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Don't miss the next captivating page-turner from Sunday Times bestseller Susan Lewis!They raised me. Nurtured me. And lied about everything. Sadie's childhood has always been shrouded in mystery. But there are three things she knows. She was raised by two aunts. She never knew her parents. She is convinced she was stolen. Cristy Ward, podcast host, is gripped by Sadie's story. It's perfect for her next true-crime investigation. Yet Sadie's aunt claims it's all a fantasy. As the evidence begins to stack up, and the lies fall apart, they all could be in a lot more danger than they thought...

A gripping narrative awaits in this latest novel from a bestselling author. The story promises to engage readers with its intriguing plot and well-developed characters, drawing them into a world filled with suspense and emotional depth. Expect unexpected twists and a compelling exploration of themes that resonate, making it a must-read for fans of thrilling fiction.

Emotional family drama intertwines with a gripping thriller in this latest work by Susan Lewis, a Sunday Times bestseller. The narrative promises to engage readers with its intense themes and complex characters, drawing them into a world of suspense and deep personal connections. Expect a story that explores the intricacies of family relationships while keeping you on the edge of your seat.

Don’t miss the next emotionally gripping thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Susan Lewis!

Don't miss the new gripping novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis.

Don't miss the captivating new page-turner from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis You think you know your neighbours. When Jeannie Symonds vanishes without a trace, her small town is thrown into disarray. You think you know who to trust. Cara Jakes, a trainee investigator, begins to interview Jeannie's friends and neighbours, sure that someone has something to hide. Behind every door is a different story. But how can you separate the truth from the lies?

Don't miss the captivating new book from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis!

Golden couple Annie and David Crayce have it all. A loving marriage, three beautiful children and a thriving family business. Life couldn't be better. Until the unthinkable happens... A perfect crime? A piece of damning DNA evidence has arisen, placing David as the prime suspect of a murder committed twenty-years ago. Annie is sure her David is innocent. But if he isn't guilty, then either his father or brother must be. As the police investigate the cold case, so does Annie. Trawling through her old diaries, she begins desperately looking for answers. But it all comes down to a few lost hours she can't solve. And Annie begins to doubt the one person she thought she knew best... Her husband.

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How far would you go to keep your family safe? The gripping new page-turner from the Sunday Times bestselling author of One Minute Later

From the internationally bestselling author of My Lies, Your Lies comes a gripping story of love, family, and the price of forgiveness, for readers of Diane Chamberlain and Lisa Scottoline. In prison, Archie Colbrook spends his time writing letters. Letters addressed to a person against whom he committed terrible, nameless harm. Archie knows he doesn't deserve forgiveness. Yes, he didn't mean to hurt anyone, and sure, he was only following orders. But does that matter? He still did it. In a small coastal town of Northern England, Claudia Winters hopes to feel safe for the first time in years after fleeing from her abusive husband with her mother and daughter. Their new life is supposed to be a fresh start. But Claudia knows the past won't stay hidden for long--and she can't help but feel that someone is watching her. And that something terrible is about to happen. Linked by one irrevocable act of violence, Archie and Claudia's lives intertwine. Claudia can't overlook what Archie did to her family--but is forgiveness the only way to truly move on? Tense, emotional, and gripping, Susan Lewis's latest novel is a spellbinding story of family and the power of forgiveness.

Renowned for her storytelling, Susan Lewis has penned thirty-eight bestselling novels, alongside her poignant memoirs, Just One More Day and One Day at a Time, which reflect on her childhood in Bristol. Currently residing in Gloucestershire, she continues to captivate readers with her compelling narratives and personal insights.

You think your life is perfect. You think your secrets are safe. You think it’ll always be this way. But your life can change in a heartbeat. Brilliantly emotional, suspenseful and page-turning, One Minute Later is the stunning new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Susan Lewis. Susan Lewis – behind every secret lies a story. The new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author, Susan Lewis. With a high-flying job, a beautiful apartment and friends whose lives are as happy as her own, Vivienne Shager is living the dream. Then, on the afternoon of Vivi’s twenty-seventh birthday, one catastrophic minute changes everything. Forced to move back to the small seaside town where she grew up, Vivi remembers the reasons she left. The secrets, lies and questions that now must be answered before it’s too late. But the answers lie in thirty years in the past… Shelley Raynor’s family home, Deerwood Farm, has always been a special place until darkness strikes at its heart. When Vivi’s and Shelley’s worlds begin to entwine, it only takes a moment for the truth to unravel all of their lives.

