The heat is intense. The secrets are stifling. She just needs to escape . . . SUN DAMAGE is the gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Richard & Judy Book Club-selected LIE WITH ME.
"Verity Baxter has lived - quietly, carefully - in Trinity Fields all her life. Then Ailsa and Tom Tilson move in next door and everything changes. Can Verity trust what she hears through the walls? And what about the Tilsons: should they pity their eccentric neighbour and her messy house? Or should they fear her? Either way, like the ivy that creeps through their shared garden fence, their lives are entwined now. And the knots can only get tighter . . ."--Back cover
"A hot beach. A young family on holiday. A fatal moment of inattention ... He saved your son's life. Does that mean you have to give him yours? It starts with a holiday. A three-year-old boy on a beach and the hero who saves his life. But nothing is ever that simple. Tessa and Marcus know they owe Dave Jepsom more than they can ever repay. Yet even as he is walking from the sea with their son in his arms, there is something about him that makes them uneasy. He is not like other people that they know. Being with him makes them confront truths about themselves they would rather not see. The shock of that moment will change everything and it's not how things start that matter. But how they end ..."--Provided by publisher
THE UNPUTDOWNABLE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK AND SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER THAT EVERYONE IS RAVING ABOUT. OVER 100K COPIES SOLD. 'Utterly gripping' Daily Mail 'A killer twist' Woman & Home 'I loved every page' Clare Mackintosh Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year A few little lies never hurt anyone. Right? Wrong. Paul has a plan. He has a vision of a better future, and he's going to make it happen. If it means hiding or exaggerating a few things here and there, no harm done. But when he charms his way on to a family holiday... And finds himself trapped among tensions and emotions he doesn't understand... By the time he starts to realise that however painful the truth is, it's the lies that cause the real damage... Well, by then, it might just be too late. ***Sabine Durrant's brilliant new novel, Sun Damage, is available now***
Sul ciglio di una strada, una donna stringe tra le mani un mazzo di fiori azzurri. È il giorno di San Valentino, ma ad attenderla non c’è un appuntamento romantico. È trascorso un anno esatto dalla morte di suo marito, e quei fiori sono destinati al luogo in cui l’uomo ha perso la vita. Quando arriva al punto in cui è avvenuto il tragico incidente d’auto, Lizzie trova legato all’albero un altro mazzo di fiori. C’è anche un biglietto, con un cuore disegnato: è firmato da una donna e dedicato a un uomo che si chiamava Zach. Come suo marito. La verità è uno schiaffo in pieno viso, l’inizio di una spirale di sospetto e paura. Lizzie non aveva mai pensato che Zach le nascondesse qualcosa, ma ora sta per scoprire di cosa fosse davvero capace. E di quanto male possa ancora farle.
A woman finds a body and her life is overturned ... UNDER YOUR SKIN is a gripping psychological thriller in which nothing can be assumed and no one should be trusted.
Connie Pickles is fulfilling her destiny. She's in Paris, and she has big plans. She will fall in love with someone other than William. She will find her long lost grandparents. She will become très chic. But sometimes even destiny doesn't go to plan . . . Sabine Durrant has the laugh-out-loud humour of Louise Rennison, the sharp perception of Anne Fine and the instant girl-appeal of a younger Bridget Jones. Perfect for girls aged 11+.
A collection of pieces of memoir by contemporary international writers. Edited by the author of 'IF THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU'.
The author of Having It and Eating It delivers this engaging new novel about a single woman who owns an antique shop in the suburbs of London, and how she deals with changing relationships with her family and the men in her life.
Claire Masterson was the girl at school that Maggie Owen always wanted to be. Confident, good-looking, she was the first to know the facts of life, the first to Sun-In her hair, the first, easily the first, to go all the way. And when Maggie bumps into her twenty years later, it is as if nothing has changed: Claire's life is one of career moves to New York and great sex with married men; Maggie's is one of bringing up her children and never seeing her partner Jake, whose ever-demanding job has become his 'other woman'. Or has it? Jake is consistently working late, working weekends, taking working trips abroad . . . Maggie is suspicious, and when Claire talks a little too knowledgeably about Jake, she starts thinking the unthinkable. Her friends think she should confront them, but Maggie's got a better idea: she's going to have her cake and eat it.
In der Schule wollte Maggie immer so sein wie Claire: Selbstbewusst, attraktiv, umschwärmt, immer die Erste - auch beim »ersten Mal«. Und als Maggie sie zwanzig Jahre später wiedertrifft, scheint sich nichts verändert zu haben: Claires Leben besteht aus Karriere und wildem Sex mit verheirateten Männern; Maggies hingegen aus zwei kleinen Kindern und einem ständig durch Abwesenheit glänzenden Mann namens Jake, für den der Beruf zu einer Art Zweitfrau geworden ist. Wirklich der Beruf? Oder deutet nicht alles (und insbesondere Claires Bemerkungen) darauf hin, dass Jake Maggie mit einer anderen betrügt? Anstatt ihren Mann zur Rede zu stellen, beschließt Maggie, sich ebenfalls einen heißen Lover zu nehmen. Und erst viel zu spät stellt sie fest, dass sie Jake zu Unrecht verdächtigt hat ...
