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Anthea Fraser's gripping novel about families and the skeletons that lurk in the cupboard tells the story of Fay Marlow whose husband abandoned her and the kids on her birthday in 1973.

Two damaged children: Teddy Brex, whom no-one loved, and so found it easier to relate to objects or things which never let him down; and Francine Hill, who was discovered sitting by the body of her mother, her skirt red with blood. She couldn’t tell the police or her father anything to help track down the killer.... Children grow up in different ways. Teddy became a handsome young man, Francine was beautiful - a sight for sore eyes. But it was death that brought them together.

It is 1993 and Thomas Penmarsh has lived in Finisterre, the house by the sea, all his life, sleeping each night in the room with the barred window. He's only 48 but has been an old man since one evening in 1967 when he lost everything he valued. However, now his controlling mother has died and he is master of the house. When Esmond, his cousin and childhood confidant, comes to live with him, Thomas is overjoyed - Esmond always looks after him. But is Esmond all that he seems?

Andrew Taylor's Roth Trilogy has just been made in to a three-part TV adaptation for ITV called Fallen Angel.
It is 1970. David Byfield, a widowed parish priest with a dark past, brings home a new wife to Roth. Soon the murders and blasphemies begin. But does the responsibility lie in the present or the past? And can Byfield, a prisoner of his own passion, break through to the truth before the final tragedy destroys what he most cherishes?

Set partly in London and partly in America, this story follows the fortunes of a small group of the young and the single. They are the children of '60s swingers. Their lives are blighted by indecision and too many choices with too little time.

Andrew Taylor's Roth Trilogy was recently made in to a three-part TV adaptation for ITV called Fallen Angel.
Little Lucy Appleyard is snatched from her child minder's on a cold winter afternoon, and the nightmare begins. It is as if the child had disappeared into a black hole with no clues to her whereabouts...until the first grisly discovery in a London graveyard. More such finds are to follow, all at religious sites. In a city haunted by religion, what do these offerings signify?

Dairy farmer Robin Meredith has just buried his Californian wife Caro who, though a central figure at the farm for more than twenty years, had remained a mystery to the family. With Caro gone, her adopted daughter Judy feels cut adrift. To Robin’s brother, Joe, Caro had been the emblem of a freedom he’d glimpsed in America and his grief is far deeper than the family suspects. Even Robin and Joe’s parents, entrenched in the adjoining farm, feel suddenly vulnerable to time and change as well.

The day that Jerry Hunt met Charlotte Frost was the day he decided to go straight. Jerry had been running a successful scam with his friend Pete, but something in Charlotte's smile made him take stock of his activities. He'd been to prison once and, Jerry decided, he wasn't going there again. In many ways, Charlotte, too, would like to pull away from her past.

In the Forest, set in the west of Ireland, is the story of a young man who shoots dead three people in a forest glade. The young man, Mich O'Kane, is "not all there in the head" as one character puts it. By puberty, he is already committing petty crimes, ending up in borstal. By the time he is back home he has also served time in a British jail and is an institutionalised criminal.

"If it were I who were to be always young and the picture to grow old, I would give my soul for it." So says Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's brilliant creation who sells his soul for youth and beauty.

"Non sto molto bene in questo periodo" confessa Étienne. È in una serata come tante altre che comincia tutto. O tutto finisce: da quella domanda posta con leggerezza – "Tutto bene, amore mio?" –, da quella nube che Mathilde aveva notato sul viso di lui. Dopo cinque anni, il suo uomo all’improvviso se ne va, senza una spiegazione, e lei si sente morire. Non si può tenere a bada un dolore così: neanche il suo lavoro, insegnare letteratura, può salvarla, contrastare quel lento deperimento che la invade tutta, che rende sempre più incontrollate e incontrollabili le sue azioni.