Leanne and her teenage daughter Abby have recently been forced to move from London back to Kesterley-on-Sea, to Ash Morley Farm where Leanne grew up. Leanne's husband Jack, Abby's father, killed himself over a year ago, and the pair are still reeling from the shock waves caused by the tragedy. Also living at Ash Morley farm is Leanne's mother Wilkie, who is a rock for everyone, and family friend Klaudia and her two children. Klaudia has to face the backlash of xenophobic feeling post the Brexit vote, and is on tenterhooks to hear whether she and her children will be sent home to Poland. Hoping to move forward and mend the wounds her family has suffered, Leanne decides to foster a child. And when she's told that Daniel's father is in prison for murder, she hardly bats an eyelid. But as Daniel becomes integrated into the family, Leanne starts asking herself questions about his father's conviction. Is he really guilty? With the help of friend and ex detective Andee Lawrence, Leanne sets out to right the wrongs of the past.

A Sunday Times TOP TEN BESTSELLER THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE ANDEE LAWRENCE SERIES The SHOCKING new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Lewis. You might forgive, but can you forget? 'A master storyteller' Diane Chamberlain Andee Lawrence is in heaven. Well, the South of France to be exact. Ex- detective Andee has swapped freelance investigation and a broken marriage, for two months in Provence, renovating a beautiful villa with the new man in her life. Pottering around a small picturesque town on an early summer's day, she is at peace. But her world is about to be shattered. 'Remember me?' Two words spoken by a woman from the back of a car that say so much yet reveal so little. As the car drives away Andee is left reeling, overwhelmed by shock, confusion, self-doubt and mounting trepidation. Almost thirty years ago, fourteen year old Penny had disappeared from her family's life, never to be heard from again. It is the missing child case that has haunted Andee her whole life; And now Penny - Andee's sister - is back. The question is: why?

Charlotte Goodman is living the dream. However, haunted by the theft of a young girl, Charlotte begins to realise the enormity of what she did all those years ago, and soon finds herself having to make the most harrowing decision any woman would ever have to face.

Justine Cantrell has a terrible secret to hide. There isn't a man involved, but there is a terrible secret that she must hide from her new friends and neighbours as securely as she needs to hide herself from those she's left behind.

Kesterly-on-Sea is full of secrets. Some are darker than others; many are shameful. One is even deadly. Andee is an ex-detective whose marriage is breaking up. So when a young female student disappears without trace, she throws herself into the search. Meanwhile, the town's beloved Rowzee Cayne has just discovered that she is terminally ill, and doesn't want to burden her family and friends with the news. Andee and Rowzee don't know it yet, but their journeys are going to help them uncover a secret. One that is going to affect them more than they could ever imagine. The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, No Child of Mine and Don't Let Me Go.

When Jules Bright hears a knock on the door, the last person she expects to find is a detective bringing her the news she’s feared for the last three years.Amelia Quentin is being released from prison.Jules’s life is very different now to the one she’d known before Amelia shattered it completely.

A powerful novel about about secrets and mistakes and how life can change course in less than a heartbeat. From the Top Ten bestselling author of Never Say Goodbye.

Sometimes the truth can be closer to home than you think. The compelling and moving new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, No Child of Mine and Don't Let Me Go. Jenna and Jack Moore have moved their family to Wales for a fresh start. For vivacious, happy-go-lucky fifteen-year-old Paige the future is full of promise. But suddenly everything changes. Paige becomes more and more withdrawn. The closeness she once shared with her mother a distant memory. It then becomes clear that Jack has secrets too. Preoccupied with her younger children, her husband's fidelity and their fledgling publishing company, Jenna doesn't realise the extent of her eldest daughter's unhappiness until the unthinkable happens. And the nightmare is only just beginning...

THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING No Child of Mine TRILOGY Books two and three - Don't Let Me Go and You Said Forever - are available to buy in paperback and ebook NOW What if you knew a child was in danger - and no one believed you?

