C. L. Taylor

Welcome to The Island. Where your worst fears are about to come true... It was supposed to be the perfect holiday: a week-long trip for six teenage friends on a remote tropical island. But when their guide dies of a stroke leaving them stranded, the trip of a lifetime turns into a nightmare. Because someone on the island knows each of the group's worst fears. And one by one, they're becoming a reality. Seven days in paradise. A deadly secret. Who will make it off the island alive?

The Island

You come to the retreat to be healed. You don't expect to die. Two years ago, Fran's sister Jenna disappeared on a wellness retreat in Gozo that went terribly wrong. Tom Wade, the now infamous man behind Soul Shrink Retreats, has just been released from prison after serving his sentence for the deaths of two people. But he has never let on what happened to the third victim: Jenna. Determined to find out the truth, Fran books herself onto his upcoming retreat - the first since his release - and finds herself face to face with the man who might hold the key to her sister's disappearance. The only question is, will she escape the retreat alive? Or does someone out there want Jenna's secrets to stay hidden? The master of suspense is back. Prepare yourself for the latest heart-in-mouth rollercoaster ride from the Sunday Times bestseller.

Her Last Holiday

Seven guests. Seven secrets. One killer. Do you dare to SLEEP? 'Beware! Sleep does not do what it says on the tin: I was awake until the small hours under its dark and twisty spell.' FIONA BARTON

Sleep

âe~A rollercoaster of a suspense novel with multiple twistsâe(tm) Daily Mail KEEPING THIS SECRET WAS KILLING HERâe¦ A gripping psychological thriller about the deadly secrets your children can keep âe¦ Sue Jackson has the perfect family but when her teenage daughter Charlotte deliberately steps in front of a bus and ends up in a coma she is forced to face a very dark reality. Retracing her daughterâe(tm)s steps she finds a horrifying entry in Charlotteâe(tm)s diary and is forced to head deep into Charlotteâe(tm)s private world. In her hunt for evidence, Sue begins to mistrust everyone close to her daughter and sheâe(tm)s forced to look further, into the depths of her own past. Sue will do anything to protect her daughter. But what if she is the reason that Charlotte is in danger?

The Accident

C. L. Taylor Untitled Book 9

Cecelia Ahern's Flawed meets Never Let Me Go in the pulse-pounding YA thriller from the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author of The Escape. "You have to help me. We're not being reformed. We're being brainwashed." All sixteen year old Drew Finch wants is to be left alone. She's not interested in spending time with her mum and stepdad and when her disruptive fifteen year old brother Mason is expelled from school for the third time and sent to a residential reform academy she's almost relieved. Everything changes when she's followed home from school by the mysterious Dr Cobey, who claims to have a message from Mason. There is something sinister about the 'treatment' he is undergoing. The school is changing people. Determined to help her brother, Drew must infiltrate the Academy and unearth its deepest, darkest secrets. Before it's too late.

The Treatment

Ursula, Gareth and Alice have never met before. None of them are used to relying on others - but when the three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide, there's only one thing for it: they have to stick together. Otherwise, one of them will die

Strangers

This secret is killing me. It's only one line from her fifteen-year-old daughter's diary, but Susan knows it means everything. Charlotte is smart, popular, and beautiful. She is also in a coma following what looks like a desperate suicide attempt. What's more, Susan has no idea what compelled her daughter to step out in front of a city bus. Did she really know her daughter at all? In her hunt for the truth, Susan begins to mistrust everyone close to Charlotte, and she's forced to look further, into the depths of her own past. The secrets hidden there may destroy them both. "This fast, twisty psychological thriller has suspense on every page!"—Paula Daly, author of Just What Kind of Mother Are You? "One of the best books I've read in ages...such a chilling read."—Mel Sherratt, author of Taunting the Dead "Gripping, memorable, and tense...a delight."—Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls

Before I Wake

'Claustrophobic and compelling' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'A rollercoaster with multiple twists' DAILY MAIL 'A million dollar new story from a million selling author' SARAH PINBOROUGH

The Fear

In this harrowing psychological thriller about a missing teenage boy whose mother must expose the secrets within their own family if she wants to find her son—perfect for fans of Reconstructing Amelia. You love your family. They make you feel safe. You trust them. Or do you…? When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire Wilkinson, blames herself. She’s not the only one. There isn’t a single member of Billy’s family that doesn’t feel guilty. But the Wilkinsons are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn’t until six months later, after an appeal for information goes horribly wrong, that the truth begins to surface. Claire is sure of two things—that Billy is still alive and that her friends and family had nothing to do with his disappearance. A mother’s instinct is never wrong. Or is it…? Combining an unreliable narrator and fast-paced storytelling, The Missing is a chilling novel of psychological suspense that will thoroughly captivate and obsess readers. “The Missing has a delicious sense of foreboding from the first page, luring us into the heart of a family with terrible secrets and making us wait, with pounding hearts for the final, agonizing twist. Loved it.”—Fiona Barton, author of The Widow

A Novel

The Missing

Keep your friends close ... Haunting, compelling, this psychological thriller will have you hooked. Perfect for fans of Before I go to Sleep and Daughter.

