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Un día, Eva le cuenta a su madre un secreto. A partir de ahí, todo se descontrola.

Esta historia va de cuidarse y de dejarse cuidar, de perdonarse y perdonar. De mujeres valientes que lloran, ríen y bailan para no hacerse pis.

Divertida, entrañable, irónica y emotiva; la primera novela de Toni Acosta habla sobre el amor de las madres, la amistad, la soledad, la culpa, el duelo por las rupturas y la fuerza de la familia.]]> 200 Toni Acosta 8410641585 Carlos 5 4.50 2025
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]]> 216522696 The Death of Us is the story of a marriage turned inside out by a violent encounter that sets fire to the hairline faults that were there from the start.

Late on a summer’s evening when they are thirty years old, husband and wife Edward and Isabel’s home is invaded by a serial killer.��Theirs was a classic story of young love that moves into true partnership—but their solid foundation implodes in the wake of this violence.

At fifty-eight, they are reunited for their tormentor’s trial and forced to confront their lifelong love the secrets, passions, and encounter that bind them still.��Isabel has waited years for the man who nearly ended her life to be caught. As she’s tracked news of his increasingly violent criminal life, she’s connected with other survivors and prepared for the moment that she’d get to read her victim impact statement aloud in court. She is sure she’ll speak her truth and finally let the past go. Edward has spent the years since the break-in—and the breakdown of his marriage—trying to figure out how a near-miss with death killed so much else in their shared life. Unlike Isabel, he’s not eager to relive these terrible memories. Even though he’s moved on—he’s remarried, his old life almost unrecognizable ​to him now—he can’t resist accompanying Isabel to their intruder’s sentencing. What would revenge or justice feel like? Can closure set Isabel free? And what might that freedom mean for Edward?]]> 336 Abigail Dean 0593831136 Carlos 0 to-read 4.15 2025
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]]> 230443142 Two families vacationing at a secluded lake resort are at the center of a chilling crime and mysterious disappearance in this twisty, unputdownable thriller

A stunning discovery��
Courtney Gray's tranquil family vacation is shattered when she hears a blood-curdling scream from the lakeside cottage next door. There she finds the lifeless bodies of her brother and sister-in-law. Her teenage niece Reese is nowhere to be found, while her nephew Wyatt lies asleep upstairs, unharmed.

A shocking investigation��
As the police descend on the quiet resort town, disturbing secrets about Courtney’s family start to emerge. When she learns that the town has secrets of its own, it makes her wonder if Reese is another victim in a brutal crime or if she’s the killer.

A truth no one could have imagined ��
As Courtney begins to unravel the terrible mystery, she realizes that everyone around her has something to hide. And the closer she gets to the truth, the harder it is to see…]]> 368 Mary Kubica 0778387992 Carlos 0 to-read 4.67 2026
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]]> 225653560
It begins where it ends: beneath the yew tree �� a girl not yet a knight, and a boy without a story.

It is where she pulls a sword from the heartwood and becomes a legend.

And it is where, more than a thousand years later, he will find her �� and lose her �� and find her �� and lose her again.

It is where a new story will be written �� but whose will it be?]]> 400 Alix E. Harrow 1529061172 Carlos 0 to-read 4.86 2025
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]]> 227836621 In this dystopian fairy tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, a small town’s storyteller struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it.

Hundreds of years after the end of the world, the Appalachian community of Iron Hollow finds itself beset by demons. Such horrors are common these days in the outlands, where most folks die young—if they don’t turn into monsters first.

When a legendary knight is summoned to hunt down the latest unearthly beast to haunt their woods, the town’s new oral historian, Shrike, has more reason than most to be concerned. Because that demon was her wife. And while Shrike is certain that May still recognizes her—that May is still herself, somewhere beneath it all—she can’t prove it.

Determined to keep May safe, Shrike stalks the knight and his demon-hunting hawk through the recesses of the forest. But as they creep through toxic creeks and overgrown kudzu, Shrike realizes the knight has a secret of his own. And he’ll do anything to protect it.]]> 39 Alix E. Harrow Carlos 4 4.13 2025
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]]> 230824619 With all hope of an appeal fading away, the fate of a condemned murderess takes a shocking turn in a breathtaking short story by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid.

Talia Kemper is on death row for murdering her husband. She had an alibi and no known motive, yet Talia’s unwavering protestations of innocence have always been ignored. Then one day in the visiting area, she sees a recognizable stranger she’s certain is her husband. It turns out the man she’s been convicted of killing may not be dead after all. But as the days tick away toward Talia’s execution, what will it take for her to be believed?

Freida McFadden’s Death Row is part of Alibis, a collection of stories about lies, truth, and deception. It’s just a matter of what you can get away with. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.]]> Freida McFadden 1662532261 Carlos 0 to-read 4.50 2025
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]]> 230847692 When a restaurateur and serial philanderer turns up stone-cold dead, his trio of exes falls under suspicion in a sharp-witted and suspenseful short story by the New York Times bestselling author of Darling Girls.

Celebrity chef Ian Curley is found dead in his walk-in freezer. The prime suspects are his three ex-wives, who meet up every Friday evening in their favorite corner booth of his restaurant. It’s a tradition for Anita, Mary-Jane, and Rosie to drink, dine, and commiserate. But commit murder? All aggrieved, each one has a motive and an alibi. And a brilliant detective has reservations. Who did it? The night will tell.

Sally Hepworth’s The Ex-Wives Club is part of Alibis, a collection of stories about lies, truth, and deception. It’s just a matter of what you can get away with. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.]]> Sally Hepworth 1662531370 Carlos 0 to-read 3.00 2025
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]]> 231127044 There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel.

Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She's lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years--longer than anyone else. Aside from being a curmudgeon who minds everyone else's business, few would suspect that Elsie has a past that she has worked exceedingly hard at concealing. Because when it comes to murder, no one ever suspects little girls or old ladies. And Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick, once a little girl and now an old lady, has a strange history of people in her life coming to a foul end.

When a new little girl (talkative, curious, nosy) moves into the neighborhood and stops at nothing to befriend Elsie, her carefully-constructed life threatens to come crashing down as the secrets in Elsie's past start coming to light. Who was "Mad Mabel" fifty years ago? Who is Elsie Fitzpatrick today? And if the past has a habit of repeating itself, who has the most to lose?

Told with Sally Hepworth's twists, humor, charm, and heart, MAD MABEL is novel that weaves past and present together--through the power of justice and redemption, and all the way to its stunning conclusion.]]> 352 Sally Hepworth 1250284546 Carlos 0 to-read 0.0 2026
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]]> 228437764 Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?

Vera Wong is perfectly content as a teashop owner. She is definitely not seeking opportunities for amateur sleuthing. But what else is she to do when a distressed woman called Millie asks for her help?

Okay, perhaps Vera wheedled the story out of her. And maybe the case file for Millie’s missing friend Thomas didn’t exactly fall into her lap. Everyone knows a locked briefcase is just asking to be opened by someone handy with a hairpin.

Not even the aroma of chrysanthemum tea can stop Vera from catching the scent of this mystery. However dangerous it is, Vera intends to uncover the truth in the only way that this Chinese mother knows by spilling the tea.

‘I thoroughly loved it. With a Vera in your life nothing bad can ever happen!�� J. M. Hall, bestselling author of A Spoonful of Murder

‘Had me laughing aloud within its first five pages. Charming, hilarious and heartfelt�� Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read

‘A dazzling debut full of humour and love. A comedy caper, doused in black humour, comical references, mixed with romance �� fans of Crazy Rich Asians will love it�� My Weekly

‘Brilliant, wicked and dead, dead funny�� Andi Osho, Asking For A Friend]]> Jesse Q. Sutanto Carlos 5 audiobooks 4.46 2025
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]]> 217388429 Scream meets The Guest List in this wickedly compelling and compulsively page-turning thriller of friendship and murder from the author of The Lost Village, Camilla Sten.

On a remote, craggy island nestled off the coast of Sweden, four friends—Tilly, Anna, Linnea and Evelina—meet every year. Best friends since childhood, the idea is to drink beer, dance by the water, and shake off the weight of life's expectations. The location of the island is a secret to everyone but them. One night of reckless fun and secret-sharing, and then they return to their normal lives.

Ten years later. Ever since she was a teenager, Tessa Nilsson has been consumed by the story of four friends who disappeared on their annual trip to a remote island together. As her true crime fervor turned into a wildly popular podcast, Tessa urgently covered Sweden’s most gruesome cases, but could never find the answers behind what happened to these women who disappeared, leaving a few maddening clues but no concrete answers. Now Tessa’s podcast has crashed and burned, any chance she had at uncovering the truth vanishing with it.

Anneliese is Tessa’s best friend, and before she walks down the aisle, she wants to have a bachelorette party. The Baltic Vinyasa, a sleek, sophisticated yoga retreat on a small island off the coast—one with such similar characteristics to the tragedy years ago that it raises the hair on Tessa’s neck. The idea is to drink gallons of cava, do sunrise yoga, and get in their last chance to bond with the bride. Tessa will not pass this up. It’s her last chance to find out what happened to the four women, once and for all.

And it’s someone else’s last chance to get revenge.]]> 304 Camilla Sten 1250868505 Carlos 0 to-read 3.59 2025
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]]> 228242005 New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman takes her sweet bookshop series to Paris with an emotional short story about chasing your dreams—and finding your passion where you least expect it.

Growing up, Violet was so busy helping others realize their dreams, she found little time to pursue her own. But five years ago, she took the chance of a lifetime, leaving the family bookshop on Brinkley’s Island, Maine, to attend culinary school in Paris. Now she’s working her dream job as a pâtissiere in an upscale Parisian restaurant—yet all she can think about is home.

Feeling unmoored, Violet finds herself still searching for something…Connection? Maybe. She hasn’t made any real friends in the city. Inspiration? Possibly. Her desserts are lovely, but they’re definitely lacking something.

After her aunt Isabel urges her to keep on looking, Violet finally gets a taste of what she’s been missing in the café at the Museum of Romantic Life. But just as life begins to come into focus, she’s abruptly called home to Maine. Like her aunt before her, Violet soon learns that family could hold the key to discovering what she truly needs.]]> Alice Hoffman 1662522053 Carlos 0 to-read 4.03
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]]> 214128353
Five years into their happily ever after, Isabel and Johnny are making the most of their second chance at love. Then one night, Johnny awakens from an extraordinary dream…and their world is irrevocably altered. Isabel does her best to give Johnny space as he struggles to accept the new chapter life has opened for them. But Johnny can’t do it alone—no one can. As the whole family is soon to discover, seasons change, but love never does.]]> 35 Alice Hoffman 1662522045 Carlos 3 4.05 2025
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]]> 230297160 Una fascinante novela sobre Giulia para unos, la primera asesina en serie de la historia; para otros, una mujer que hizo justicia. La historia de tres mujeres en la Roma del siglo XVII cuyo peligroso secreto de familia pasó de generación en generación.

«¡Se han llevado a la Toffana! ¡Libertad para la Toffana!», gritan las mujeres por las calles de la Roma del Papado, Ciudad Eternamente corrupta y en plena revolución artística y galileica. Es febrero de 1658 y Giulia Toffana, boticaria, hija de la alquimista Theophania D'Adamo, su propia hija Gironima Carrozzi, la Astróloga de la Lungara, y su amiga del alma Giovanna De Grandis, antigua prostituta, son escoltadas por la guardia del Santo Oficio para ser interrogadas tras abandonar la protección del convento que las refugiaba.

