Jessica Whittaker
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Cleaner Janice knows that it is in people's stories that you really get to know them. From recently-widowed Fiona and her son Adam; to opera-singing Geordie; and the awful Mrs 'YeahYeahYeah' and her fox terrier, Decius, Janice has a unique insight into the community around her. When Janice starts cleaning for Mrs B - a shrewd and tricksy woman in her nineties - she finally meets someone who wants to hear her story. But Janice is clear: she is the...
2) The Cottage
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The gripping new thriller with a difference from USA Today bestselling author Lisa Stone An isolated cottage...After losing her job and long-term boyfriend, Jan Hamlin is in desperate need of a fresh start. So when the opportunity arises to rent a secluded cottage on the edge of Coleshaw Woods, she jumps at the chance. A tap at the window...Very quickly though, things take a dark turn. At night, Jan hears strange noises just outside, and faint taps...
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A serial killer emerges from the past to stalk a witness in a harrowing novel of missteps and madness from the author of Intention and All I See Is You.
When Sarah was seventeen years old, she hid in a wardrobe while her mother was murdered in the bedroom.
As the weeks and months passed, Sarah gradually moved on from the horror of that night and managed to settle into her changed family life.
After the police confirm that her mother...
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A young woman's idyllic life comes apart when her past comes back to haunt her in this psychological thriller by the author of the Dublin Murder Mysteries.
After working as a hospital nurse in Dubai and London, Jodie settles down in Kent. With her job at a quiet nursing home and her loving new relationship, it seems that she's finally put her troubled past behind her. But someone from her childhood has been following her for years. And he's decided...
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Who killed Stuart Burlington? Earlsraven is shaken by the news that its renowned antiques dealer has been slain with a samurai sword from his own collection. A web of secrets surrounds the case, and Nathalie and Louise - the owner of the Black Feather inn and her formidable cook - are determined to unravel it. They have an unexpected ally in the form of Hector Peroux, a celebrated private detective from Belgium. Together they are soon able to track...
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Scandal at the dog show! Sir Theodore's three king poodles - until now the undisputed champions - have been dyed blue! Sir Theodore accuses the organiser Mason Mayfield of being the culprit. When Mayfield is found murdered a short time later, Sir Theodore is the prime suspect. But Nathalie is firmly convinced of his innocence and, together with Louise and the poodles, she sets out to uncover the real murderer.
About the series: There was nothing...
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When Willow walks out on her own wedding, there's only one place she can go...
Growing up in the island village of Seaview, Willow always dreamed of a bigger life. Then her childhood sweetheart Luc betrayed her and she ran, resolving never to look back. Now, twelve years on, her glamorous London life is a mess and the island is her only option.
But she's not the only one back for the summer. Luc is now a world-famous heartthrob musician, and he's...
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When novice detective Atalanta Ashford is whisked away to Italy by her friend, race car driver Raoul Lemont, she anticipates a happy holiday under the Tuscan sun. But a chance meeting on the Orient Express with Italian heiress Catharina Lanetti leads to a party invitation…and front row seats for a mysterious murder! With their new friend under suspicion Atalanta and Raoul set to work trying to discover who really murdered Catharina's father. But...
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"Goodbye, cruel world." The famous writer Ian O'Shelley is found dead in his cottage in Earlsraven with a suicide note beside him. Nathalie Ames is a big fan of the author and starts to look into the case more closely. She discovers that O'Shelley was a man with many secrets. Was it really suicide? Or was the likeable bestselling author murdered? But while Nathalie is investigating O'Shelley's past, her private life is breaking down - all because...
10) The Art of Lying
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There are only two possibilities: either lovely old Miss Beresford from Earlsraven is suffering from dementia or there's something fishy going on at her house! But what has Nathalie got to do with it? The young woman has just moved from Liverpool to tranquil Earlsraven to take up her aunt's legacy: the Black Feather pub. But when Miss Beresford discovers a dead body in her garden, Nathalie and her cook Louise begin to investigate.
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The year is 1950, and a great tragedy has struck the town of Crowford. Three local men have been killed in a storm, after their fishing boat the Mercy Belle sank. A mysterious fourth man, however, was rescued. Nobody knows who he is, or what he was doing on the Mercy Belle... and the man has lost his memory.
Five years later, messages from the dead warn of impending doom for Crowford. The ghosts of the Mercy Belle's crew demand revenge, and the whole...