Paula Hawkins
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A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged. Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister, a fearful stranger who has...
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Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life--as she sees it--is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It’s only...
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When a young man is found gruesomely murdered on a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night stand last seen in the victim's home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. Three women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are--for different...
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"Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once home to Vanessa: A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace: A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling. And the secrets of...
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Lock Haven, PA
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[2021]
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Do you hear silence instead of the hands of the mythical biological clock ticking? Does your heart flutter faster when you see a puppy than it does when you see a tiny human? Do you break into a cold sweat when you receive a baby shower or child's birthdy invitation? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this book is for you ... 50 Things to Know about being Childfree by Choice, by Kelly Hawkins, offers a candid and humorous description...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024
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A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK""The best Paula Hawkins yet – by a tense and haunting mile."" – Lee Child""An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller... truly exceptional."" – Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods""A masterful exploration of the nature of obsession...I loved it."" – Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls and Miracle CreekThe propulsive and powerful new novel...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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[2017]
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Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.