From the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger shortlisted author‘A dark, haunting tale with an emotional gut punch that stays with you long after the final page. Amanda Cassidy is an unflinching storyteller.’ Lisa Jewell, author of The Family UpstairsWhen she re-lives this night, over and over, Nancy will wonder if she’d just gone upstairs a few minutes earlier, what might have been…A devastating fire.A grieving mother.A picture-perfect village full of da...

1963: At the stark and isolated modernist mansion of controversial political philosopherRichard Acklehurst, the glittering annual New Year party has not gone quite as planned.C onsidered a genius by some, and something far darker by others, by the end of theevening Acklehurst will be dead in mysterious circumstances that are never fullyexplained. And although the popularity of his work waxes and wanes over the comingyears, a core of acolytes remains true ...

Rich and beautiful, Lady Felicity Winterbourne has traveled the world in search of a place she can call home. And while there are many gentlemen eager to oblige her every wish, she knows that their ardor has more to do with her lavish dowry than true affection.When she meets the roguish Gerald FitzDesmond, Earl of Kilgarvan, tales of his ramshackle Irish estate seize her imagination. Abandoning decorum, Felicity proposes a marriage of convenience, with the proviso—lest Gerald prove...

"An expansive, breathtaking tale . . ." —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Queen"Readers will race to the end, not wanting to put this book down . . . Highly recommended." —The Historical Novel Society, Marlie Wasserman"Hope Tarr's Irish Eyes is romantic, lyrical...

Pern has always had its fair share of holdless misfits - some unlucky, some misfits and some bent on revenge. It isn't until the rise of Thella, Lady Holder of Telgar that they unite and name themselves the Renegades of Pern.With Threadfall at its height and ambitious Holders turning hungry eyes to the newly discovered southern continent, a young orphaned trader will make it his mission to destroy the renegades, and the woman who killed his family.

Everyone thinks Vicky is the victim. They don't know the half of it.Vicky's perfect life has just imploded. Her husband Tom has cheated—worse, with her oldest friend Claire. But Vicky isn't the type to fall apart. She's the type to stay smiling. Watching. Waiting.At her local GP surgery, where she works alongside the charming practice manager Jake, Vicky becomes increasingly frustrated with their colleague, Bronagh. And when the Book Club begins to take Mir...

'It devastates me that this will be the first you're hearing of the bookshop. But it's yours now, and I hope it can heal you despite everything you might hear about our family. Good luck, dear Ciara, and remember to never give up . . .'Standing amongst the wildflowers that border the abandoned bookshop, Ciara's heart begins to swell. She never met her mysterious distant relative Martha, but there's no denying that this place, filled with beautiful old books, is cap...

Five kids are on a sleepover in a restored wilderness project in Ireland. With them, three teachers and one Ranger: Lisa. She is twenty-six, longing to leave her job, out of her depth and soon to find herself mired in a nightmare.Strange things have been happening at Lough Carrow, a vast rewilding project on the site of a former commercial peat-bog. Livestock mutilations. Rumors, myths from the neighboring villages. Strange, unidentifiable tracks. On the trek in to the sleepover si...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Your Closest Friend by Karen Perry, read by Joanne King and Jade Yourell.She saved your life.One hot, humid night in London, Cara is caught up in a wave of terror and chaos. Until a hand reaches out - and a stranger pulls her to safety.She knows your darkest secrets.Taking refuge with her unlikely rescuer, Cara shares more of herself with Amy than she ever h...

The rediscovery of AIVAS stunned the whole planet of PERN - it's announcement that it could eliminate thread for good would change the world forever.PERN has been turned upside down by the knowledge that AIVAS has shared, revolutionising medicine, music and technology. Against the backdrop of deep suspicion of this new source of wisdom, every dragon and rider will be called upon to enact it's audacious plan to defeat the thread of thread for all time.

The son of two of HarperHall's most talented musicians, Robinton was destined to be an extraordinary talent. So starts the extraordinary life story of one of Pern's greatest citizens.Shunned by his father, his education conducted in secret by his mother and the Hall's teachers, what follows is a beautiful story of sadness, adventure and destiny as Robinton goes from overlooked prodigy to one of the planet's saviours.

Parallel Earth, Resources Negligible, recommended for colonisation.Before Thread, Dragons and Holds the Yokohama, Bahrain and Buenos Airies, three mighty colony ships from earth, delivered nearly six thousand colonist to their green, beautiful new home.But just as the settlers started to adapt to their new home the world would change forever with the arrival of an unknown terror from the skies - the first thread falls that would consume everything in their part.As t...