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At seventeen, Lenora Hope hung her sister with a rope. Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope's End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred.

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents. These are the only rules for Jules Larson's new job as apartment sitter for an elusive resident of the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile private buildings and home to the super rich and famous. Recently heartbroken and practically homeless, Jules accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind. Out of place among the extremely wealthy, Jules finds herself pulled toward other apartment sitter Ingrid. But Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems....

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.

En 1942, six personnes ont détruit la famille d'Anna Matheson. Douze ans plus tard, elle est décidée à les faire payer. Sous de faux prétextes, Anna a invité les responsables de la ruine de sa famille dans un luxueux train de nuit entre Philadelphia et Chicago. Treize heures de trajet, sans arrêt. Son but ? Leur faire avouer leurs crimes et les livrer aux autorités qui les attendent au terminus. Justice sera enfin rendue. Mais le plan d'Anna déraille vite quand un des passagers meurt soudainement.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager. Have you ever played two truths and a lie? Emma has. Her first summer away from home, she learned how to play the game. And she learned how to lie. Then three of her new friends went into the woods and never returned.... Now, years later, Emma has been asked to go back to the newly reopened Camp Nightingale. She thinks she’s laying old ghosts to rest, but really she’s returning to the scene of a crime. Because Emma’s innocence might be the biggest lie of all....

What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into a rambling Victorian estate called Baneberry Hall. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon. Now, Maggie has inherited Baneberry Hall after her father's death.

Recently widowed actress Casey Fletcher has escaped to her family's lake house for peace and quiet. She's been happily losing herself in her thoughts and several bottles of bourbon, until the glamorous couple across the lake catch her attention. They look so perfect—just like Casey and her husband used to be. But is anyone what they seem?

On July 15, 1994, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend Billy fell asleep together in their quiet New Jersey cul de sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. The tent was sliced open, and Billy was gone, taken. He was never seen again. Thirty years later, Ethan has returned to Hemlock Circle, still desperate for answers. Who took Billy? Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening on the street under the cover of darkness. Someone is prowling the cul de sac when no one is awake to see them.

Casey Jordan is being driven across the country by a serial killer. Maybe. Behind the wheel is Josh Baxter, a stranger Casey met by the college ride-share board, who also has a good reason for leaving university in the middle of term. On the road, they share their stories, carefully avoiding the subject dominating the news - the Campus Killer, who's tied up and stabbed three students in the span of a year, has just struck again. Travelling the lengthy journey between university and their final destination, Casey begins to notice discrepancies in Josh's story.

Each girl survived an unthinkable horror. Now someone wants them dead.... They were the victims of separate massacres. Grouped together by the press and dubbed the 'Final Girls', they are treated like something fresh out of a slasher movie. When something terrible happens to Lisa, put-together Quincy and volatile Sam finally meet. Each one influences the other. Each one has dark secrets. And after the bloodstained fingers of the past reach into the present, each one will never be the same.

Están prohibidas las visitas. No se puede pasar una noche fuera del departamento. Y por ningún motivo se debe molestar a los inquilinos, en su mayoría gente rica o famosa, o ambas... Esas son las únicas reglas que Jules Larsen debe seguir en su nuevo trabajo como cuidadora de departamento en el Bartholomew, uno de los edificios más lujosos y misteriosos de todo Manhattan. El glamur del vecindario y la portentosa vista de Central Park cautivan a Jules, quien acepta los términos sin dudarlo. Entre los residentes del Bartholomew, Jules se hace amiga de Ingrid.

“Com’era vivere in quella casa?” Maggie Holt è abituata a questa domanda. Venticinque anni fa, lei e i suoi genitori, Ewan e Jess, si trasferirono a Baneberry Hall, una sconfinata tenuta vittoriana nei boschi del Vermont. Trascorsero lì venti giorni prima di fuggire nel cuore della notte, un calvario che Ewan raccontò in seguito in un libro di saggistica intitolato "La casa degli orrori". La sua storia di eventi spettrali e incontri con spiriti maligni diventò un fenomeno mondiale, rivaleggiando con Orrore ad Amityville in popolarità e scetticismo.

La cosa peggiore mai accaduta a Hemlock Circle si è verificata nel giardino di Ethan Marsh. Una notte di luglio, lui, dieci anni, e il suo migliore amico e vicino di casa Billy si addormentarono in una tenda montata su un prato curato in un tranquillo e caratteristico cul-de-sac del New Jersey. Al mattino, Ethan si svegliò da solo. Durante la notte, qualcuno aveva aperto la tenda con un coltello e rapito Billy, che non venne più ritrovato. Trent'anni dopo, Ethan torna a malincuore nella sua casa d'infanzia.

