Dorothy Koomson Books

The gripping new emotional thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, My Best Friend's Girl and The Brighton Mermaid. Pieta has a secret Ten years ago, Pieta survived a weekend with a sadistic serial killer. She never told anyone what happened and instead moved on with her life. But now, the man who kidnapped her is hunting down his past victims meaning she may have to tell her deepest secret to stay alive . . . Jody has a secret Fifteen years ago, policewoman Jody made a terrible mistake that resulted in a serial killer escaping justice. When she discovers journalist Pieta is one of his living victims, Jody realises she has a way to catch him - even if it means endangering Pieta's life. . . Will telling their secrets save or sacrifice each other? 'Gripping ... full of heart and truth' Caroline Smailes 'I raced through this compelling thriller' Catherine Isaac 'Stunningly tense' Miranda Dickinson 'Honest and raw' Black Girls Book Club

The fabulous new bestseller from Dorothy Koomson

This is a novel about making peace with your past and finally discovering the person you were always meant to be. In 1999, two women with the same name, who were friends at school, made very different life choices. One walked away from being a minor celebrity into a life so obscure she eventually became homeless. The other walked in through the gates of a convent to take on a new name and completely new existence. Sixteen years later, they have both walked away from those choices. When circumstances bring them back together, they form a strange friendship, and discover the reasons for wanting to leave their past behind aren't so different after all.

Three weeks earlier, Yvonne, a very popular parent, was almost murdered in the grounds of the local school - the same school where Cece has unwittingly enrolled her children. Reluctant to spy on her friends but determined to discover the truth, Cece must uncover the potential murderer before they strike again .

Incredibly moving, honest and brave - Goodnight, Beautiful is an amazing novel about love overcoming all odds. Dorothy Koomson is a writer of stunning talent and Goodnight, Beautiful will take her profile and sales to yet higher levels.

**Pre-order the NEW Dorothy Koomson novel now** From the bestselling author of Tell Me Your Secret and The Brighton Mermaid comes the breath-taking sequel to the iconic Sunday Times bestseller The Ice Cream Girls. Ten years after they said goodbye. Ten years after you turned the last page. The Ice Cream Girls are back. With a story that threatens to destroy everyone they love... Praise for Dorothy Koomson: 'If you only do one thing this weekend, read this book. . . utterly brilliant' Sun 'Immediately gripping and relentlessly intense' Heat 'An instantly involving pschological thriller' Telegraph

The gripping new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls and All My Lies Are True

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Friend comes a one-of-a-kind love story . . . with a dangerous twist.

Koomson has written an enchanting tale of life's most unpredictable loves and heartaches, and the improbable bond between a single woman and an extraordinary five-year-old girl. "Image" (UK) declares this funny and touching novel a book to watch out for.

'All the stuff in the papers was lies. We were never The Ice Cream Girls' Serena and Poppy were teenagers when they were branded as the Ice Cream Girls. When they were accused of murder, one of them was sent to prison while the other was set free. Now, 20 years later, one of them is doing all she can to clear her name and the other is frantically trying to keep her secrets. Which Ice Cream Girl is desperate enough to kill to get what she wants? A gripping, emotional thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Dorothy Koomson

18 months after her husband was killed, Saffron Mackleroy receives a letter from her husband's murderer, claiming innocence. And her 14-year-old daughter reveals a devastating secret. Is Saffron's life about to shatter like glass all over again?

Amber Salpone doesn't mean to keep ending up in bed with her friend Greg Walterson, but she can't help herself. And every time it 'just happens' their secret affair moves closer to being a real relationship, which is a big problem when he's a womaniser and she's a commitment-phobe.While Amber struggles to accept her new feelings for Greg, she also realises that her closeness to Jen, her best friend, is slipping away and the two of them are becoming virtual strangers. Slowly but surely, as the stark truths of all their lives are revealed, Amber has to confront the fact that chocolate can't cure everything and sometimes running away isn't an option . . .The Chocolate Run is a delectable tale of lust, love and chocolate.Who needs love when you've got chocolate?

When Kendra Tamale boards a plane from Australia to England she's leaving behind a painful affair with a married man and the hideous memory of how things ended. She arrives in her home town of London, rents a room from Kyle, a divorced father of two, and starts a new job. Everything is going to be simple. Kyle's five-year-old twins, Summer and Jaxon, have other ideas and quickly adopt Kendra as their new mother - mainly because she lets them eat marshmallows for breakfast. Kendra eventually becomes a part of their lives, even though she has a deep, dark secret that usually makes her keep people at arm's length. Then Kendra bumps into the man who shares her awful secret, and things fall apart: she can't sleep, she can't eat, she's suspended from work, and the kids are taken away by their mother. The only way to make things better is to confess all about the terrible mistake she made all those years ago. But that's something she swore she'd never do ...

