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Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it’s meant compromising her morals. She was in dire straits trying to pay for her brother’s care until she met Asa. But as Sloan became emotionally and economically reliant on him, he in turn developed a disturbing obsession with her—one that becomes increasingly dangerous every day.

From Ballen Studios, welcome to Late Nights with Nexpo, the official podcast of YouTube creator, Nexpo, featuring the most bizarre and chilling true stories and mysteries to be found. Listen to unravel the unexplained.New and exclusive episodes every Wednesday.

The suspenseful sequel to The Murder of Mr. Wickham, which sees Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney reunited, and with another mystery to solve: the dreadful poisoning of the scoundrel Willoughby's new wife.

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn’t be higher. After handling a mercurial triple agent and surviving the riots and bombings and assassination attempts, all Duffy wants to do now is live. But in his final days in charge of Carrickfergus CID, a missing persons report captures his attention.

This is DC Smith's third investigation with the Diver and Diver Associates agency. They have been asked by a member of Norfolk's aristocracy to look into the tragic death of her younger brother, Freddie, the late Lord Thorpe of the title. The inquest verdict was of misadventure, but it isn't long before Smith begins to suspect there has been a serious miscarriage of justice.

Once, so very long ago, she watched him like this when he came to pick her up from a date. Her stomach fluttered and burned with infatuation and desire. She would watch him walk up the path and think, 'This must be love.' But that was so very long ago. Now Liz is wary and afraid. She has made a terrible mistake, and it cannot be undone.

Ex-police officer Sebastian Clifford is quickly finding that life as a private investigator is never quiet. His doors have only been open a few weeks when DCI Whitney Walker approaches him to investigate the brutal attack that left her older brother, Rob, with irreversible brain damage. For nearly twenty-five years, Rob had no memory of that night, but lately things are coming back to him. Whitney's worried that her brother might–once again–be in danger.

This is Ghoul Talk: Open Late - where the lights are dim, the jokes are dark and the stories are stranger than fiction. Your hosts April and Sarah laugh at the wrong things, dig up weird stories and tell them like no one else.

Sloan farebbe qualsiasi cosa per chi ama. Per garantire un futuro a suo fratello malato ha sacrificato tutto: la libertà, la dignità e l'amore. Legata ad Asa, narcotrafficante tanto affascinante quanto manipolatore, vive in una gabbia dorata fatta di paura e dipendenza. Lui le ha offerto sicurezza, ma il prezzo da pagare è stato altissimo: Asa non l'ha salvata, l'ha reclamata. E ora ogni gesto, ogni parola, ogni sguardo sono una catena che stringe sempre più forte. Sloan sa che scappare da Asa significa rischiare la vita.

The first three crime thrillers in the Detective Sebastian Clifford series together in a single collection for the first time. This collection includes Web of Lies, Speak No Evil, and Never Too Late.

Following an argument with her British boyfriend, Chinese student Min Li is abducted whilst walking the dark streets of picturesque Stratford-upon-Avon alone. Trapped in a dark pit, Min is at the mercy of her captor. Detective Inspector Will Jackman is tasked with solving the case and in his search for answers discovers that the truth is buried deeper than he ever expected. But, as another student vanishes and Min grows ever weaker, time is running out.

Osiemnastoletnia Sylwia wychodzi z domu i ślad się po niej urywa. Po roku bezowocnych poszukiwań młoda dziennikarka dociera do pamiętników i listów pisanych przez zaginioną. Które z tekstów są tylko fikcją literacką, a które opisują faktyczne zagrożenie? Kim jest Sylwia i kto ponosi winę za jej zniknięcie? Z każdą stroną tej powieści, skonstruowanej jak najlepszy kryminał i bogatej w obserwacje obyczajowe, rośnie napięcie. Od pytania o winnego tragedii być może ważniejsze jest odkrywanie głęboko skrywanych tajemnic rodzinnych.

An isolated Tuscan farmhouse on the edge of an ancient wood is the perfect setting for a late September holiday. As a group of old friends from university and their families gather to relax and unwind, all are hoping it will be a chance to put the tragic events of the previous year behind them. There were six of them once; now they are five. Watching the British visitors arrive from her own terrace is Anna Viola, whose family has lived for centuries in the crumbling red-brick farmhouse above Il Vignacce.

Det är maj och i Vimmerby ska den årliga studentbalen äga rum. Massor med människor har samlats i Källängsparken innan den stundande kortegen drar genom stan, solen skiner från en klarblå himmel och stämningen är på topp. Då smäller plötsligt ett skott av och en av personerna i den stora folkhopen faller ihop – mördad.

Gary Nelson has a routine for the commute to his rather dull job in the city. Each day, he watches as a woman on the train applies her make up in a ritual he now knows by heart. He's never dared to strike up a conversation...but maybe one day. Then one evening, on the late train to Gipsy Hill, the woman invites him to take the empty seat beside her. Fiddling with her mascara, she holds up her mirror and Gary reads the words 'HELP ME' scrawled in sticky black letters on the glass.

David Small is the new rabbi in the small Massachusetts town of Barnard’s Crossing. Although he’d rather spend his days engaged in Torah study and theological debate, the daily chores of synagogue life are all-consuming—that is, until the day a nanny’s body is found on the rain-soaked asphalt of the temple’s parking lot.

Anche le brave persone a volte sono attratte dalle cose malvagie... La dodicenne Rain Winter è riuscita a sfuggire al suo rapitore mentre andava a casa di un amico. I suoi due migliori amici, Tess e Hank, non sono stati così fortunati. Tess non è mai tornata a casa e Hank è stato tenuto prigioniero prima di riuscire a scappare. Alla fine il loro rapitore fu catturato e arrestato ma, anni dopo, fu rilasciato. Poi qualcuno ha deciso di fare giustizia e l'ha ucciso a sangue freddo.

Las Trompetas de Jericó tronaron desde el cielo anunciando la inminente llegada de la muerte.Así arranca esta novela negra y de misterio, en la que cinco enigmáticos veteranos de sus respectivos servicios secretos conocen a una cautivadora adolescente, de mala vida y peor fortuna, que desatará una espiral de sorprendentes fatalidades y los arrastrará hacia un enemigo despiadado.

Es verano y pronto sonarán los gritos de felicidad de los estudiantes que se gradúan. La artista Cilla Fallander tiene un nuevo trabajo después del drama del pasado invierno como la nueva gerente de un centro comercial que va a reabrir sus puertas. Pero las cosas empiezan a salir mal desde la primera noche y, durante los cuatro días de inauguración, los problemas continúan acumulándose. Todo esto hace pensar a Cilla que alguien lo está fastidiando a propósito, lo que conlleva consecuencias desastrosas para todos.

The only mistake I made was walking away instead of facing the man whose heart I broke. I ran away from the life I wasn't ready for, and in the process, lost everything I wanted. I tried to move on and failed epically. There's no moving on from Jake Findlay. Even if he thinks I have. Now that I'm home, I've got to fight my own battles and prove that I'm all grown up. Even if it means letting him in to break me all over again.