Stefano Bracchi, un inquisidor joven y profesional, será el encargado de un caso que puede suponer su ascenso en el Vaticano. ¿Por qué este despliegue? Giulia, tras la injusta muerte de su madre, pronunció en su Palermo natal un dedicaría su vida a ayudar a las jóvenes condenadas a casarse a los catorce con hombres que les triplican la edad y a parir un hijo tras otro hasta la extenuación. La nueva legislación ya no permite a las mujeres tener oficio ni negocio alguno y el abuso sistemático que acaba con ellas en el parto o en «accidentes domésticos» son sus principales causas de mortalidad. Para cumplir esa promesa, llevó consigo hasta Roma un secreto de familia en un cuaderno de la fórmula del Acqua Toffana, cuya sola mención provocaría terror durante siglos.

�侱��Գ�í�ھ�����, justiciera, madrina de una red de crimen organizado femenino que se rebeló contra el Estado de Roma y considerada la primera asesina en serie de la historia, La Toffana resucita por primera vez en esta imponente novela histórica de suspense judicial gracias a la pluma de Vanessa Montfort y el despliegue narrativo que la unos personajes memorables y una trama apasionante que reflexiona sobre el papel de la mujer, de la familia y los peligros de la venganza y la violencia institucional, cuya raíz brota en una época de especial persecución a las mujeres que, en ocasiones, no nos parece tan lejana.]]> 540 Vanessa Montfort 8467077336 Carlos 4 4.00
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]]> 211671383 She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling author Renée Rosen.

When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up.

In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth’s vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything.

As Ruth assembles her team of creative rebels—head engineer Jack Ryan who hides his deepest secrets behind his genius and designers Charlotte Johnson and Stevie Klein, whose hopes and dreams rest on the success of Barbie’s fashion—she knows they’re working against a ticking clock to get this wild idea off the ground.

In the decades to come—through soaring heights and devastating personal lows, public scandals and private tensions�� each of them will have to decide how tightly to hold on to their creation. Because Barbie has never been just a doll—she’s a legacy.]]> 432 Renée Rosen 0593335686 Carlos 0 to-read 4.03 2025
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]]> 123851779 Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective?

Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective�� work on the internet (AKA checking up on her son to see if he’s dating anybody yet).

But when Vera wakes up one morning to find a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, it’s going to take more than a strong Longjing to fix things. Knowing she’ll do a better job than the police possibly could �� because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands �� Vera decides it’s down to her to catch the killer.

Nobody spills the tea like this amateur sleuth.]]> Jesse Q. Sutanto Carlos 5 audiobooks 4.5 ⭐️ 3.89 2023
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4.5 ⭐️
]]> 228723028 Brought to you by Penguin.

Six friends. One remote hotel. A long-overdue reunion. Welcome to The Hitchcock Hotel...

Alfred Smettle adores Hitchcock.

And who better to become founder, owner and manager of The Hitchcock Hotel, a remote, sprawling Victorian house sitting atop a hill in the beautiful White Mountains, New England. There, guests can find movie props and memorabilia in every room, round-the-clock film screenings, and an aviary with fifty crows.

For the hotel's first anniversary, Alfred invites the five college friends he studied film with. He hasn't spoken to any of them in sixteen years. Not after what happened. But who better to appreciate Alfred's creation?

His guests arrive, and everything seems to go according to plan. Until one glimpses someone standing outside her shower curtain.

Another is violently ill every time she eats the hotel food. Then their mobile phones go missing.

You should always make the audience suffer as much as possible, right?

The guests are stuck in the middle of nowhere, and things are about to get even worse. After all, no Hitchcock set is complete without a dead body.


'Fans of Knives Out, Agatha Christie, and (of course) Alfred Hitchcock, rejoice! The Hitchcock Hotel is cool, classy �� but such fun; reverent �� yet so original.' A.J. FINN

'As twisty as a Hitchcock film' ALEX MICHAELIDES

'A scream from start to finish' JANICE HALLETT


]]> Stephanie Wrobel Carlos 4 audiobooks 4.00 2024
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A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. She hires a PI to pick up where the police left off, but instead of finding Sebastian, she learns that Derek is having an affair with a younger woman. This discovery sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband, too. Kenzie is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix.

Permanently.]]> 10 Jennifer Hillier Carlos 4 audiobooks Book: 4/5<br />Audiobook: 5/5 4.12 2020
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]]> 224129458 Hui de un crimen involuntario. Hui de los hombres que no me quisieron. Hui de una guerra. Esta es mi historia, entre España y Orán, junto al Mediterráneo.

Orán. Años 20, siglo xx. En esta ciudad africana de origen árabe, pulso español y administración francesa desembarca una joven con el falso nombre de Cecilia Belmonte. En apariencia, ha cruzado el Mediterráneo para escapar de la miseria, como tantos compatriotas. Su razón, sin embargo, es más turbia.

La urgencia por sobrevivir la obliga a dejarse la piel en plantaciones y lavaderos, como empleada doméstica y operaria de fábrica a destajo. Hasta que una madrugada, en la tabaquera Bastos, participa en un delito por el que paga con su sometimiento a un hombre despreciable. Su entereza será lo que la libere y le aporte el coraje para rehacerse y emprender un camino en ascenso, repleto de quiebros, logros y desafíos a lo largo de tres décadas vibrantes.

Esta es la historia de una mujer que vivió el auge colonial y el trágico fin de la Argelia francesa. Y, en paralelo, sus páginas rescatan la memoria de los desconocidos pieds-noirs españoles que, arrastrados por la emigración y el exilio, formaron parte de aquel mundo.]]> 544 María Dueñas 840829959X Carlos 5 4.75 2025
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]]> 228430339
After the unexpected death of her father, college student Jane Sharp longs for a distraction from her grief. She becomes obsessed with true crime, befriending armchair detectives who teach her how to hunt killers from afar. In this morbid internet underground, Jane finds friendship, purpose, and even glory . . .

So when news of the shocking deaths of three college girls in Delphine, Idaho, takes the world by storm, and sleuths everywhere race to solve the crimes, Jane and her friends are determined to beat them. But the case turns out to be stranger than anyone expected. Details don't add up, the police are cagey, and there seems to be more media hype and internet theorizing than actual evidence. When Jane and her sleuths take a step closer, they find that every answer only begs more questions, and begin to suspect their killer may be smarter and more prolific than any they've faced before. Placing themselves in the center of the story starts to feel more and more like walking into a trap . . .

Told one year after the astounding events that concluded the case and left the world reeling, when Jane has finally decided to break her silence about what really happened, she tells the true story of the Delphine Massacres. And what she has to confess will shock even the most seasoned true crime fans . . .]]> 13 Ashley Winstead Carlos 5 3.57 2025
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]]> 221827175 FROM THE AUTHOR OF ONE SMALL VOICE

Vivaan, a teenager in India’s silicon plateau, has discovered love on his smartphone. Intoxicating, boundary-breaking love. His parents know he is gay, and their support is something Vivaan can count on, but they don’t know what exactly their son gets up to in the online world.

For his uncle, born thirty years earlier, things were very different. Mambro’s life changed forever when he fell for a male classmate at a time, and in a country, where the persecution of gay people was rife under a colonial-era law criminalising homosexuality.

And before that was Mambro’s uncle Sukumar, a young man hopelessly in love with another young man, but forced by social taboos to keep their relationship a secret at all costs. Sukumar would never live the life he yearned for, but his story would ignite and inspire his nephew and grand-nephew after him.

Bold and bracing, intimate and heartbreaking, Deviants examines the histories we inherit and the legacies we leave behind.


'Bhattacharya's storytelling talents are limitless' Nikesh Shukla, praise for One Small Voice

A joy to read, a full universe of feeling ... A born storyteller' Max Porter, praise for One Small Voice]]> 352 Santanu Bhattacharya 0241707234 Carlos 0 to-read 3.89
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]]> 61138246 UNA EMOCIONANTE NOVELA TEJIDA CON LAS VOCES DE SIETE MUJERES VALIENTES

El esperado debut narrativo de Lucía Chacón (@menudonumerito)

«Coser era mucho más que unir piezas. Con ilusión, telas e hilos íbamos construyendo algo que de verdad nos importaba. Coser era compartir, crear, soñar. Sí, coser se parecía cada vez más a vivir».

Madrid, 1991. Siete mujeres muy diferentes coinciden en una pequeña academia de costura donde compartirán la historia de sus vidas. Cada una tiene un motivo distinto para aprender a coser y, entre telas, patrones y alfileres, todas ellas irán conectando con partes de sí mismas que creían olvidadas, descubrirán el poder terapéutico de la amistad entre mujeres y, puntada tras puntada, hilvanarán el relato de sus amores, dolores y secretos familiares.

Una historia inolvidable que nos muestra que en la costura, como en la vida, casi todo tiene remedio; que equivocarse y aprender van de la mano, y que cada puntada siempre encierra una enseñanza.

***

Julia siempre soñó con tener su propia academia para compartir con otras mujeres el amor por la costura que su madre le transmitió desde pequeña.

Amelia acaba de quedarse viuda tras permanecer toda la vida a la sombra de su marido. Cuando decide ayudar a Julia a cumplir su sueño rompe con los corsés que la sociedad le ha impuesto.

Sara necesita un respiro. Entró en la academia buscando un modo de evadirse de una vida monótona y anodina que la había alejado de sus sueños.

Catherine llegó a España en los años sesenta y es la voz de la sabiduría. Coser y compartir las historias de toda una vida la ayudarán a conectar con su juventud.

Margarita es mexicana, está casada con un diplomático, tiene dos hijos y, aunque lleva una vida cómoda, a veces se siente una extraña lejos de su hogar.

Laura es una de esas mujeres que necesita demostrar al mundo que puede con todo, que es una gran profesional y una madre excelente. Pero también necesita tiempo para sí misma.

Marta, moderna y pizpireta, es la más joven de todas. Entró en la academia alentada por su abuela aunque sus intereses son muy distintos a los del resto de sus compañeras.]]> 404 Lucía Chacón 8466672281 Carlos 4 3.97
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]]> 212376504 Three women. Three smouldering secrets. Who will make it out alive?

It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in �� she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this?

Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret �� and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.

As cracks widen in the veneer of perfection and lies escalate out of control, tension ignites. Bonfire Night is approaching and someone is set to burn…But who will it be?]]> 368 John Marrs 1662506503 Carlos 4 4.14 2025
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]]> 176443093
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her caused people to react in a way she didn’t understand. She suspected it was because she didn’t feel things the way other kids did. Emotions like fear, guilt, and empathy eluded her. For the most part, she felt nothing. And she didn’t like the way that “nothing�� felt.

She did her best to pretend she was like everyone else, but the constant pressure to conform to a society she knew rejected anyone like her was unbearable. So Patric stole. She lied. She was occasionally violent. She became an expert lock-picker and home-invader. All with the goal of replacing the nothingness with...something.

In college, Patric finally confirmed what she’d long suspected. She was a sociopath. But even though it was the very first personality disorder identified—well over 200 years ago—sociopathy had been neglected by mental health professionals for decades. She was told there was no treatment, no hope for a normal life. She found herself haunted by sociopaths in pop culture, madmen and evil villains who are considered monsters. Her future looked grim.

But when Patric reconnects with an old flame, she gets a glimpse of a future beyond her diagnosis. If she’s capable of love, it must mean that she isn’t a monster. With the help of her sweetheart (and some curious characters she meets along the way) she embarks on a mission to prove that the millions of Americans who share her diagnosis aren’t all monsters either.

