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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?

A woman washes up on a Sussex beach, barely alive • She's wearing an old-fashioned dress and her hair has been hacked off • There are signs she has been bound by her wrists and ankles • She doesn't know how she ended up there, or even her own name • The police are baffled and when the doctors examine her, they make a shocking discovery: She has recently given birth • Who is she? • And where is her baby?

Uncover a web of thrilling secrets and injustices in this gripping novel from international bestselling author Lesley Pearse • She was convicted of killing her best friend • Scotland, 1995 • Laura Brannigan has been put away for murder • She insists that she didn't kill Jackie. But her search for true justice seems futile. Then she receives a letter that takes her back to her youth and the memory of an old love, Stuart • Twenty years ago was a heady time for Laura: she'd escaped an abusive home, and together with Jackie they had made a fresh start. They had sworn to be sisters forever • What could have possibly gone so wrong? • And why is Stuart writing to her now? • Does he believe Laura's innocence and can he help free her from prison . . . and her past?

Be whisked away in the moving story of a girl travelling far and wide for a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse • Tragedy sent her on a journey far from home • Fifteen-year-old Beth's life is shattered when she and her brother Sam are orphaned • Believing that only in America can they make a fresh start, brother and sister leave Liverpool and embark on the greatest adventure of their lives • In New York, Beth's talent with the fiddle earns her the friendship of gamblers, chancers and other rogues. Dodging trouble across America, Beth and her friends head for the Klondike river in search of gold • But how far must Beth go to find happiness? • And will her travels lead this gypsy to a place she can ever call home?

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?

In Willow Close, everyone is a suspect • Nina and Conrad thought they'd discovered their dream home • But on the day they move in, a body is found - the victim attacked and killed in the woods • As police interview witnesses, they soon discover each resident hiding their own secrets. Because few in the Close are exactly who they seem • Nina and Conrad thought they'd found their dream home • Now, it might just be their worst nightmare

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?

Her existence would be the ruin of her mother • Baby Hope was the unfortunate proof of Lady Harvey's adultery • Smuggled out of a privileged aristocratic household to a nearby village, her true identity is kept secret as she grows up in the arms of the poor, but loving, Renton family • When the day comes for Hope to pay her way, what could be more natural than being taken into service by the Harveys? • However, when she sees something she should not, she is blackmailed into leaving her beloved Rentons forever • Destitute and on the streets of an unfriendly city, Hope's courage and kindness sees her become a nurse destined for the horrific battlefields of the Crimea • But will Hope ever come home and uncover the true story of her birth?

Rosie is a compelling novel by the bestselling author Lesley Pearse • Her brutal, violent family will be the death of her • Without a mother, Rosie is at the mercy of her father and thuggish brothers. Then one day a friend comes to the farm in the form of cockney housekeeper Heather Farley • But soon enough Heather vanishes, abandoning Rosie to her fate. Only when Thomas Farley comes to find his sister several years later, does Rosie learn the terrible truth about Heather - and her family • Running away from home, she finds herself pursued by the man who brought ruin on her family. Is he out to get her too? Or could he have some other reason for chasing her? • Lesley Pearse, author of the UK and international best-sellers Stolen and Belle, tells a captivating and powerful story of family and secrets in her compelling novel Rosie

Find the liar. Find the killer • Amelia White didn't expect her career as a reporter to start like this: by finding a young woman's body, just around the corner from her Shepherd's Bush bedsit • With rumours already spreading about this poor murder victim, she seizes her chance to write the true story • But when more bodies are found, the police are baffled • Reporting on the story, Amelia meets witnesses as well as suspects. If she can only work out who the liar among them is, she may be able to stop the murders • Or might she turn herself into the next victim? • Gripping, suspenseful and completely unputdownable, Liar will have you on the very edge of your seat

Be transported from London to New Orleans and beyond in this powerful, moving historical novel from the international bestseller Lesley Pearse • She witnessed a murder - and now her life is in danger • Fifteen year-old Belle, though raised in a London brothel, is an innocent young girl. But when she witnesses one of the girls brutally strangled by a client, she is cast into a cruel, heartless world • Snatched from the streets and sold into prostitution, she is made a courtesan in New Orleans. At the mercy of desperate men who crave her beauty and will do anything to keep her, Belle's dreams of home, family and freedom appear futile • Are Belle's courage and spirit strong enough to help her escape? • And what will await her at the end of the long, dangerous journey home?

With her reputation in tatters, 17-year-old Mari needs to get away from the gossip of her small town • So the chance to leave for London seems like the perfect fresh start • But war is brewing • And when London is overwhelmed by the Blitz, Mari's glamorous new life is blown apart • Lost and alone, she must learn what it means to survive