Katherine Webb Books

From the bestselling author of The Legacy, comes a compelling novel exploring guilt, love and confronting the truth, all set against the backdrop of war

From the bestselling author of The Legacy, comes a compelling and evocative novel about murder, lies and friendship against all odds.

England, 1937. In the village of Blacknowle on the Dorset coast, fourteen-year-old Mitzy Hatcher has endured a wild and lonely upbringing. Shunned by her neighbours, the arrival of renowned artist Charles Aubrey, along with his exotic mistress and their daughters, is like a breath of fresh air. As Charles's muse, Mitzy develops a deep and abiding bond with the Aubrey household over the course of the following three summers. Gradually, Mitzy begins to perceive a future she had never thought possible, and a powerful love is kindled in her. A love that will grow as she does: from innocence to obsession; from childish infatuation to something far more complex. It will be almost seventy-five years before the consequences of this potent desire are fully played out, as a young man in an art gallery looks at a hastily drawn portrait and wonders at the intensity of it. The questions he asks will lead him back to Blacknowle, and draw him to the truth about those fevered summers in the 1930s. Moving from the wilds of the Dorset coast to the intoxicating heat of a Moroccan summer, A Half Forgotten Song explores the quixotic nature of memory - and the perils of obsessive love.

From the author of the acclaimed debut THE LEGACY comes a compelling tale of love, deception and illusion.

The story delves into Erica Calcott's return to Storton Manor after her grandmother's death, where childhood memories flood back, particularly the mysterious disappearance of her cousin Henry. As Erica sorts through belongings, she grapples with unresolved family trauma and the need to confront the past. Driven by a desire to bring closure to her sister and herself, Erica embarks on a quest to uncover the truth behind Henry's vanishing, intertwining themes of memory, family dynamics, and the haunting shadows of unresolved mysteries.

Puglia, 1921. Leandro Cardetta, born into poverty, emigrated to America to make his fortune and has returned home to southern Italy a rich man, accompanied by his glamorous wife, Marcie, an ex-showgirl fighting middle age. Now Leandro has money enough to hire renowned English architect, Boyd Kinsgley, to renovate a crumbling palazzo into an Art Deco statement of wealth, and host Boyd's teenage son and his diffident young second wife, Clare, for one extraordinary summer. Under the burning sky, beyond the luxury of Leandro's home, tensions are high. Veterans of the Great War are desperate for work and food. Among these is Ettore, Leandro's nephew. Gripped by grief at the loss of his fiancée, Ettore has sworn to identify Livia's killer, and take his revenge. He is too proud to go to his uncle for charity, but when he injures himself one day, he has no choice but to knock on Leandro's door. Meeting Clare there will change everything - and in the most violent way. During the fierce summer of 1921, all these lives converge. Exactly how did Leandro grow rich in America, and what is the strange hold he has over Boyd? What happened to the first Mrs Kingsley, and what secret haunts the outwardly exuberant Marcie Cardetta? Hearts will be broken, blood will be spilt and the hardest of life's lessons will be learnt as shadows fall.

Ein nie aufgeklärter Mord rührt an alte Wunden Es ist ein unerträglich heißer Sommer in der Grafschaft Wiltshire im Südwesten Englands. In einem ausgetrockneten Flussbett wird die Leiche des vor Jahren verschwundenen Lee Geary gefunden. Sein Schicksal war 2011 eng mit dem Fall der zwanzigjährigen Holly Gilbert verflochten, die damals von einer Brücke stürzte. Ihr Tod war ein Medienmagnet, die Leute wollten Gerechtigkeit für Holly, sie wollten einen Schuldigen. Rasch wurden drei Verdächtige festgenommen, und Geary war einer davon. Alle drei starben damals innerhalb weniger Monate nach Holly. In der sengenden Hitze versuchen Inspector Matthew Lockyer und Constable Gemma Broad einen kühlen Kopf zu bewahren und die Fäden der Cold Cases zu entwirren. Dabei graben sie alte Geheimnisse aus, die viele lieber unentdeckt gelassen hätten.

Vierzehn Jahre ist es her, dass auf dem Anwesen von Professor Ferris ein Mann heimtückisch im Schlaf erstochen wurde – eine grauenvolle Bluttat, die in der pittoresken Grafschaft Wiltshire einiges Aufsehen erweckte. Zwar sorgte Inspector Matthew Lockyer damals für die Verurteilung der Haushälterin Hedy Lambert, doch diese beteuerte stets ihre Unschuld. Als Hedy nun eindringlich um seinen Besuch im Gefängnis bittet, wird Lockyer gemeinsam mit seiner Kollegin Constable Gemma Broad in den Fall zurückkatapultiert. Lockyer und Broad rollen das Verbrechen erneut auf. Bei ihren Ermittlungen stoßen sie auf eine Mauer des Schweigens und Zeugen, die alles dafür tun, hinter einer vornehmen Fassade wohlgehütete Geheimnisse zu wahren.