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All her life, Jasmine has been groomed in Atlanta’s high society to be the perfect woman of wealth. Soon to be married off to Percy Hugo Milton to keep money circulating between black families, she realizes she’s stuck in a dead-end relationship.

When Sally kills her husband with a cast-iron skillet, she’s more fearful of losing her kids than of disposing of a fresh corpse. That just wouldn’t be fair—not after twenty years of marriage to a truly terrible man. But Sally isn’t the only woman in town reaching the brink. Soon, Sally finds herself leading an extremely unusual self-help group, and among them there are four bodies to hide. Can they all figure out the perfect way to bury their husbands . . . and get away with it?

Emilia Ward lives in suburban London with her husband, their young son, and a teenager from her first marriage. Emilia is an ordinary mom—and she’s also the bestselling author of the Miranda Moody detective novels. But when writing her tenth—and most difficult—book, life takes a disturbing turn: an incident mimicking the plot of one of her novels occurs in real life. Just an unsettling coincidence, right? Until it happens again. And again.

A dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building. None of them know why they were selected to receive his invitation. Besides a postcode, they share only one thing in common - they've all experienced an unsettling occurrence within the building's walls. By the end of the night, their host is dead, and none of the guests will say what happened. His death remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries - until now.

Young Richard Antoine White and his mother don't have a key to a room or a house. Sometimes they have shelter, but they never have a place to call home. Still, they have each other, and Richard believes he can look after his mother, even as she struggles with alcoholism and sometimes disappears, sending Richard into loops of visiting familiar spots until he finds her again. And he always does - until one night, when he almost dies searching for her in the snow and is taken in by his adoptive grandparents.

Paris, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a young Senegalese writer, discovers a legendary book titled The Maze of Inhumanity. It has an immediate hold over him. No one knows what happened to the author, T.C. Elimane, who was accused of plagiarism, his reputation destroyed by the critics. Obsessed with discovering the truth about Elimane's disappearance, Faye weaves past and present, countries and continents, following the author's labyrinthine trail from Senegal to Argentina and France and confronting the great tragedies of history.

For fans of David Grann, Malcolm Gladwell, and Atul Gawande, Who Gets Believed? is a book as deeply personal as it is profound in its reflections on morals, language, human psychology, and the unspoken social codes that determine how we relate to one another.

Quand la cure thermale tourne au drame... Maigret fait une cure à Vichy où Hélène Lange se fait assassiner. Un ancien inspecteur de Maigret devenu commissaire à Clermont-Ferrand, Lecœur, dirige l'enquête à laquelle Maigret s'intéresse tout en poursuivant sa cure et ses promenades avec son épouse. La personnalité de la victime intrigue les enquêteurs. Originaire d'une famille modeste des environs de La Rochelle, elle a été employée à Paris, puis a vécu en rentière à Nice et était installée à Vichy depuis neuf ans.

In a digital landscape dominated by shifting algorithms and artificial intelligence, how do you create authentic connections that transcend platforms and technological changes? Robin Nathaniel, social media strategist and TEDx speaker, presents the SYNC Method, a revolutionary framework for maintaining humanity in your digital presence.

Foncer sur une foule dans sa SL500 douze cylindres : le moment le plus grisant de la vie de Mr Mercedes. Et le carnage lui a tellement plu qu’il n’a qu’une envie : recommencer. Au plus vite... Délaissant le fantastique, Stephen King se glisse avec une jubilation contagieuse dans le moule du polar. Revenu de tout mais toujours tenace, son inspecteur Bill Hodges rejoint les figures emblématiques du roman noir américain.

Have you ever been tempted to spy on your partner? Do you worry the love of your life will meet someone younger, smarter or richer? Do you want to permanently eliminate jealousy in your relationship? By relying on proven scientific studies and real-life experience, this guide is able to identify your jealousy triggers and deliver custom solutions just for you.

What makes a man masculine? What makes a woman feminine? These are two of the most important questions we’ll answer, because in them lies the key to becoming attractive. Many people don’t understand what they are doing, though, and with these golden nuggets of knowledge, you can rise above that. Become your sexiest, most attractive, most lovable self by applying these gems of wisdom.

Flirting is an art. Some people are good at it. Some people are awful. And some only do it when they want to. Some may have been big flirts before their marriage, only to become a constant complainer once the ring was on their finger. How do you make others constantly fall in love with you? That’s the question.

D'un échec naît parfois un nouveau départ. À la tête d'un grand studio hollywoodien depuis près de vingt ans, Andy Westfield aime son métier plus que tout. Mais il voit son existence s'effondrer quand il est licencié du jour au lendemain. Afin de passer ce cap difficile, il part se réfugier en Angleterre, dans une petite station balnéaire. Là-bas, il fait la connaissance de Violet Smith. La jeune femme, ancienne journaliste, aspire elle aussi à retrouver la paix après une série de drames personnels.

À la vie, à la mort... La vie d'Audrey Parker change à jamais quand son frère est tué lors de l'attaque de Pearl Harbor. Fraîchement sorties de l'école d'infirmière, la jeune femme et son amie Lizzie s'engagent dans l'armée américaine pour contribuer à l'effort de guerre. Elles y font la connaissance d'Alex, fille d'un grand banquier new-yorkais, et de Louise, qui se bat depuis toujours contre les préjugés raciaux. Bientôt envoyées en Angleterre, où elles rapatrient par avion les soldats alliés blessés sur le front, ces héroïnes de l'ombre risquent leur vie à chaque mission.

Three years ago, bride-to-be Aoife died at her own hen party. Now the hens have returned to the villa where that terrible weekend unfolded. They long for closure. But the moment they step back inside, old wounds open and tensions begin to rise. Everyone has a different version of what happened that night. Who is keeping secrets? And how far will they go to keep them hidden?

Brand Management. Bernice Summerfield needs a job. Professor Harry Burtenshaw thinks she’s just the ticket. But with the people of Lyndyaz celebrating their most important festival and the ruling Dominicci Corporation maintaining control with draconian glee, has Bernice turned up in the wrong place at the wrong time? Bad Habits. Meet Sister Bernice - newest initiate into the order of Saint Celestion.

Cinq femmes unies dans l'adversité. Jane Addison fait ses premiers pas dans la prestigieuse agence de talents new-yorkaise Fletcher and Benson. Pour la jeune femme, intelligente et ambitieuse, c'est une opportunité inespérée. Mais tout n'est pas aussi idyllique qu'elle pourrait croire : Hailey, sa responsable, jongle entre son travail et ses enfants, qu'elle élève seule. Un défi auquel doit aussi faire face Francine, aux prises avec de graves problèmes financiers. De son côté, Allie risque sa carrière en fréquentant un célèbre acteur.

Quand j'étais enfant, ma mère ne cessait de me répéter : "Arrête avec tes mensonges." J'inventais si bien les histoires, paraît-il, qu'elle ne savait plus démêler le vrai du faux. J'ai fini par en faire un métier, je suis devenu romancier. Aujourd'hui, voilà que j'obéis enfin à ma mère : je dis la vérité. Pour la première fois. Dans ce livre. Autant prévenir d'emblée : pas de règlement de comptes, pas de violence, pas de névrose familiale.

Flirting is an art. Some people are good at it. Some people are awful. And some only do it when they want to. Some may have been big flirts before their marriage, only to become a constant complainer once the ring was on their finger. How do you make others constantly fall in love with you? That’s the question.