you're looking for a common denominator, two come to mind. They're all dark stories, with nothing cozy or comforting about them. And every last one of them packs a punch. Which is to say that they're all very much At Home in the Dark-and we can thank O. Henry, master of the surprise ending, for our title. 'Turn up the lights,' he said on his deathbed. 'I don't want to go home in the dark.'' Contains mature themes.

Lawrence Block (editor) (Author), Peter Berkrot, Teri Schnaubelt (Narrator)

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The Searcher: The mesmerising new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Wych Elm

Brought to you by Penguin. Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force, and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But then a local kid comes looking for his help. His brother has gone missing, and no one, least of all the police, seems to care. Cal wants nothing to do with any kind of investigation, but somehow he can't make himself walk away. Soon Cal will discover that even in the most idyllic small town, secrets lie hidden, people aren't always what they seem, and trouble can come calling at his door. Our greatest living mystery writer weaves a masterful tale of breath-taking beauty and suspense, asking what we sacrifice in our search for truth and justice, and the dangers of finding what we seek. WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING ABOUT TANA FRENCH 'One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartt's The Secret History' THE TIMES 'An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully written mystery' SOPHIE HANNAH 'To say Tana French is one of the great thriller writers is really too limiting. Rather she's simply this: a truly great writer' GILLIAN FLYNN 'French offers a masterclass in unreliability' SUNDAY TIMES 'I'm a big fan of Tana French' IAN RANKIN 'The Wych Elm should cement French's place in the first rank of great literary novelists' OBSERVER 'This book confirms Tana French as [crime fiction's] biggest contemporary star' GUARDIAN 'Terrific - terrifying, amazing, and the prose is incandescent' STEPHEN KING 'Another one of her rich psychological thrillers that will work its way under your skin' LUCY MANGAN, STYLIST 'This mystery about family, memory and the cracks in both will haunt you for a long, long time' ERIN KELLY © Tana French 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Tana French (Author), Roger Clark (Narrator)

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Old Hound: A Rural Noir Short Story

Ethan Freckleton (Author), Roger Clark (Narrator)

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Video Palace: In Search of the Eyeless Man: Collected Stories

A collection of chilling stories from the leading writers in horror and suspense exploring elusive urban legends. In the popular podcast Video Palace, Mark Cambria, aided by his girlfriend Tamra Wulff, investigated the origins of a series of esoteric white videotapes. Cambria went missing in pursuit of these tapes, but not before hearing whispers of an ominous figure called the Eyeless Man. Fascinated by the podcast and Cambria's disappearance, Maynard Wills, PhD, a professor of folklore, embarks on his own investigation into the origins of the tapes and the Eyeless Man, who he believes has lurked in the dark corners of media culture and urban legends for at least seventy-five years. As part of his study, he has invited popular writers of horror and gothic fiction to share their own Eyeless Man stories, whether heard around the campfire or experienced themselves. Get swept away in this thrilling and terrifying collection of tales from contributors including: -Bob DeRosa -Meirav Devash and Eddie McNamara -Owl Goingback -Brea Grant -Merrin J. McCormick -Rebekah and David Ian McKendry -Ben Rock -John Skipp -Graham Skipper -Gordon B. White -Tamra Wulff and Mary Phillips-Sandy

Maynard Wills (Author), Arthur Morey, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Chris Ciulla, Emily Tremaine, Jonathan Todd Ross, Katherine Littrell, Rebekkah Ross, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Tim Paige (Narrator)

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The Nesting

Atmospheric, gothic, spine-chilling… The new thriller from C.J Cooke will haunt you long after you turn the last page… ‘Vivid and compelling’ Sunday Times bestselling author Rosamund Lupton ‘A gorgeous, atmospheric book that chilled me to the bone’ Sunday Times bestselling author Samantha Downing ‘A taut, scary thriller that winds the suspense so tightly you can barely breathe’ New York Times bestselling author Simone St. James ‘Best read with the lights on’ Alice Feeney, bestselling author of Sometimes I Lie ‘chilling, totally engrossing and full of intrigue’ Katherine May ‘A fun, gothic treat’ Kirsty Logan It was like something out of a fairytale… The grieving widower. The motherless daughters. A beautiful house in the woods. Deep in a remote Norwegian forest, Lexi has found a new home with architect Tom and his two young daughters. With snow underfoot and the sound of the nearby fjord in her ears, it’s as if Lexi has stepped into a fairy tale But this family has a history – and this place has a past. Something was destroyed to build their beautiful new house. And those ancient, whispering woods have a long memory. Lexi begins to hear things, see things that don’t make sense. She used to think this place heavenly, but in the dark, dark woods, a menacing presence lurks. With darkness creeping in from the outside, Lexi knows she needs to protect the children in her care. But protect them from what? Available to pre-order now!