Eine grausame Familientragödie, ein blutiges Geheimnis1929 erschüttert eine schreckliche Bluttat ganz Maine. Die 17-jährige Lenora Hope wird verdächtigt, ihre Eltern und ihre Schwester grausam ermordet zu haben. Sie streitet die Tat jedoch vehement ab und spricht nie wieder darüber. Erst als fast fünfzig Jahre später die junge Pflegerin Kit nach Hope's End, dem Familiensitz und Schauplatz des Massakers, kommt, scheint sich das Geheimnis um die grausamen Morde lüften zu lassen.

Irgendwie muss sie diese Nacht überleben. 1991. George W. Bush sitzt im Weißen Haus, im Kassettendeck läuft Nirvana, und die filmbegeisterte Studentin Charlie fährt mit einem Mann durch die Nacht, der vielleicht ein Serienkiller ist. Es war nur eine Mitfahrgelegenheit. Josh behauptet, er wolle zu seinem kranken Vater in Ohio. Aber etwas stimmt nicht an seiner Geschichte. Während sie über leere, dunkle Highways fahren, steigt in Charlie ein furchtbarer Verdacht auf.

Eine Nacht des Schreckens. Als Maggie ein Kind war, floh die ganze Familie eines Nachts aus dem Haus und kehrte nie wieder dorthin zurück. Maggie selbst hat keine Erinnerung daran, was in jener Nacht wirklich geschah. Jetzt, 25 Jahre später, erbt Maggie nach dem Tod ihres Vaters das Haus. Doch kaum ist sie wieder dort, geschehen unerklärliche und zutiefst schaurige Dinge. Baneberry Hall war in seiner 100-jährigen Geschichte immer wieder Schauplatz grauenvoller Geschehnisse, böser Gedanken – und mehrerer Morde.

Eine Nacht des Schreckens. Als Maggie ein Kind war, floh die ganze Familie eines Nachts aus dem Haus und kehrte nie wieder dorthin zurück. Maggie selbst hat keine Erinnerung daran, was in jener Nacht wirklich geschah. Jetzt, 25 Jahre später, erbt Maggie nach dem Tod ihres Vaters das Haus. Doch kaum ist sie wieder dort, geschehen unerklärliche und zutiefst schaurige Dinge. Baneberry Hall war in seiner 100-jährigen Geschichte immer wieder Schauplatz grauenvoller Geschehnisse, böser Gedanken – und mehrerer Morde.

Es klingt zu gut, um wahr zu sein: Jules, die gerade ihren Job und ihren Freund verloren hat, stößt auf eine Stellenanzeige als Housesitter in einem Luxusapartment in Manhattan. Im historischen Bartholomews direkt am Central Park wohnen die Reichen und Berühmten. Für $ 1000 pro Woche akzeptiert Jules auch gern einige seltsame Regeln: Keine Besucher. Keine Nacht außer Haus. Keine Gespräche mit anderen Mietern. Als kurz darauf das Mädchen aus der Etage unter ihr spurlos verschwindet, wird Jules misstrauisch und beginnt sich umzuhören.

Im See lauert das Grauen Schauspielerin Casey Fletcher hat einen schweren Verlust erlitten, außerdem ist ihre Karriere am Nullpunkt. Um wieder auf die Füße zu kommen, zieht sie sich in ihr Haus am Lake Greene in Vermont zurück. Hier gibt es nichts als Natur, Ruhe und Stille. Das ist nicht leicht auszuhalten, deshalb greift sie immer häufiger zum Bourbon – und zu einem Fernglas. Damit beobachtet sie nicht etwa Vögel, sondern das Paar auf der gegenüberliegenden Seeseite. Katherine und Tom scheinen eine perfekte Ehe zu führen, doch schon bald bemerkt Casey, dass die Fassade bröckelt.

Niente ospiti. È proibito passare la notte fuori. Non disturbare i residenti, tutti ricchi o famosi o entrambi. Queste sono le uniche regole per il nuovo lavoro di Jules Larsen come custode di un appartamento al Bartholomew, uno dei palazzi più suggestivi e misteriosi di Manhattan. Con il cuore spezzato e al verde, Jules è affascinata dallo splendore di ciò che la circonda e accetta l’offerta, pronta a lasciarsi alle spalle il passato.