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Alex Connor

    Alexandra Connor is an author whose works captivate readers with their narrative power. Her writing often delves into profound human emotions and intricate interpersonal dynamics. Connor excels at crafting vivid imagery and memorable characters that resonate long after the final page. Her distinctive voice and insightful exploration of the human condition establish her as a significant voice in contemporary literature.

    Memory of Bones
    Green Baize Road
    The Green Bay Tree
    The Tailor's Wife
    The Face in the Locket
    The Well of Dreams
    • 2012

      Memory of Bones

      • 512 pages
      • 18 hours of reading
      3.6(166)Add rating

      The head of Francisco Goya was stolen from his tomb in the wake of his death. No one has ever known what happened to it. Until now. Leon Golding has always been ignored by the art world he loves, but he's finally going to make his name as the man who found the skull of Goya. But he's asked the wrong people to help him prove he's right. Now everyone wants to own the most prized piece of art history ever to come to light ... And they're ready to kill for it.

      Memory of Bones
    • 2011

      London, 1732. William Hogarth is called to a murder scene. A woman lies dead, her unborn child ripped from her body. It is a warning. Hogarth painted the future King leaving her bed. He must destroy the painting to survive.But her killers made one mistake. They left the Prince's son alive.Centuries later, one man holds proof of this line of succession and keeps a watchful eye on the Prince's heir. The legacy is a terrible burden, but also an incredible opportunity.During a flight in a private jet, when a fellow passenger speaks of having gained possession of proof of this, the Royal Family's darkest secret, everything changes.Within hours of the flight, three of the seven passengers have been silenced.Who killed them? Why? To keep the secret or expose it? Where is the proof?As the body count rises, Alex Connor ratchets up the tension is this page-turning thriller that brings history into the present with devastating consequences.

      Legacy of Blood
    • 2006

      The Tailor's Wife

      • 439 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      4.1(18)Add rating

      Widowed Jacob Clark has been training his daughter Suzannah to take over his tailoring business. Suzannah is the sensible one and she's happy with the unconventional role her father has found for her. Suzannah's also a beauty, and she's caught the eye of the most eligible of bachelors, Edward Lyle, the son of a powerful local politician who is horrified at the thought of being connected by marriage to such a lowly family. When Suzannah's brother Girton is taken in by the charms of scheming Rina Taylor, Suzannah is right to fear that chaos and scandal will follow, giving Noel Lyle the ammunition he needs to prise his son away from Suzannah ... or so Noel thinks. But the two young people whose lives he is setting out to destroy are less malleable than he imagines...

      The Tailor's Wife
    • 2003

      A spoilt child learns the lessons of life the hard way, in this warm family saga set in Wigan from 1920s to 1950s. Our heroine is brought to live with her maiden aunts as a young child. They are formidable sisters, counting themselves a cut above the neighbours, because they run a genteel hairdressing salon. They dote on their pretty niece, although they're also devoted to their brother -- something not right with him, but nobody likes to talk about it. The girl grows into a beautiful woman, who knows how to make the most of her charms. But when tragedy, family shame and betrayal force her to confront the real world, she shows everyone that there's more to her than a pretty face after all.

      The Face in the Locket
    • 1999

      Three sisters: three very different lives. Ellen, generous, funny and capable, runs a billiards hall with Reg. Louise has her eyes set on better things and heads for Australia with her businessman husband. And Lily, fair and fragile, having lost her man to the war, can barely cope with her two small daughters. What ever problems they face, the solutions are all in the family..

      Green Baize Road
    • 1998

      Midnight's Smiling

      • 313 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Dr George Cochrane led a comfortable life on the outskirts of Pendleton. He lived there with his wife and son Michael. During the day he was the doctor to the worst streets of the nearby city. There was no house that was too dismal and no patient too poor. Everyone loved him and his gruff humour. Then his wife died, and somehow Michael never could make up for the loss, even though he followed in his fathers footsteps. His friend Harry always outshone him. Bumptious and brilliant Harry was aiming for the top. Then the Second World War made him. No one could hold a candle to Harry. However, there is one young rival who is watching and biding her time. She is acknowledging his ambition and ability as her own, and that is Michael's daughter, Mel.

      Midnight's Smiling
    • 1993

      Having grown up on a prosperous Yorkshire estate, Freddie Clements' childhood was blighted by the cruelty of her father. Marrying a wealthy American offers her emotional security, yet a chance encounter with a dangerous man has disastrous and deadly consequences.

      The Green Bay Tree
    • 1992

      The Well of Dreams

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      To outsiders, the golden child of David and Virginia Hall looks set to inherit not only talent, but also wealth and comfort. But after an appalling tragedy, such a future seems threatened, as Isabel Hall finds herself the reluctant inheritor of her parents' complex and bitter past.

      The Well of Dreams