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It starts with a class in an old movie theatre. Folklore 517: Local Legends and Urban Myths, taught by a woman called the Professor. Most students believe the Professor's stories are just fiction. There isn't a man in Hollywood who you can call to find out the time you'll die. There's not a haunted hotel bar in Los Angeles that the devil likes to frequent. There's no such thing as magic. But . . . most students don't have the same tragic past as Holland St. James. Now a graduate student, Holland is hoping to use her thesis to rewrite her past by proving that some of the most infamous deaths in old Hollywood were actually murders committed by the devil. She has no idea that this quest will lead her into a deadly world of century\-old secrets and unimaginable lies and onto the path of two very dangerous men, both of whom are willing to do whatever it takes to find a magic that will either forever alter Holland's life or completely destroy it.

From the author of "The Enigmatic End to Bethany Reed" and "The Beautiful People" comes Stannard's third equal parts heart-stopping thriller, violent mystery and touching romance. \— Breakwater Bay, Maine, feels worlds away from the vibrant streets of Portland, though just an hour up the coast. This small town, shrouded in fog and secrets, is known for its dark, unpredictable tides and a dark eight children have vanished without a trace over eight years. Ariadne "Addie" Hastings, an open-water swimmer, finds solace in the cold, relentless water. It's her escape from a family fractured by her mother's sudden death and an emerging truth about her mysterious past. For Addie, the water is a sanctuary—until it isn't. Lucas Kumar, the enigmatic son of a traumatised family, is obsessed with true crime and the art of the perfect murder. Kept out of school due to the fallout of his sister's disappearance and determined to find her even after seven years, Lucas has spent his teenage years piercing together theories about the missing children. But theories don't solve crimes, and as the ten year anniversary of the first disappearance approaches, his obsession grows more desperate. When Addie's routine swim turns into a nightmare, she surfaces to find a body tangled in the seaweed—and recognises it as Tillie Hope, the first girl to disappear. After Lucas pulls them both to the surface, they become irrevocably tied together, falling into a chilling mystery that threatens to expose everything—and everyone—the town has been hiding. As the pair dig deeper into the truth, they uncover unsettling personal connections, and each clue pulls them closer into the darkness—a darkness that threatens to take them, too. The ocean make clutch its secrets close, but Breakwater Bay can't hide its ghosts forever. \— Coming Spring of 2025, 'The Anatomy of a Perfect Murder' dissects family, love, and grief in a bold new way. Set against the stifling backdrop of a Maine heatwave over a long, hot summer, this thriller will stop your heart.

Evie's sister killed herself three years ago. Her family hasn't been the same since Bethany's death, and her house has never felt less like home. Stuck in a small town full of judgemental stares and bad memories, Evie lives the same days over and over again in a daze of grief and loss. On the three year anniversary of her sister's suicide, she stumbles across a body. As it becomes apparent that Evie's sister was keeping secrets and wasn't nearly as innocent as everyone assumed, she takes it upon herself to get to the bottom of what happened three years ago. But as she wades further and further into the dark, dangerous crevices of Eastwood, Maine, she becomes the target of Bethany's worst enemy. River has lost more people than he wants to admit. His father is moving him and his sister across borders to start afresh, without the stickiness of grief. It's supposed to be good for River. It's supposed to be a clean, new start. And then they see the girl in the road, covered in blood. River is quickly sucked into Evie's world of darkness and horror, caught in a dangerous spiral of events that are not going to end well. But the two form an unlikely connection, a bond over their grief. As they grow closer, Eastwood closes in around them and they're forced to face the truth of the enigma that is Bethany Reed's death.

Eastwood will always welcome you home . \- It's been two years since the Eastwood Murders case was solved. Evelyn and River are living in Vancouver, a world away from their small hometown. Struggling every day with memories and nightmares, they march on in a ceaseless cycle of healing, breaking, and loving. Until Evelyn gets a phone call from the Eastwood Sheriff's Department. Until Izzy Beaumont dies. When Nicolas' secret lover turns up murdered in the same place as Evelyn's sister, with a note attached to her body, Evie and River are pulled back to their hometown, back into the life they left behind. As old faces come back, they all tell Evie a chorus of the same everything you thought you knew is wrong. As it turns out that Bethany wasn't as innocent as everyone thought, the police think Evie is keeping a secret she hasn't told anyone. In the crosshairs of a fateful investigation, and a tragic event that leaves her and River separated indefinitely, Evie is forced to venture into the dark underbelly of Eastwood, and this time, she might not make it out alive. \- The sequel to "The Enigmatic End to Bethany Reed" is just as heart-pounding and fateful as the first, aching with nuanced writing and character depth, bleeding with love and pain. If "The Enigmatic End to Bethany Reed" was grief, then "The Impossible Truth of Life Without You" is death itself. Available 30th August 2024.