Gillian Flynn
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"A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer-- the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade-- from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case. For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding...
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"At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent, and struggling to stay alive... They were a perfect family, golden and carefree - until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother's vast mansion, their loving mother assures...
3) Perdida
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"En un caluroso día de verano, Amy y Nick se disponen a celebrar su quinto aniversario de bodas en North Carthage, a orillas del río Mississippi. Pero Amy desaparece esa misma mañana sin dejar rastro. A medida que la investigación policial avanza, las sospechas recaen sobre Nick. Sin embargo, Nick insiste en su inocencia. Es cierto que se muestra extrañamente evasivo y frío, pero ¿es un asesino?"--Book cover.
4) Widows
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Four women with nothing in common except a debt left by their dead husbands' criminal acts conspire to take fate into their own hands.
5) Dark places
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Libby Day was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were murdered and her brother Ben was jailed for the crime. Now, twenty-five years later, Libby discovers shocking evidence that Ben may be innocent, and the real killer still at large.
6) Gone girl
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On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
7) Widows
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The story of four women who share nothing in common apart from the debts their dead husbands left behind. Taking fate into their own hands, they take over the criminal activities their husbands were involved in and, working together, try to secure their own future.
8) Gone girl
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On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
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Polish
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Libby Day była małą dziewczynką, gdy zamordowano jej matkę i dwie starsze siostry. To jej zeznania doprowadziły do skazania jej piętnastoletniego brata Bena na dożywocie. Dziś, po dwudziestu pięciu latach, Ben nadal siedzi w więzieniu, a Libby desperacko potrzebuje pieniędzy. Kiedy więc członkowie Klubu Zbrodni, stowarzyszenia, które fascynuje się tajemniczymi zabójstwami uznają, że Ben został niesłusznie skazany i proponują...
10) Sharp objects
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A reporter confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to cover a violent murder.
11) Ostre przedmioty
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W rodzinnym miasteczku dziennikarki śledczej Camille Preaker dochodzi do dwóch szokujących zbrodni: zostają zamordowane dwie dziewczynki, a ona ma opisać toczące się śledztwo. Camille musi więc wrócić do Wind Gap, małej, dusznej mieściny w stanie Missouri, z której uciekła i której szczerze nienawidzi. To tam przed laty umarła jej siostra, to tam po raz pierwszy Camille zaczęła kaleczyć swoje ciało, to tam nadal mieszka jej despotyczna...
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On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?
13) Lugares oscuros
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"Libby Day tenía siete años cuando su madre y sus dos hermanas fueron victimas de lo que los medios llamaron la masacre de la granja de Kinnakee, Kansas. Ella salvo la vida y testificó contra su hermano Ben, a quien señaló como el culpable. Veinticinco años después, el Kill Club--una sociedad secreta obsesionada con crimenes célebres--localiza a una Libby en franca decadencia y pretende que les ayude a escarbar en los cabos sueltos de aquella...
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"A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors--including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! The latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their...