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING No Child of Mine TRILOGY*Books one and three - No Child of Mine and You Said Forever - are available to buy in paperback and ebook NOW*Charlotte Nicholls has a secret that haunts her.She and three-year-old Chloe have left their home and friends, and are now building a new life for themselves elsewhere.All Charlotte wants to do is to forget the past, to blot out what went before, and to look only to the future.At last she and Chloe feel safe.Then, suddenly, their nightmare returns, and Charlotte finds she has no power to prevent what comes next . . .

Lainey Hollingsworth has spent her whole life on the outside of a secret. Her mother would never discuss the reasons she abandoned Italy when Lainey was a new born, nor has she ever stayed in touch with the family she left behind. Now Lainey's mother is dead, taking the secret with her, and leaving Lainey free to find out about her roots. Her husband, Tom, appears supportive, until he hits her with a bombshell that shatters the very foundations of their marriage. Another secret Lainey never knew anything about. Shaken, but more determined than ever to find out who she really is, Lainey takes her children to Umbria in search of answers. What she finds in the sleepy, sunbaked village of her birth turns her world inside out.

Lauren Scott is bright, talented and beautiful. At eighteen, she is the most precious gift in the world to her mother, and has a dazzling career ahead of her. Oliver Lomax is a young man full of promise, despite the shadow his own, deeply troubled, mother casts over him. Then one fateful night, Oliver makes a decision that tears their worlds apart. Until then, Lauren and Oliver had never met, but now they become so closely bound together that their families are forced to confront truths they hoped they'd never have to face, secrets they'd never even imagined...

Eva Montgomery is at the peak of her career when she is viciously attacked by a stalker. While still traumatised, she makes the biggest mistake of her life - one she can never turn back from. Sixteen years later, Eva has managed to rebuild her life in a way that seemed impossible after the attack. Her home in Dorset, high on the cliffs overlooking the sea, is as elegant as she is, but bears none of the scars. To an outsider, her world seems perfect in every way. Then the past invades the present - with shattering consequences. Hurt, frightened and confused, Eva struggles desperately to put right the terrible mistake she made sixteen years ago and finally break free from a past that nearly destroyed her.

There are some choices no parent should ever have to make  Nikki Grant has her whole life ahead of her when she discovers she is pregnant. But she welcomes the news with joy—the baby will be a wonderful addition to the happy household she shares with the love of her life, Spencer James, and three close friends. Nikki's parents have a very different view of what the baby is going to mean to their daughter's future. Deeply disapproving of Spencer and the friends Nikki has chosen, their frustrations reach breaking point when Nikki refuses to be controlled by them any more. A rift opens up between them that breaks their hearts, but they are all too proud to back down. Baby Zac arrives, and with Spencer's career taking off they are ready to make a big move to London. But sudden events rush them down a very different road, and nothing could have prepared them for where they find themselves—a frightening and alien place with Zac at the center and Nikki desperately trying to hold onto her baby, her life, and her dreams. As they become more embroiled in a world they cannot escape, the love between Nikki and her son is put to the kind of test no parent should ever have to face.

Just as celebrated columnist Katie Kiernan thinks life is over, it suddenly arrives on her doorstep in the shape of her sister Michelle, and all the intrigue Michelle brings with her. Friction, resentment and old jealousies make life in their house doubly challenging, as Katie struggles to cope with a rebellious teenager and Michelle longs for the man she has left behind.After a devastating betrayal Laurie Forbes is trying to rebuild her relationship with Elliot Russell, when she is plunged into a whirlwind of passion that threatens to tear them apart completely.Top journalist, Tom Chambers, the man Michelle left behind, faces the greatest challenge of his career when highly classified documents fall into his hands. Realizing how explosive the material is, Tom calls upon Elliot Russell to help with the investigation, and very quickly they are caught up in the deadly efforts to stop them going to print.The Hornbeam Tree is a fast-moving, funny, passionate and heartbreaking story that travels the dizzying highs and lows of love, the scandalous manoeuvrings of greed and power and ultimately the unbreakable bond between a single mother and her teenage daughter.

