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When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom’s bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what? The polar opposite of Cleo, whose “out of control” emotions and “unsafe” behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks.

Six college friends have reunited for a glamorous weekend in the Catskills, a decade after a fatal accident that nearly destroyed them. Keith, once the ringleader of the group, was a handsome charmer on the fast track to success. Now he’s spiraling into addiction and stands at the edge of losing it all. This weekend is the last chance to save him. But Keith, it turns out, is not the only one who needs saving.

The last thing Lizzie needs right now is a call from an inmate at Rikers asking for help - even if Zach Grayson is an old friend. But Zach is desperate: His wife, Amanda, has been found dead at the bottom of the stairs in their Brooklyn brownstone. And Zach’s the primary suspect. As Lizzie is drawn into the dark heart of idyllic Park Slope, she learns that Zach and Amanda weren’t what they seemed - and that their friends, a close-knit group of fellow parents at the exclusive Brooklyn Country Day school, might be protecting troubling secrets of their own.

When Kate, single mother and law firm partner, gets an urgent phone call summoning her to her daughter's exclusive private school, she's shocked. Amelia has been suspended for cheating, something that would be completely out of character for her over-achieving, well-behaved daughter. Kate rushes to Grace Hall, but what she finds when she finally arrives is beyond comprehension. Her daughter is dead.

At the end of a long winter in well-to-do Ridgedale, New Jersey, the body of an infant is discovered in the woods near the town's prestigious university campus. No one knows who the baby is or how her body ended up out there. But there is no shortage of opinions.

It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help. Wylie hasn't heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesn't matter. Cassie's in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done so many times before: save her best friend from herself.

Wylie may have escaped the camp in Maine, but she is far from safe. The best way for her to protect herself is to understand her ability - fast. But after spending a lifetime trying to ignore her own feelings, giving in to her ability to read other peoples' emotions is as difficult as it is dangerous. And Wylie isn't the only one at risk. Ever since they returned home, Jasper has been spiraling, wracked with guilt over what happened to Cassie.

When young lawyer Lizzie gets a call for help from an old friend accused of murdering his wife, she reluctantly says yes. Zach is the chief suspect in his wife, Amanda’s, murder but there’s no way he could be guilty – is there? The further Lizzie dives into the glossy world of Brooklyn’s Park Slope, the more she realises that things don’t add up. Zach doesn’t know the most basic details of his wife’s past, and Amanda’s friends barely know he exists.

Cleo arrives for dinner at her childhood home, only to find food burning in the oven, no sign of her mother, and a bloody shoe under the sofa. The polar opposite of Cleo, whose 'out of control' emotions and 'unsafe' behaviour have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the epitome of glamorous perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. What Cleo doesn't know is that Kat's not just a lawyer: she's her firm's fixer. She's damn good at it too.

The heart-pounding final instalment in the breathtakingly brilliant Outliers trilogy, packed with tension, romance and thrilling twists and turns. From New York Times best-selling author Kimberley McCreight. Wylie Lang now knows that there are more outliers out there - girls just like her who can read other people’s minds - and they need her help. But Wylie’s dad is still missing, and she hasn’t seen her mum since she appeared at the juvenile detention facility where Wylie was being held.

The nail-bitingly tense sequel to The Outliers by New York Times best-selling author Kimberly McCreight. Wylie may have escaped the isolated camp in the woods, but she is far from safe. The only way to protect herself is to understand her strange abilities as an Outlier - fast. But allowing herself to read other peoples' emotions isn't just difficult, it's dangerous. And Wylie isn't the only one at risk. Ever since they returned home, Jasper has been wracked with guilt.

Dix ans après avoir obtenu leur diplôme, cinq anciens camarades de fac se réunissent pour le week-end dans un chalet au beau milieu des montagnes Catskill. Ces retrouvailles ne sont pas un enterrement de vie de garçon, contrairement à ce qu'ils affirment, mais plutôt une tentative pour empêcher l'un d'eux de sombrer dans l'addiction. Après le suicide présumé de leur amie Alice, ils sont bien décidés à ne pas laisser survenir un nouveau drame.

