Sarah Bourne
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A hit-and-run puts two women on a collision course with fate, in this mind-blowing psychological thriller from the author of Exile.
It only takes one second to change a life. Loretta Davidson learns this the hard way when, on a rainy afternoon, her car crashes into another vehicle at an intersection. Loretta survives with only a few stitches. Her four-year-old son is not so lucky. Falling into a coma, he soon succumbs to his injuries, leaving...
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A suicidal woman steps in front of a commuter train, changing the lives of its passengers forever, in this psychological novel by the author of Ella's War.
When the day starts with tragedy... where will it lead?
Eight strangers start their day unaware of the events about to unfold, but they find themselves having to reassess who they are and what they want from life.
Emotional responses rise to the surface, including some of the choices they've...
3) Ella's War
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A World War II nurse finds herself in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there in this dramatic historical novel by the author of The Train.
1947. Ella Elkington wakes up in hospital with minor physical injuries but no memory. She cannot even remember her own name.
The doctor treating her tells her that she had a car accident and has been identified by a letter found in a handbag. Asking to see the letter, hoping to find out about...
4) InVisible
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A woman is detained by authorities after a terrorist attack, sending her on a twisting path from London to Afghanistan in this emotionally powerful saga.
When Laila and her lover, Faisal, are detained after the 2005 terrorist attack in London, it sets in motion a chain of events that will alter Laila's life forever.
After being held in solitary confinement for months, Laila is released back into the world without charge, a woman changed beyond recognition....
5) Exile
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On a remote Shetland island, a mother and daughter's strained relationship is tested as dark and long-hidden secrets are revealed . . .
Kirstie exiles herself to the small Shetland island of Yell after yet another torrid affair. She knows she went too far this time-her desperate behaviour caused the breakdown of her lover's marriage. Taking up residence in her grandparents' croft, which has lain empty since their deaths, and wanting time to reflect...