Paula Hillman
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A scandalous accusation sends a woman fleeing to the countryside, where she meets an enigmatic man who also has something to hide . . .
After a teenage boy makes allegations of inappropriate behaviour, Evie Cooper goes back to her hometown. There, her old friend Alex, now a solicitor, can help her navigate the situation, as well as offer her a job to tide her over. Evie rents a cottage while she waits for the crisis to blow over; it's isolated...
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The unearthing of a long-hidden body stirs up a woman's memories of a troubled relationship-and teenage trauma-in this suspenseful, emotional novel.
When she was just fourteen, Jill's family moved to Walney Island. Initially intoxicated by the freedom of the seaside setting-and fifteen-year-old Andrew Brownstone-she came to learn that her first impressions were very wrong. After making a shocking discovery in Seaview House, Jill fled the scene-a...
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A psychological suspense about silence and its sinister effects on a family and a village from the author of Blackthorn Wood.
When Laurie Helm's mother dies, Laurie must return to the village where she grew up. It's a place she left twenty years ago, and she's hardly seen her mother since. With no siblings or other family, Laurie is left to sort out the house and estate, and to face some of the reasons she left Chapel Field in the first place.
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From the author of Seaview House: What happens when bullying becomes lethal?
Every workplace has its dark corners, places where the power-hungry lurk, where resentment and grudges fester. Former deputy head teacher Cassie Clifton knows this. It's why she's no longer working. And it's why she hasn't left her home for more than two years.
Cassie's husband has encouraged her to work with a therapist to recover from the damage she's suffered after...
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In this taut new thriller from the author of Chapel Field, one weekend of passion puts a woman at the center of a scandal that threatens to bury her . . .
When a spark ignites, Nina and Gabriel Da Silva, the mercurial busker at Halfmoon Lane, spend one weekend together at Nina's isolated beachside home. Soon after, Nina receives some terrible news: Gabriel's body has been found, and she's been named a prime suspect.
Just how can she ever...