When Francesca Kirwan's husband forgets his mobile phone her whole life is turned upside down. Her safe, comfortable and uneventful life is shattered and from then on she decides to go out and get a life, a task easier said than done.

Lizzie is orphaned and living in Liverpool with her Aunt Annie and Uncle Perce. Lizzie loves her aunt, but hates her violent uncle and escapes whenever she can to play by the canal. There she meets Geoff and Clem, and the three become firm friends.

Linda Fallon and Thomas Janes meet up again after 26 years. Theirs is a story bound by the irresistible pull of true passion - a love which begins in the 1960s, is rekindled in the 1970s, and which is about to play out its astonishing final episode.

It is the year 2007, and a succession of massive underwater explosions has left three of the world's largest oil tankers burning in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. It is up to the SEALs to try and stop the countries involved.

This is a classic detective story that is also a tapestry of passion, loyalty and betrayal. Previous novels by George include 'A Great Deliverance', 'In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner', 'Evidence Exposed' and 'Deception on His Mind'.

Briony Marsden, a Lakeland miller's daughter, finds happiness after enduring both cruelty and loss - but at a price. Audrey Howard is the author of 'Whispers on the Water' and 'Annie's Girl'.

Mark Beamon's integrity has kept him in a dead-end job with the FBI. When a new threat involving terrorists and modern missiles puts him back in the field his situation becomes more dangerous than he will ever imagine.

'A Woman of Today' charts Sue McGregor's progress from 'The World at One' to 'Woman's Hour' and then to the 'Today' studio. Eighteen years at the sharp end of news and current affairs.