Child Of The Ruins
CHILD OF THE RUINS is set in Berlin during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. The war has ended and there is supposed to be peace, but the city is being blockaded by Russian troops. The two million citizens trapped inside have to survive on aid dropped to them day and night from American and British aircraft. Within this confinement, two women are both […]
The Guardian of Lies
Published by Simon & Schuster 2019 Discover a high-octane thriller set in 1953 in the Camargue, the South of France. The fragile peace between the West and Soviet Russia hangs on a knife edge. And one family has been torn apart by secrets and conflicting allegiances. Eloïse Caussade is a courageous young Frenchwoman, raised on a […]
The Survivors
Published by Simon & Schuster 2018 *** PICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE MAIL ON SUNDAY *** ‘Directly I saw him, I knew he had to die.’ Germany, 1945. The war has ended and Klara Janowska and her daughter Alicja have walked for weeks to get to Graufeld Displaced Persons camp. In the cramped, dirty, dangerous […]
THE BETRAYAL
Published by Simon & Schuster 2017 Could you kill someone? Someone you love? Paris, 1938. Twin sisters are divided by fierce loyalties and by a terrible secret. The drums of war are beating and France is poised, ready to fall. One sister is an aviatrix, the other is a socialite and they both have something […]
The Liberation
Published by Simon & Schuster 2016 THE LIBERATION is the story of a devastated country and a woman with one chance to save herself. It is set in Italy in 1945 as British and American troops attempt to bring order to the post-war ruins of a shattered country and Italy’s population fights to survive. Caterina Lombardi is […]
The Italian Wife
Published by Little, Brown 2015 Italy, 1932 — Mussolini’s Italy is growing from strength to strength, but at what cost? One bright autumn morning, architect Isabella Berotti sits at a café in the vibrant centre of Bellina, when a woman she’s never met asks her to watch her ten-year-old daughter, just for a moment. Reluctantly, […]
THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN
Published by Little, Brown 2014 Discover a dynamic story of love, danger, courage and murder. With beautiful blue skies, sandy beaches and glorious sunshine, the Bahamas is a slice of heaven. But in 1943 the world is at war and even paradise isn’t safe . . .Twenty-three-year-old Dodie Wyatt thought she had escaped her turbulent […]
SHADOWS ON THE NILE
Published by Little, Brown 2013 ‘I’ll find him. I will.’ It’s 1932 and 27-year-old Jessica is living London life to the full when her younger brother Tim, an ancient Egypt archaeology expert, goes missing. Teaming up with Sir Montague Chamford – who cannot resist the chance of adventure – Jessie vows to find her brother. […]
THE WHITE PEARL
Published by Little, Brown 2012*** THE Sunday Times TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR ***Malaya, 1941.As the glamorous wife of a plantation owner, Connie Hadley appears to lead a pampered and comfortable life. But she is hiding devastating secrets that could destroy her marriage. When she accidentally causes the death of a native woman in a road accident, it […]
The Jewel of St. Petersburg
Published by Little, Brown 2010 *** THE Sunday Times TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR *** Russia, 1910.Young Valentina Ivanova charms St Petersburg’s aristocracy with her classic Russian beauty and her talent as a pianist. But she scandalises society when she begins a romance with Jens Friis, a Danish engineer. He brings to her life a passion and an […]
