Psychological

Timothy and Jonah, wealthy entrepreneurs with a spoiled son, hide sins from their past—one involving a death on a cruise, the other a crime in Bali. Nathan and Samantha, the hot ex-nanny turned trophy wife, grapple with infertility and a shocking paternity secret. Bartosz and Angelika (he’s a chef, she’s a former sex worker) carry debts to the other couples they don’t even realize they owe. Over fourteen days, the couples bond—but their pasts are too deeply intertwined to stay hidden. The sly concierge, Putu, knows more than he lets on.

Life’s not going well for forty-year-old Abby. When her beautiful and charismatic best friend dies suddenly, she’s left reeling. Hetty’s always been such a dominant force in her life; now Abby must figure out who she is – and who she wants to be – without Hetty by her side. Abby has always been the odd one out in Hetty’s wealthy, privileged friendship group. Despite their differences, Abby has managed to carve out a place for herself. But Hetty isn’t an easy friend to have. She blows hot and cold, alternating between fierce loyalty and unwarranted cruelty.

Meghann Dontess is een vrouw met een groot verdriet. Jaren geleden werd zij door een ruzie met haar stiefvader gedwongen tot een hartverscheurende keuze waarmee ze de liefde van haar zus Claire verspeelde. Nu is ze een beruchte echtscheidingsadvocaat die niet in intimiteit gelooft. Tot ze die ene man ontmoet die haar van gedachten doet veranderen. Claire Cavenaugh is voor de eerste keer in haar leven verliefd. Terwijl haar trouwdag nadert, neemt zij contact op met haar koele, oudere zus.

Nella casa di Eilis Lacey, a Long Island, suona il campanello. Alla porta c'è uno sconosciuto, irlandese come lei, che viene a portarle una notizia sconvolgente. La vita di Eilis negli ultimi vent'anni è scorsa piuttosto tranquillamente: i due figli ora adolescenti, Larry e Rosella, il marito idraulico Tony, e nelle casette adiacenti due dei suoi cognati, Enzo e Mauro, con le rispettive famiglie, oltre alla torreggiante suocera Francesca. Una tipica famiglia italo-americana degli anni Settanta, che lavora, mangia, dorme, decide, vive insieme, molto presente e disponibile ma almeno altrettanto voluminosa e invadente.

Aveva quattordici anni Smita quando con la sua famiglia ha dovuto lasciare l’India in circostanze drammatiche. Una volta al sicuro in America, ha scacciato dal cuore la nostalgia per i crepuscoli aranciati e il profumo inebriante dei cibi che il padre le comprava dai venditori ambulanti e giurato a se stessa che mai più sarebbe tornata in quei luoghi che l’avevano così profondamente ferita. Ma anni dopo si ritrova a dover accettare con riluttanza l’incarico di coprire una storia di cronaca a Mumbai, per il suo giornale.

A Oslo, una scrittrice sessantenne assiste come tutti gli anni a un concerto di Natale; siede accanto a una coppia accompagnata dalla figlia adolescente, che si mostra palesemente infastidita e viene rimproverata di continuo dalla madre. La scena fa scattare nella donna il ricordo dei suoi sedici anni, e il lettore viene catapultato nel racconto del suo passato: un’adolescenza su cui grava una figura materna opprimente, che controlla la figlia in maniera ossessiva, terrorizzata al pensiero che possa bere, fare sesso, assumere droghe.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of 1800 to 1849 and its male authors whose time has now come again.

Stranger in the Mind is a supernatural thriller blending history, mystery, and the unexplainable. Mystery and murder swirl around a dangerous doctor. One detective vows to unravel the truth. 1920s Liverpool—a city shrouded in fog and secrets. Detective Amelia Dei uncovers a string of unexplained comas in Liverpool’s most notorious infirmary. As she digs deeper, she faces a sinister psychiatrist and a truth darker than anything she’s imagined..."‘Stranger in the Mind’ quickly draws you in and does not let you go till the last word." Reader Views • 5 stars • 5 stars

Doemi es el descenso mental hacia la locura de una adolescente que lidia con sus tendencias suicidas. Sin embargo, no piensa irse de este mundo sin antes experimentar su primer beso.

