A psychological suspense about silence and its sinister effects on a family and a village from the author of Blackthorn Wood. When Laurie Helm’s mother dies, Laurie must return to the village where she grew up. It’s a place she left twenty years ago, and she’s hardly seen her mother since. With no siblings or other family, Laurie is left to sort out the house and estate, and to face some of the reasons she left Chapel Field in the first place. Ed Diamond grew up in Chapel Field—but it hasn’t been much of a life. After his father passed away, Ed was the last person left who could care for his disabled sister. But the villagers have their own opinions on that . . . Laurie and Ed met when they were kids, and as a disillusioned teenager, she joined in with the systematic tormenting of the Diamond family under the guidance of her friend, charismatic Marcus Butcher—until one of his pranks went too far....

The unearthing of a long-hidden body stirs up a woman's memories of a troubled relationship—and teenage trauma—in this suspenseful, emotional novel. When she was just fourteen, Jill's family moved to Walney Island. Initially intoxicated by the freedom of the seaside setting—and fifteen-year-old Andrew Brownstone—she came to learn that her first impressions were very wrong. After making a shocking discovery in Seaview House, Jill fled the scene—a guilty secret she's carried with her ever since. Now, thirty years later, when the decrepit Seaview House is being demolished, a body is found buried in the garden. But who is the deceased? Jill is soon drawn back into the past when police question her about the relationship she had with Andrew all those years ago. Yet as the pieces of the puzzle start falling into place, she discovers she's not the only one hiding something . . .

From the author of Seaview House: What happens when bullying becomes lethal? Every workplace has its dark corners, places where the power-hungry lurk, where resentment and grudges fester. Former deputy head teacher Cassie Clifton knows this. It’s why she’s no longer working. And it’s why she hasn’t left her home for more than two years. Cassie’s husband has encouraged her to work with a therapist to recover from the damage she’s suffered after workplace bullying and a drunken staff party that took a violent turn. Freddy’s counseling and support helps Cassie take her first tentative steps back into the world. But the threat hasn’t disappeared—and once she understands the malevolent machinations going on around her, she will have to confront her fears head-on . . .