When Sarah, struggling to get over tragedy, stumbles across her grandparents' ruined farm, it feels as if the house has been waiting for her. She is drawn to their apparently idyllic way of life and starts to look into her family history only to learn that her grandfather, Jack, was murdered. Why has nobody told her? Sarah becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Gwen and Jack. But are there some family stories that should never be told...

From the Top Ten Bestselling Author of A Time for SilenceWhen they were ten everybody wanted to be Serena's friend, to find themselves one of the inner circle. But doing so meant proving your worth, and doing that often had consequences it's not nice to think about – not even thirty-five years later.Karen Rothwell is randomly reminded of an incident in her childhood which just as suddenly becomes an obsession. It takes her on a journey into a land of secrets and lie...

One mother's need is another's nightmare1990, and three woman are contemplating motherhood. Lindy is homeless and longs for a family. Heather is stressed and dreading another baby. Gillian is childless and aching. When two babies are born in Lyford hospital, it's the start of a new life for all three. For two, it's a dream come true. For the third, it's the beginning of a nightmare.22 years later, two girls set out to discover who they really are, But answers aren't ...

Utterly compelling, and with a satisfying twist at the endA beautifully observed story of fate and family made real and immediate...1883: Leah Owen is ruled by duty: to God, to her family and to the farm that is sucking the life out of her. After the death of her brother, her father, a religious zealot, holds Leah and the rest of the family under dangerous control and Leah is determined that her nephews are set free of the shackles of Cwmderwen Farm. Will either of them make it out or be d...

In this "tour de force" of a mystery, the British detectives investigate a disappearance in a deceptively idyllic Yorkshire village ( San Diego Union-Tribune).Reginald Hill "raised the classical British mystery to new heights" when he introduced pugnacious Yorkshire Det. Inspector Andrew Dalziel and his partner, the callow Sgt. Peter Pascoe ( The New York Times Book Review). Their chafing differences in education, manners, technique, and temperame...

After years of abuse, Bernadette makes the decision to leave her husband, only to find that he is missing … along with a little boy she'd befriended years earlier. A tense, dramatic and moving novel from the bestselling author of How To Be Brave and The Lion Tamer Who Lost.'Full of beautiful descriptions, images and observations … hauntingly poignant, with a relentless tension and pace' Katie Marsh'Moving, engrossing and r...

Danny Walsh trusted the wrong person. He paid with his life.Years after his disappearance his body is found and his wife, Maura, is the prime suspect.Maura has been receiving unexplained cash deposits for years. The police call it blood money.Aoife refuses to believe her mother-in-law is guilty. But as she digs into Danny’s past, she uncovers grudges, betrayals, and a web of lies someone will kill to protect.Someone who has already killed. So...

This digital box set contains the first three books in the acclaimed Anna Burgin series of gripping, twist-filled British mystery thrillers with a dash of dark humour.Book 1: Cold Press - set in 1993. The hunters become the hunted in a deadly game of pursuit.Book 2: Out Of The Red - set in 1994. Can Danny and Anna dig up the truth before one shot becomes a fatal overexposure?Book 3: Fade To Silence ...

A completely addictive page-turner that will have you on the edge of your seatShe’d do anything for her boy…Vanessa Sawyer knows all about pain. She’s felt it every day since marrying the boy who fathered her baby in high school. All he’s meant are broken bones, broken heart and broken dreams. But he also brought her the love of her life. When her son Wren was born, her baby boy was her salvation.Vanessa watches Wren grow and beco...

Stoirm Island’s secrets are worth killing for in this immersive, unrelenting thriller for readers of All the Missing Girls and Neon Prey—"this crime novel has it all" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).When reporter Rebecca Connolly gets a tip that suspected murderer Roddie Drummond will be returning to the island of Stoirm, she smells a story. Though never convicted in the death of his girlfriend Mhairi fifteen years earlier, Drummond i...

‘Chillingly believable and utterly compelling’ Lucy Foley‘Darkly addictive and impossible to predict, this is Lisa Hall at her absolute best’ Chris Whitaker'BRILLIANT! I was hooked from the very first chapter and simply had to read to the end' FIVE STAR reader review**'**Wow, wow, wow, this book kept me up all night and I had no regrets in the morning. I felt like I was on a merry go round that I never wanted to get...

A MURDER TEARS A TOWN APART. BUT WHO IS THE KILLER?'Brilliant, compelling, heart-wrenching writing.' PETER JAMES'Full of twists and turns...this is a gripping and compelling read you won't want to put down' HEATThe pretty market town of Sterndale is a close-knit and caring community; the perfect place for friends Izzy and Laura to raise their children. But their lives are suddenly shattered following a bruta...