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The Dinner Club
Five people. Five secrets. Each needing healing, support and acceptance. Derek’s life has changed suddenly. His wife of the past few decades has left him, unable to live with his secret anymore. Inspired by a TV show, he decides to start a dinner club to make new friends, the kind that might accept him if he can be brave enough to tell them the truth. Eddie is grieving, a widower, struggling as a single parent. The void in his life slowly destroying him and his relationship with his young daughter. Florence, supported by her carer Jessie, craves one more adventure to round off the last 80 odd years. Violet needs a focus, a new identity, until she has the confidence to escape her grim reality with abusive husband, Ben. Cara is lost, with nowhere to call home and no one to go home to, now she’s aged out of the care system. Will this mishmash group fill each other’s souls as well as their plates?
The Gardener's Wife
Emma Holt has been happily married for many years to the gardener of the local Quaker school. Headmaster Philip Manners, on the other hand, has been unhappily married to the Bishop's daughter for just as long. When Philip finds Emma in the school library, he can't help but be intrigued by her. Emma, dealing with her two eldest sons going off to war, is overloading herself with work to keep her mind focused. Philip, meanwhile, is trying to understand how his students could enlist when he teaches them pacifism, but is also struggling with his conscience: is he really falling in love with another man's wife? When conscription finally arrives and all the eligible men are called up, Emma and Phil...
Daisy Chain
In 2009, the body of five-year-old Daisy Prospero was found in Shropshire woodland. Her killer has never been caught. Ten years on, Detective Chief Inspector Kath Fortune and her new Cold Case team are on the hunt to find the truth. With psychic Lane Petreus and tech expert Byron on board, the team must call on all their resources to close the case. Alongside the new investigation into his daughter's murder, Todd Prospero has his own mystery to solve. Who is the woman he finds in his garden in the middle of the night on the brink of death? A chain of secrets and lies leads the team to uncover connections that no-one could have imagined. Can the killer be brought to justice?
Grave Issue
Who killed Abraham and Esther Downing in the 1970s? What is the significance of the seven tiny skeletons unearthed in the garden of Downing's cottage? And why does no-one care? As DCI Kath Fortune and her cold case team deep dive into their second investigation, they come up against a wall of silence surrounding the reclusive couple. With Kath trying to piece together the clues and keep her personal and professional relationships on track, her past comes back to haunt her with time running out on all counts.
Lies After Death
Five years ago, Tom Crane's world was turned upside down when his wife was followed and killed in a tragic car accident. Despite a thorough investigation, her killer was never found, leaving Crane to live in the shadow of her death. But now, Crane, who works as a fixer for the wealthy and powerful, begins receiving mysterious letters and phone calls from someone claiming to know the truth about his wife's death. Can he trust these messages, or are they part of a larger conspiracy? As Crane uncovers more and more lies and secrets, he finds himself pulled into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. But will the truth bring him closure, or will it plunge him even deeper into the darkness? Lies After Death is a fast-paced, gripping crime fiction novel that will keep you guessing until the very end.
The Dust of Melita
Frank Nixon, a raw 19-year-old army private, finds himself serving in Malta in 1940, which is about to endure the most prolonged and destructive assaults of its colourful and violent history. Soon aerial bombardments batter the small island and the defenders struggle to withstand the increasingly relentless attacks. Despite the dangers of life on the besieged island, Frank becomes fascinated by its history as a tiny strategic territory, for centuries at the mercy of powerful warmongers. In the midst of the horrors and privations, Frank discovers both his vulnerabilities and his strengths, through the pain and pleasure of his love for a local widow and the increasing demands of his duties. As...
The 31 Days of May
In the wake of a devastating family loss, 24-year-old May finds herself adrift, her belief in love and happiness shattered. Struggling to navigate her new reality, May grapples with the persistent sensation of being a misfit in a world where she never quite belongs. But just as she begins to resign herself to this feeling of isolation, tragedy strikes once more, propelling May into action. Determined to shield herself from further heartache, she concocts a radical scheme to safeguard against future abandonment. That is until May meets Mr. Parsley, a charming retiree who becomes May's unexpected neighbour. As May meticulously executes her plan, the presence of Mr. Parsley and his grown-up son, Sam, threatens to disrupt her carefully laid out path. Will May stick to her meticulously crafted schedule, or will the warmth and kindness of the Parsley family lead her down an unforeseen, life-altering path? Join May on her poignant journey of resilience, love, and the transformative power of human connection in the face of life's most profound challenges.
The Life and Love (Attempts) of Kitty Cook
Kitty Cook may be a great school teacher, but learning the lessons of online dating is a harder subject than she first thought. Finding herself alone again in her thirties, she decides to take her friend Sophie's advice and sign up for an online dating site. After recently leaving a failed five-year relationship, Kitty is hesitant to get her hopes up. All she wants to do is graduate from the school of love, but will she ever find someone who will make the grade? The Life and Love (Attempts) of Kitty Cook is an emotional yet heart-warming read that takes you on an unforgettable journey through the highs and lows of online dating and looking for love in your thirties.
The Rapunzel Murders
Three dead girls A wild country estate Whispers of witchcraft Deep in the Shropshire countryside the Quartermaine estate, with its wild woods, has always been a source of myths and legends. But when the bodies of three young girls are found in the folly, DCI Kath Fortune and her cold case team need answers. Psychic Lane Petreus is called on to help discover the secrets that the matriarch of the manor is determined to keep hidden but when Lane's life is threatened, Kath must use all the means at her disposal to save Lane and solve the case.
Gail Lockwood and her Imaginary Agony Aunt
For fifty-something Gail Lockwood the new millennium starts with redundancy. Her to-do list reads, 'Get a job. Pay off the suite. Do roots and nails. Get a man and get laid.' Not easy when her boss, the flamboyant Bradley Jones, has jetted off to Spain, and the job centre has nothing for a woman whose only qualification is a Brownie badge. Gail finds herself unemployed and firmly sandwiched between her eccentric mother and her problem daughter, Tamsin, a single mother who always seems to need last minute babysitting. But as she navigates through the job market, her mother's suspicious new boyfriend and an accident that brings her old boss back into her life, Gail starts to realize that sometimes, the most important things in life can't be put on a to-do list. Will Gail be able to navigate the ups and downs while still achieving everything on her list?
