When Keith returns to his dying home town in Taiwan, after being released from prison in Germany, his homecoming coincides with the Ghost Festival, when the gates of Hell are opened (as the book describes it). His return brings a lot of ghosts, from the literal ones of family members who have died, to the …
Following a scandal, Helen flees with her husband to his ancestral home, Ballintyre, where his family still lives, but on arrival her beloved sister in law Sylla is mysteriously missing and no one seems to be looking for her. Helen is determined to get to the bottom of it, and in the process, we learn …
Sunday Brennan fled her life in New York fiver years ago, but when she's in a DUI accident, her brother Denny convinces her to come home, at least for a while. No one knows why she left so suddenly, including leaving a fiance behind. A man who is now her brothers business partner. What happened …
Hannah thinks her marriage is perfect, until one day her husband disappears, leaving only a note saying "protect her". The "her" in the note is his teenage daughter, who hasn't quite accepted Hannah as her new parent. To find out why he left, the two have to work together to find out what Owen was …
The Preston family live a privileged life in 1970's Thailand when their young son suddenly goes missing. Returning to America, their lives shattered, they try to go on, assuming Phillip is gone forever. But in 2019, he comes back. Is it him? And if it is, why did he never try to contact his family? …
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Georgina's little boy has a new imaginary friend. But there's something wrong about this friend. For a start, he calls her New Granny, which is strange and uncomfortable because Georgina is still reeling from the death of her mother. She is also under a lot of pressure with work, study, and some relationship problems. When …
From the author of My Brilliant Friend, comes her latest book, set once again in Naples. Giovanna is beloved by her parents, and believes herself to be worthy and beautiful, until one day after a parent-teacher meeting, she overhears her father comparing her to Vittoria, his estranged and despised sister. Because Vittoria is practically a …
Romilly grows up with her father, an artist, in a ramshackle house surrounded by a wild garden. She vaguely remembers a life before, when she was 4 and they lived in London with her mother, and also a different time when they lived an itinerant life. But her father won't answer questions about where her …
"A detective story with no detective" says the tagline on this book, and it's a pretty good description. Set in Edinburgh in 2011, Margaret is a middle aged woman whose life has imploded in London, so she flees to her mothers in Scotland. It's one of the coldest Winters on record, and there are a …
When Sherri moves to town with her 10 year old daughter Katie, she manages to upset the tight knit and cliquey group of mothers by befriending the grieving widow Rebecca, who has a daughter the same age, and a teenage daughter Alexa. Alexa is at somewhat of a loose end over the Summer, and babysits …
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