Her perfect home. Her perfect man. How wrong can she be? After a bitter divorce, criminal solicitor Laila moves to idyllic Violet Lane where she quickly falls for Max—her charming, piano-playing neighbor. They begin a wildly passionate affair and Laila feels she is really starting to live again. But the tranquility of this close-knit community is shattered when Jackie, a young mother from across the street, goes missing. Her husband is the chief suspect and Laila agrees to act as his lawyer.

Faruq Zaidi, a young journalist processing the recent death of his father, a devout Muslim, takes the opportunity to embed himself in a cult called “the nameless.” Based in the California redwoods and shepherded by an enigmatic Vietnam War veteran named Odo, the nameless adhere to the 18 Utterances, including teachings such as “all suffering is distortion” and “see only beauty.”

Journey into the mind-bending world of Philip K. Dick's "The Skull," a short story that masterfully blends time travel with moral ambiguity. When a prisoner is offered freedom for a mysterious assignment in the past, he stumbles upon revelations that challenge everything he believes about destiny and choice. This captivating tale showcases Dick's signature style—weaving philosophical questions with psychological tension and reality-warping concepts that leave listeners questioning everything.

I keep getting the sense of being watched. But when I glance up, it’s not by the person I want it to be. Dale’s always busy doing something else. Really, I must have the most unromantic partner on the planet. Or so I thought. For Dale has prepared a Valentine’s Day surprise, and I don’t need asking twice to follow the clues I’ve found. I find my way to the remote cottage he’s booked, gobsmacked as I respond to his written instruction to enter.

On the night he dies, August Sweeney is just pulling himself out of the weeds in the restaurant that was supposed to be his comeback. An immense man of immense appetites, August worked his way up from the bowels of a greasy spoon in Queens to international culinary stardom, and his fall, when it came, left a crater visible from space. When Dr. Maya Zhu, a guarded, intense autopsist, is summoned to investigate, she discovers she must operate under strict conditions Sweeney himself dictated before he died.

Ein Roman wie ein Paukenschlag! "Der Farmer ist tot, und alle wollen wissen, wer ihn getötet hat." Als Siebzehnjährige verliebt sich Beth in den schönen und klugen Gabriel. Am Ende eines leidenschaftlichen, flirrenden Sommers jedoch zerbricht ihr Glück. 13 Jahre später lebt Beth glücklich mit ihrem Mann auf einer Farm. Sie kümmern sich aufopferungsvoll um Land und Tiere und genießen ihre noch immer große Liebe. Doch dann kehrt Gabriel mit seinem Sohn Leo in das Dorf zurück und reißt alte Wunden auf. Beth hat einen Sohn verloren – damals war er so alt, wie Leo jetzt.

Aufrichtig und kompromisslos schreibt Kathrin Weßling über das Nicht-mehr-jung-Sein, zerbrochene Lebensträume und darüber, dass man manchmal an den ungewöhnlichsten Orten Freundschaft findet. Während ihre Freundinnen Kinder bekommen und Instagram eine einzige Happy-Wife-Happy-Life-Show zu sein scheint, sitzt Katharina in ihrer Wohnung und betäubt sich mit Arbeit und Trash-TV. Mit Ende dreißig hat sie sich arrangiert mit diesem recht ereignislosen Leben, in dem noch alles möglich ist. Das zumindest glaubt sie, bis sie erfährt, dass sie keine Kinder mehr bekommen kann.

Hayden Reese has a bad habit of breaking people's jaws. Granted, he only breaks jaws that deserved some breaking, but he's starting a whole new feud, with the husband of his lover—and this time, it may cost him his life. Hayden's life has never been easy. His father tormented him, his kid brother got all the approval, and he made a fatal mistake that he's never been able to forgive himself for making. But when Hayden's future is shattered by his bad choices, he has to redeem himself in the eyes of his long-estranged daughter Allegra.