This is the inspiring story of her journey to change her fate and how she managed to build a life full of love and hope.]]> 368 Patric Gagne 166800318X Carlos 0 to-read 3.74 2024
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]]> 211721806
You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.

Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show.

Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.

Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.��]]> 450 Matt Dinniman 059382024X Carlos 0 to-read 4.49 2020
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]]> 228700261 Vuelve la reina del misterio con su mejor historia.

La aventura que más de un millón de lectores están esperando.

Unas muertes inexplicables.

Un tesoro sumergido en la ría de Vigo.

Un secreto oculto desde hace más de tres siglos.

¿Has soñado alguna vez con vivir una gran aventura?

Uno de los tesoros más codiciados y enigmáticos del mundo submarino se esconde en las profundidades del océano Atlántico. Una anciana historiadora naval podría tener la clave para rescatarlo, pero muere de repente en extrañas circunstancias. Pietro Rivas, un subinspector que acaba de llegar a la ciudad, será el encargado de investigar el caso junto con Nagore Freire, una extravagante inspectora de Patrimonio. Cuando las muertes comienzan a sucederse, la policía descubre que la clave para resolverlas reside en la historia del galeón Albatros Negro. Y en cómo en el año 1700, en la antigua villa amurallada de Vigo, una joven entomóloga fue capaz de cambiar con su audacia el curso de la historia.

En el fondo de los océanos todavía se ocultan las más bellas historias del mundo��

Vigo, en la actualidad

Lucía Pascal, una historiadora naval, ha encontrado la pista de un tesoro legendario que lleva siglos perdido. Todo apunta a que formaba parte de uno de los galeones que se hundieron en la ría durante la batalla de Rande, en 1702. Pero, antes de que pueda terminar con sus investigaciones, aparece muerta en su cabaña de la costa viguesa.

Pietro Rivas, un nuevo subinspector de origen italiano, será el encargado de investigar el caso junto con Nagore Freire, del Departamento de Patrimonio, una mujer extravagante que parece salida de otra época. Con la ayuda de una extraña pandilla de investigadores, profesionales del buceo, la arqueología y la ciencia, Pietro y Nagore tratan de descubrir qué ha sucedido con la investigadora y en qué consiste el tesoro que buscaba. Pero, cuando las muertes comienzan a sucederse, comprenden que la clave para desvelar el misterio está en la verdadera historia del Albatros Negro.

Vigo, 1700

La joven Miranda de Quiroga regresa a su tierra gallega con su familia después de unos años viviendo en el Nuevo Mundo. Allí ha aprendido a desarrollar su gusto por la naturaleza y, en especial, por los insectos, una afición que será el horror de sus padres, que han organizado su matrimonio con el propietario de uno de los pazos más importantes de la zona. Sin embargo, tras la muerte repentina de su esposo, Miranda tendrá que decidir entre convertirse en la primera entomóloga de la historia o defender su patrimonio de la amenaza angloholandesa que se cierne en el horizonte. Junto con un hidalgo y un fraile corsario, se verá envuelta en la batalla naval más importante de la zona, aquella en la que un gran número de galeones se hundieron en las costas viguesas. Unidos serán capaces de cambiar, con su audacia, el curso de la historia.

Please This audiobook is in Spanish.]]> María Oruña Carlos 3 audiobooks 3.00 2025
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]]> 215362444 336 Katy Hays 0593875559 Carlos 0 to-read 3.62 2025
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]]> 223229430
JOTADÉ, UN POLICÍA AL LÍMITE

Por el autor del fenómeno Indira con más de 250. 000 lectores adictos a sus «thrillers de taquicardia» (El País) .

«Uno de los reyes de la novela negra en España. » Cadena SER

«Un experto en la alquimia del thriller» .

Marina Sanmartín, ABC Cultural

Es una calurosa noche de julio en Madrid cuando dos hombres son destripados y lanzados al vacío desde un puente de la M30 en lo que parece un siniestro ajuste de cuentas entre clanes. Sus vísceras aterrizan sobre un descapotable que termina hundiéndose en el Manzanares con sus ocupantes, tres chicas que volvían de fiesta. Una de ellas fallece en el acto: es la hija pequeña del comisario, quien exige a sus agentes respuestas rápidas y poco ruido en los medios. Se trata de una orden casi imposible de cumplir por el subinspector Jotadé Cortés, el único policía gitano de su comisaría y un irreverente sin remedio que aborrece las jerarquías y acostumbra a saltarse las normas. Pero todos saben que también posee una intuición por encima de la media y que fue el hombre de confianza de la inspectora Indira Ramos en su último caso. Leal a sus compañeros y respetado en la calle, Jotadé se encontrará en una encrucijada que le obligará a volver a un pasado incómodo y a hacer lo imposible para proteger lo más importante de su vida.

Santiago Díaz inicia una nueva serie de alto impacto que vuelve a hipnotizarnos con sus giros y confirma a su autor como «uno de los reyes de la novela negra en España» (Jacobo Buceta, Hoy por Hoy, Cadena SER)]]> 425 Santiago Díaz 841029950X Carlos 5 4.57
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]]> 214537763 "The missing boy is 10-year-old Alfie Risby, and to be perfectly honest with you, he's a little shit."

Florence Grimes, age thirty-one, always takes the easy way out. Single, broke and unfulfilled after the humiliating end to her girl-band career, she has only one reason to get out of bed each day: her ten-year-old son Dylan. But then Alfie Risby, her son’s bully and the heir to a vast frozen-food empire, mysteriously vanishes during a class trip, and Dylan becomes the prime suspect.

Florence, for once, is faced with a task she can’t quit: She’s got to find Alfie and clear her son’s name or risk losing Dylan forever—never mind that she has no useful skills (let alone investigative ones) and that all the other school moms hate her. Oh, and she has a reason to suspect Dylan might not be as innocent as she’d like to believe.]]> 384 Sarah Harman 0593851463 Carlos 0 to-read 3.58 2025
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]]> 222992561 La primera novela de Carolina Iglesias, guionista, cómica y presentadora ganadora del Ondas con el pódcast Estirando el chicle.

Paula tiene un trabajo estable, goza de buena salud y se da besos con gente cuando sale. A veces hasta folla. Es una adulta funcional y envidiable, de las que van al mercado a hacer la compra y se saben el nombre del frutero. Que paga su IRPF, aunque no sepa muy bien qué es porque usa siempre una plantilla que le hace los cálculos automáticamente. Que lleva quince años yendo a terapia porque no sabe gestionar el rechazo y la ausencia de responsabilidad afectiva y que cuando se encuentra en situaciones de este tipo se pone a llorar desconsolada. Igual no es una adulta tan envidiable, pero sí funcional.

Hasta que, sentada justo en frente de ella en el tren, se reencuentra con Claudia, su amor platónico de la adolescencia. Lo que siempre quiso, al alcance de la mano.]]> 256 Carolina Iglesias 841029351X Carlos 4 4.00 2025
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]]> 199927990 A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine �� but the real drama is behind the scenes in this sumptuous historical epic from the author of Mexican Gothic.

1950s Hollywood: Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary woman whose story has inspired artists since ancient times.

So when the film’s mercurial director casts Vera Larios, an unknown Mexican ingenue, in the lead role, she quickly becomes the talk of the town. Vera also becomes an object of envy for Nancy Hartley, a bit player whose career has stalled and who will do anything to win the fame she believes she richly deserves.

Two actresses, both determined to make it to the top in Golden Age Hollywood—a city overflowing with gossip, scandal, and intrigue—make for a sizzling combination.

But this is the tale of three women, for it is also the story of the princess Salome herself, consumed with desire for the fiery prophet who foretells the doom of her stepfather, Herod: a woman torn between the decree of duty and the yearning of her heart.

Before the curtain comes down, there will be tears and tragedy aplenty in this sexy Technicolor saga.]]> 336 Silvia Moreno-Garcia Carlos 4 3.75 2024
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]]> 222699803 Un caso único para Bevilacqua y Chamorro. Una de las sagas más exitosas de nuestro país que celebra tres décadas.

El subteniente Bevilacqua y la brigada Chamorro tendrán que enfrentarse a�� no de los mayores retos de su el esclarecimiento simultáneo de dos muertes en el momento más crítico que ha vivido nuestra sociedad en las últimas décadas.


Dos casos que dejan huella en una novela que nos habla sobre cómo con ocasión de la pandemia se hacen sentir las fuerzas adversas a nuestro bien común, a nuestro futuro, a nuestra esperanza; unas fuerzas que vienen de más atrás y van más allá de la acción del virus.

Una narración que explora, a través del género negro y de la complicidad entre un hombre y una mujer que llevan media vida batallando juntos, esa conmoción colectiva tras la que nada, tampoco para ellos, volverá a ser igual.

La historia más íntima de Bevilacqua y Chamorro. Una doble investigación en tiempos oscuros que los unirá como nunca y marcará un giro en su relación.]]> 406 Lorenzo Silva 8423367177 Carlos 4 audiobooks 3.91 2025
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]]> 213717723
From the author of The Last Thing He Told Me��the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and the ŷ������ 2021 Thriller & Mystery Winner—comes an epic love story wrapped in a riveting mystery.

When the patriarch of a famed hotel empire dies under suspicious circumstances, his daughter and her estranged brother join forces to find out what happened, unraveling a larger mystery about who their father really was.

Liam Noone was many things to many people. To the public, he was an exacting, self-made hotel magnate fleeing his past. To his three ex-wives, he was a loving albeit distant family man who kept his finances flush and his families carefully separated. To Nora, he was a father who often loved her from afar—notably a cliffside cottage perched on the California coast from which he fell to his death.

The authorities rule the death accidental, but Nora’s brother Sam has other ideas. Sam, who she barely knows. As Nora and Sam form an uneasy alliance to unravel the mystery, they start putting together the pieces of their father’s past—and find an unexpected answer about their own future.

Doubling down on her trademark soulful suspense, The Night We Lost Him is an evocative and unforgettable page-turner about what it means to be the witness to someone’s life.]]> 8 Laura Dave 1797189662 Carlos 3 audiobooks 3.49 2024
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]]> 218218740 An American expat‘s startling discovery plunges her into the glamorous but deadly world of Amsterdam’s diamond industry.

Following a nasty divorce, Rayna Dumont came to Amsterdam for a fresh start. She’s never been the type for a one-night stand, but this move is all about adventure, and Xander is handsome and successful and more than willing to go along for the ride. Until the morning after, when Rayna finds him dead on the shower floor and millions of dollars�� worth of diamonds missing from his safe.

From her lavish home in the heart of the city, Willow Prins is captivated by the news. Her husband is Xander’s former boss and heir to a diamond house, and the scandal strains their already-rocky marriage. As the house comes under scrutiny, Willow wonders if her life is about to implode—and how much of the blame she can place on Rayna. Soon, Willow and Rayna are dragged into the dark and dangerous underbelly of the diamond market, where they’ll have to uncover the truth to survive. Who killed Xander? Where are the missing diamonds? And who can you trust in a strange and unfamiliar city thousands of miles from home?]]> 313 Kimberly Belle 0369748433 Carlos 0 to-read 4.30
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]]> 222814202 No mientas, el caso que convulsionará el país entero. ¿Te atreves a leerlo?

