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Jesse is 15. She loves her friends, her little brother and her parents - even when they're arguing, which feels like constantly these days. But most of all, she loves playing video games. Even from her hospital bed. Alex is 29. He doesn't love a lot of things. To be honest, he's not really sure h...

On a sultry afternoon in July, a man stumbles through thick foliage, making for the coast. He wears prisoner's garb and guards are hot on his heels. Happening upon a bather's clothes, the escapee leaves the scene looking the part of the average beachcomber. But it can be hard to stay hidden forev...

To prove to his future father-in-law he is not an idle second son, Edward joins the Hussars. Fighting the French in Spain, he is injured and taken in by a local monastery. Nursed back to health and disguised as a monk, he walks across the mountains then travels by boat to Lisbon. Reaching home, h...

1799. When her father dies in battle, seventeen-year-old Isolde Cavanagh is forced to rely on the protection of an old family friend. But when she arrives at his imposing estate, it seems her would-be guardian has died. And his son, Richard de Baudresey, has never heard of her. Richard insists Is...

1943. One sweltering July night, bombs rain down. Lily and her dear friend Ethel, who is heavily pregnant, seek refuge in a shelter. Miraculously, a baby girl is born to the sound of ear-splitting shrieks and explosions in the distance. Once the raid quietens, Lily races into the house to find th...

September 1942. Esme Donaldson is still grieving the devastating loss of her husband, Anthony, when she's forced out of her dream job by wartime budget cuts. Left with few options, Esme faces an uncertain future - until a chance encounter sends her to Redcliffe Manor, a grand estate deep in the S...

When Nicola Bridge moves back to Dorset after years as a CID detective in the big city, the last thing she expects is for the picturesque village of Fleetcombe to become a grisly crime scene. Jim Tiernan, landlord of the White Hart pub, has been found dead, the body staged with macabre relish. As...

Helsinki, 1982. Recently divorced postal worker Ilmari Nieminen has promised his daughter a piano for Christmas, but with six days to go - and no money - he's desperate. A last-minute job offers a solution: transport a valuable antique sofa to Kilpisjarvi, the northernmost town in Finland. With t...

At the end of a fog-covered alley glitters a glamorous cinema. It's nearly impossible to find. When Ellie and her fiancé, Drake, stumble upon it during a late-night walk, they're shocked to discover what's playing inside the red-velvet auditorium: their formative memories. Drake fears what the ci...

Four friends as close as they come. Until a girls' weekend away leaves them with a shared secret that could destroy them all. But a secret is safe among friends, isn't it? That's what they think - until they all in turn receive a letter with the grim truth written down in black and white. Someone...