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Security, a sparkling sea view and the best kind of neighbours - The Starlings gated community has it all. The residents are like family to each other, in a place where doors are left open and children run free. But that all changes when an idyllic street party takes a dark turn. Who knows what really happened to him? And what answers are harboured within the old building, a former asylum?

Eighteen years ago Martha said good-bye to best friend Juliet on a moonlit London towpath. The next morning Juliet's bike was found abandoned. She was never seen again. Nearly two decades later Martha is a TV celebrity, preparing to host a new crime show...and the first case will be that of missing student Juliet Sherman. After all these years Martha must reach out to old friends and try to piece together the final moments of Juliet's life. But what happens when your perfect friends turn out to be perfect strangers?

When sisters Celine and Pip get a call telling them their reclusive mother has died, the women are reunited at her riverside home in Arundel to pick up the pieces. But someone is missing - their middle sister, Vanessa, brutally murdered years ago and the victim of an unsolved case. As the sisters confront ghosts from the past, the discovery of another body in similar circumstances throws new light on Vanessa's death.

Als de zeventienjarige Eva wakker wordt, ligt ze niet in haar eigen bed. Ze ligt op zolder met haar lichaam onder de blauwe plekken en de deur van buitenaf vergrendeld. Volgens haar ouders is dit voor haar eigen veiligheid: maar waarom wisselen ze steeds zulke veelzeggende blikken? Waarom mag Eva geen bezoek ontvangen, moet ze zo veel slaappillen slikken en wordt haar niets over het ongeluk verteld? Eva is vastbesloten te ontdekken wat er echt is gebeurd op die ijskoude nacht van het ongeluk. Maar daarvoor moet ze eerst zien te ontsnappen.

It's the start of one of the hottest summers on record with weeks without rain; the summer of Abba, T-Rex and David Bowie; of the Notting Hill riots and when Big Ben stopped dead. Luke Wolff is about to turn 18 and is set to enjoy his last summer at home on the Isle of Wight before leaving for college. His job at a holiday camp promises new friendships and romance. But with the heat and open windows, secrets become harder to hide and his parents' seemingly ordered lives become unstuck and the community is gripped by scandal.

From the suburban disorder of 1980s southern England, 13-year-old Jake watches his world unravel as his father and older brother leave the family home and his mother increasingly finds solace in drink. Even as Jake outwardly shrugs off doubts about his paternity, the question hangs over him like an invisible spectre.

Huis clos sur l'île de Wight. Lors des funérailles de leur mère, Jess retrouve sa sœur Emily, perdue de vue depuis près de quinze ans. Emily lui propose de venir habiter chez elle et son mari, James, dans leur maison de l'île de Wight. Le soir du Nouvel An, le couple part faire la fête et laisse Jess avec leur bébé, Daisy. Lorsqu'ils rentrent, au petit matin, la police est là. Daisy a disparu. Le cauchemar commence.

In her eagerly anticipated second novel, Isabel Ashdown explored the treacherous territory of adolescent friendships and traces the repercussions of a dangerous relationship across the decades. It's been more than 20 years since Sarah Ribbons last set foot inside her old high school, a crumbling, Victorian-built comprehensive on the south coast of England. Now, as she prepares for her school reunion, 39-year-old Sarah has to face up to the truth of what really happened back in the summer of 1986....