El cuerpo de Daniela aparece sin vida en un hotel a las afueras de San Sebastián. Esperaba a su amante en la habitación cuando la sorprendió una muerte brutal y violenta: esposada con los ojos vendados para simular un inocente juego sexual, y apuñalada.
La inspectora Adriana Collante acude a la escena del crimen para hacerse cargo de la investigación. Pero también lo hace un periodista que ha recibido un correo del asesino con la hora y la fecha del lugar del homicidio. Así se anuncia la muerte de la mujer, la primera víctima que ha caído en las garras de este sociópata. Lo que a simple vistaparecía un crimen pasional, una venganza, se convierte enseguida en el primero de una macabra serie de homicidios narrados y publicados en una página web minutos antes de que ocurran.
Arranca entonces una carrera trepidante y contrarreloj por atrapar al asesino antes de que obtenga el éxito y la fama que persigue con cada muerte anunciada.]]> 507 Arturo del Burgo 8410080575 Carlos 4 4.17 2024
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]]> 28187199 355 Nick Cutter 1501144820 Carlos 0 to-read 3.90 2014
author: Nick Cutter
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]]> 213911704 Listening Length: 9 hours and 45 minutes

The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . .
. . . and revenge.

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.

Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.

A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible �� a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.]]> 10 Alice Feeney Carlos 3 audiobooks 3.88 2025
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]]> 220756054 When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust�� from bestselling author Isabel Cañas.

In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, Carlos, to his family’s isolated mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting as other dangers soon bare their teeth: Alba begins suffering from strange hallucinations, sleepwalking, and violent convulsions. She senses something cold lurking beneath her skin. Something angry. Something wrong.

Elías, haunted by a troubled past, came to the New World to make his fortune and escape his family’s legacy of greed. Alba, as his cousin’s betrothed, is none of his business. Which is of course why he can’t help but notice her every time she enters a room or the growing tension between them�� and why he notices her deteriorate when the demon’s thirst for blood grows stronger.]]> Isabel Cañas Carlos 0 to-read 4.55 2025
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]]> 216388848 I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You. I know �� what an intriguing title!

Basically, I have had an unexpectedly difficult decade �� there have been surprising joys, but also deep revelations and challenging lows. I shall be honest about those, because what I discovered in the difficult times were my, what I call, treasures. Treasures �� practical tools, values, ways, answers researched from some great scientists, neuroscientists, therapists, sociologists (all the ‘ists��) out there, that have genuinely led to a sense of freedom, joy, peace and physical recovery I never would have thought possible. Life now, amazingly, with what I will share, is �� SUCH FUN! (always important to quote your own catch phrases. . .)

If you fancy having a read, then I hope my story might help your story. After all, we are in this beautiful, mysterious, challenging life together. Rest assured there are funny stories along the way �� we will have a laugh too, my dear reader chum. Oh, and I couldn’t possibly say if there is a love story in it . . . (There is - shush) Exciting.]]> 431 Miranda Hart 1405958332 Carlos 3 3.77 2024
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]]> 221017689
A Benjamín Correa, director de documentales caído en desgracia tras un escándalo, le surge la oportunidad de grabar un true crime sobre una secta de la Alpujarra granadina que, en los años 90, tuvo un final sangriento e inexplicable. A medida que se suceden las entrevistas con supervivientes y allegados al caso, estos empiezan a desaparecer. En su investigación, Benjamín descubrirá que la secta tenía un reverso aún más siniestro del que cabría esperar, un lado oculto que, quizá, no está tan enterrado como todo el mundo cree.

El thriller más original e impactante que leerás este año. Prepárate para un final sobrecogedor que te hará cuestionar la verdad de todo lo que has leído.]]> 411 Jesús Cañadas 8410140195 Carlos 5 4.05 2025
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]]> 213914141 «Además del propio perfume de la muerte,el cuerpo también cargaba con el hedor del mar.La cara de Verné Dupont estaba destrozada.Solo uno de sus ojos miraba hacia el senderocon un azul casi coloreado».

El hallazgo de un cadáver en una playa interrumpe bruscamente la serenidad del paraíso natural de las islas Cíes. Las gaviotas acorralan con su macabro vuelo los restos de un cuerpo que ha sido acuchillado y que tiene el rostro desfigurado de manera brutal. No hay entre los habitantes del camping cercano se esconde un asesino, y el idílico paisaje no recobrará la calma hasta encontrarlo. Nora Pardo, una detective en horas bajas, se ve obligada a tomar las riendas de la investigación y poner a prueba sus capacidades con el fin de desenmascarar al autor del crimen. Pero pronto descubre que nunca se ha enfrentado a algo parecido y se encuentra atrapada en una red de mentiras en la que todos, y ninguno, parecen culpables.

Eneste apasionante y dinámico thriller, Nacho Carrerasconvierte el bucólico paisaje de lasCíes en el escenariode una investigación trepidante, donde la naturaleza incorruptase topa de bruces con los instintos más oscurosdel ser humano.Una premisa propia de los maestros de lanovela de misterio. Una tensión en constante aumento.Un final inesperado.]]> 360 Nacho Carreras Ojea 8410096595 Carlos 4 audiobooks 3.44
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]]> 220320267 Más de tres millones de lectores en Japón.
Traducido a más de treinta idiomas.

¿Un dibujo puede ser suficiente para descubrir a un asesino?

Una mujer embarazada, un niño, una casa, un paisaje dibujado por la víctima de un asesinato en su agonía final... El descubrimiento de nueve imágenes extrañas, relacionadas con crímenes del pasado, conduce a una única verdad escalofriante. El lector se sentirá como un detective desentrañando página a página el hilo común que las une a todas.

Strange Pictures es la primera novela publicada en español de Uketsu, una enigmática figura surgida de las profundidades de internet y que se ha convertido de la noche a la mañana en uno de los nombres más relevantes del panorama literario japonés. Con sus historias, Uketsu ha transformado para siempre las reglas de los géneros de terror y de misterio.]]> 288 Uketsu 8410352060 Carlos 4 3.85 2022
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]]> 220788873 In this spellbinding historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea and The Wind Knows My Name, a young writer journeys to South America to uncover the truth about her father—and herself.

In San Francisco 1866, an Irish nun, left pregnant and abandoned following a torrid relationship with a Chilean aristocrat, gives birth to a daughter named Emilia Del Valle. Raised by a loving stepfather, Emilia grows into an independent thinker and a self-sufficient young woman.

To pursue her passion for writing, she is willing to defy societal norms. At the age of sixteen, she begins to publish pulp fiction under a man’s pen name. When these fictional worlds can't contain her sense of adventure any longer, she turns to journalism, convincing an editor at the San Francisco Examiner to hire her. There she is paired with another talented reporter, Eric Whelan.

As she proves herself, her restlessness returns, until an opportunity arises to cover a brewing civil war in Chile. She seizes it, along with Eric, and while there, begins to uncover the truth about her father and the country that represents her roots. But as the war escalates, Emilia finds herself in danger and at a crossroads, questioning both her identity and her destiny.

A riveting tale of self-discovery and love from one of the most masterful storytellers of our time, My Name is Emilia del Valle introduces a character who will never let hold of your heart.]]> 368 Isabel Allende 8401035244 Carlos 0 to-read 4.00 2025
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]]> 216642477
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.

Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves - her dragons, her family, her home, and him.

Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything.

They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find - the truth.
But a storm is coming... and not everyone can survive its wrath.]]> 527 Rebecca Yarros 0349443769 Carlos 3 4.24 2025
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Carlos
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2025
rating: 3
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]]> 216188969 The nightmare she’s running from is nothing compared to where she’s headed.

Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn’t realize she’s heading straight into a blizzard.

She never arrives at her destination.

Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she’s made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.

But something isn’t right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realize she is in grave danger. This safe haven isn’t what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.

And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself—and her unborn child.

A gut-wrenching story of motherhood, survival, and twisted expectations, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a snowbound thriller that will chill you to the bone.]]> 338 Freida McFadden Carlos 4 3.99 2025
author: Freida McFadden
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.99
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rating: 4
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]]> 61042091 176 Gengoroh Tagame 8411014665 Carlos 5 comics-graphic-novels-manga 3.88 2019
author: Gengoroh Tagame
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2022/06/18
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]]> 213243908 A hopeless romantic meets a jaded radio host in this cozy, Sleepless in Seattle-inspired love story from beloved author B.K. Borison.

Aiden Valentine has a secret: he's fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore's romance hotline, that's a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight.

Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life-or lack thereof—she begins to question if she's as happy as she thought. Maybe a little more romance wouldn't be such a bad thing.

Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending... even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.]]> 448 B.K. Borison 0593641191 Carlos 0 to-read 4.06 2025
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> 198902277 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781250899576.

A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.

It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn’t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she’s dreamed of coming for years—she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she’s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe's plan—which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can’t stop confiding in each other.

In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach’s The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined—and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.]]> 384 Alison Espach Carlos 0 to-read 4.11 2024
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]]> 221115923 A retired serial killer’s quiet life is upended by an unexpected visitor. To protect her secret, there’s only one option left—what’s another murder? From bestselling author Samantha Downing.

Lottie Jones thought her crimes were behind her.

Decades earlier, she changed her identity and tucked herself away in a small town. Her most exciting nights are the weekly bingo games at the local church and gossiping with her friends.��

When investigative journalist Plum Dixon shows up on her doorstep asking questions about Lottie’s past and specifically her involvement with numerous unsolved cases, well, Lottie just can’t have that.

But getting away with murder is hard enough when you’re young. And when Lottie receives another annoying knock on the door, she realizes this crime might just be the death of her…]]> 400 Samantha Downing 0593101030 Carlos 0 to-read 4.45 2025
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]]> 221908305 La memoria se transmite de padres a hijos. El odio también

Leticia Sierra nos atrapa con un��thriller��que noquea al lector, ambientado en la siempre impactante cuenca minera asturiana.

Asturias, valle minero de Turón, 1995.��En mitad de la nada, en una carretera secundaria,��aparece el cadáver de un anciano��muy poco querido en el pueblo en posición de penitente, con las manos y la lengua cortadas y un tiro en la nuca. Como único testigo, Tomasín, un discapacitado que no puede comunicarse,��en estado de��shock. Cuando la pareja de guardias civiles, Daniel Caicoya y su compañero Jesús Arias, comienzan a tirar del hilo, enseguida sospechan que las razones del asesinato se remontan a cincuenta años atrás:��una brutal venganza. Todo gira alrededor del Pozo Fortuna; pero��el pueblo calla, incluido el padre de Daniel, Matías, un exbarrenista de la mina que lleva diez años sin hablar a su hijo, incapaz de asumir que este eligiera ser guardia.]]> 424 Leticia Sierra 8408296949 Carlos 5 4.21
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]]> 225818988 It's time to join the party! Adventure awaits readers of all ages on Día de Muertos in this stunningly original and lushly illustrated tour de force about family, love, and overcoming grief from #1 bestselling superstar Leigh Bardugo and World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award-winner John Picacio.

Everyone in the neighborhood was getting ready for the party.
Everyone knew somebody on the guest list. . . .
This was the day the dead returned.

There's a party tonight, but Cala doesn't want to go. While her family prepares for the celebration, Cala grieves her grandfather and tries to pretend she's not afraid.

But when she is separated from her family at the cemetery, Cala encounters four mysterious riders who will show her she is actually quite brave after all.

Brimming with magic and humor, The Invisible Parade is the first picture-book collaboration between award-winner John Picacio and New York Times bestselling Leigh Bardugo. Set on the night of Día de Muertos, Cala's story is one of love, loss, and the courage that can be found in unexpected places.]]> 60 Leigh Bardugo 0316295701 Carlos 0 to-read 4.60 2025
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]]> 212294435 A murderess becomes the guardian of two very unusual girls in this mesmerizing gothic novel from acclaimed author Camilla Bruce.