When Lisa Martin and David Kirby were forced to part, they never dreamed they might one day have a second chance. Many years later, they meet again and it is clear that, despite everything that's happened to them, they are still the big love of each other's lives. Now, being in a position to marry, they don't waste any time. Nothing is going to keep them apart this time around. But then they are faced with a shocking truth. Even if they'd seen it coming, there would have been nothing Lisa and David could have done to ward it off, and once it's upon them, there is nothing they can do to turn it back. However, David won't be defeated. In spite of knowing this is a battle they can't win, he decides to fight anyway, in the only way he knows how. When Lisa discovers what he intends she's so horrified that she can barely even discuss it. Yet, through a chink in her fear, she can see the logic of what he's suggesting. But can she bring herself to help him?

The compelling new novel from Susan Lewis, set in London and the Peak District, tells the story of a vulnerable teenager whose troubled relationship with her mother is tested further when a man her mother thought she could trust betrays them both in the worst possible way. From the Hardcover edition.

A powerful new novel from the best-selling author of The Hornbeam Tree and Just One More Day. The Hornbeam Tree was short listed for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2005. From the Hardcover edition.

Having survived every woman’s worst nightmare, Olivia Benning is now more than ready to start a new life. Everything is in place, nothing should go wrong, and it wouldn’t have, if her husband hadn’t walked in unexpectedly to find her kissing her old boyfriend. But Olivia soon finds out she’s not the only one who has a secret. Certainly the mother-in-law from hell has one, so does her own mother. And as for her husband and daughter . . . Is nobody talking to anybody else in this family? The past is creeping up on the present, and it seems nothing can stop it. Lilliane Devennes has never given up on her dream and will go to any lengths to fulfill it, but now she’s having to ask herself, is this a man to die or kill for? Meanwhile, Olivia is trying to rescue her daughter from a gang of teenage delinquents, while her husband is a law unto himself. A French Affair travels the bumpy road of treachery, deception, lust, revenge, fear, heartbreak, forgiveness and the greatest trickster of all — love.

In 1960s Bristol, a family is overshadowed by tragedyWhile Susan, a typically feisty seven-year-old, is busy being brave, her mother, Eddress, is struggling for courage. Though bound by an indestructible love, their journey through a world that is darkening with tragedy is fraught with the kind of misunderstandings that bring as much laughter as pain, and as many dreams as nightmares. How does a child cope when faced with a wall of adult secrets? What does a mother do when her biggest fear starts to become a reality? Because it's the Sixties, and because it's shameful to own up to feelings, Eddress tries to deny the truth, while Susan creates a world that will never allow her mother to leave.Set in a world where a fridge is a luxury, cars have starting handles, and where bingo and coupons bring in the little extras, Just One More Day is a deeply moving true-life account, told by mother and daughter, of how the spectre of death moved into their family, and how hard they tried to pretend it wasn't there.

Just as celebrated columnist Katie Kiernan thinks life is over, it suddenly arrives on her doorstep in the shape of her sister Michelle, and all the intrigue she brings with her. Friction, resentment and old jealousies make life in their house doubly challenging, as Katie struggles to cope with a rebellious teenager and Michelle longs for the man she has left behind. After a devastating betrayal Laurie Forbes is trying to rebuild her relationship with Elliot Russell, when she is plunged into a whirlwind of passion that threatens to tear them apart completely. Top journalist, Tom Chambers, the man Michelle left behind, faces the greatest challenge of his career when highly classified documents fall into his hands. Realizing how explosive the material is, Tom calls upon Elliot Russell to help with the investigation, and very quickly they are caught up in the deadly efforts to stop them going to print . . .

A young woman puts her marriage and family on the line when she moves from her home in London to a remote mill house in Cornwall in search of her estranged father who walked out when she was sixteen.

Investigative journalist, Laurie Forbes, is planning her wedding to Elliot Russell, when she receives a tip-off that a group of illegally smuggled women is being held somewhere in the East End of London. During her search, unexpected and devastating events begin throwing her own life into chaos.

Tim and Rachel Hendon are riding high on an ideal marriage and growing political success. Certain that Katherine is alive and in hiding, acclaimed reporter Laurie Forbes joins forces with Rachel Hendon to search out the truth behind one of the World's most secretive and dangerous organisations.