En los pasillos de esta novela, una mujer se repite y multiplica. Se desdobla. Una de ellas elige la renuncia y el escape; la otra permanece siguiendo su propio rastro. Algo sucede en su cerebro. En ese trance, cuando sus recuerdos, sueños y miedos se entrecruzan en un presente continuo, ellas se preguntan si el pulso de su deseo es seguir viviendo. Isla partida es una novela fractal, poliédrica, una escritura del delirio que retrata un pensamiento fuera de los límites; una casa de los espejos hecha de lenguaje.

Fleeing her moribund marriage in Cape Town, Beth accepts a diplomatic posting to Shanghai. In this anonymous city, she hopes to lose herself in books, wine, and solitude, and to dodge whatever pangs of conscience she feels for her fealty to a South African regime that, by the 21st century, has betrayed its early promises.

Ela tem apenas seis anos, mas aprendeu cedo a esconder a verdade. E ninguém está preparado para o que ela se tornou. Griselda desapareceu em um domingo ensolarado no Central Park. Meses depois, retorna exatamente como era antes. Ou quase. Por trás de sua suposta fragilidade infantil, esconde-se uma mente brilhante e calculista, moldada pelos métodos cruéis de um sequestrador enigmático. De volta à vida aparentemente comum de uma criança, ela inicia um jogo de manipulações e enfrenta desafios inimagináveis a fim de proteger aqueles que ama.

Elizabeth Harker is the English wife of the next President of one of the most prestigious Universities in New England. But the day her husband's new role is announced, she discovers the news in the bed of her unnamed lover, a man with whom she has had a torrid affair and who also works at the University, whilst keeping a careful distance from her husband. Now Elizabeth realises that as the wife of the incoming President, all eyes will be on her and the University system is quick to remind her that her behaviour reflects not only on her marriage but on the university itself.

Esausta e bisognosa di solitudine, una donna di mezza età abbandona il marito, gli affetti e il lavoro in una fondazione animalista senza avvertire nessuno. Fugge da Sydney per riavvicinarsi ai luoghi in cui è cresciuta e si rifugia in un piccolo convento di suore cattoliche nascosto nelle aride pianure dell'Australia rurale. Non crede in Dio, non sa cosa sia la preghiera e si ritrova a vivere questa strana esistenza solitaria quasi per caso.

A deadly new threat emerges…one that can tear the Sangha apart. Maya grapples with the mysteries hidden in her father's diary. But nothing could have prepared her for the haunting secret contained in its pages. Arjun embarks on a perilous race against time as he is put to the test like never before. And this time, he may not make it out alive...

Amanda Fitzroy has everything she ever wanted: a successful husband, a beautiful home, and a precious young son. When the pressure of juggling work and motherhood becomes too much, hiring a nanny feels like the perfect solution. Katelyn is capable, attentive, and adored by Amanda’s little boy. Almost overnight, life becomes easier. But then things start to go wrong… At first it’s small changes – appliances are turned off. The coffee is in the wrong place.

Ten years ago he killed my son. Today I married him. Ten years ago my darling son Jesse was murdered and our perfect family was destroyed. My strong, handsome boy, so full of life, became a memory, a photo I carried with me everywhere. But today I’m finally close to finding happiness again. My ash-blonde hair has been curled into ringlets. Carefully placed white flowers frame my delicate features. The small, drab chapel has been prettied up with white satin, and there are tiny red hearts scattered on the small table where I will soon sign the register with my new husband.

Bouleversé par le décès soudain de sa conjointe, le journaliste et chroniqueur Martin Hoffson peine à reprendre pied. Miné par un retour imposé au bureau, il s’enlise dans la fatigue, récemment assailli de maux de tête aussi virulents qu’inexplicables. Jusqu’à ce que quelque chose vienne le happer dans son sommeil. Une entité oppressante, tapie dans l’ombre de sa chambre, lui offre la vision d’unautre monde, au bord de la rupture. Un monde où la tempête, déchaînée sur une plage en ruine, menace d’ébranler l’immense monolithe de pierre trônant à l’horizon.