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In a beautiful old apartment block, deep in the backstreets of Paris, secrets are stirring behind every resident’s door. The lonely wife. The party animal. The curtain-twitcher. The secret lover. The watchful caretaker. The unwanted guest. There was a murder here last night. Who holds the key to the mystery of apartment three?

A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime’s legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by 12 remarkable best-selling and acclaimed authors. This collection of 12 original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie’s Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery.

On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed.

On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families.Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests.One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped. All have a secret. All have a motive.One guest won’t leave this wedding alive....

50 years since Agatha Christie’s last Marple novel, Sleeping Murder, was published, Christie devotee and thriller author, Lucy Foley, reimagines the most famous fictional female detective of all time in a brand new mystery…

TU KAŻDY MA COŚ DO UKRYCIA... Jess musi zacząć nowe życie. Jest zmuszona wyjechać i zatrzymać się w mieszkaniu przyrodniego brata, w Paryżu. Gdy tam jednak dociera, okazuje się, że ekskluzywny apartament jest pusty. Jej brat, Ben, zaginął. Z czasem Jess zadaje sobie coraz więcej pytań. Przyjechała do Paryża, aby uciec przed swoją przeszłością, ale wygląda na to, że to przyszłość Bena stoi pod znakiem zapytania. Bywalczyni salonów, dziwny gość, alkoholik, dziewczyna na skraju załamania i konsjerżka.

Jess is toe aan een frisse start. Haar halfbroer Ben zei dat ze altijd welkom was bij hem in Parijs. Maar als ze aanbelt bij een prachtig appartement – zou Ben zich dit echt kunnen veroorloven? – is hij niet thuis. En hij komt ook niet thuis. Hoe langer Ben zoek blijft, des te meer zorgen Jess zich maakt. Kan er iets met hem zijn gebeurd? Bens buren zijn niet bepaald een vriendelijk gezelschap, maar ze zijn haar enige aanknopingspunt. Jess besluit hen te ondervragen, en ontdekt zo welke duistere geheimen er verborgen liggen achter de prachtige façade van de Rue des Amants.

Ein elegantes Stadthaus tief in den verwinkelten Seitengassen von Montmartre: Wie sich ihr Bruder eine solch luxuriöse Unterkunft leisten kann, ist Jess rätselhaft. Doch bei ihrer Ankunft findet sie seine Wohnung leer vor – es scheint, als habe er sie überstürzt verlassen. Die Nachbarn begegnen ihr ablehnend und einsilbig. Je länger ihr Bruder verschwunden bleibt, desto mehr fühlt Jess sich beobachtet in dem alten Gebäude mit seinen knarrenden Wendeltreppen und vielen verschlossenen Türen.

De razend spannende opvolger van De jachtpartij, voor de fans van Agatha Christie, Ruth Ware en Liane Moriarty. 'De gastenlijst zette me tot het einde toe op het verkeerde been. Een klassieke whodunit en briljante psychologische thriller in één.' Kate Mosse. Dertien gasten. Eén lijk. Jules en Will kunnen hun geluk niet op. Eindelijk is het zover: hun bruiloft op een schitterend eiland voor de Ierse kust. Terwijl de laatste voorbereidingen worden getroffen en de gasten langzaam binnendruppelen, breekt buiten een storm los. Niemand kan nog van het eiland af.

Rome, 1953: Hal, an itinerant journalist flailing in the postwar darkness, has come to the Eternal City to lose himself and to seek absolution for the thing that haunts him. One evening he finds himself on the steps of a palazzo, walking into a world of privilege and light. Here, on a rooftop above the city, he meets the mysterious Stella. Hal and Stella are from different worlds, but their connection is magnetic. Together they escape the crowded party and imagine a different life, even if it's just for a night.

Der neue Thriller von Bestsellerautorin Lucy Foley ("Neuschnee"). Eine abgelegene Insel vor der wilden Küste Irlands: An einem Sommertag versammeln sich Familie und alte Freunde, um die Hochzeit von Julia und Will zu feiern. Alles ist bis ins kleinste Detail geplant, es soll ein rauschendes Fest werden - doch der Wind dreht, und ein heftiger Sturm schneidet die Insel von der Außenwelt ab. Bald macht das Gerücht die Runde, dass dieser Ort ein schreckliches Geheimnis birgt. Und auch unter den Gästen dringen immer unaufhaltsamer alte Feindseligkeiten ans Licht.

From London to Corsica to Paris — as a young woman pursues the truth about her late mother, two captivating love stories unfurl in this captivating novel from the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Paris Apartment and The Guest List.

Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there.

During the languid days of the Christmas break, a group of 30-something friends from Oxford meets to welcome in the New Year together, a tradition they began as students 10 years ago. For this vacation, they’ve chosen an idyllic and isolated estate in the Scottish Highlands - the perfect place to get away and unwind by themselves. They arrive on December 30, just before a historic blizzard seals the lodge off from the outside world. Two days later, on New Year’s Day, one of them is dead.

Constantinople, 1921. Each day Nur gazes across the waters of the Bosphorus to her childhood home, a grand white house, nestled on the opposite bank. Memories float on the breeze - the fragrance of the fig trees, the saffron sunsets of languid summer evenings. But now those days are dead. The house has been transformed into an army hospital, it is a prize of war in the hands of the British. And as Nur weaves through the streets carrying the embroideries that have become her livelihood, Constantinople swarms with Allied soldiers - a reminder of how far she and her city have fallen.

DER Bestseller von Lucy Foley: Neun Freunde. Eine Hütte in den Highlands. Viele Geheimnisse. Eine Leiche. Winter in den schottischen Highlands: Neun Freunde verbringen den Jahreswechsel in einer abgelegenen Berghütte. Sie feiern ausgelassen, erkunden die eindrucksvolle Landschaft und gehen auf die Jagd – doch was als ein unbeschwerter Ausflug beginnt, wird bitterer Ernst, als heftiger Schneefall das Anwesen von der Außenwelt abschneidet.

Neun Freunde. Eine Hütte in den Highlands. Viele Geheimnisse. Eine Leiche. Winter in den schottischen Highlands: Neun Freunde verbringen den Jahreswechsel in einer abgelegenen Berghütte. Sie feiern ausgelassen, erkunden die eindrucksvolle Landschaft und gehen auf die Jagd - doch was als ein unbeschwerter Ausflug beginnt, wird bitterer Ernst, als heftiger Schneefall das Anwesen von der Außenwelt abschneidet.

Everyone's invited. Everyone's a suspect. And everyone's talking about it. In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather for New Year. The beautiful one. The golden couple. The volatile one. The new parents. The quiet one. The city boy. The outsider. The victim. Not an accident - a murder among friends.

Programado para acontecer em um cenário idílico, o réveillon que Miranda, Katie e os outros amigos que conheceram na faculdade passarão juntos este ano promete refeições deliciosas regadas a champanhe, música, jogos e conversas descontraídas. No entanto, as tensões começam já na viagem de trem―o grupo não tem mais nada em comum além de um passado de convivência, feridas jamais cicatrizadas e segredos potencialmente destrutivos.

Em uma ilha afastada na costa da Irlanda, convidados se reúnem para celebrar uma união de dar inveja. O noivo, bonito e charmoso, é uma estrela de TV em ascensão. A noiva, elegante e ambiciosa, é editora da própria revista. A festa de casamento é um reflexo de suas personalidades: vestido e terno de grife, localização remota e exclusiva, decoração luxuosa, uísque da melhor qualidade. Tudo rigorosamente planejado. Mas a perfeição só existe mesmo nos planos. E o perigo mora nos detalhes.