Becca Day - Böcker

The brand-new thriller from the author of The Girl Beyond the Gate.Deep in the woods, you can hide more than secrets...Every day, in a remote cabin hidden deep in the woods in the Scottish Highlands, Mary wakes up before dawn to make breakfast from scratch. She tends the garden and feeds the animals. Every night, Mary makes sure she has dinner on the table for when her husband Cal gets home from work.She puts on his favourite lipstick and greets him with a smile. 'I've missed you.' It's not true and he knows it. But he likes to hear it all the same.Mary is the perfect wife and like any good wife she knows her job is to keep her husband happy.But lately as she notices her first wrinkles appear, she can sense Cal change. A scowl at dinner not being ready on time, a too tight grip as he leads her to the bedroom tells her he's noticed too. And old memories are coming back too, of her life before the cabin...Then she finds a stack of letters hidden under the floorboards detailing a life eerily similar to her own. They're addressed to her: 'To the next woman.'If she's not the first to play the role of Cal's perfect wife, what happened to the woman in the cabin before her? And how long does she have until she is next?

Welcome to Kensington Grove, the safest place to call home...Jodie Madison can't think of a better place for a fresh start than the exclusive, gated community of The Grove. But from the moment she passes through the wrought iron gates, she starts to suspect she's made a mistake.Despite her vow to keep apart from the other residents, Jodie can't help but feel drawn to her unnerving neighbour, Norah Williams, and terminally ill daughter, Lacey. Jodie knows she should stay away, but something draws her in.When a murder shocks The Grove, Jodie vows to do everything in her power to save Lacey from her mother. But as more secrets emerge from Norah's shadowy past, Jodie is faced with the unthinkable - Norah's not so different to herself, and neither woman is innocent. The past won't stay hidden forever. And The Grove will be an unforgiving witness.

Would you lie to protect the person you love most? Alex has always had an idyllic life. Living and working on her best friend Cynthia's sprawling family farm, raising their children side by side. Until one night, when Cynthia's eighteen-year-old-daughter Hannah disappears without trace. Soon Alex's life is spiralling out of control as she questions everything she thought she knew and everyone she trusted. When local detective, Stefani Warner, starts investigating Hannah's disappearance, one person is quickly singled out: Daniel, Alex's nineteen-year-old son.In a panic, Alex lies to protect Daniel. But as her lies begin to multiply, Alex is becoming trapped.Did Alex do the right thing for her child? Or has she instead put all of them in terrible danger...

The perfect neighbourhood. The perfect friends. The perfect murder.When Frankie moved into her new home, it was a dream come true. Living on one of the most exclusive streets in the country, where gleaming white houses looked out over golden sand and deep blue ocean. Nothing bad could have followed her there.Her new neighbours - Zara, Nadine and Geneva - soon took her under their wing. The four women became inseparable. Until the morning when Geneva's body was found on the beach.Suspicion was immediately cast on Geneva's husband. But when the police didn't charge him, he vanished without trace. Now, five years later, he's back.Soon no one is beyond suspicion. Dark secrets that have been hiding behind closed doors begin to be revealed, with devastating consequences.What really happened the night Geneva died? And how far will they all go to make sure their own secrets stay buried?