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Temporary Protected Status, and works at many jobs to survive. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. But she has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before. their love begin to consume their marriage. When Paul catches the attention of the police after two women go missing in quick succession, Rebecca discovers Paul’s elaborate plan to build a new life without her. She hatches a devastating plan of her own to get revenge. With the TV rights snapped up, this is a bold thriller with a Shakespearean twist. In the thriller The Never Game (l), by Jeffery Deaver, a killer is changing the rules, one murder at a time. You wake up alone, in the middle of a forest, miles from anywhere. Beside you are five objects — a lighter, some grease, picture-frame wire, a piece of silk, and a bottle of water. You will need to use them if you want to survive. You have been taken by the Whispering Man, and there is no escape. He makes the rules: nobody ever gets out alive. Investigator Colter Shaw is fighting to stop him. In the crime novel The Neighborhood (p), by Mario Vargas Llosa, a high-profile businessman is blackmailed by a notorious magazine editor. While attempting to deal with the scandal, the businessman’s wife seeks comfort secretly in the arms of the wife of his best friend. Then the editor is found murdered, and the two couples have no choice but to descend into the murkiest depths of Peruvian society, while the magazine’s staff embark on the publication’s greatest revelation yet. From the Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa comes a thrilling detective story exploring the seedy underbelly of privileged Peru. The Woman Inside (p), a much-praised thriller by E G Scott, moves into paperback. Rebecca had no idea love was possible before meeting Paul, a man with a past as dark as her own. Their demons drew them together irresistibly. Twenty years later, they are drowning as the damage and secrets that ignited Key: (l) hardback or large paperback (p) small paperback 31