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Leah is in love. It should be the happiest summer of her life, but she can't help feeling lonely with Jake's attention divided between her, his ex-wife and his young son. As insomnia sets in, the walls of their new basement flat feel as if they're closing in around her.
Until she meets her upstairs neighbour, Anton, who has recently moved back in after a long absence from the street. He's a sympathetic ear when Jake can't be, and even though others on the street seem strangely hostile towards him, Leah soon comes to rely on Anton and their secret conversations in the night.
Leah has no idea that fifteen years before, Anton was convicted of killing his wife. A wife who looked a little bit like Leah. He has always said he didn't do it.
Is Leah his redemption? Or is she befriending a killer intent on luring her closer and closer?
Leah is in love. It should be the happiest summer of her life, but she can't help feeling lonely with Jake's attention divided between her, his ex-wife and his young son. As insomnia sets in, the walls of their new basement flat feel as if they're closing in around her.
Until she meets her upstairs neighbour, Anton, who has recently moved back in after a long absence from the street. He's a sympathetic ear when Jake can't be, and even though others on the street seem strangely hostile towards him, Leah soon comes to rely on Anton and their secret conversations in the night.
Leah has no idea that fifteen years before, Anton was convicted of killing his wife. A wife who looked a little bit like Leah. He has always said he didn't do it.
Is Leah his redemption? Or is she befriending a killer intent on luring her closer and closer?
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Your Closest Friend by Karen Perry, read by Joanne King and Jade Yourell.
She saved your life.
One hot, humid night in London, Cara is caught up in a wave of terror and chaos. Until a hand reaches out - and a stranger pulls her to safety.
She knows your darkest secrets.
Taking refuge with her unlikely rescuer, Cara shares more of herself with Amy than she ever has with anyone, including her husband. But after the hours of darkness are over, she can't remember exactly what secrets she revealed.
Cara attempts to put it all behind her. But cracks begin to show in her life and marriage, and she starts to receive anonymous threats.
She's your closest friend.
As Cara's life begins to skid out of control, Amy reappears, offering to help.
Amy is only person Cara can turn to, who knows her hidden side. Amy saved her that night.
But what if the biggest threat to Cara is the stranger she's invited into her home?
She's your worst nightmare.
Girl Unknown by critically acclaimed author Karen Perry is a powerful new audiobook that 'Explores emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy.' - Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of Into the WoodsHow quickly could the family we have created for ourselves unravel-and how far will we go to protect it?David and Caroline Connolly are swimming successfully through their marriage's middle years-raising two children; overseeing care for David's ailing mother; leaning into their careers, both at David's university teaching job, where he's up for an important promotion, and at the ad agency where Caroline has recently returned to work after years away while the children were little. The recent stresses of home renovation and of a brief romantic betrayal (Caroline's) are behind them. The Connollys know and care for each other deeply.Then one early fall afternoon, a student of sublime, waiflike beauty appears in David's university office and says, "I think you might be my father." And the fact of a youthful passion that David had tried to forget comes rushing back. In the person of this intriguing young woman, the Connollys may have a chance to expand who they are and how much they can love, or they may be making themselves vulnerable to menace. They face either an opportunity or a threat-but which is which? What happens when their hard-won family happiness meets a hard-luck beautiful girl?
Penguin presents the audio download edition of Can You Keep a Secret by Karen Perry, read by Grainne Gillis.
It's been twenty years since Lindsey has seen her best friend Rachel
Twenty years since she has set foot in Thornbury Hall - the now crumbling home of the Bagenal family - where they spent so much time as teenagers. Since Patrick Bagenal's 18th birthday party, the night everything changed.
It's time for a reunion
Patrick has decided on one last hurrah before closing the doors of his family home for good. All of the old crowd, back together for a weekend.
For the secrets to come out
It's not long before secrets begin to float to the surface. Everything that Lindsey shared with her best friend at sixteen and everything that she didn't.
But some secrets should never be told. They need to be taken to the grave. While others require revenge at any cost.
Harry und Robin haben bei einem schrecklichen Erdbeben ihren dreijährigen Sohn Dillon verloren. Auch fünf Jahre später überschattet der unfassbare Verlust, das Gefühl der Ohnmacht und Schuld jede Minute ihres Zusammenlebens. Bis zu dem kalten Wintertag, als Harry denkt, Dillon in Dublin auf der Straße gesehen zu haben. Seither ist er von dem Gedanken besessen, dass sein Sohn noch leben könnte. Und er ist bereit, bis zum Äußersten zu gehen, um die ganze Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen. Mit unvorstellbaren Folgen...
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Girl Unknown by Karen Perry, read by Conor Maloney, Tracy Keating and Richard Flood.
'Full of intrigue and incident and keeps us guessing until the very last tragic page' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Richard & Judy book club pick Lying in Wait
'I think you might be my father . . .'
When first-year student Zoë Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office and tentatively says these words, he is left reeling. But it is the lives of his family - particularly his wife Caroline - which are turned upside down by the arrival of this stranger.
A daughter, a sister, a friend . . . an enemy?
Though no one knows quite who Zoë is, she is soon entangled in their lives. Yet her stories don't ring true and Caroline is determined to learn if the girl is the unlucky innocent she claims to be or someone with a far darker agenda.
A deadly cuckoo in the nest . . .
Because by letting Zoë in, David and Caroline aren't just leaving themselves vulnerable. They're risking the most precious thing in the world - the lives of their children . . .
