‘A pensive and poignant recollection of love, loss, marriage, mental health and the life events that shaped his identity’ [ About the Book ] Soon, the lockdown would start. People would die alone, without any proper ceremony. Charlotte’s death would be washed away, the first drop in a downpour. Nobody knew it then but hers…
‘Based around the known facts of the boyhood and youth of the great Cornish poet, Charles Causley and the life of the mother who raised him singlehandedly.’– Mother’s Boy [ About the Book ] Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a…
‘She’d cycled this way hundreds of times before, every twist and turn familiar. She didn’t know this would be the last’– The Midnight Killing [ About the Book ] When the body of local architect James McCallum is found hanging in the grounds of his former school one cold, dark night, DI Danny Stowe and forensic psychologist Rose Lainey suspect foul…
Two victims. Nothing connects them, except that someone buried them in the exact same way.Seven hundred years apart.– All That Lives [ About the Book ] An archaeological dig at the old South Leith parish kirkyard has turned up a mysterious body dating from around seven hundred years ago. Some suspect that this gruesome discovery…
One extraordinary woman.One hundred years of history.One unforgettable story.– Violeta [ About the Book ] Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first daughter in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still…
‘And I thought: now there is no turning back.No more regrets for what I haven’t done.Now only regrets for what I have done.’– The Paper Palace [ About the Book ] On a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim in the pond below ‘The Paper Palace’ – her family’s holiday home…
‘Where the skin of the earth shudders into the foothills of the Shunhua mountains, in a clearing above the mist and fringed with frangipani, Mo Moore set up a factory which, to this day, makes happiness’– The Happiness Factory [ About the Book ] Mo Moore, estranged daughter of a sex-aid entrepreneur, regards her father…
‘I am your maid.I know about your secrets. Your dirty laundry.But what do you know about me?‘– The Maid [ About the Book ] Molly the maid is all alone in the world. A nobody. She’s used to being invisible in her job at the Regency Grand Hotel, plumping pillows and wiping away the grime,…
‘If she’d turned off her phone, instead of listening in, perhaps no one would have died…‘– Remember My Name [ About the Book ] When Cressida Howard catches her entrepreneur husband playing away from home, she hires security expert Brioni O’Brien to get the evidence she needs for a speedy and financially rewarding divorce. But…
‘An innocent mistake. A lifetime of guilt.’– Breaking Point [ About the Book ] Susannah has two beautiful daughters, a high-flying medical career, a successful husband and an enviable life. Her hair is glossy, her clothes are expensive; she truly has it all. But when – on the hottest day of the year – her…