Román pro ženy se odehrává koncem 30. let a na pozadí válečných událostí jako milostný příběh anglické krásky a francouzského šlechtice se špatnou pověstí. Dívka přijíždí do Francie, aby se provdala za bohatého hraběte, jehož provází pověst světáka a nebezpečného člověka. Hrdinka neposlouchá žádná varování, sňatek si prosadí a doufá, že se její muž po svatbě změní. Čeká ji však nesmírné zklamání, z lásky se stává nenávist a hrdinka se chce za své pokoření pomstít alespoň poměrem s manželovým správcem. Za války je hrabě podezříván z kolaborace s Němci, shodou okolností se však ukáže jeho pravé smýšlení a tak až po několika letech trápení k sobě manželé najdou láskyplný vztah. ... celý text

When journalist Laurie Forbes turns up on Beth Ashby's doorstep, minutes after Beth's husband, political high-flier Colin Ashby, has been arrested for murder, neither can even begin to guess the shocking repercussions that have just been triggered in both of their lives. Beth attempts to escape from her shattered life by throwing herself into the kind of reckless high-living that seems destined for disaster, while Laurie finds herself being threatened, terrorized, and even taken prisoner for what she knows. As the dangerous truth draws closer, Laurie realizes that if she is to save Beth from those already preparing to destroy her, she must put her trust in hated rival journalist Elliot Russell and face up to a ghost from the past. Silent Truths takes us on a compelling journey along the dark, decadent halls of power, to the glittering shores of seduction and intrigue, and finally to the terrifying truths behind the silence.

A compelling and deeply moving novel of friendship, family and the power of love, from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of No Child of Mine and Don't Let Me Go. How would you cope with the threat of losing someone you love? Josie Clark is a loving wife and mother. She and her husband Jeff don't have much and it's often difficult to make ends meet. But Josie will do anything to protect her family and keep them safe. Bel Monkton is a successful property developer, living in a beautiful house by the sea. She seems to have everything going for her, but she's lonely. And she's let the shadows from her past cloud her future. Josie's life couldn't be more different to Bel's. But three years ago, tragedy tore Bel's life in two. Now it's happening to Josie. And faced with uncertainty and heartbreak, they come to treasure their growing friendship.

Carla Craig is passionately in love with Richard Mere—he has a hold over her she can't resist. Even when her world is blown apart, Carla still can't put the affair behind her. And Avril Hayden, Carla's flamboyant and sensual friend, finds herself increasingly intrigued by this mysterious connection—a connection that won't go away. But as hidden truths are finally revealed, intrigue turns to fear, and risk to terrible danger.

Sandy se rozhodne změnit svůj život a usadit se ve městě. Získává místo u prestižní divadelní agentury a poznává jejího šéfa Michaela, do kterého se zamiluje. Jejím jediným cílem je ho získat. Michael ale miluje jinou ženu...

Tessa Dukes is Allyson's personal assistant & protege. She is also the Lolita who has bewitched Allyson's husband & is now stealing Allyson's fame & threatening her sanity.

Ve volném pokračování románu Honba za sny se ocitáme v uměleckém prostředí filmového Hollywoodu, kde se rozvíjí milostný příběh s krimi zápletkou.

Rhiannon Edwardesová je schopná a úspěšná producentka a nezávislá mladá žena. Pod sebevědomým zevnějškem se však skrývá nejistota. Hluboce jí otřásla zrada nejlepší přítelkyně, která jí těsně před svatbou přebrala muže. Když to vypadá, že konečně našla lásku jiného muže, osud jí přinese další ránu...

A novel of ambition and rivalry of one young woman in a top London talent agency and her charismatic boss.

Everything in Rhiannon's life is just about perfect. Her career is on the up, her dreams are being realised and Oliver, the great love of her life, has just asked her to marry him. Then, quite suddenly, everything changes. Whom can Rhiannon trust when friends become strangers and strangers seem to know everything about her. . . . ? As the web of intrigue becomes ever more tangled and the danger and insanity begin to build, Rhiannon is drawn deeper and deeper into a minefield of passion and ever closer to a climax of madness and terror that threaten to destroy a love that consumes like wildfire.

