He had the face of an angel but a mind of pure evil...
It starts with a phone call late on a hot Dublin evening. Margaret, an anxious mother, is desperately enquiring about her missing daughter.
The police think she’s overreacting and Detective Inspector Michael McLoughlin is the only one who listens. Then a young woman’s body is found in the canal – battered, mutilated and broken.
And one mother’s life is shattered forever.
Margaret must decide how far she will go to ensure her daughter’s sadistic killer is brought to justice. By hunting him down will she become his next victim?

Mary, Mary

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

julie-parsons

Mystery

Pan/Macmillan

The Hourglass

The beautifully crafted, deeply foreboding new thriller Beyond high iron gates fastened shut with a length of chain, lies the stark, beautiful Trawbawn. Here, haunted by a dark, mysterious past and largely ignored by the people of nearby Skibbereen, lives the frail Lydia Beauchamp. But old Ma Beauchamp's private existence is interrupted when a stranger arrives - a young man called Adam who wanders into the vast grounds of Trawbawn and becomes one of Lydia's most welcome contacts with the outside world. When Lydia sets her new confidante a challenge, he eagerly accepts - Adam must travel to Dublin to find her estranged daughter. But it is a task tainted by an air of menace. For what terrible past has driven a daughter from her mother? And what true motive lies behind Adam's generous act? Soon the unlikely friends are entwined in a deadly game, and a pursuit born of an old lady's desire for peace mutates into a terrible, relentless need for revenge . . .

The Courtship Gift

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Macmillan

From the highly acclaimed author of Mary, Mary and The Courtship Gift comes a stunning new novel of psychological suspense. For twelve long years Rachel Beckett has been in prison for the murder of her husband, Martin. A murder she swears she did not commit. For twelve long years she has been denied the touch and the love of her only daughter Amy. Has been forced to watch another woman raise and enjoy her child. Until, at the age of seventeen, Amy has insisted she never wants to see her real mother again. But now Rachel is free. And she is ready to take revenge on Daniel - her brother-in-law, her one-time lover, and the man she insists fired the fatal shot. No one can take her beloved Amy away from her and hope to go free...The wheel must turn full circle...

Eager to Please

Mary Mary

Literary

Publishing News For twelve long years, Rachel Beckett has been in prison for the murder of her husband, Martin. A murder she swears she did not commit. For twelve long years she has been denied the touch and the love of her only daughter Amy. Has been forced to watch another woman raise and enjoy her child. Until, at the age of seventeen, Amy has insisted she never wants to see her real mother again. But now Rachel is free. And she is ready to take revenge ...'A classy, riveting suspense by a writer who deserves to be up with the big names of crime fiction - Walters, Vine et al.' - "Bookseller". 'Brilliant. A star in the making.' - Minette Walters. 'One of those rare authors who can successfully combine psychological insight, literary style and heart-stopping suspense.' - Jeffrey Deaver.

A phone call late on a hot Dublin evening. An anxious mother, enquiring about her daughter. If shed said she wasnt coming home. If shed rung. If shed just let me know. Then, a week later, the dreadful story begins to unfold. The policeman, McLoughlin, watches as the cover is pulled back from the mortuary slab. The young womans mutilated body exposed. And for Margaret, the dull, aching realization that this is notcan never be allowed to bethe end. Margaret had recently returned to Dublin after many years abroad to nurse her dying mother and now her daughter Mary is dead.

Mary, Mary - Audio

Genre Fiction

Macmillan US Audio

Beyond high iron gates fastened shut with a length of chain, lies the stark, beautiful Trawbawn. Here, haunted by a dark, mysterious past and largely ignored by the villagers of nearby Skibbereen, lives the frail Lydia Beauchamp. But old Ma Beauchamp's private existence is interrupted when a stranger arrivesa young man called Adam who wanders into the vast grounds of Trawbawn and becomes one of Lydia's most welcome contacts with the outside world. When Lydia sets her new confidante a challenge, he eagerly acceptsAdam must travel to Dublin to find her estranged daughter. But it is a task tinged with an air of menace. For what terrible past has driven a daughter from her mother? And what true motive lies behind Adam's generous act? Soon the unlikely friends are entwined in a deadly game, and a pursuit born of an old lady's desire for peace mutates into a terrible, relentless need for revenge

Is it possible to run away from a guilty heart?Ten years ago, Owen Cassidy - eight years old, thick fair hair, bright blue eyes - disappeared. Everyone had thought that he was out playing with his best friend Luke. But later it turned out that Owen had left him in the middle of the afternoon. And never made it home. His disappearance left his father, Nick, distraught, but also full of guilt. For instead of looking after Owen that day, Nick had spent the afternoon in bed - with one of their neighbours. It was an affair that would tear his family apart.The aftermath of Owen's disappearance drove Nick away from his wife and home, to America. He has moved from city to city, trying to forget. Now, ten years on, a sudden encounter forces Nick to return to Dublin to confront his demons. He arrives to find the world has moved on. But he is determined to face up to his past, and to find out at last exactly what happened to his son. Little does he realise that his investigations will soon unleash further violence, taking him into a terrifying world that he barely knew existed...

The Guilty Heart

Ten years ago, Owen Cassidy - eight years old, thick fair hair, bright blue eyes - disappeared. Everyone had thought that he was out playing with his best friend Luke. But later it turned out that Owen had left him in the middle of the afternoon. And never made it home. He vanished leaving no trace, except for a trainer found in a rubbish bin two weeks later . . .His disappearance left his father, Nick, distraught, but also full of guilt. For instead of looking after Owen that day, Nick had spent the afternoon in bed - with one of their neighbours. It was an affair that would tear his family apart.The aftermath of Owen's disappearance drove Nick away from his wife and home, to America. He has moved from city to city, trying to forget. But it is impossible to run away from a guilty heart.Now, ten years on, a sudden encounter forces Nick to return to Dublin to confront his demons. He arrives to find the world has moved on. But he is determined to face up to his past, and to find out at last exactly what happened to his son. Little does he realise that his investigations will soon unleash further violence, taking him into a terrifying world that he barely knew existed . . .

The Guilty Heart Audio

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Mary, Mary

The Hourglass

The Courtship Gift

Eager to Please

Mary Mary

Eager to Please

Mary, Mary - Audio

The Hourglass

The Guilty Heart

The Guilty Heart Audio