*The Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller* EVERYONE'S INVITED. EVERYONE'S A SUSPECT. AND EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT IT. 'Ripping, riveting' A. J. Finn'Clever, twisty and sleek' Daily Mail'Unputdownable' John Boyne'Foley is superb' The Times'Chilling' Adele Parks'Terrific, riveting' Dinah Jefferies In a remote hunting lodge, deep in the Scottish wilderness, old friends gather for New Year. The beautiful oneThe golden coupleThe volatile oneThe new parentsThe quiet oneThe city boyThe outsider The victim. Not an accident – a murder among friends.

In many ways, my life has been rather like a record of the lost and found. Perhaps all lives are like that. It's when life started in earnestHERTFORDSHIRE, 1928 The paths of Tom and Alice collide against a haze of youthful, carefree exuberance. And so begins a love story that finds its feet by a lake one silvery moonlit evening . . . It's when there were no happy endingsPARIS, 1939 Alice is living in the City of Light, but the pain of the last decade has already left its mark. There's a shadow creeping across Europe when she and Thomas Stafford – now a world famous artist – find each other once more . . . It's when the story beginsLONDON, 1986Bestowed with an old portrait from her grandmother, its true legacy takes Kate Darling on a journey to Corsica, Paris and beyond. And as the secrets of time fall away, a love story as epic as it is life-changing slowly reveals itself . . . Sweeping and heartrending – the perfect read for fans of Victoria Hislop and Kate Morton.

The second epic, escapist novel from a fresh new talent - perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Victoria Hislop. The world's darkest hour had made her a ghost. Only he can see the light... Rome, 1953: Hal and Stella meet by chance, two outcasts in a city far from home. Or perhaps it was the hand of the gods that night as the Eternal City welcomed the beautiful elite to its rooftops. It's a bright awakening for Hal, he believes he's found the love of his life – his Stella, his star. To his dismay, the mysterious girl disappears as quickly as she swept in, and Hal's life as a journalist falls back into its familiar routine. But when he's asked by an Italian Contessa to assist on a trip of a lifetime – acting as the reporter on a tremendous yacht, skimming its way along the Italian Riviera towards Cannes film festival, the most famous movie stars and directors of the day as its cargo – Hal can't believe his good fortune. Especially when a familiar beauty becomes passenger. Yet not all...

An epic tale that vividly captures the turmoil of forbidden love, set against the rich backdrop of a legendary city steeped in history and myth... The perfect read for fans of the sweeping historical novels of Santa Montefiore & Victoria Hislop. Constantinople, 1921 Each day Nur gazes across the waters of the Bosphorus to her childhood home, a grand white house, nestled on the opposite bank. Memories float on the breeze – the fragrance of the fig trees, the saffron sunsets of languid summer evenings. But now those days are dead. The house has been transformed into an army hospital, it is a prize of war in the hands of the British. And as Nur weaves through the streets carrying the embroideries that have become her livelihood, Constantinople swarms with Allied soldiers – a reminder of how far her she and her city have fallen. The most precious thing in Nur's new life is the orphan in her care – a boy with a terrible secret. When he falls dangerously ill Nur's world becomes entwined...