* AN OBSERVER DEBUT NOVELIST FOR 2022 * 'A compulsively readable love story' EMMA DONOGHUE 'Intense, unflinchingly honest, it broke my heart a million times' MARIAN KEYES 'Absolutely loved it' MAX PORTER 'A beautiful, devastating novel' NICK HORNBY One by one, she undid each event, each decision, each choice. If Davy had remembered to put on a coat. If Seamie McGeown had not found himself alone on a dark street. If Michael Agnew had not walked through...

In The Happy Marriage, the internationally acclaimed Moroccan author Tahar Ben Jelloun tells the story of one couple-first from the husband?s point of view, then from the wife?s-just as legal reforms are about to change women?s rights forever. � The husband, a painter in Casablanca, has been paralyzed by a stroke at the very height of his career and becomes convinced that his marriage is the sole reason for his decline. � Walled up within his...

The Delaney family love one another dearly - it's just that sometimes they want to murder each other ... Joy Delaney and husband Stan have done well. Four wonderful grown-up children. A family business to envy. The golden years of retirement ahead of them. So when Joy Delaney vanishes - no note, no calls, her bike missing - it's natural that tongues will wag. How did Stan scratch his face? And who was the stranger who entered and suddenly left their...

The only problem is, he's dead. After a fateful visit to the Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also her desire for the Lims' handsome new heir. At night she is drawn into the Chinese afterlife - a world of ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, monstrous bureaucracy and vengeful spirits. Enlisting the help of mysterious Er Lang (a dragon turned clerk) Li Lan must uncover the secrets of the ghost...

Perfect for fans of Martina Cole, Dishonour is a hard-hitting, gritty page-turner. ?No matter what she did, he would always be there, right behind her. She could never escape? Laila is sixteen years old and beautiful, kind and clever; traits liable to get her into trouble and make people dislike her ? She doesn?t make her life any easier when she falls in love with an English boy, bringing shame on her family and attracting the attention of some very...

Rory Yates's skill and commitment to the badge have seen him rise through the ranks in the Texas Ranger division, but it came at a cost - his marriage. When he receives a worrying phone call from his ex-wife, Anne, Rory speeds to what used to be their marital home. He arrives to a horrifying crime scene and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect in Anne's murder. Rory's only choice is to find the killer himself. He risks his badge, his pride,...

It is summer on Magnolia Road when Juliet moves into her late mother's house with her husband Liam and their young son, Charlie. Preoccupied by guilt, grief and the juggle of working motherhood, she can't imagine finding time to get to know the neighbouring families, let alone fitting in with them. But for Liam, a writer, the morning coffees and after-school gatherings soon reveal the secret struggles, fears and rivalries playing out behind closed...

Would you risk your future for a night with your past? Molly Greene loves being married. Exciting adventures lie ahead for her and husband Dan that will change their lives forever, but Molly's not sure they're making the right choices. While teetering on the brink of the biggest decision she's ever faced, she sends an impulsive message to the very last person she ought to contact, someone who should have stayed forgotten, and is now coming looking...

Four women, one dress, and the secret that binds them all ... On a special night, a celebration of new beginnings, Paige MacRitchie?s joy quickly falls away when her mother collapses. Terrified of losing her, Paige decides she wants to make the ultimate tribute to her parents? perfect marriage: she will wear her mother?s wedding dress for her own big day. There?s just one problem - her mum, Rebecca, no longer has the dress. As Paige tries to track...

1984. Bessie is a confident 16-year-old girl with the world at her feet, dreaming of what life will bring and what she'll bring to this life. Then everything comes crashing down. Her bright and trusting smile is lost, banished by shame - and a secret she'll carry with her for the rest of her life. 2021. The last 37 years have not been easy for Bess. At 53 she is visibly weary and her marriage to Mario is in tatters. Watching her son in newlywed bliss...