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Soon to be a Netflix film directed by Charlie Kaufman. Jake and his girlfriend are on a drive to visit his parents at their remote farm. After dinner at the family home, things begin to get worryingly strange. And when he leaves her stranded in a snowstorm at an abandoned high school later that night, what follows is a chilling exploration of psychological frailty and the limitations of reality. Iain Reid’s intense, suspenseful debut novel will have readers’ nerves jangling. A series of tiny clues sprinkled through the relentlessly paced narrative culminate in a haunting twist on the...

The sparkling debut novel of Maria Semple, author of the WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION-shortlisted WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE, including reading group notes. Violet Parry is living the quintessential life of luxury in the Hollywood Hills with David, her rock-and-roll manager husband, and her darling toddler, Dot. She has the perfect life - but she's deeply unhappy. David expects the world of Violet but gives little of himself in return. When she meets Teddy, a roguish small-time bass player, Violet comes alive, and soon she's risking everything for the chance to find herself again. Also in the...

El fantasy de brujas que ha arrasado en todo el mundo. ¡Entra en la sociedad secreta más glamourosa! Cuando Vivi Deveraux llega al Westerly College, se ve atrapada por el sofisticado y misterioso entramado de las Kappas, un grupo de estudiantes formado por chicas ambiciosas, guapas e inteligentes, lo que lo convierte en uno de los más reputados de todo el campus. Pero Vivi no tardará en descubrir que esta no es una sororidad al uso, porque sus componentes guardan un gran secreto: son brujas. Al principio está encantada de haber sido escogida para formar parte de esta sociedad, hasta que...

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