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Shelby wants to give her daughter Chloe a gift she’ll never forget: a luxury cruise around the Caribbean. It will be the honeymoon Chloe and her husband Rob never got to take. Shelby will look after their little boy. Then the unthinkable happens: Shelby gets a call from a distraught Rob—Chloe is missing, fallen overboard. Everyone says she was drunk and alone, that it must have been a tragic accident. But all Shelby’s maternal instincts tell her that can’t be true.

Fifteen years ago, Blair's best friend Molly was murdered. Fifteen years ago, Adrian Jones went to prison for it. Fifteen years ago, the real killer got away with it. And now, Blair's terminally ill sister has made a devastating deathbed confession, which could prove that the wrong man has been imprisoned for years - and that Molly's killer is still out there. Blair's determined to find him, but the story behind Molly's death is more twisted than she could imagine. If she isn't careful enough, the killer will ensnare her and bury Blair with his secret.

One phone call changes everything. Eden’s mom is dead in what looks to be a murder-suicide. She wasn’t perfect, but Eden can’t believe she could be a killer. But if her mom didn’t do it, who did?

One morning Caitlin Eckhart receives a phone call that changes her life forever - her much-loved six-year-old stepson, Geordie, has disappeared from school. It soon becomes clear that someone must have deliberately taken him. Distraught, Caitlin and her husband, Noah, make an anguished public appeal for his return. But Caitlin has a secret from her past that is about to catch up with her, and as Geordie's continued absence brings her relationship with Noah to breaking point, she stands to lose everything that she loves.

Following a whirlwind romance with an old acquaintance she bumped into at a high-school reunion, pregnant Dena Russell has moved back to her small hometown to start a new life with horse breeder Brian Riley. But something isn’t right. As Brian’s behavior grows increasingly disturbing, Dena flees her new home, finding refuge with an old school friend. Then the bloodstained, battered body is found, and Dena is forced to think the unthinkable: Could the father of her unborn child be a coldblooded killer? And, if so, how can she and her baby escape his clutches?

Meet Maddy Blake: devoted wife and mom who always stands by her husband, who's just trying to get her life back together. But now all her hard work is about to be destroyed. A teenage babysitter and the baby boy she's looking after are abducted. Her naked body is discovered in the woods. The little boy is still missing. Witnesses put Maddy's husband, Doug, at the scene of the crime. She stood by him when he was accused of the ultimate betrayal, but can she trust him now?

Claire has it all: a handsome chef husband, a happy life on the coast, and a beautiful baby boy. But her picture-perfect life isn’t what it seems. Days after the christening, her husband and baby are murdered. Then she confesses to the gruesome crime. But why? And did she really do it? The evidence against her is damning. The police are convinced they have their killer. But her best friend, Morgan, doesn’t think she did it. But how well does she really know Claire? Soon she's putting her life at risk to find out

Beth has the perfect life. She's the one who escaped her bleak hometown, and now she's got a successful business, a devoted boyfriend, and her dream home. Then one phone call changes everything. Her father is dead, and Beth must go home to Maine to take care of the fourteen-year-old little sister she hasn't seen in eight years. Her little sister is dating a dangerous man. He's too old for her, obsessive, controlling. And he'll do anything to keep Beth's little sister to himself.

Tess a 9 ans lorsque sa sœur aînée Phoebe est enlevée, violée et étranglée. Sur son témoignage, le coupable est immédiatement jugé, puis exécuté. Vingt ans plus tard, un test révèle que son ADN n'est pas celui retrouvé sur Phoebe. Traumatisée à l'idée d'avoir pu faire condamner un innocent, Tess décide de faire toute la lumière sur cette affaire. Au risque de revivre le cauchemar qui a bouleversé sa vie.