sphere

In the mid eighteen-forties, the somewhat lurid newspaper reporting of a scandalous society murder in London ? with links, however tenuous, to both the dubious practice of Mesmerism and the eminently respectable young Queen Victoria ? forced the main protagonist, a lady mesmerist cleared of the murder by a jury but nevertheless irrevocably tainted...

The day Maggie Lane dies, she leaves her daughter Olivia a piece of dangerous information: the address of Olivia's first love, Richie Briscoe. Olivia has not seen Richie for over twenty years, not since his desertion of her as a teenager almost destroyed her for good. She cannot understand why her mother's last act should be to stir up an old drama...

When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike...

The next sensational psychological thriller from the author of Friend Request, the number one ebook and Sunday Times bestseller.If he isn't guilty . . .Who is?'Addictive' Caz Frear'Brilliant, compelling' Karen Hamilton'Compulsive' Rachel AbbottSasha North has gone missing.Everyone says she's run away, but I know better. We've been best friends...

The New York Times and international number one bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a powerful new love story.From the number one bestselling author of The Notebook and Two by Two comes an unforgettable tale of enduring love.There are times when destiny and love collide.This story is one of them.Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. After...

In a moment of desolation on a windswept beach, Garrett bottles his words of undying love for a lost woman, and throws them to the sea.My dearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together . . .But the bottle is picked up by...