Showing results by author "Kathryn Croft"

Mia Hamilton lived the perfect life with her husband, university teacher Zach, and their two-year-old daughter. But everything changed when Zach committed suicide on the same night one of his students vanished. Five years later, just when Mia is beginning to heal, stranger Alison walks into her life, saying her husband didn't kill himself. Fragile, slight Alison leads Mia on a path into Zach's past, and Mia begins to think she never really knew her own husband.

Three years ago, nurse Zoe's son Ethan was found drowned in a muddy river by their home, along with his best friend, Josh. With no witnesses, their deaths were ruled a tragic accident. Heartbroken, Zoe and her family move away from her home. They’re just beginning to get back to some kind of normality when, out of the blue, Zoe receives an anonymous email: "You need to find out the truth about what happened to your son. Don’t let this rest. Don’t believe the lie." Shaken, Zoe starts an obsessive hunt for the truth.

Tara Logan adores her perfect little family: husband, Noah, and two children, teenager Rosie and 11-year-old Spencer. But her happiness is shattered when she wakes in her neighbour Lee Jacobs' bed, with no memory of how she got there or what happened between them. And worse - he has been stabbed to death. Convinced she didn't kill Lee, Tara flees home and stays silent, holding her breath as the investigation grips the neighbourhood.

Eighteen years ago Simone Porter's six-month-old daughter, Helena, was abducted. Simone and husband Matt have slowly rebuilt their shattered lives, but the pain at losing their child has never left them. Then a young woman, Grace, appears out of the blue and tells Simone she has information about her stolen baby. But just who is Grace - and can Simone trust her? When Grace herself disappears, Simone becomes embroiled in a desperate search for her baby and the woman who has vital clues about her whereabouts.

Be careful what you wish for. On the surface, Callie Harwell has it all. Newly married to James, she finally gets the family she has longed for and becomes a mother to his two sons. So why is she arrested for murder? Things are not as Callie hoped they would be and she struggles to be accepted as part of James' family, and to keep hidden the secrets that could destroy her future.

Leah Mills lives a life of a fugitive - kept on the run by one terrible day from her past. It is a lonely life, without a social life or friends until, longing for a connection, she meets Julian. For the first time she dares to believe she can live a normal life. Then, on the 20th anniversary of that day, she receives a card. Someone knows the truth about what happened. Someone who won't stop until they've destroyed the life Leah has created. But is Leah all she seems? Or does she deserve everything she gets?

In this dark psychological thriller, Olivia Taylor believes she has suffered the worst life can throw at her after the breakup of her marriage. Full of hope, she starts a new life with her nine-year-old daughter, Ellie, only to find the worst is yet to come. Meeting Michael Crossman is the beginning of an unspeakable nightmare for Olivia, and her world slowly unravels. It is only through the retelling of her story that we piece together what has led her to become a mere shadow of the woman she once was.

Vor achtzehn Jahren hat Simone Porter ihre sechs Monate alte Tochter Helena verloren - die Kleine wurde entführt. Alle Versuche, das Kind wiederzufinden, schlugen fehl. Zusammen mit ihrem Ehemann Matt, einem Arzt, brauchte Simone eine lange Zeit, um sich von diesem Schicksalsschlag zu erholen. Nun aber taucht eine achtzehnjährige Frau auf, die sich Grace nennt und behauptet, ihre Tochter zu sein. Als Beweis legt sie ein Stofftier vor, das damals im Kinderwagen der kleinen Helena lag. Simone weiß nicht, ob sie dieser Frau trauen kann - doch Grace sorgt noch für eine andere Überraschung.

Du wachst neben einem Toten auf. Es ist nicht dein Ehemann - und es ist auch nicht dein Bett: Ohne jede Erinnerung an die Nacht zuvor erwacht Tara in einem fremden Bett. Neben ihr liegt ihr freundlicher Nachbar Lee - mit einem Messer in Brust. Hat sie ihn ermordet? Zum Glück hat sie kein Blut an den Händen. Tara schafft es, in ihr Haus zurück zu schleichen und die harmlose Nachbarin zu spielen. Doch dann gerät ausgerechnet ihre Tochter in Verdacht, eine geheime Affäre mit dem Nachbarn gehabt zu haben. Der Bestseller aus Großbritannien - ein Thriller mit hundert Prozent Spannungsgarantie!

Leah Mills hat seit Jahren panische Angst, dass ihr größtes Geheimnis eines Tages ans Licht kommen könnte. Sie lebt deshalb zurückgezogen und ohne soziale Kontakte in London. Andere Menschen hält sie so gut es geht auf Distanz - bis sie Julian kennenlernt. Das erste Mal seit langer Zeit hat sie die Hoffnung, dass sie ein glückliches Leben führen darf. Doch dann bekommt sie plötzlich Nachrichten von einem Fremden.