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The compelling new novel from the international number 1 bestselling author • Coronation Day, 1953 • Molly Heywood slips away from the celebrations and makes a shocking discovery: her friend Cassie is dead and her six-year-old daughter Petal has vanished without a trace • The only clue is a letter from London, where Cassie once lived. Now it is up to Molly to head to there and uncover the past that her friend kept so well hidden • The closer Molly gets to the truth, the more perilous her journey becomes. She has given up everything - her home, happiness and a chance at love - all to find Petal. But is she also risking her life?

One good deed takes her into another world • Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha, a minister's daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha's family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime • She leaves behind London's slums and enters the darkest corners of New York. Traveling across the vast plains to the Wild West, she finds herself in San Francisco, a city in the grip of the gold rush • Streetwise and strong-willed, Matilda forges a new life for herself and Tabitha among pioneers like Captain James Russell - a man to whom she is deeply attracted • Yet a civil war will soon rip apart this new nation • Can Matilda and those she loves brave separation and carry on, never looking back?

Discover this thrilling exploration of love, life and morality from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse • She defied her parents and married for love • Following her heart, Fifi moves with Dan to London where they rent a seedy flat in Dale Street, Kennington • Though Fifi must now become acquainted with squalor, she is soon drawn into the goings on behind the shabby front doors of her new neighbours • But it is the Muckles, at number 11, who are the street's focus. Rumours of criminal depravity and shocking behaviour are rife • So when Fifi steps in to help their youngest child, she risks the wrath of this frightening family • Suddenly, not only her marriage and her family, but the lives of all the inhabitants of Dale Street are at the mercy of the immoral Muckles

Lose yourself in this powerful historical novel based on a real life tragedy from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse • For one girl, betrayal goes hand in hand with trust • When their father tragically kills their mother, Dulcie and her sister are sent to an orphanage. Told that a 'better life' awaits them in another country, they are shipped off to Australia • But the promises made turn out to be lies • And it seems to Dulcie that everyone who ever said 'trust me' somehow betrayed that trust. So when she finds a kindred spirit in Ross, another orphanage survivor, hope swells in her heart • But can she ever get over the past betrayals and learn to trust again? • And can she fight not only for herself, but also for her sister?

Discover the moving novel based on a true story about a woman triumphing against overwhelming odds, from the international bestseller Lesley Pearse • She made one mistake, and now she'll never see home again • Mary, a Cornish mariner's daughter, makes the biggest mistake of her short life when she steals a silk hat. Convicted and sentenced to be transported to Australia, she endures horrific conditions aboard ship before landing in a brutal and barbaric country • It will take all her courage just to survive • But Mary is also determined to make something of herself in this rugged man's world • And she dreams that one day she will find a way of crossing the cruel seas that lie between her and home

Also known as Dulcimer Street, Norman Collins's London Belongs to Me is a Dickensian romp through working-class London on the eve of the Second World War. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Ed Glinert, author of The London Compendium • It is 1938 and the prospect of war hangs over every London inhabitant. But the city doesn't stop. Everywhere people continue to work, drink, fall in love, fight and struggle to get on in life. At the lodging-house at No.10 Dulcimer Street, Kennington, the buttoned-up clerk Mr Josser returns home with the clock he has received as a retirement gift. The other residents include faded actress Connie; tinned food-loving Mr Puddy; widowed landlady Mrs Vizzard (whose head is turned by her new lodger, a self-styled 'Professor of Spiritualism'); and flashy young mechanic Percy Boon, whose foray into stolen cars descends into something much, much worse

Dead Run is the third book in P.J. Tracy's bestselling Twin Cities series • It should have been a simple journey - a drive from Minneapolis to Green Bay, Wisconsin. But a couple of unplanned detours lead Grace MacBride, Annie Belinsky and police Deputy Sharon Mueller deep in the northern woods, far from civilization and a mobile phone signal. Then the car breaks down • The nervous search for a landline and a mechanic leads the women to Four Corners, a sleepy crossroads town. And place they soon wish they'd never stumbled on - because something terrible happened in Four Corners • Filled with the same crackling dialogue, pace and rich vivid characters as in previous novels, Dead Run firmly establishes P.J. Tracy as one of the most exciting thriller writers in the world

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online • Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content • The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers story comprehension and develop vocabulary

From the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse comes the compulsive page-turner about a girl searching for the truth, which may be a little too close to home • Her family is threatened and only she can save it • When sixteen-year-old Charlie witnesses a brutal attack on her mother by two strangers she is shocked and terrified • But after talking to the police, she realises that her father's business dealings can't be so innocent • With her father away, it is left to Charlie to protect her mother. And somehow she must find out who wants to hurt her family - and why - without losing faith in her beloved parents • Can she unravel the mysteries of the past that haunt her family? • Or will the truth wreck everything she loves?

What happens when the person closest to you has led a life of deception? • No one wants to believe their mother is a liar • After her mother's funeral, Alice Kent is approached by a man who insists he's her real father. Initially upset and disbelieving, Alice soon discovers that tugging at this loose thread unravels the expertly woven tapestry of lies which was her mother Sally's life • Faced with this staggering deception, Alice decides she must learn the whole, terrible truth about her mother • But is she prepared for the dark journey back to Sally's traumatic childhood and the evil forces which came to shape the woman who claimed to love her?

Is there a murderer across the street? • 1964 • Twenty-three-year-old Katy Speed is fascinated by glamorous Gloria and the goings-on at her house over the road • Who are the mysterious women that keep coming and going in the strange black car? • Then one night, Gloria's house burns to the ground. Bodies are found in the wreckage • And Katy's horror turns to disbelief when her own father is arrested and charged with murder • Determined to prove his innocence, Katy sets out to uncover the truth about the mysterious house across the street and find the real murderer • But that means risking her own life

From the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse comes the compelling tale of one girl caught in a family mystery, a struggle against cruelty and a quest for love • Without her mother she is alone in the world • 1930 • Twelve-year-old Adele is placed in a bleak, cruel children's home after a family tragedy drives her mother to madness. But when trust is betrayed Adele has no choice but to run away • Alone and friendless, she heads for Sussex, to seek out the grandmother she has never known. However, the journey, without food or shelter, leaves her desperately ill • Surrounded by the beautiful Rye Marshes, Adele is finally nursed back to health • Can she now dream of a new life? • And what will happen when her mother reappears, bearing shocking family secrets?