Josephine Cox

Some secrets can haunt a whole lifetime. In the riverside town of Bedford, four students can hear the haunting voice of a woman singing. The beautiful melody is coming from their neighbour - a reclusive creature who never opens the door to anyone or leaves her home in daylight. They have no way of knowing that the woman next door, Madeleine Delaney is driven by a dangerous memory that for over twenty years has controlled her meagre existence ? Madeleine?s...

Edward Carter is a bully of a man, who inspires fear in the hearts of all who meet him. Adam Carter is 12 years old, an only child with no friends, nor any self confidence. His father's reign of terror over his family has Adam's mother Peggy too cowed to protect her son, so Adam's only support comes in the shape of Phil Wallis, the school bus drive

The Arnold family have worked the farmland for as far back as they can remember. Well-respected and comfortable in their small, close community, it seems nothing could upset their quiet everyday routine. Then Alice enters their lives.

Although Barney would always love her, his restless soul would not allow him to stay, but Kelly could never have envisaged how his leaving would alter her life. Alone once more, Kelly finds herself remembering the past, particularly the autumn of 1877. Originally published: 1999

After years spent with 'the dreaded Laura', Ben is finally free! As Ben enters the world of singledom with his sidekick Dickie Manse, Ben finds himself on a whole new adventure and has plenty of fun along the way.

Lucy Lovejoy married her childhood sweetheart at 16, but since then she's lost a little more of herself with each passing year. With her 40th birthday approaching, Lucy discovers that her good-for-nothing husband is having an affair with her sister, a double-betrayal for Lucy, and it shatters her. Sitting on a bench one day - she looks back at her