Clara Woods is a killer—and perfectly fine with it, too. So what if she takes a couple of lives to make her own��a little bit better? At the bottom of her garden is a flowerbed, long overgrown, where her late husband rests in peace—or so she always thought.

Then the girls arrive.

Lily and Violet are her nieces,��recently orphaned after their affluent parents died on an ill-fated anniversary trip. In accordance with their parents' will, the sisters are to go to their closest relative—who just so happens to be Clara.��Despite having no interest in children, Clara agrees to take them, hoping to get her hands on some of the girls' assets—not just to bolster her dwindling fortune, but also to establish what she hopes will be her legacy: a line of diamond jewelry.

There's only one problem. Violet can see the dead man at the bottom of the garden. She can see all of Clara's ghosts…and��call them back into existence. Soon Clara is plagued by her victims��and at war with the gifted girls in her care. Lily and Violet have become a liability—and know far more than they should…]]> 368 Camilla Bruce 059372495X Carlos 0 to-read 3.49 2025
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]]> 211004897 Head Cases follows an enigmatic group of FBI agents as they hunt down a murderer seeking his own justice in this electrifying—and commercial—series debut.

FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on the human side of investigations, a blindness that sometimes even includes people in his own life, like his beloved seven-year-old daughter Camila. Gardner and his squad of brilliant yet quirky agents make up the Patterns and Recognition (PAR) unit, the FBI’s hidden edge, brought in for cases that no one else can solve.

When DNA links a murder victim to a serial killer long presumed dead, the team springs into action. A second victim establishes a pattern, and the murderer begins leaving a trail of clues and riddles especially for Gardner. And while the PAR team is usually relegated to working cold cases from behind a desk, the investigation puts them on the road and into the public eye, following in the footsteps of a killer.

Along with Gardner, PAR consists of a mathematician, a weapons expert, a computer analyst, and their leader, a career agent. Each of them must use every skill they have to solve the riddle of the killer’s identity. But with the perpetrator somehow learning more and more about the team at PAR, can they protect themselves and their families…before it’s too late?

With an enigmatic case that will keep readers on the edge of their seats and a thoroughly engaging ensemble cast, John McMahon’s Head Cases is a triumph.]]> 341 John McMahon 1250348293 Carlos 0 to-read 3.99 2025
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name: Carlos
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]]> 220273379 New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean’s first foray into contemporary fiction, with a sharp, sexy novel about a wealthy New England family's long-overdue reckoning with hidden desires, destructive secrets…and one week that threatens to tear them apart

Alice isn't like the other Storm siblings. While the rest stayed to battle for their parents' approval, attention, and untold billions, she left, building her own life beyond the family’s name and influence. Nothing could induce her to come back, except the shocking death of her larger-than-life father. Now back on the family’s private island off the Rhode Island coast, she plans to keep her head down, pay the last of her respects, and leave the minute the funeral is over.

Unfortunately, her father had other plans. The eccentric, manipulative patriarch left his widow and their grown children a final challenge--an inheritance game designed to humiliate, devastate, and unravel the Storm family in ways both petty and life-altering. The rules of the game are clear: stay on the island for one week, complete the tasks, receive the inheritance.

One week on Storm Island is an impossible task for Alice. Every corner of the sprawling old house is bursting dysfunctional chaos: Her older sister’s secret love affair. Her brother’s incessant mansplaining. Her sister-in-law’s unapologetic greed. Her younger sister’s obsession with "vibes". Her mother’s penchant for stirring up competition between her children. And all under the stern, watchful gaze of Jack Dean, her father’s enigmatic, unfairly good-looking, second-in-command. It will be a miracle if Alice manages to escape the week unscathed.

A story about the transformative power of grief, love, and family, this luscious novel is at once deliciously clever and surprisingly tender, exploring past secrets, present truths, and futures forged in the wake of wild summer storms.]]> 400 Sarah MacLean 0593972260 Carlos 0 to-read 4.35 2025
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]]> 216524168 The first novel in the all-new Golden Girls Cozy Mystery Series!

When Dorothy’s obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf–themed wedding Rose is hosting.

Things are heating up, and not just because of Blanche’s hot flashes. Rose’s cousin is eloping to Miami, and Rose is playing host. If she can't balance the groom’s family’s snobbery against the traditional St. Olaf wedding week guidelines, her hometown may never accept her cousin again!

Dorothy quickly realizes she needs a date with whom she can exchange wedding-related wisecracks. Turning to a newfangled VHS dating service, she believes she’s found the ideal conversationalist. Unfortunately, what looks good on TV can actually be a total jerk in real life. It seems she’ll just have to enjoy the company of Sophia, Blanche, and whomever Blanche has targeted for a hookup.

As the Girls all pitch in, Rose is thrilled that the tea-and-fish-themed kickoff event is perfect, not a herring out of place. That is until Dorothy’s date is found dead—face-planted in an otherwise scrumptious-looking cheesecake. With every guest a suspect (especially Dorothy) and a marriage on the line, the four besties must ID the real killer, get the should-be-happy couple down the aisle, and make sure nobody from St. Olaf gets lost in the wilds of Miami. It’s up to the Golden Girls to sleuth out a way for friendship and love to win the day!]]> 336 Rachel Ekstrom Courage 1368102980 Carlos 0 to-read 3.72 2025
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]]> 61219635 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781250886088.

A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes.

After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.

The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success—not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.]]> 304 Travis Baldree Carlos 4 4.17 2022
author: Travis Baldree
name: Carlos
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> 220352706 216 Virginia Feito 842642449X Carlos 4 3.5 ⭐️ 3.38 2025
author: Virginia Feito
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.38
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rating: 4
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3.5 ⭐️
]]> 63017297 In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband--but can their marriage survive her passionate love?

At forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated. After all, would a truly infatuated man ever let go of his wife's hand when they're sitting on the couch together?

Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve. And she tests him--setting traps to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.

Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .

The winner of France's First Novel Prize in 2021, My Husband builds on the premise of hits like Gone Girl and Fates and Furies--how well can you really know your spouse?--and adds the tension and creepy obsession of You. The result is an irresistible read--compelling, tense, and engaging, infused with sly subversive humor, and told in an utterly original voice that makes it unforgettable.

Translated from the French by Emma Ramadan]]> 272 Maud Ventura 0063274825 Carlos 0 to-read 3.67 2021
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name: Carlos
average rating: 3.67
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]]> 217536270
In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn't much a girl wouldn't do for a glass of water.

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen's reservoirs for as long as she can remember.

But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone.

When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently re-opens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares... but it turns out they're real, and Saeris has landed herself in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.

The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist's magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him . . . or her.

Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he's the only way Saeris is going to make it home.]]> 624 Callie Hart 1538774194 Carlos 0 to-read 4.29 2024
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]]> 220522004 She didn’t see it coming . . .
And neither will you.

THE GRIPPING NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EVERYONE HERE IS LYING AND THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR.

' fiendishly plotted with whiplash twist and turns - Shari Lapena is at the very top of her game here' LUCY FOLEY, Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List.
----

Bryden and Sam have it all - thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condominium, supportive friends and a cherished daughter.
The perfect life for the perfect couple.

Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden �� working from home that day - has failed to collect their daughter from daycare.

Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife’s car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her cell phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall.

Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It’s as if she just walked out.

How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all?

With every minute that passes �� and as questions swirl around their community �� Bryden and Sam’s past seems a little less perfect, their condominium less safe, their friends, neighbours and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . .

----
‘I absolutely raced through it . . . a pacy and hugely satisfying thriller. Highly recommended�� KARIN SLAUGHTER

'A modern master of the psychological thriller' STEVE CAVANAGH, bestselling author of Fifty Fifty and The Accomplice

'The queen of page-turners' ANDREA MARA, bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing

'I loved this book... I had narrowed it down to three characters and of course I was wrong on all counts!' LIZ NUGENT, bestselling author of Unravelling Oliver

*** AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW***


Shari Lapena, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024]]> Shari Lapena 1529934230 Carlos 0 to-read 4.38 2025
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]]> 123985025 464 Aro Sáinz de la Maza 8423363066 Carlos 0 to-read 3.88
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]]> 48711605
Milo Malart, policía judicial de los Mossos, vuelve a su puesto después de unas vacaciones forzadas. El caso con el que se enfrenta será uno de los más sanguinarios y complicados de su carrera y el principal sospechoso es un joven que esconde muchos secretos.

Una historia donde se mezclará la investigación, una ciudad convulsa, los problemas familiares y sus demonios interiores.]]> 496 Aro Sáinz de la Maza 8423356787 Carlos 0 to-read 3.82
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]]> 53504841 Una oscura novela criminal que muestra lo mejor y lo peor de una sociedad ahogada por sus éxitos y frustraciones.

La crueldad del ser humano no tiene límites y alguien lleva a cabo una matanza de perros en Barcelona para luego perpetrar con sus cuerpos unos rituales macabros en parques infantiles, provocando indignación en la ciudad. Sin embargo, las cosas pueden ir a peor. Cuando aparece el cuerpo de una estudiante universitaria estrangulada en un bosque, el caso adquiere una nueva dimensión. Mientras un frente frío golpea la ciudad y la lluvia cae sin cesar, el inspector Milo Malart intenta esclarecer una serie de crímenes por las calles de una Barcelona devastada por los estragos causados por la crisis, con el desempleo y la corrupción como telón de fondo.]]> 315 Aro Sáinz de la Maza 8423356922 Carlos 0 to-read 3.88 2016
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]]> 50639293 568 Aro Sáinz de la Maza 8423356914 Carlos 4 audiobooks 3.94 2012
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]]> 224956160 Un secuestro.
Un vídeo aterrador muestra a una chica colgando bocabajo.
Después de enfrentarse a un caso de asesinato brutal, la inspectora Ester Espejo y su equipo deberán ir a contrarreloj para salvar la vida de esta nueva víctima.
Tienen veintiocho horas.
Comienza la cuenta atrás.
Tic, tac.


Lydia Garés trae la segunda y última entrega de su bilogía "Círculos". Aunque en esta novela encontraréis un croquis de los personajes, así como una breve mención al caso anterior, es recomendable leer el thriller "Círculos Perfectos" primero.
Sumérgete en este thriller psicológico que te hará morderte las uñas en más de una ocasión. Si te gusta la acción, los casos turbios, las investiga policiales, los giros inesperados... ¡¡ES TU THRILLER!! ]]> 259 Lydia Garés Carlos 4 4.52
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]]> 211003830 The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christie’s legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of friendship among women.

London, 1930. The five greatest women crime writers have banded together to form a secret society with a single goal: to show they are no longer willing to be treated as second-class citizens by their male counterparts in the legendary Detection Club. Led by the formidable Dorothy L. Sayers, the group includes Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Margery Allingham and Baroness Emma Orczy. They call themselves the Queens of Crime. Their plan? Solve an actual murder, that of a young woman found strangled in a park in France who may have connections leading to the highest levels of the British establishment.

May Daniels, a young English nurse on an excursion to France with her friend, seemed to vanish into thin air as they prepared to board a ferry home. Months later, her body is found in the nearby woods. The murder has all the hallmarks of a locked room mystery for which these authors are famous: how did her killer manage to sneak her body out of a crowded train station without anyone noticing? If, as the police believe, the cause of death is manual strangulation, why is there is an extraordinary amount of blood at the crime scene? What is the meaning of a heartbreaking secret letter seeming to implicate an unnamed paramour? Determined to solve the highly publicized murder, the Queens of Crime embark on their own investigation, discovering they’re stronger together. But soon the killer targets Dorothy Sayers herself, threatening to expose a dark secret in her past that she would do anything to keep hidden.