The Lie

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Teraz zaśniesz

The Sunday Times bestseller and No.1 Kindle bestseller returns... Praise for C. L. Taylor: 'The Missing has a delicious sense of foreboding from the first page, luring us into the heart of a family with terrible secrets and making us wait, with pounding hearts for the final, agonizing twist. Loved it' Fiona Barton, Author of THE WIDOW "Look after your daughter's things. And your daughter..." When a stranger asks Jo Blackmore for a lift she says yes, then swiftly wishes she hadn't. The stranger knows Jo's name, she knows her husband Max and she's got a glove belonging to Jo's two year old daughter Elise. What begins with a subtle threat swiftly turns into a nightmare as the police, social services and even Jo's own husband turn against her. No one believes that Elise is in danger. But Jo knows there's only one way to keep her child safe - RUN.

The Escape

Troje zwykłych ludzi, którzy nie mają pojęcia, że jest ktoś czwarty. Ktoś, kto wciągnie ich w swój misterny morderczy plan. A może znajdą się w nim przypadkowo? Ursula, żyjąca z poczuciem, że to przez nią zginął jej ukochany, próbuje ratować maltretowaną przez męża kobietę. Alice najwyraźniej nie ma szczęścia w miłości ¬ – z chwilą gdy poznaje nowego mężczyznę, ktoś zaczyna ją prześladować. A może to właśnie on za tym stoi? Gareth wciąż wierzy w odnalezienie zaginionego przed laty ojca, zwłaszcza kiedy do domu zaczynają przychodzić dziwne kartki pocztowe. Tych troje się nie zna. Choć ich drogi przecinają się w mieście, w którym ostatnio znikają ludzie, pozostają sobie obcy... Aż do pewnego wieczoru, kiedy razem znajdą się w śmiertelnym niebezpieczeństwie. I będą musieli połączyć siły, żeby przeżyć.

Nieznajomi

Träum was Böses

When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire Wilkinson, blames herself. She's not the only one. There isn't a single member of Billy's family that doesn't feel guilty. But the Wilkinsons are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn't until six months later, after an appeal for information goes horribly wrong, that the truth begins to surface. Claire is sure of two things - that Billy is still alive and that her friends and family had nothing to do with his disappearance. A mother's instinct is never wrong. Or is it?

Angela Marsons

Mark Billingham

Harry Bingham

James Oswald

Jane Casey

Antonia Hodgson

Claire Mackintosh

A woman reports a crime to the police, with unexpected results The grieving widow who finds that she's about to lose more than just her husband When a man attempts the perfect murder, it's not quite as easy as he thinks Two men in prison play a deadly game of Scrabble A young woman tries to trick an old man and gets more than she bargained for Sometimes crimes are solved in ways you can't explain A murderer about to be hanged finds that's not the worst thing that can happen You never know who's going to turn up at your door Original stories from Mark Billingham, Clare Mackintosh, James Oswald, Jane Casey, Angela Marsons, Harry Bingham, Antonia Hodgson and CL Taylor - specially written for Quick Reads.

Dead Simple

Lou Wandsworthová si užila nechtěné pozornosti médií vrchovatou měrou, když ve čtrnácti utekla do Francie se svým jednatřicetiletým učitelem Mikem Hughesem. Teď je jí tolik, co bylo tenkrát jemu, a její život je v troskách. Pokud se chce ještě někdy sebrat a být schopna jít dál, musí se odhodlat k činu – odjet zpátky do rodného města a konfrontovat Mika kvůli všemu, co jí způsobil. Brzy však zjistí, že se Mike vůbec nezměnil. Jeho nezdravá pozornost se znovu upírá na třináctiletou žákyni... Lou se rozhodne udělat všechno pro to, aby se zlá historie nemohla opakovat, a rázně bere věci do svých rukou.Nemá tušení, jak těžký úkol na sebe vzala. Mike je predátor nejdrsnějšího ražení, a tak nelze vyloučit, že se Lou stane znovu jeho obětí.

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