Grace Scott returns from honeymoon with her new husband, Mac, to find a man lying dead in their new Edinburgh flat. They don't know who he is or where he's come from.The mystery of his identity remains unsolved.Then, three months later, Grace finds a note tucked inside one of the wedding gifts which sends her on a journey to discover what really happened in her flat. A journey that becomes more dangerous the closer she comes to the truth . . . What she discovers will change...

Single mother Callie has come to rely heavily on her best friend Suzy. But Callie suspects Suzy's life isn't as simple as it seems. It's time she pulled away - going back to work is just the first step towards rediscovering her old confidence. So why does she keep putting off telling Suzy about her new job?Suzy and Callie live close to each other on a typical cramped, anonymous London street. Neighbours seem to move in, and move on, before you have even learned their names. Callie'...

Kate Parker has had so much bad luck in her life, she's convinced she's cursed. But when she tries to do her best to keep herself and her son safe, people tell her she's being anxious and obsessive.Just when her life starts to spin completely out of control, an Oxford professor she meets offers to help. But his methods are not conventional. If she wants to live her life again, he will expect her to take risks.When a mysterious neighbour starts to take more than a passing in...

One cold March morning, a removal van arrives at Tornley Hall in Suffolk. Will and Hannah Riley have been waiting a long time to adopt, and Hannah is obsessed that this new ‘dream’ family home in Tornley, will improve their chances with social services. She has given up her career at a human rights organisation, and persuaded a reluctant Will to give up their flat in London. Yet as Will starts to commute back to work, heavy snow arrives. Hannah finds herself cut off from the world in this ...

Em um subúrbio tranquilo de Londres, algumas mães se ajudam através de amizade, favores e fofocas. No entanto, algumas delas não parecem confiáveis e outras têm segredos obscuros.Quando Callie se mudou para seu novo bairro, pensou que seria fácil adaptar-se. Contudo, os outros pais e mães têm sido estranhamente hostis com ela e com sua filha, Rae, que também descobriu como é difícil fazer novas amizades. Suzy, seu marido rico e seus três filhos parecem ser a única família disposta a...

Grace Scott returns from her honeymoon with her new husband, Mac, to find a man lying dead in their Edinburgh flat. They don't know who he is or where he's come from. Then, three months later, Grace finds a note tucked inside one of the wedding gifts, sending her on a journey to discover what really happened. A journey that becomes more dangerous the closer she comes to the truth… what she discovers will change her life forever.

Bodies surface and disappear, seduce and corrupt in these original stories by bestselling, award-winning female crime writers from the Killer Women crime-writing collective. Keep your eyes peeled, your ears cocked and your wits about you as twenty deliciously twisted tales take you to surprising places... 'A killer collection of dark and devious tales' Mark Billingham'A lot of women have terrified me over the years, but none quite like these...

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, has infected people in 212 countries so far and on every continent except Antarctica.Vast changes to our home lives, social interactions, government functioning and relations between countries have swept the world in a few months and are difficult to hold in one’s mind at one time. That is why a collaborative effort such as this edited, multidisciplinary collection is needed. This book confronts the vulne...

Climate change is a key threat to agriculture. Modelling is fundamental to assessing its potential impacts. This collection summarises the wealth of research on improving climate impact models and their use in assessing impacts on different regions.Modelling climate change impacts on agricultural systems reviews research on developing models in areas such as improving data flows, incorporating genetic information and dealing with uncertainty. This collecti...

'Every bit as gripping as it is horrifying' Ian Rankin'So striking... like seeing our last few years through a distorted fever-dream' Lucy Caldwell'A bleeding, sweating story' Guardian'A bracingly original tale of lust and malice' Rob Doyle'A work of exquisite strangeness, unsettling and arresting' Wendy Erskine'An almost impossibly elegant evocation...