Inspired by a true story in Sayers�� own life, New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict brings to life the lengths to which five talented women writers will go to be taken seriously in the male-dominated world of letters as they unpuzzle a mystery torn from the pages of their own novels.]]> 310 Marie Benedict 1250280753 Carlos 0 to-read 3.82 2025
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]]> 214151953 A haunting novel—inspired by a true story—about a crime writer who risks everything as she investigates the mystery of two deaths, decades apart, at a crumbling Vermont orphanage.

On a blistering summer day in 1968, nine-year-old Tommy vanishes without a trace from Coram House, an orphanage on the shores of Lake Champlain. Some say a nun drowned him, others say he ran away. Or maybe he never existed. Fifty years later, his disappearance is still unsolved.

Struggling true crime writer Alex Kelley needs a fresh start. When she’s asked to ghostwrite a book about the orphanage—and the abuses that occurred there—she packs up her belongings and moves to wintry Burlington, Vermont.

As Alex tries to untangle the conflicting stories surrounding Tommy’s disappearance, her investigation takes a chilling turn when she discovers a woman’s body in the lake. Alex is convinced the death is connected to Coram House’s dark past, even if local police officer Russell Parker thinks she’s just desperate for a career-saving story. As the body count rises, Alex must prove that the key to finding the killer lies in Tommy’s murder, or risk becoming the next victim.
]]> 320 Bailey Seybolt 166805700X Carlos 0 to-read 3.83 2025
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]]> 216386511 Sometimes the last thing you expect is exactly what you need, the final missing piece. And sometimes it comes in the form of a towering, broody sheriff, determined to get in your way at every step.

Ridley Sawyer knows what it’s like to miss someone, to feel like a piece of her vanished—because it happened to her the night her twin sister disappeared.

Now, Ridley channels that loss into hope, traveling the country covering cold cases for her true crime podcast. She might not have found justice for her sister but that doesn’t stop her from finding it for others.

Until Sheriff Colter Brooks gets in her way.

Colt knows what it’s like to have reporters descend on his town in the wake of a tragedy, and he’s not about to let a fiery podcaster stir up trouble. It doesn’t matter that her haunting blue eyes tell him there’s more to Ridley’s story or that he can’t stop imagining what it would be like to touch her.

But when Ridley’s cold case turns hot and she’s thrust into the crosshairs, Colt has no choice but to step in. Suddenly, Ridley’s living at his house, drinking his whiskey, and stealing his dog’s affections. But she’s also proving that she’s so much more than his first impression.

And as they get closer to the truth, the game they’ve been playing might just turn deadly…]]> 402 Catherine Cowles 1464224307 Carlos 3 4.47 2025
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]]> 211004893
As they attempt to evade the boy's increasingly desperate father, horrifying incidents of butchery follow them. At first, Jess thinks she understands what they're up against, but she's about to learn there's more to these surreal and grisly events than she could've ever imagined.

And that when the wolf finally comes home, none will be spared.]]> 304 Nat Cassidy 125035434X Carlos 0 to-read 4.46 2025
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]]> 216351856 When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest

A wedding. A heist. A secret.

Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and recently promoted Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, good things are just around the corner, including her marriage to her beloved fiancé, Juan Manuel, only two months away.��

But Molly’s entire existence is upended when a film crew descends upon the hotel to shoot the hit reality TV show Hidden Treasures, starring popular art appraisers Brown and Beagle. On a whim, Molly brings in a shoebox containing a few of her gran’s old things for appraisal, and much to everyone's surprise, one item turns out to be a rare and priceless treasure. Instantly, Molly is both a multi-millionaire and a media sensation—the world’s rags-to-riches darling—until the priceless piece vanishes from the hotel in the boldest, brashest antiquities heist in recent memory.

The key to the mystery lies in the past, in a long-forgotten diary written by Molly’s gran. For the first time ever, Molly learns about Gran’s true-to-life fairytale, a young girl to the manor born, the only child of a wealthy magnate. But when Gran falls head over heels in love with a young man her parents deem below her station, her life is thrown into turmoil. As fate would have it, the greatest love of Gran’s life is someone Molly knows quite well��.

Together with her friends, Molly combs the past and the present to catch the thief before looming threats against her become real.

A spirited heist caper and an epic love story, The Maid’s Secret is a spellbinding whodunnit that will capture and warm your heart.]]> 336 Nita Prose 0593875419 Carlos 0 to-read 3.93 2025
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]]> 221318549 What holds a strong and loving marriage together? Lies and secrets in a novel of twisting psychological suspense by a New York Times bestselling author.

Los Angeles homicide detective Dinah Marino may have a complicated relationship with her family, but her psychiatrist husband, Joe, makes her feel safe, secure, and happy. She couldn’t want for a more loving or trusting man. But throughout their ten-year marriage, she’s been keeping a secret from him—a secret she’d take to the grave.

Dr. Joe Marino loves his wife more than anything in this world, but there are things he’s learned to keep close to the chest. When a missing woman tied to his wife’s latest case is admitted to his hospital, doctor-patient confidentiality lands their marriage on some new and uneven ground.

As Dinah digs deeper into her case, tension works its way inside their picture-perfect home. Now the carefully constructed lies between them don’t just simply threaten the delicate balance of their marriage—they could kill.]]> A.R. Torre 1662519605 Carlos 0 to-read 3.93
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]]> 217388258 Was it...
Bitter, all-consuming jealousy?
Pathological sibling rivalry?
Pure insanity?

Whatever the cause—and everyone has a theory—it's the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family.

Georgia is locked in a psychiatric institution where the most violent offenders are held while she awaits trial. The only words she whispers when her estranged twin sister Amanda visits are, “I didn’t do it. You’ve got to get me out of here.��

Amanda doesn't trust Georgia, but she can't abandon her in a place so eerie and menacing that it seems to exist in another dimension. Is Georgia the victim of a powerful family that's so depraved murder is the least of their crimes? Or is Amanda being led down a path of madness into the web of a master manipulator?

Nothing is as it seems in Sarah Pekkanen’s The Locked Ward, a shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood—and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point.

Some doors in the Locked Ward should never be opened.]]> 320 Sarah Pekkanen 1250349516 Carlos 0 to-read 3.90 2025
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]]> 34911179 The Warlord

Nikolai Wroth, a ruthless Vampire general, will stop at nothing to find his Bride, the one woman who can “blood�� him, making his heart beat and filling him with strength. Coldly interested only in the power his Bride will bring, he can hardly believe when Myst the Coveted awakens him body—and soul.

The Seductress

Famed throughout the world as the most beautiful Valkyrie, Myst has devoted her life to protecting a magical jewel and to fighting the vampires. Wroth provides her with the perfect opportunity to torment her sworn enemy—for with his new heartbeat comes a consuming sexual desire that can only be slaked by her. Denying him, she flees, struggling to forget his searing, possessive kiss.

The Hunt is on��

She eludes him for five years, but he has finally chased her to ground and stolen her enchanted jewel, giving him absolute power over her. Now that she’s his for the taking, he intends to make her experience first-hand the agonizing, unending lust she subjected him to for half a decade. Yet when Nikolai realizes he wants far more than vengeance from Myst and frees her, will she come back to him?]]> 154 Kresley Cole 1501166255 Carlos 4 3.83 2006
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]]> 16054217 The #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night

Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make a dramatic return to the present—facing new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home, Sept-Tours, they reunite with the beloved cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency.]]> 561 Deborah Harkness 0670025593 Carlos 0 to-read 4.15 2014
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]]> 21155368 1 Val McDermid 1471243257 Carlos 3 audiobooks Audiobook: 5/5

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]]> 62066104 In this wildly funny and heartwarming office comedy, an admin worker accidentally gains access to her colleagues�� private emails and DMs and decides to use this intel to save her job—a laugh-till-you-cry debut novel you’ll be eager to share with your entire list of contacts, perfect for fans of Anxious People and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.

As far as Jolene is concerned, her interactions with her colleagues should start and end with her official duties as an admin for Supershops, Inc. Unfortunately, her irritating, incompetent coworkers don’t seem to understand the importance of boundaries. Her secret to survival? She vents her grievances in petty email postscripts, then changes the text color to white so no one can see. That is until one of her secret messages is exposed. Her punishment: sensitivity training (led by the suspiciously friendly HR guy, Cliff) and rigorous email restrictions.

When an IT mix-up grants her access to her entire department’s private emails and DMs, Jolene knows she should report it, but who could resist reading what their coworkers are really saying? And when she discovers layoffs are coming, she realizes this might just be the key to saving her job. The plan is simple: gain her boss’s favor, convince HR she’s Supershops material, and beat out the competition.

But as Jolene is drawn further into her coworkers' private worlds and realizes they are each keeping secrets, her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble—especially around Cliff, who she definitely cannot have feelings for. Eventually she will need to decide if she’s ready to leave the comfort of her cubicle, even if that means coming clean to her colleagues.

Crackling with laugh-out-loud dialogue and relatable observations, I Hope This Finds You Well is a fresh and surprisingly tender comedy about loneliness and love beyond our computer screens. This sparkling debut novel will open your heart to the everyday eccentricities of work culture and the undeniable human connection that comes along with it.]]> 349 Natalie Sue 006332038X Carlos 4 3.86 2024
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]]> 123152439
That’s when they notice the two men silently following them.

Suddenly forced to run for their lives, Meg and Cat scramble into an abandoned house and hide for hours before eventually the police show up to rescue them.

But then the night goes from bad to worse…]]> 384 Sarah Goodwin 000859158X Carlos 2 audiobooks 3.80 2023
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]]> 65678550
Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, which served the neighborhood's quirky collection of blacks and European immigrants, helped by her husband, Moshe, a Romanian-born theater owner who integrated the town's first dance hall. When the state came looking for a deaf black child, claiming that the boy needed to be institutionalized, Chicken Hill's residents—roused by Chona's kindess and the courage of a local black worker named Nate Timblin—banded together to keep the boy safe.

As the novel unfolds, it becomes clear how much the people of Chicken Hill have to struggle to survive at the margins of white Christian America and how damaging bigotry, hypocrisy, and deceit can be to a community. When the truth is revealed about the skeleton, the boy, and the part the town’s establishment played in both, McBride shows that it is love and community—heaven and earth—that ultimately sustain us.]]> 385 James McBride 0593422945 Carlos 0 to-read 3.83 2023
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]]> 195703882 Crying in H-Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective.

Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying�� yet enticing.

In them, Ji-won walks through bloody rooms full of eyes. Succulent blue eyes. Salivatingly blue eyes. Eyes the same shape and shade as George’s, who is Umma’s obnoxious new boyfriend. George has already overstayed his welcome in her family’s claustrophobic apartment. He brags about his puffed-up consulting job, ogles Asian waitresses while dining out, and acts condescending toward Ji-won and her sister as if he deserves all of Umma’s fawning adoration. No, George doesn’t deserve anything from her family. Ji-won will make sure of that.

For no matter how many victims accumulate around her campus or how many people she must deceive and manipulate, Ji-won’s hunger and her rage deserve to be sated.

A brilliantly inventive, subversive novel about a young woman unraveling, Monika Kim’s The Eyes Are the Best Part is a story of a family falling apart and trying to find their way back to each other, marking a bold new voice in horror that will leave readers mesmerized and craving more.]]> 278 Monika Kim 1645661237 Carlos 0 to-read 3.81 2024
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]]> 214220253 Listening Length: 10 hours and 20 minutes

Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin...

