***** From the acclaimed author of The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood ***Everyone can change their life. But what happens when it hides a secret that changes everything?**In 1964, Maggie wakes to find herself in a mental asylum, with no idea who she is or how she got there. Remnants of memories swirl in her mind - a familiar song, a storm, a moment of violence. Slowly, she begins to piece together the past and the events which brought her to this point.In the...

‘Dark and compelling, a slow-motion collapse; I read it in 24 hours with my heart in my mouth. So good!’ Julie Cohen, author of TogetherEveryone knows what Cornelia did all those years ago.But no one knows what she will do next.Cornelia Blackwood lives a quiet life. When she goes to the corner shop to buy milk, people whisper behind her back.Her one constant, her rock, is her husband. But when he doe...

***** From the author of the acclaimed The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood ***It was a summer of love, and a summer of secrets…**She has built a good life: a husband who adores her, a daughter she is fiercely proud of, a home with warmth and love at its heart. But things were not always so good, and the truth is that she has done things she can never admit.Then one evening a phone call comes out of the blue. It is a voice from long ago, from a past that she ha...

'Sinister and compelling' My Weekly'An outstanding thriller with an ending we didn't see coming' BellaYou are inside.With your husband and baby. Your life warm and calm and untroubled.I am outside.Alone. Looking in. Watching you.You have all I ever wanted.Now it's time for you to share.'A gripping blend of creepy psycholo...

Dementia affects more than 700,000 people in the UK; Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia, affecting around 417,000 people in the UK and some four million in the USA. While dementia affects mostly older people, some 17,000 young people also have dementia in the UK. There are treatments, but no cure.Caring for people with dementia is a well-recognized burden, but recently there have been moves to represent this in a more positive light, emphasising people with dementia a...

Many women assume that abuse is always physical. But this is not always the case. Psychological, verbal and emotional abuse may not cause broken bones or black eyes, but when one person persistently inflicts sever mental pain on another by the use of fear, intimidation, humiliation and manipulation, the damage can be just as serious. The resulting deep emotional scars may take years to recover from.Susan Elliot-Wright explores the nature of this often subtle manipulative behaviour ...

Joanna è una donna di mezza età, ha una vita tranquilla e felice a Sheffield, dove vive con Duncan, il suo compagno, e una figlia, Hannah, che è appena diventata mamma. Quando Scott, un uomo conosciuto da Joanna molto tempo addietro, la contatta e minaccia di rivelare alla figlia e al marito il suo oscuro passato, la donna è costretta a fare di nuovo i conti con la sua terribile infanzia e l’intensa estate del 1976 in cui Hannah è venuta alla luce.

*** From the acclaimed author of The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood *****All families have their secrets. But the truth will out . . .Eleanor** and her mother Marjorie have always had a difficult relationship and have somehow just failed to connect. Now Marjorie’s memory is fading, and her grip on the things she has kept hidden is beginning to loosen. When she calls Eleanor to say, ‘There’s something I have to tell you’, Ele...

Il rapporto tra Marjorie Crawford e sua figlia Eleanor è molto complicato: complice un dramma familiare il cui ricordo è stato completamente cancellato dalla mente di Eleanor, le due donne non sono mai riuscite a comunicare e capirsi veramente. Da due anni a Marjorie è stato però diagnosticato l’Alzheimer, e una sua strana telefonata fa capire a Eleanor che la madre sta peggiorando. Spinta dai sensi di colpa, decide allora di tornare a trovarla per occuparsi di lei. Dopo anni di incomprens...

‘This story of motherhood and secrets handles a difficult subject with skill and sensitivity' Catherine Isaac, author of You Me EverythingWhat has happened to Cornelia Blackwood?She has a loving marriage. But she has no friends.Everyone knows her name. But no one will speak it.Cornelia Blackwood has unravelled once before. Can she stop it from happening again?From a supremely talented ...

Ella tiene una vida maravillosa, un marido que la adora, una hija de la que se enorgullece y un hogar lleno de calidez y amor. Sin embargo, la vida no siempre le fue tan bien como ahora y, lo cierto, es que en el pasado hizo algo inconfesable.Pero una noche recibe de pronto una llamada telefónica. Es una voz de hace mucho tiempo, procedente de un pasado que ha intentado ocultar a toda costa. Scott sabe quién es ella en realidad y lo que ha hecho. Ahora le da un ultimátum: o cuenta la verda...

It was a summer of love, and a summer of secrets…She has built a good life: a husband who adores her, a daughter she is fiercely proud of, a home with warmth and love at its heart. But things were not always so good, and the truth is that she has done things she can never admit.Then one evening a phone call comes out of the blue. It is a voice from long ago, from a past that she has tried so hard to hide. Scott knows who she really is and what she has done. Now he is dying ...