It all starts with a text: "Please, Wylie, I need your help". Wylie hasn't heard from her onetime best friend, Cassie, in over a week. Not since their last fight. But that doesn't matter. Cassie's in trouble, and it's up to Wylie to do what she does best: save her best friend from herself. This time it's different, though - Cassie's texts are increasingly cryptic and scary. And instead of having Wylie come by herself, Jasper shows up saying Cassie asked him to help.

Nichts schien die College-Freunde Jonathan, Derrick, Keith, Stephanie, Maeve und Alice trennen zu können – bis Alice sich aus Schuldgefühlen das Leben nahm. So steht es jedenfalls offiziell im Polizei-Bericht. Zehn Jahre später treffen sich die Freunde in Jonathans Wochenendhaus in den Catskill Mountains – einem beliebten Feriengebiet der New Yorker –, um seinen Junggesellenabschied zu feiern. Doch dann sind Keith und Derrick plötzlich verschwunden. Die Polizei findet lediglich ihren Wagen, darin eine Leiche mit zertrümmertem Gesicht.

Ten years after graduation, a group of friends plan a reunion in a remote house in upstate New York. It isn't a bachelor party, as they've led one of their friends to believe, but instead an intervention for an escalating drug addiction. They lost one member of their friendship group in college, and they'll do anything to make sure that doesn't happen again. But from the moment they arrive, something doesn't feel right.

À Ridgedale, petite ville aisée du New Jersey, le corps d'un bébé est retrouvé dans les bois voisins de l'université. Malgré toutes les rumeurs et les hypothèses que ne manque pas de susciter le drame, personne ne connaît l'identité de la fillette et encore moins les raisons de sa mort. Molly Anderson, journaliste indépendante récemment arrivée avec son mari et sa fille, est recrutée par le journal local pour couvrir le fait divers. Une affaire, pour la jeune femme, qui réveille un tourment douloureux.

Connaissez-vous vraiment vos enfants ? À New York, Kate élève seule sa fille de 15 ans, Amelia. Très proches, elles n'ont pas de secrets l'une pour l'autre. C'est en tout cas ce que croit Kate, jusqu'à ce matin d'octobre où elle reçoit un appel de l'école. On lui demande de venir de toute urgence. Lorsqu'elle arrive, Kate se retrouve face à une cohorte d'ambulances et de voitures de police. Elle ne reverra plus jamais sa fille. Amelia a sauté du toit de l'établissement. Désespoir et incompréhension. Pourquoi une jeune fille en apparence si épanouie a-t-elle décidé de mettre fin à ses jours ?

Motherhood hasn't come at all easy for Molly Anderson. But she's finally enjoying life as mother to five-year-old Ella and as arts reporter for the small but respectable Ridgedale Reader. That is until a body is found in the woods adjacent to Ridgedale University's ivy-covered campus, a discovery that threatens to unearth secrets long buried by the town's most powerful residents.

Für Molly Anderson ist es nicht leicht, Mutter zu sein–vor allem seit sie ihr zweites Kind auf tragische Weise verloren hat. Trotzdem scheint der Neuanfang geglückt, den sie und ihr Ehemann Justin sich mit der kleinen Ella im idyllischen Universitätsstädtchen Ridgedale erhofft haben. Bis in einer abgelegenen Gegend am Fluss ein totes Baby entdeckt wird und Molly als freie Journalistin den Auftrag erhält, über den Fall zu berichten.

Der Hilferuf ihres alten Studienfreundes Zach kommt für die New Yorker Anwältin Lizzie Kitsakis denkbar ungelegen: Eigentlich wollte sie wieder mehr Zeit mit ihrem Mann verbringen, um die Risse zu kitten, die sich inzwischen unübersehbar in ihrer Ehe auftun. Doch Zach wird verdächtigt, seine Frau Amanda ermordet zu haben, und sitzt bereits in der berüchtigten New Yorker Haftanstalt Rikers Island. Natürlich beteuert Zach seine Unschuld, und Lizzie glaubt ihm.