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Claire Allan

    Apple of My Eye
    Forget Me Not
    Still You
    If Only You Knew
    It's Got to be Perfect
    Feels Like Maybe
    • 2023

      'Wow! A stunning, nerve-wracking read. So well plotted with so many twists and turns...it kept me guessing until the very last page!' - Bestselling author Patricia Gibney I don't know what happened to my daughter. Only that she's missing - and I was the last person to see her...

      In The Dark
    • 2022

      'Wow! This book kept me on the edge of my seat and every time I thought I knew what was going to happen there was another fabulous twist. I loved it.' Reader review 'Well! I HORSED through The Nurse, pure HORSED! Tense, pacey, unputdownable.' - MARIAN KEYES

      The Nurse
    • 2021

      Ask No Questions

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.9(886)Add rating

      The new crime thriller from the bestselling author of Her Name Was Rose 'AMAZING' MARIAN KEYES 'Chilling' JANE CASEY 'Riveting. Claire Allan's best yet.' JO SPAIN Not all secrets are meant to come out... Twenty-five years ago, on Halloween night, eight-year-old Kelly Doherty went missing while out trick or treating with friends. Her body was found three days later, floating face down, on the banks of the Creggan Reservoir by two of her young classmates. It was a crime that rocked Derry to the core. Journalist Ingrid Devlin is investigating - but someone doesn't want her to know the truth. As she digs further, Ingrid starts to realise that the Doherty family are not as they seem. But will she expose what really happened that night before it's too late? A twisty psychological thriller from bestselling author Claire Allan.

      Ask No Questions
    • 2020

      The Liar's Daughter

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.0(134)Add rating

      NOW A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! The new thriller from the Amazon bestseller 'AMAZING!' Marian Keyes'Powerful' C.L. Taylor'Brilliantly paced' Liz Nugent

      The Liar's Daughter
    • 2019

      Forget Me Not

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.0(1229)Add rating

      `AMAZING' Marian Keyes Be careful what you wish for ... Norah Webster has played by the rules all her adult life. A teacher in a secondary school, she's a devoted mother to two children - but Norah feels as if the spark has gone from her marriage. So when she receives a message from a former acquaintance on social media, who flatters her by telling all the things she wants to hear - she feels that flush of excitement she has been longing for. Before too long, she finds herself caught up in a web of deceit, intrigue and, ultimately danger, as she launches into an affair with her old friend. Instead of gaining the excitement she longed for, Norah finds herself facing the possibility of losing everything - even her life ..

      Forget Me Not
    • 2019

      Apple of My Eye

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      4.0(1790)Add rating

      'Utterly addictive. Compulsive, twisty, tense.' CLAIRE DOUGLAS, author of Local Girl Missing Just how far is a mother willing to go?

      Apple of My Eye
    • 2018

      'AMAZING. I read it in one go. I was totally hooked.' MARIAN KEYES 'Utterly addictive. Compulsive, twisty, tense.' CLAIRE DOUGLAS, author of Local Girl Missing Her name was Rose. You watched her die. And her death has created a vacancy. When Emily lets a stranger step out in front of her, she never imagines that split second will change her life. But after Emily watches a car plough into the young mother - killing her instantly - she finds herself unable to move on. And then she makes a decision she can never take back. Because Rose had everything Emily had ever dreamed of. A beautiful, loving family, a great job and a stunning home. And now Rose's husband misses his wife, and their son needs a mother. Why couldn't Emily fill that space? But as Emily is about to discover, no one's life is perfect ... and not everything is as it seems.

      Her Name Was Rose
    • 2015

      Still You

      • 342 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      When those unforgettable memories slip beyond your reach, you are still you – always you. When summer arrives to Temple Muse in 1963, the big house Áine Quigley shares with her mother is brought to life with the arrival of her sister Charlotte, home from Italy with her two children and adoring husband. A free spirit, and fiercely protective of her little sister, Charlotte brings with her a sense of adventure which rubs off on Áine – setting off a chain of events which will frame the rest of their lives. From the fragrant flowerbeds of their luscious gardens to a sun-soaked terrace in Italy, Áine finds her life moving in a direction she had never thought possible. But in her older years, when dementia threatens to steal those memories and when, with the help of her carer Georgina, she looks back on all that has passed, will she regret her choices in life or will she realise that everything worked out just as it always should have?

      Still You
    • 2013

      The First Time I Said Goodbye

      • 312 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.8(655)Add rating

      In 1959, factory girl Stella Hegarty finds herself falling unexpectedly for the charms of a handsome U.S. marine based in Derry. Caught up in a whirlwind of romance, Stella finds herself planning a new life in America with her beloved, Ray. But when tragedy steps in, both their lives are thrown into turmoil and they come to realise they may have said their first, and last, goodbye.

      The First Time I Said Goodbye
    • 2012

      Cousins Ava Campbell (married, sensible, feeling old before her time) and Hope Scott (single, debt ridden, in love with a man who will never love her back) have nothing in common. But fate is about to throw them together. When their beloved aunt Betty, the free spirited black sheep of the Scott family, dies in France the girls find themselves flying to the picturesque village of Saint Jeannet, tasked with sorting through her belongings and fulfilling her last wishes. To guide them on their way, Betty has left them a series of letters detailing her own life, the heartbreak that lead her to move to France and the peace she found there with her beloved Claude. As the women find each letter, Betty's secrets are uncovered one by one with lifechanging results. Can Ava find her self confidence again? Can Hope let go of the love of her life? Can either of them ever be the same again? If Only You Knew is a heartwarming story of secrets, love, loss, longing and purple shoes.

      If Only You Knew