The deliciously twisty new locked room murder mystery from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Paris Apartment.

It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; crystal pouches for guests�� healing have been placed in the Seaside Cottages and Woodland Hutches; the “Manor Mule�� cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.

But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. Just outside the Manor’s immaculately kept grounds, an ancient forest bristles with secrets. And the Sunday morning of opening weekend, the local police are called. Something’s not right with the guests. There’s been a fire. A body’s been discovered.

THE FOUNDER * THE HUSBAND * THE MYSTERY GUEST * THE KITCHEN HELP

It all began with a secret, fifteen years ago. Now the past has crashed the party. And it’ll end in murder at�� The Midnight Feast.]]> Lucy Foley Carlos 3 audiobooks 3.75 2024
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]]> 203578847 The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive―the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.

Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare―and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium’s place has thrown everything into disarray.

Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide―Adolin in Azimir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah at Thaylen City. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar.

At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work to unravel the mystery behind the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram and her involvement in the enslavement of the singer race and in the ancient Knights Radiants killing their spren. And Dalinar and Navani seek an edge against Odium’s champion that can be found only in the Spiritual Realm, where memory and possibility combine in chaos. The fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.]]> 1344 Brandon Sanderson 1250319188 Carlos 0 to-read 4.36 2024
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]]> 219603177 One train. No stops. A deadly game of survival and revenge.

In 1942, six people destroyed Anna Matheson’s family.��Twelve years later, she’s ready for retribution.

Under false pretenses, Anna has lured those responsible for her family’s downfall onto��a luxury��train from Philadelphia to Chicago,��an overnight��journey of fourteen hours. Her goal? Confront the people who’ve wronged her, get them to confess their crimes, and deliver them into the hands of authorities waiting at the end of the line. Justice will at last be served.

But Anna’s plan is quickly derailed by the murder of one of the passengers. As the train barrels through the night, it becomes clear that someone else on board is enacting their own form of revenge—and that they won’t stop until everyone else is dead.

With time running out before the train reaches its destination, Anna is forced to hunt the killer in their midst while protecting the people she hates the most. In order to destroy her enemies, she must first save them—even though it means putting her own life at risk.]]> 400 Riley Sager 0593472403 Carlos 0 to-read 3.60 2025
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]]> 221430911 El autor de grandes éxitos como El juego del mal, El último cielo perdido, La tercera familia o Choque de asesinos, vuelve con una novela policiaca de lectura compulsiva que sorprende en cada giro. ¿Estás preparado para conectar con la parte más oscura de la mente humana?

La verdad estaba muerta y enterrada�� Hasta ahora.

MADRID, 2023. El cuerpo desnudo de una mujer aparece rodeado de velas, con su alianza y una orquídea encima del pecho. La inspectora Nausica Yuste, agente de la Unidad Central de Delincuencia Especializada y Violenta, se persona en el lugar de los hechos. El parecido de la escena con el modus operandi de un mediático asesino en serie desconcierta a la inspectora. Pronto, se dará cuenta de que se enfrenta al imitador de un psicópata encarcelado desde hace dieciséis años.
Los medios de comunicación bautizan al asesino como Copycat al tiempo que la autopsia da a conocer un mensaje oculto en el Copycat da pistas sobre su paradero. ¿Qué pretende?
Poco a poco, Nausica se aproxima a la verdad, sin sospechar que su pasado guarda una inquietante conexión con el asesino. Pero ¿conseguirá desvelar la terrible verdad y detenerlo antes de que ataque de nuevo?

Ni siquiera los secretos más tenebrosos pueden permanecer enterrados para siempre.

�� �� �� �� �� «Lo mejor del thriller y la novela negra. No defrauda».
�� �� �� �� �� «Sorprende y atrapa de principio a fin».
�� �� �� �� �� «Un estilo narrativo implacable».]]> 242 Marcos Nieto Pallarés Carlos 3 3.43
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]]> 219381241 256 Susana Rodríguez Lezaun 841018009X Carlos 0 to-read 4.43 2024
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]]> 211025454 From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back.

Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity. But after an unbearable tragedy strikes, Charlotte knows her future will never be the same.

New York City, 1978: Eighteen-year-old Annie Jenkins is thrilled when she lands an opportunity to work for iconic former Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland, who’s in the midst of organizing the famous Met Gala, hosted at the museum and known across the city as the “party of the year.�� Though Annie soon realizes she’ll have her work cut out for her, scrambling to meet Diana’s capricious demands and exacting standards.

Meanwhile, Charlotte, now leading a quiet life as the associate curator of the Met’s celebrated Department of Egyptian Art, wants little to do with the upcoming gala. She’s consumed with her research on Hathorkare—a rare female pharaoh dismissed by most other Egyptologists as unimportant.

That is, until the night of the gala. When one of the Egyptian art collection’s most valuable artifacts goes missing . . . and there are signs Hathorkare’s legendary curse might be reawakening.

As Annie and Charlotte team up to search for the missing antiquity, a desperate hunch leads the unlikely duo to one place Charlotte swore she’d never return: Egypt. But if they’re to have any hope of finding the artifact, Charlotte will need to confront the demons of her past—which may mean leading them both directly into danger.]]> 352 Fiona Davis 0593474279 Carlos 0 to-read 3.92 2025
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]]> 211004079 A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods.

A whirlwind romance.
When Theodora Scott met Connor—wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family—she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he’s brought her to Idlewood, his family’s isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives.

Stay away from Connor Dalton.
Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can’t ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood.

I’ve been here before.
Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragments of her memories. Someone here has a shocking secret that they will do anything to keep hidden, and Theo is in terrible danger. Because the Daltons do not lose, and discovering what happened at Idlewood may cost Theo everything.]]> 291 Kate Alice Marshall 1250343054 Carlos 0 to-read 3.79 2025
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]]> 202748488 La nostalgia y el suspense se darán la mano en las páginas de este adictivo misterio.

En los años finales de la dictadura de Franco, Madrid está viviendo una ola de muertes que han sido catalogadas como suicidios y accidentes. Todas ellas son mujeres jóvenes, y salvo Lucio Garza, un sagaz médico forense, nadie ha encontrado una relación clara entre sus muertes. Todo cambiará cuando Lucio descubra el terrible modus operandi del asesino, una muerte realmente cruel endulzada con caramelos de violeta.

Pero el inesperado asesino no será el único enemigo que Lucio encontrará en sus investigaciones. También deberá enfrentarse a la estrechez de miras de la época, los recelos de sus superiores y a una asfixiante autoridad que todavía no concebía el concepto de un asesino en serie. Sin embargo, no estará solo: contará con la ayuda de Teresa, su inteligente esposa, y de sus siete hijos, tan deseosos como sus padres de participar en la investigación. A ellos se les unirá un atípico compañero, Félix, un policía de la brigada de investigación criminal, que ayudará a Lucio Garza en sus pesquisas. Unas pesquisas que sacarán a la luz un oscuro secreto familiar que hunde sus raíces en la guerra civil.

Inspirado en sucesos y personajes reales, El asesino de los caramelos de violeta es una ficción que, al igual que el género de cozy mistery tan en tendencia, tiene un tono pop y de lectura agradable y desenfadada, salpicada de personajes reales que aparecen como secundarios de lujo en las aventuras de Lucio.]]> 608 Javier Holgado 8467071680 Carlos 5 4.25 2024
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]]> 58639322
**A Book of the Year in The Times - The New Statesman - Observer - Financial Times - Irish Times - Irish Independent - Times Literary Supplement **

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY!
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE AND THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD!
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE AND THE IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE DALKEY LITERARY AWARDS!

'Exquisite.' Damon Galgut
'Masterly.' The Times
'Miraculous.' Herald
'Astonishing.' Colm Tóibín
'Stunning.' Sunday Independent
'Absolutely beautiful.' Douglas Stuart]]> 116 Claire Keegan 0571368719 Carlos 5 4.23 2021
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La Flota de Indias de Su Majestad está a punto de zarpar cuando la piel arrancada del rostro de una mujer y su cabellera pelirroja aparecen ajustadas como un disfraz macabro al mascarón de proa de la Soberbia, el buque de guerra que abre el convoy. Próxima al barrio portuario del Arenal, en una zona cercada por altos muros, se encuentra La Babilonia, el prostíbulo más cotizado de la Mancebía y donde ejerce Damiana. A pocos metros de allí está el convento de las carmelitas descalzas, donde vive en clausura sor Catalina. Ambas fueron amigas en la infancia y se verán unidas de nuevo a fin de averiguar quién cometió tan brutal asesinato y por qué. Para hacerlo pondrán en peligro sus propias vidas, pero también el secreto mejor guardado de la Corona.]]> 464 Susana Martín Gijón 8420470449 Carlos 4 3.62
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]]> 199796715
Margo braucht Geld. Seit sie ungewollt von ihrem Collegeprofessor, der sie jetzt mit dem Kind alleinlässt, schwanger wurde, mehr denn je. Wie Margo es auch dreht und wendet, kein Job scheint passend zu sein, oder könnte auch nur ansatzweise ihr Leben mit einem Baby finanzieren. Durch einen Zufall wird sie auf die Plattform OnlyFans aufmerksam, und Margo ist fasziniert von dieser Welt, in der Frauen mit sich und ihrem Körper experimentieren, und offenbar gut dabei verdienen. Also beginnt auch sie, Inhalte zu produzieren. Dabei erhält sie Unterstützung von ihrer Mitbewohnerin Suzie, einem großen Cosplay-Fan, und auch von ihrem Vater Jinx, einem Ex-Wrestlingprofi. Ehe sie sich versieht, ist Margo ein Online-Phänomen. Könnte dies die Antwort auf all ihre Probleme sein, oder hat der Internet-Ruhm einen zu hohen Preis?]]> 368 Rufi Thorpe 0063356600 Carlos 5 3.93 2024
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]]> 220458657 Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches��: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales.

In the course of assembling her thesis, Minerva uncovers information that reveals that Tremblay’s most famous novel, The Vanishing, was inspired by a true story: Decades earlier, during the Great Depression, Tremblay attended the same university where Minerva is now studying and became obsessed with her beautiful and otherworldly roommate, who then disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

As Minerva descends ever deeper into Tremblay’s manuscript, she begins to sense that the malign force that stalked Tremblay and the missing girl might still walk the halls of the campus. These disturbing events also echo the stories Nana Alba told about her girlhood in 1900s Mexico, where she had a terrifying encounter with a witch.

Minerva suspects that the same shadow that darkened the lives of her great-grandmother and Beatrice Tremblay is now threatening her own in 1990s Massachusetts. An academic career can be a punishing pursuit, but it might turn outright deadly when witchcraft is involved.]]> 368 Silvia Moreno-Garcia 0593874323 Carlos 0 to-read 4.35 2025
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]]> 220239506 From the bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant comes a propulsive new Fifteen years ago, Frida and her brother escaped a cult. Now her brother is the prime suspect in a murder investigation—and it isn’t the first time.

“Clémence Michallon is one of the most daring, exciting new voices in psychological suspense; she writes page turners with stunning and surprising depths.�� �� #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell

"Thought-provoking and shocking. A perfect summer read.”—Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of She's Not Sorry

Innocence doesn't bail you out; it just makes you easier to trap.