Nach einer Glaubenskrise zieht der siebzehnjährige Seminarist Noel für einen Sommer zu seinen Großeltern nach Faha, einem kleinen irischen Dorf, in dem nichts sich je ändert; auch der Regen nicht, der das Dorf seit Anbeginn begleitet. Bis er eines Tages, wir schreiben die Karwoche des Jahres 1958, plötzlich aufhört. An diesem Tag kommt auch Christy in das Örtchen, ein weitgereister Mann, der im Auftrag der Regierung durch das Land zieht und für die Elektrifizierung wirbt. Christy wird Untermieter bei Noels Großeltern und für den jungen Mann ein Freund und Mentor.

EL VERDUGO: El Verdugo nos presenta a Julien, un joven verdugo que hereda un destino oscuro y la responsabilidad de ejecutar a los condenados. Cuando se enamora de una mujer cuya familia está destinada a su plataforma de ejecución, se ve atrapado en un dilema ético devastador. Balzac maneja con maestría las tensiones entre el amor, la familia y la lealtad al Estado, poniendo al descubierto las contradicciones inherentes al ser humano. La historia es un examen inquietante de cómo las circunstancias pueden moldear y desafiar nuestros principios éticos.

Als Stella Carters Mann im Dienst erschossen wird, steht sie plötzlich vor dem Nichts. Ihren Job als Staatsanwältin kann sie nicht mehr ausüben, Freunde hat sie sich nie erlaubt und die Trauer zieht sie in ein tiefes Loch. Die einzigen Lichtblicke in ihrem Leben sind ihre Nichte Addie, die kurzerhand bei ihr einzieht, und überraschenderweise Elizabeth Murphy, die Frau, mit der Stella jahrelang eine berufliche Hassliebe verbunden hat. Doch die sonst so eiskalte Elizabeth ist auf einmal gar nicht mehr distanziert.

I Loverly, proprietari della casa più lussuosa di Harlow Street, hanno organizzato un pomeriggio di fine estate tra amici: un party favoloso dal primo all'ultimo dettaglio, ma solo fino a quando Whitney Loverly, l'impeccabile padrona di casa, donna magnetica che richiama in egual modo malevolenze e ammirazione, si scaglia urlando contro il primogenito di dieci anni. Una scenata che gela all'istante l'atmosfera festaiola e gli invitati. Nove mesi più tardi, verso mezzanotte, quello stesso bambino cade dalla finestra della sua cameretta ed entra in coma.

Step aboard “Tomorrow’s Train,” an evocative novella by Alex Brown that explores profound questions of existence: What happens after we die? How do our choices shape our eternity? Blending speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, this thought-provoking tale takes listeners on a journey beyond life’s veil into a mysterious afterlife. Maddison Mackenzie awakens in a sterile realm, surrounded by recently departed souls. They are confronted by an enigmatic figure offering a choice that will define their eternal fate.

Kızıl, derin duyguların, sırların ve dramatik olayların gölgesinde gelişen bir aşk hikayesini anlatıyor. İki farklı dünyadan gelen iki insanın, imkansız görünen bir bağ kurarak birbirlerine olan tutkularını keşfetmeleri… Ancak, geçmişin gölgeleri ve toplumsal baskılar, onların mutluluğunu tehdit ediyor.

"Siehst du Mascha, ich bin deinem Rat gefolgt: ich war klug und hielt mich an Wunder." Und es ist ja auch ein Wunder, dass Elisa ihr katastrophales Leben ...

A little book with a surprisingly big heart. A kidnapped princess and a killer porter, a naked artist and a neonatal astronaut . . . When the lives of strangers intertwine, moments become lifetimes in their unconscious quest to let go of grief and hold on to the precious. Beautifully imagined, A Pocket For Biscuits seeks a deeper understanding of ourselves in the every day, inspiring a gentle compassion for the disconnected and voiceless. This is a rare gem that sparkles with courage and hope, subtly lit by incidental kinships you’ll treasure forever.