Daniëlle Stensen Book order (chronological)

She thought the murders had stopped. She was wrong.'A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you'll never see coming' Karin Slaughter'Tense, twisty and threatening, A Flicker in the Dark will make you abandon your box sets' Val McDermid

Set in 1890s West Africa, the story follows twin sisters Hassana and Husseina, who are kidnapped and sold into slavery after a devastating raid. Despite their separation, they maintain a deep connection through shared dreams of water, symbolizing their hope and resilience. The narrative explores themes of survival, sisterhood, and the enduring bond between them, raising the question of whether their paths will ultimately converge again.

From the author of the international bestseller The Sweetness of Forgetting comes a captivating novel about the struggle to overcome the past when our memories refuse to be forgotten.

Before everything changed, Hannah Rosenthal lived a charmed life. But now the streets of Berlin are draped in swastikas and Hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once considered home. A glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the St Louis, a transatlantic liner that promises Jews safe passage to Cuba. The Rosenthals sell everything to fund visas and tickets. At first the liner feels like luxury, but as they travel the circumstances of war change, and it soon becomes their prison. Seven decades later in New York, on her twelfth birthday Anna Rosen receives a package from Hannah, the great-aunt she never met but who raised her deceased father. Anna and her mother immediately travel to Cuba to meet this elderly relative, and for the first time Hannah tells them the untold story of her voyage on the St Louis.

A RICHARD & JUDY BESTSELLER 72 HOURS TO FIND HER... 'Hits the sweet spot between literary and crime fiction - Gripping' ERIN KELLY 'For those who love their crime fiction rich in psychology, beautifully written and laced with dark humour. Dive in' LUCIE WHITEHOUSE A MISSING GIRL Edith Hind is gone, leaving just her coat, a smear of blood and a half-open door. A DESPERATE FAMILY Each of her friends and relatives has a version of the truth. But none quite adds up. A DETECTIVE AT BREAKING POINT The press grows hungrier by the day. Can DS Manon Bradshaw fend them off, before a missing persons case becomes a murder investigation?

1940. La France capitule, les bombes pleuvent sur Londres, et le pr�sident Roosevelt promet d'�pargner � ses boys une guerre qui ne les concerne pas. Pourtant, la journaliste Frankie Bard, qui couvre le Blitz pour la radio am�ricaine, ne veut rien tant que sensibiliser ses compatriotes au conflit. Dans un petit village du cap Cod, deux femmes �coutent les r�cits poignants de la reporter: Iris James, la receveuse des postes dont l'amant guette une offensive sous-marine allemande, et Emma Fitch, jeune �pouse d'un m�decin id�aliste parti soigner les victimes des bombardements. Entre le continent �pargn� et celui d�chir� par la guerre, les destins de ces trois femmes s'entrem�lent. Ils se lient au sort des populations pilonn�es par la Luftwaffe, � celui des Juifs qui sillonnent les routes en qu�te d'un improbable refuge, � celui des hommes qu'elles aiment. � Si vous recevez cette lettre est de ces grands livres qui vous manquent sit�t que vous les refermez. J'y pensais sans cesse, j'�tais nostalgique d'une �poque que je n'ai pas connue. C'est un roman magnifiquement �crit, �difiant .� Katrhryn Stockett, auteur de La Couleur des sentiments

A sweeping love story told through letters, spanning two continents and two world wars. But as World War I engulfs Europe and Davey volunteers as an ambulance driver on the Western front, Elspeth can only wait on Skye, anxious for his return;