Frida and Gabriel arrive seeking a fresh start at the stunning Ara Hotel in the secluded desert of Escalante, Utah. Once so close they were able to finish each other’s sentences, they’ve grown apart in recent years after a sudden, unspeakable tragedy. Now, at the luxe resort, they are ready to reconnect between dips in the pool and hikes on spectacular desert trails. It all feels like paradise—until the dead body of a beautiful young woman who was vacationing at the Ara with her powerful, much older husband is discovered.

When the local police arrive and suspicion quickly falls on Gabriel, Frida is forced to revisit memories from their upbringing in a cloistered cult in upstate New York, their dramatic escape, and the scandal that followed. Frida’s belief in Gabriel’s innocence never wavered at the time, but now even she can’t ignore the evidence mounting against him.

Alternating between past and present timelines, Our Last Resort builds toward a shattering climax that uncovers the fate of the murdered Ara guest and poses the how well do we ever really know those we love? Taut, gripping, and intense, Clémence Michallon’s latest suspense novel is a nail-biter until the last page, cementing her status as a major new talent in the genre.]]> Clémence Michallon 0593802772 Carlos 0 to-read 3.75 2025
author: Clémence Michallon
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.75
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]]> 211148021 A new holiday enemies-to-lovers romance from USA Today bestselling author Meghan Quinn.

Every Kringle in Kringletown celebrated Christmas a lot.

But Cole Black on Whistler Lane, unfortunately, did not.

As his fellow citizens decorate their quaint town, brimming with carols and glad tidings, Cole wants nothing more than to hibernate the winter away. But his dreary plans are thwarted when his Christmas nemesis, Storee Taylor, moves in next door to care for her Aunt Cindy. Immediately, the new neighbor turns his life into a real nightmare before Christmas, especially when she decides to enter the town Christmas Kringle contest in honor of Cindy. And better yet, Storee is determined to win.

Over Cole's dead body, she will. With help from his friend Max, Cole decides to enter the competition as well, to beat Storee at her own game by pretending that this hometown grump's heart has grown three sizes this season and he's fallen for the girl next door. And unfortunately for Storee, she has to follow his lead to have a chance at the Christmas Kringle title.

But the competition isn't the only thing that heats up. Cole and Storee's fake relationship becomes very real, and before they know it, they're attempting to hide it from Aunt Cindy. Things get complicated, the competition gets tough, and all it takes is one single night for someone to steal it all…]]> 480 Meghan Quinn 1464230153 Carlos 4 3.64 2024
author: Meghan Quinn
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.

Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.

And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.]]> 301 Silvia Moreno-Garcia 1529402654 Carlos 5 arcs
Let me start this review by saying that I loved, loved, LOVED this. I had read so many glowing reviews that I was scared this would be too hyped for me and I would end up slightly disappointed, but that was not the case at all.

In Mexican Gothic you get exactly what the title implies, a gothic tale in a Mexican setting mixed with a bit of Mexican folklore and a huge dose of horror. I won’t rehash the plot cause I think is best to go into it as blind as you can, but though it had the potential of being a crazy bananas mess it ended up being a crazy bananas delight.

For the first half of the book, the story unfolds slowly, setting the tone and atmosphere brilliantly, with such detailed descriptions that you can almost feel like you’re in High Place, the remote mansion where the story takes place. At the halfway point the crazy train leaves the station on a non-stop action ride to a really satisfying end.

I loved the creepy vibes and the dark fairy tale-esque quality of the story. The writing is beautiful without being too purpley, managing to present even the most disturbing images in a way that makes you keep on reading instead of turning away from the book in disgust.

If you’d like your Jane Eyre mixed with your Stephen King, I think this is the book for you.]]> 3.70 2020
author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2020/06/21
date added: 2024/12/18
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Thanks to NetGalley and Quercus Books/Jo Fletcher Books for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Let me start this review by saying that I loved, loved, LOVED this. I had read so many glowing reviews that I was scared this would be too hyped for me and I would end up slightly disappointed, but that was not the case at all.

In Mexican Gothic you get exactly what the title implies, a gothic tale in a Mexican setting mixed with a bit of Mexican folklore and a huge dose of horror. I won’t rehash the plot cause I think is best to go into it as blind as you can, but though it had the potential of being a crazy bananas mess it ended up being a crazy bananas delight.

For the first half of the book, the story unfolds slowly, setting the tone and atmosphere brilliantly, with such detailed descriptions that you can almost feel like you’re in High Place, the remote mansion where the story takes place. At the halfway point the crazy train leaves the station on a non-stop action ride to a really satisfying end.

I loved the creepy vibes and the dark fairy tale-esque quality of the story. The writing is beautiful without being too purpley, managing to present even the most disturbing images in a way that makes you keep on reading instead of turning away from the book in disgust.

If you’d like your Jane Eyre mixed with your Stephen King, I think this is the book for you.
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Darby Kane returns with another twisty domestic thriller about a wife wondering who tried to kill her husband twice before finally succeeding�� because that was supposed to be her job.

Dr. Richmond Dougherty is a renowned pediatric surgeon, an infamous tragedy survivor, and a national hero. He’s also very dead—thanks to a fall down the stairs. His neighbors angrily point a finger at the newest Ms. Dougherty, Addison. The sudden marriage to the mysterious young woman only lasted ninety-seven days, and he’d had two suspicious “accidents�� during that time. Now Addison is a very rich widow.

As law enforcement starts to circle in on Addison and people in town become increasingly hostile, sides are chosen with Kathryn, Richmond’s high school sweetheart, wife number one, and the mother of his children, leading the fray. Despite rising tensions, Addison is even more driven to forge ahead on the path she charted years ago��

Determined at all costs to unravel Richmond’s legacy, she soon becomes a target—with a shocking note left on her bedroom wall: You will pay. But it will take a lot more than faceless threats to stop Addison. Her plan to marry Richmond then ruin him may have been derailed by his unexpected death, but she’s not done with him yet.]]> Darby Kane Carlos 3 audiobooks 3.45 2024
author: Darby Kane
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/17
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]]> 220500471 La novela ganadora del Premio Planeta 2024 nos muestra un retrato impactante de la azarosa vida de personas que sufrieron en carne propia las consecuencias de las grandes decisiones políticas.

Recién terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en un Berlín arrasado y sin futuro aparente, Victoria sobrevive cantando cada noche en el club Kassandra. Pese a tener una mente prodigiosa, capaz de crear un poderoso sistema de cifrado de mensajes, su hija Hedy y su hermana Rebecca dependen de ese mísero sueldo para sobrevivir. Un chantaje sin escrúpulos por parte de los rusos obligará a Victoria a viajar sola a Estados Unidos, donde, sin embargo, disfrutará del amor incondicional del capitán Norton. Allí descubrirá que la que parecía la sociedad más democrática del mundo esconde una rancia capa de racismo e injusticias de la mano del Ku Klux Klan y el senador McCarthy.

Una novela grandiosa en la que los resentimientos, el dolor de la pérdida y las decisiones difíciles serán superados gracias al coraje de unos personajes que luchan firmemente por defender lo que más aman.]]> 480 Paloma Sánchez-Garnica 8408295853 Carlos 0 to-read 4.19 2024
author: Paloma Sánchez-Garnica
name: Carlos
average rating: 4.19
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rating: 0
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]]> 220160814 Three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.

Restauranteur Paddy Swann was the life of the party until the day a man pushed him in the path of an oncoming train, leaving his twenty-something daughter Ash and wife Nina devastated. Shortly after Paddy’s funeral, the two women receive a surprise in the mail: a note and package from Nick Ratcliffe, an old friend of Paddy’s, and a nondescript lighter that once belonged to him decades ago. This unexpected gift draws Nick and Nina closer together—much to Ash’s dismay.

Martha is a small-town florist with dreams of expansion. She lives with her second husband Al, her baby, and two sons from her prior marriage. But they never seem to have any money, and with his constant traveling for work, she feels like a single parent—especially when an emergency makes her realize something needs to change.

But Nick and Al may not be who they say they are, leading these three women on a shocking collision course, wishing they had heeded a warning: Don’t let him in.]]> 368 Lisa Jewell 1668033879 Carlos 0 to-read 4.00 2025
author: Lisa Jewell
name: Carlos
average rating: 4.00
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An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of��Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple.

Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse. While on duty at the hospital one day, a patient named Caitlin arrives in a coma with a traumatic brain injury, having jumped from a bridge and plunging over twenty feet to the train tracks below.��

But when a witness comes forward with shocking details about the fall, it calls everything they know into question. Was Caitlin��pushed��and if so, by whom and why?��

Meghan has always tried to stay emotionally detached from her patients, but this time, she mistakenly lets herself get too close until she’s deeply entangled in Caitlin’s and her family’s lives. Only when it’s too late, does she realize that she and her daughter could be the next victims.]]> 11 Mary Kubica 148822997X Carlos 4 audiobooks 3.62 2024
author: Mary Kubica
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/05
date added: 2024/12/05
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]]> 218671812 From the��New York Times��bestselling author of��The Kind Worth Killing��and��Eight Perfect Murders��comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time to uncover the dark secret at its heart.

Thom and Wendy Graves have been married for over twenty-five years. They live in a beautiful Victorian on the north shore of Massachusetts. Wendy is a published poet and Thom teaches English literature at a nearby university. Their son, Jason, is all grown up. All is well…except that Wendy wants to murder her husband.

What happens next has everything to do with what happened before. The story of Wendy and Thom’s marriage is told in reverse, moving backward through time to witness key moments from the couple’s lives—their fiftieth birthday party, buying their home, Jason’s birth, the mysterious death of a work colleague—all painting a portrait of a marriage defined by a single terrible act they plotted together many years ago.

Eventually we learn the details of what Thom and Wendy did in their early twenties, a secret that has kept them bound together through the length of their marriage. But its power over them is fraying, and each of them begins to wonder if they would be better off making sure their spouse carries their secrets to the grave.]]> 288 Peter Swanson 0063433621 Carlos 0 to-read 3.59 2025
author: Peter Swanson
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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]]> 208552783 wealth-obsessed man �� who is also dead.

One status-obsessed woman �� who is the perfect accessory.

Their four inheritance-obsessed children �� each with a killer instinct.

And a murder-obsessed outsider looking to expose them all��

Bella Mackie is back with a brilliantly funny and twisty mystery about dysfunctional families, awful rich people and true crime obsessives�� and a murder or two, of course.]]> 400 Bella Mackie 0008365962 Carlos 0 to-read 3.46 2024
author: Bella Mackie
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.46
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]]> 203146256 A suicide prevention hotline volunteer answers a call that turns her world upside down in this edge-of-your-seat audio original thriller by the bestselling author of The Perfect Child and The Best of Friends, performed by A.J. Cook (Criminal Minds) and Tessa Albertson (Younger).

Felicia, a single mother and lawyer by day, volunteers at a local crisis center to give back to her tightknit community in a small Wisconsin town. One night, she answers a horrifying call: through tears, a frantic teenage girl tells her that she was a victim of sexual assault at a local house party.

Felicia is shocked, and breaking protocol, she begins communicating with the girl on her own, determined to keep her safe and hold her assailants accountable. But as she gets closer and closer to the truth, she can’t shake the feeling that she and the girl are connected by more than the phone call. As the girl shares more details, Felicia begins to think the unthinkable—someone close to her may be involved in this heinous crime.

As Felicia earns the girl’s trust and more facts emerge about the incident, she faces a gut-wrenching battle between her protective instincts and the moral responsibility to do what’s right. This taut thriller is the perfect listen for fans of The Push, Wrong Place Wrong Time, and We Need to Talk About Kevin.]]> Lucinda Berry Carlos 0 to-read 3.88 2024
author: Lucinda Berry
name: Carlos
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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