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There comes a moment in everyone's life when stepping out into the unknown seems much safer than trying to survive a familiar place of pain and struggle. Such a moment arrived for Colleen Hannegan when her deepest desires for happiness and freedom forced her to run away from an increasingly violent marriage. Finding strength through the love of her family and friends, Colleen discovers the way back to herself when she takes a walk down to the end...

Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.

"North Atlantic Ocean, 1912. Kate Royston is a witness to history as the RMS Carpathia responds to the Titanic's desperate SOS. Kate plans to escape personal tragedy by fleeing Europe but everything changes when the Carpathia picks up the Titanic survivors. Forced to return to New York, Kate abandons her hope of escape and becomes a vital witness in the high profile Senate investigation of the disaster. Fueled by public rage and political in-fighting,...

'The train doesn't slow. We aren't stopping. We are going to burn past, leaving her behind in a swirl of leaves and dust. I blink. And then men are there, two of them. They lift the squirming girl to her feet, haul her towards the van...and then we are past.' I am the girl on the platform. When new mother Bridget catches her train home from London, she witnesses something terrible: a young girl is taken from the platform, right before her eyes. No...

"From New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed McCabe and Savage series comes an electrifying new thriller of taut and twisted suspense. On a freezing December night, Hannah Reindel leaps to her death from an old railway bridge into the rushing waters of the river below. Yet the real cause of death was trauma suffered twelve years earlier when Hannah was plucked from a crowd of freshman girls at a college fraternity party, drugged, and then...

On a greyhound bus from Manhattan, New York to Laconia, New Hampshire, Braythe Milton finds solace in the company of a mysterious woman with secrets of her own, Amity Stevenson. Her captivating stories draw him in, breaking the monotony of his business trip. Their conversation flows, each sharing bits of their lives. But when she departs at her stop, Braythe is intrigued and curious, left with more questions than answers.A chilling twist awaits him,...

A lonely woman and an emotionally damaged ex-cop join together to solve a case no one else cares about... Vicki Reiner is emotionally isolated and craves the fleeting happiness she experienced in the years prior to her college graduation. In an attempt to recapture this, she invites her old friend, Laurie, for a break at her deserted beachside home in Southern California. However, despite booking an online bus ticket, her friend never shows up. Unable...

The jazz singer Lulu has plenty of admirers. So, who would want to kill her? Too many suspects, too little time to find out.Lulu Evans makes quite a splash at the Mountain Aire hotel in 1931 when she fills in for her cousin. Not only is her performance jazzy and sexy, it delights the band director who sees financial success in his future. She also attracts the attention of a vacationing business mogul eager to back her, a Broadway producer looking...

Patrice Leconte's intoxicating "Girl on the Bridge" follows the whirlwind courtship of carnival knife thrower Gabor (Daniel Auteuil) and lonesome wanderer Adele (Vanessa Paradis). Adele unexpectedly becomes Gabor's new assistant, and target, for his act across Europe, their love growing with each death-defying act. Living so close to the edge, how long can the luck of these lovers hold out?