C.J. Cooke (Author), Aysha Kala (Narrator)

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STEPBROTHER: The Screenplay

Harvey L. Frierson Jr. (Author), Harvey L. Frierson Jr. (Narrator)

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The Lakehouse

After being cleared of his wife's murder, Todd Norman returns to her small Connecticut hometown in order to finish building their dream house by the lake. He is eager to restart his life and cast aside any remaining suspicions, but all of that is dashed when a young woman's body washes up on the beach next door.When Tracy Somerset, a divorced mother from the small town of Covenant, meets a handsome stranger in a midnight Wal-Mart, she has no idea she is speaking with Todd Norman, the former Wall Street financier dubbed "The Banker Butcher" by the New York tabloids. The following morning, on the beach by Norman's back-under-construction lakehouse, a young woman's body is discovered. Sheriff Duane Sobczak's investigation leads him to town psychiatrist Dr. Meshulum Bakshir, whose position at a troubled girls' group home a decade ago yields disturbing ties to several local prominent players, including a radical preacher, a disgraced politician, a down-and-out PI, and Sobczak's own daughter.Unfolding over the course of New England's distinct four seasons, The Lakehouse is a domestic psychological thriller about the wayward and marginalized, the lies we tell those closest to us, and the price of forbidden love in an insular community, where it seems everyone has a story to tell...and a past they prefer stay buried.

Joe Clifford (Author), Eric G. Dove (Narrator)

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Broken

Trust becomes a fatal mistake in this shocking thriller by the bestselling author of The Ridge. Welcome to Beaumont Cove, a slowly decaying tourist town at the edge of the world, and the place where Maggie James’s worst fears for her estranged twin sister, Lilly, have come true. Lilly is dead, and Maggie has arrived to identify her body. Lilly’s husband, Mike, is in custody for her murder. With his long history of abuse, no one in town is surprised at the inevitable end to their stormy marriage, least of all Maggie. All she wants is to clean up her sister’s affairs, see Mike punished, and get out of Beaumont Cove. With the help of the local sheriff, a retired private investigator, and a strange but friendly carnival psychic, Maggie begins to uncover the truth about what really happened to her sister. But the truth comes at a price, and soon Maggie finds herself walking a dark path toward the same deadly trap that killed Lilly. The more Maggie discovers about her sister’s final days, the more she realizes that nothing is as it appears in this strange boardwalk town.

John Rector (Author), Lauren Ezzo (Narrator)

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Wer auf dich wartet

Abends, kurz vor elf. Aiden loggt sich ein, um mit seiner Freundin Zoe zu skypen. Als die Verbindung steht, sieht er nur ihr leeres Zimmer. Dann einen Schatten. Ist sie etwa nicht allein? Plötzlich ein Schrei. Und Stille. Als Stunden später ein anonymer Anrufer der Kripo von Southampton von einem möglichen, online beobachteten Verbrechen an seiner Freundin berichtet, kommt jede Hilfe zu spät. Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens und sein Team finden in Zoes Wohnung nur noch ihre Leiche. Verdächtige gibt es genug - doch wessen Motiv ist mörderisch genug?

Gytha Lodge (Author), Jan Katzenberger (Narrator)

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The Darkling Halls of Ivy

In recent years, colleges and universities have become known for their 'trigger warnings' and 'safe spaces'-but as the eighteen authors who penned stories for this powerful new anthology can tell you, there's plenty of danger still lurking behind the stolid stonework, leather-bound volumes, and thickets of ivy. Award-winning editor Lawrence Block has assembled a Who's Who of literary luminaries and turned them loose on the world of academia, where petty rivalries and grand betrayals inflame relations between professors and students, deans, and donors. From Ian Rankin to Joe Lansdale, Seanan McGuire to David Morrell, each author reveals the dark truths and buried secrets that make institutions of higher learning such a hotbed of controversy. You'll encounter plagiarism, sexual misconduct, and brutal competition-not to mention secret societies, cover-ups of murder, and one near-future course of study that makes The Handmaid's Tale look like Mother Goose. So: collect your supplies, plan your schedule, and prepare to pull an all-nighter, because The Darkling Halls of Ivy is required reading. Contains mature themes.

Lawrence Block (editor) (Author), Peter Berkrot, Teri Schnaubelt (Narrator)

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