Praise for Girl Unknown
'Karen Perry writes intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy, and this may be their best yet' Tana French, bestselling author of The Trespasser
'This story of psychological attrition builds to an incredibly tense finale - before delivering an amazing final twist, Riveting stuff' Sunday Mirror
'One of the most richly satisfying psychological thrillers of 2016, a book that hooks the reader from the first page' Irish Independent
'A taut, tense psycho-gripper' Sunday Sport
Seit Jahren wollen Katie, Luke und Nick nur eines: vergessen, was sich damals am Fluss ereignet hat. Sie waren Kinder, und sie spielten ein unschuldiges Spiel. Doch dann geschah etwas, das seither ihr ganzes Leben überschattet. Jeder hat auf seine Weise versucht, mit dem dunklen Geheimnis zu leben. Bis Luke eines Nachts aus seinem Haus verschwindet. Zurück bleiben nur ein Blutfleck auf dem Teppich und ein Foto auf seinem Schreibtisch, das ihn zusammen mit Nick und Katie an jenem Nachmittag am Fluss zeigt. Jemand scheint zu wissen, was sie getan haben. Und macht vor nichts Halt, um späte Rache zu üben ...
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audio edition of Only We Know by Karen Perry, read by Brian Fenton, Niamh Daly and Marcella Riordan.
In 1982, on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday beneath the stifling heat of the midday sun, three children start a game that ends in tragedy.
Now, thirty years later, Nick, Luke and Katie are estranged, yet still bound together by the dark truth of what happened at the river that day.
Except some secrets won't stay buried.
And when Luke suddenly vanishes and the threatening messages begin, it seems that the strings of the past are tightening around them all. Because someone else knows what they did and is intent on seeking justice, at any cost . . .
Harry und Robin haben bei einem schrecklichen Erdbeben ihren dreijährigen Sohn Dillon verloren. Auch fünf Jahre später überschatten der unfassbare Verlust, das Gefühl der Ohnmacht und Schuld jede Minute ihres Zusammenlebens. Bis zu dem kalten Wintertag, als Harry glaubt, Dillon in Dublin auf der Straße gesehen zu haben. Seither ist er von dem Gedanken besessen, dass sein Sohn noch leben könnte. Und er ist bereit, bis zum Äußersten zu gehen, um die ganze Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen. Mit unvorstellbaren Folgen ...
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Boy That Never Was by Karen Perry. Read by Gerry O'Brien, Niamh Daly, Christopher Ragland and Roy McMillan.
You were loved and lost - then you came back . . .
Five years ago, three-year-old Dillon disappeared. For his father Harry - who left him alone for ten crucial minutes - it was an unforgivable lapse. Yet Dillon's mother Robyn has never blamed her husband: her own secret guilt is burden enough.
Now they're trying to move on, returning home to Dublin to make a fresh start.
But their lives are turned upside down the day Harry sees an eight-year-old boy in the crowd. A boy Harry is convinced is Dillon. But the boy vanishes before he can do anything about it.
What Harry thought he saw quickly plunges their marriage into a spiral of crazed obsession and broken trust, uncovering deceits and shameful secrets. Everything Robyn and Harry ever believed in one another is cast into doubt.
And at the centre of it all is the boy that never was . . .
The Boy That Never Was is a deeply atmospheric and masterfully crafted tale of love and loss that will chill you to the bone. Fans of Rosamund Lupton and Sophie Hannah will fall in love with this debut from Karen Perry.
Praise for The Boy That Never Was:
'The Boy That Never Was is that powerful thing, a beautifully written mystery driven by its exploration of the characters' innermost hearts' Tana French
'A truly remarkable novel . . . Written in a captivating, lyrical style and brilliantly structured, the story grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go' Jeffery Deaver
'This is a debut novel that will catch fire' Nelson DeMille
Karen Perry is the pseudonym for Paul Perry and Karen Gillece.
Paul Perry is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books including The Drowning of the Saints, Goldsmith's Ghost, 108 Moons, The Orchid Keeper, and most recently The Last Falcon and Small Ordinance. A winner of The Hennessy New Irish Writer of The Year Award, he is a Lecturer in Creative Writing for Kingston University, London, Writer Fellow for University College Dublin and Course Director in Poetry for the Faber Academy in Dublin.
When a couple's lost child resurfaces they are forced to embark on a journey into their shared past one rife with dark secrets and lies
Tangiers. Harry is preparing his wife's birthday dinner while she is still at work and their son, Dillon, is upstairs asleep in bed. Harry suddenly remembers that he's left Robin's gift at the café in town. It's only a five minute walk away and Dillon's so tricky to put down for the night, so Harry decides to run out on his own and fetch the present.
Disaster strikes. An earthquake hits, buildings crumble, people scream and run. Harry fights his way through the crowd to his house, only to find it razed to the ground. Dillon is presumed dead, though his body is never found.
Five years later, Harry and Robin have settled into a new kind of life after relocating to their native Dublin. Their grief will always be with them, but lately it feels as if they're ready for a new beginning. Harry's career as an artist is taking off and Robin has just realized that she's pregnant.
But when Harry gets a glimpse of Dillon on the crowded streets of Dublin, the past comes rushing back at both of them. Has Dillon been alive all these years? Or was what Harry saw just a figment of his guilt-ridden imagination? With razor-sharp writing, Karen Perry's The Innocent Sleep delivers a fast-paced, ingeniously plotted thriller brimming with deception, doubt, and betrayal.