When Penny Moon is banished from Fleet Street to resurrect an ex-pat magazine on the French Riviera, the worst news is yet to come. Her partner will be David Villers, the man she once tried - and humiliatingly failed - to seduce. But when she arrives at the Riviera, she is surprised to find that, instead of the usual headaches and frustrations of restarting a magazine, all that should be impossible is easy. Then, quite unexpectedly, she meets Christian Mureau, a mysterious and elusive man who is wanted by the FBI, and her curiosity is instantly clouded by passion. Swept along by the glamor and intrigue of Mureau's life and increasingly affected by David's charm and humor, Penny finds her loyalties as mixed as her feelings. Feelings which lead her deeper and deeper into a web of love and deceit towards the terrifying consequences of two men's crimes - and beyond ...

Tři nerozlučné přítelkyně se během dovolené v luxusním letovisku na Azurovém pobřeží zapletou do dramatu, které ohrozí nejen jejich přátelství a city, ale i životy.

Tajuplná věštba už ovlivnila nejeden lidský osud. Kouzlu naznačeného ale nedopovězeného podléhá i Claudine Raffertyová, přestože je vzdělaná a emancipovaná žena. Cílevědomá a věcně uvažující Claudine pod vlivem záhadné věštby nečekaně souhlasí s otcovým přáním, aby se provdala za hraběte Francoise de Rassey de Lorvoire, známého sukničkáře a zarytého starého mládence, kterého navíc nikdy v životě neviděla. Claudinino rozhodnutí je pro všechny její blízké šokující... Jenže ve které ženě nedřímá touha po dobrodružství při dobývání zdráhajícího se mužského srdce? Hrabě de Lorvoire se však projeví jako velice tvrdý oříšek. Nemíní podlehnout půvabům své mladinké manželky a uštědří jí hned po svatbě trpké ponaučení. Na pozadí dramatických událostí předválečné Francie a následujících let německé okupace se odehrává odvěký souboj muže a ženy, plný překvapivých zvratů.

After finishing work on their sensationally successful TV series, Louisa, Danny and Sarah take a much-needed holiday on the French Riviera. All they want to do is party, soak up the sun and have a good time. But they quickly discover that the sparkle of Riviera life conceals a dark presence that pulls them into a game no one can win.

Claudine Rafferty je bohatá, bezohľadná a krásna. Takže keď si vezme Françoisa de Lorvoira, sú ohromení všetci v Paríži. V snahe zmariť Francoisovu krutosť a ľahostajnosť, Claudine nájde lásku v náručí Armanda St Jacquesa, jedného z jej manželových vignerons. Na pozadí zrady, sprisahania a vraždy, Claudine je nútená sa učiť nielen ktorému môže dôverovať, ale aj kto ju naozaj miluje.

Posedlost je vzrušující příběh plný nebezpečí, touhy a tajemných okolností. Hrdinka knihy Corrie Browneová je obyčejné děvče s nevšedními ambicemi. Pátrání po nikdy nepoznaném otci ji zavede z tiché vesničky v hrabství Suffolk, kde vyrůstala, až do Londýna, otevře jí cestu k vysněné práci v televizní společnosti. Touží najít lásku, ale při jejím hledání pozná i zradu a žal. V životě Corrie dominují tři lidé. Luke, přitažlivý blondýn, jediný, kdo Corrii projeví přízeň v jejích nelehkých televizních začátcích a zastane se jí před nepřejícími kolegy, jediný, kdo hned rozpozná její talent. Cristos-světově proslulý filmový režisér-muž, který naučí Corrii vše o lásce a vášni. A Annalise-její nadřízená a přítelkyně, dívka jejíž tajemství Corrie nesmí prozradit. Kdo z těch tří usiluje o Corriino zničení?...... celý text

Sestřenice Mariana a Madeleine jsou zároveň nerozlučnými přítelkyněmi, i když do jejich života vstoupí muž, s nímž prožijí, obzvlášť Madeleine, nelehký a komplikovaný život. Nakonec se ukáže, že jde o psychopata.

Elizabeth Sorrill, is the junior matron at Foxton’s elite School for Boys. Her attractions prove irresistible to Alexander Belmayne, the seventeen-year-old son of the Lord Chief Justice, but their passionate affair is short-lived as bitter lies and scandal force them apart. A chance meeting in London brings them together again, and their reunion leads to a breathtaking crime fired by an overwhelming obsession — a hatred so violent it knows no limits. From the Trade Paperback edition.