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Ten years ago, six friends went on vacation. One made it out alive... In that instant, college student Quincy Carpenter became a member of a very exclusive club - a group of survivors the press dubbed “The Final Girls”: Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout's knife; Sam, who endured the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape the massacre at Pine Cottage. Despite the media's attempts, the three girls have never met.

Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing—a tech innovator, Tom is powerful; and a former model, Katherine is gorgeous.

Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the campus ride board, each looking to share the long drive home to Ohio. Both have good reasons for wanting to get away. For Charlie, it’s guilt and grief over the shocking murder of her best friend, who became the third victim of the man known as the Campus Killer. For Josh, it’s to help care for his sick father - or so he says. 

Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin into the darkness. The last she - or anyone - saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips. Now a rising star in the NYC art scene, Emma's paintings catch the attention of Francesca Harris-White, the socialite and wealthy owner of the very same Camp Nightingale.

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. As she gets to know the residents and staff of the Bartholomew, Jules finds herself drawn to fellow apartment sitter Ingrid. When Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems, Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story...until the next day, when Ingrid disappears.

Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His horror memoir of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity — and skepticism.

What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into a rambling Victorian estate called Baneberry Hall. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a memoir called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon. Now, Maggie has inherited Baneberry Hall after her father's death.

 Están prohibidas las visitas. No se puede pasar una noche fuera del departamento. Y por ningún motivo se debe molestar a los inquilinos, en su mayoría gente rica o famosa, o ambas... Esas son las únicas reglas que Jules Larsen debe seguir en su nuevo trabajo como cuidadora de departamento en el Bartholomew, uno de los edificios más lujosos y misteriosos de todo Manhattan. El glamur del vecindario y la portentosa vista de Central Park cautivan a Jules, quien acepta los términos sin dudarlo. Entre los residentes del Bartholomew, Jules se hace amiga de Ingrid.

Casey Jordan is being driven across the country by a serial killer. Maybe. Behind the wheel is Josh Baxter, a stranger Casey met by the college ride-share board, who also has a good reason for leaving university in the middle of term. On the road, they share their stories, carefully avoiding the subject dominating the news - the Campus Killer, who's tied up and stabbed three students in the span of a year, has just struck again. Travelling the lengthy journey between university and their final destination, Casey begins to notice discrepancies in Josh's story.

Als Einzige hat die Studentin Quincy ein Massaker auf einer Party überlebt. Sie hat jede Erinnerung an damals aus ihrem Gedächtnis gelöscht und sich mühsam ein normales Leben aufgebaut. Zwei andere Frauen, Lisa und Samantha, haben ähnlich Grauenvolles durchgemacht -ein Fest für die Medien, in denen die drei als "Final Girls" bekannt werden. Doch der Horror ist noch lange nicht zu Ende: Lisa wird tot aufgefunden. Ermordet? Der Schlüssel zu allem scheint in dem Massaker in Pine Cottage zu liegen, das nur Quincy überlebte. Angestachelt von Samantha, versucht sie verzweifelt sich zu erinnern, was dort geschah.

Recently widowed actress Casey Fletcher has escaped to her family's lake house for peace and quiet. She's been happily losing herself in her thoughts and several bottles of bourbon, until the glamorous couple across the lake catch her attention. They look so perfect—just like Casey and her husband used to be. But is anyone what they seem?

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager. Have you ever played two truths and a lie? Emma has. Her first summer away from home, she learned how to play the game. And she learned how to lie. Then three of her new friends went into the woods and never returned.... Now, years later, Emma has been asked to go back to the newly reopened Camp Nightingale. She thinks she’s laying old ghosts to rest, but really she’s returning to the scene of a crime. Because Emma’s innocence might be the biggest lie of all....

Each girl survived an unthinkable horror. Now someone wants them dead.... They were the victims of separate massacres. Grouped together by the press and dubbed the 'Final Girls', they are treated like something fresh out of a slasher movie. When something terrible happens to Lisa, put-together Quincy and volatile Sam finally meet. Each one influences the other. Each one has dark secrets. And after the bloodstained fingers of the past reach into the present, each one will never be the same.

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents. These are the only rules for Jules Larson's new job as apartment sitter for an elusive resident of the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile private buildings and home to the super rich and famous. Recently heartbroken and practically homeless, Jules accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind. Out of place among the extremely wealthy, Jules finds herself pulled toward other apartment sitter Ingrid. But Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems....

Atemberaubend. Intelligent. Scharf wie ein Skalpell. Emma Davis hat im Sommercamp am Lake Midnight etwas Schreckliches erlebt: Die drei Mädchen, mit denen sie eine Hütte teilte, verschwanden eines Nachts. Trotz ausgedehnter Suchaktionen wurde keine Spur von ihnen gefunden. Jetzt, 15 Jahre später, kehrt Emma an den Lake Midnight zurück, um einen Kunstkurs zu geben. Und dann scheint sich die Geschichte auf schreckliche Weise zu wiederholen: Wieder verschwinden drei Mädchen spurlos. Doch Emma ist entschlossen, diesmal nicht untätig zu bleiben.

L'offre est irrésistible : habiter gratuitement un appartement sublime dans un des immeubles les plus prestigieux de New York. Les règles sont strictes : aucun visiteur, aucune nuit passée en dehors de l'appartement, ne surtout pas déranger les voisins. Julia Larson, qui vient d'être embauchée pour garder un appartement de la résidence Bartholomew, l'une des plus luxueuses de Manhattan, fait, peu de temps après son arrivée, la connaissance d'Ingrid, gardienne elle aussi.

Es klingt zu gut, um wahr zu sein: Jules, die gerade ihren Job und ihren Freund verloren hat, stößt auf eine Stellenanzeige als Housesitter in einem Luxusapartment in Manhattan. Im historischen Bartholomews direkt am Central Park wohnen die Reichen und Berühmten. Für $ 1000 pro Woche akzeptiert Jules auch gern einige seltsame Regeln: Keine Besucher. Keine Nacht außer Haus. Keine Gespräche mit anderen Mietern. Als kurz darauf das Mädchen aus der Etage unter ihr spurlos verschwindet, wird Jules misstrauisch und beginnt sich umzuhören.