Don't believe everything you see in the heart-stopping new thriller from the Queen of the Big Reveal

From the bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, The Woman He Loved Before and My Best Friend's Girl, an emotional story about love, identity and the meaning of family. 'Where are you coming from with that accent of yours?' he asks. 'Nowhere,' I reply. 'I'm from nowhere.' 'Everyone's from somewhere,' he says. 'Not me,' I reply silently. Clemency Smittson was adopted as a baby and the only connection she has to her birth mother is a cardboard box hand-decorated with butterflies. Now an adult, Clem decides to make a drastic life change and move to Brighton, where she was born. Clem has no idea that while there she'll meet someone who knows all about her butterfly box and what happened to her birth parents. As the tangled truths about her adoption and childhood start to unravel, a series of shocking events cause Clem to reassess whether the price of having contact with her birth family could be too high to pay...

What if all your neighbours' secrets landed in a diary on your doorstep? What if the woman who gave it to you was murdered by one of the people in the diary? What if the police asked if you knew anything? Would you hand over the book of secrets? Or ... would you try to find out what everyone had done?

There's something magical about Ceri D'Altroy . . . After leaving London to follow her heart's desire to become a psychology lecturer, Ceri D'Altroy vows to leave her matchmaking ways behind her for good. Unfortunately, all she seems to do is inspire the new people she meets to change their lives. There's Ed, who's decided to declare his love to a woman who is way out of his league; Mel and Claudine, two long-term friends who are now tempted to start an illicit affair; and Gwen, the chain-smoking head of department who has a deep, dark secret she only wants to share with her new employee. No one who comes into contact with Ceri is ever the same again. Could this unsuspecting young woman be modern-day Cupid?

Will your past always catch up with you? Tessa Dannall is excited and happy when her daughter, Nia, arrives at their family's tropical beach resort to get married. Tessa is also trying to forget the last time she went to a wedding on this beach and how that day changed her life for ever. But as the big day draws near, Tessa realises she must face the deadly ghosts from her past - or they may ruin her daughter's future... Praise for Dorothy Koomson: 'Terrifically addictive' Good Housekeeping 'Beautifully written' Closer 'Koomson just gets better and better' Woman and Home

Ergreifend, mutig und ehrlich: Liebe ist ihre einzige Chance Nova und Mal sind seit ihrer Kindheit eng befreundet. Nie waren sie für längere Zeit ein Paar, und doch wird Nova eines Tages von Mal schwanger. An diesem Kind, Leo, zerbricht ihre Freundschaft. Erst als Leo sieben ist und in Lebensgefahr schwebt, lernt Mal seinen Sohn kennen, und er begreift, dass er Nova schon immer geliebt hat. Doch die Fehler der Vergangenheit können nicht ungeschehen gemacht werden, und Leos kritischer Zustand sorgt für neue Ängste und Sorgen. Kann Nova Mal jemals verzeihen, dass er sie damals, als sie mit Leo schwanger war, alleinließ?

What secrets would you kill to keep? After her husband’s big promotion, Cece Solarin arrives in Brighton with their three children, ready to start afresh. But their new neighbourhood has a deadly secret. Three weeks earlier, Yvonne, a very popular parent, was almost murdered in the grounds of the local school – the same school where Cece has unwittingly enrolled her children. Already anxious about making friends when the parents seem so cliquey, Cece is now also worried about her children’s safety. By chance she meets Maxie, Anaya and Hazel, three very different school mothers who make her feel welcome and reassure her about her new life. That is until Cece discovers the police believe one of her new friends tried to kill Yvonne. Reluctant to spy on her friends but determined to discover the truth, Cece must uncover the potential murderer before they strike again . . . From the bestselling author of That Girl from Nowhere and When I Was Invisible comes a thrilling new novel that will have you questioning the line between right and wrong.

Kamryn je se svým životem dávno smířená. Ví, že je osamělá, že by mohla shodit pár kilo..., ale proč by to dělala, že? Uvědomuje si, že za své štěstí nese odpovědnost pouze ona sama, a tak žije pro svou profesi a urputně pracuje na kariéře. Smířila se s představou, že do smrti zůstane „singl“, po dětech nikdy netoužila. Spoléhá na úzký okruh svých přátel a hraje s kartami, které jí dal život do rukou. Před pár lety byla sice zasnoubená, ale pak se všechno jaksi zvrtlo. Sladké představy o báječném manželství ukončila nepochopitelná zrada nejlepší kamarádky Adele, která se vyspala s jejím snoubencem. Byl to pochopitelně i konec jejich přátelství, na druhou stranu i něco začalo: nový život, Adele otěhotněla. Zdrcená Kamryn přísahá, že až do smrti nechce nikoho z nich vidět. Uplynulo pár let a Kamryn dostala dopis...