A childhood recollection of events surrounding an unusual tree that grew at the home of his grandparents.

The story of an artist living in the islands who finds a beautiful woman to be his model and how he deals with her loss.

The neighbourhood will never be the same after the two eminent scientists Sir Isaac Newt and Albert Ironstone find themselves neighbours. Frank scientific debate descends into chaos as each man endeavours to outwit the other and thereby gain the plaudits of that most august of institutions, the Royal Academy.

A chance meeting on a train between two people and the conversation that ensues.

Dashiell Hammett created the character Sam Spade for his crime story The Maltese Falcon. Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and an unflinching determination to exact his own justice. For most people, Spade is most closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played him in the third and most famous film version of The Maltese Falcon. In 1946 one of radio's top producers, William Spier, brought Sam Spade to the airwaves in a...

Sam Spade was a hard-boiled detective with cold detachment, a keen eye for detail, and unflinching determination to achieve his own justice. The character of Sam Spade was created by writer Dashiell Hammett in 1930 for his crime story The Maltese Falcon, and for most people, the character is closely associated with actor Humphrey Bogart, who played Sam Spade in the third and most famous film version of the story.In 1946 William Spier, one of radio’s top producers, brought ...

Tight, tense, and packed with excitement! No director in radio could do more with thirty minutes than William Spier…and no half hour in radio could do more to keep you on the edge of your chair than Suspense!Hear radio drama at its absolute best in an all-new collection of twenty episodes, drawnfrom the cream of the 1946-47 season. Hear stars like Vincent Price, Rita Hayworth, Robert Young, Joseph Cotten, and Judy Garland in Radio's Outstanding Theatre of Thrills!Episodes Include: Return T...

The #1 bestselling psychological thriller"Amazing. TORE through it!" Holly Seddon, bestselling author of Try Not To Breathe.If you liked APPLE TREE YARD, you will LOVE this gripping novel.Heidi and Jason aren't like other couples. Six years ago, Heidi's daughter was murdered. A year later, Jason's son Barney disappeared. Their shared loss brought them together.By chance, Heidi meets a boy she's certai...

THE RUNAWAY GLOBAL BESTSELLER'Gripping, enthralling - a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.' SJ Watson, bestselling author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEPRachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThis was no accident…Haunting, compelling, this psychological thriller will have you hooked. Perfect for fans of Gone Girl and Daughter.I know your name’s not really Jane Hughes . . .Jane Hughes has a loving partner, a job in an animal sanctuary and a tiny cottage in rural Wales. She’s happier than she’s ever been but her life is a lie. Jane Hughes does not really exist.Five years earlier Jane and her then best friends went...

A heart-wrenching story from the bestselling author of The Throwaway Children.Thirteen-year-old Lisa has escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport. She arrives in London unable to speak a word of English, her few belongings crammed into a small suitcase. Among them is one precious photograph of the family she has left behind.Lonely and homesick, Lisa is adopted by a childless couple. But when the Blitz blows her new home apa...

Two girls go missing. Only one will return.The couple that offers the highest amount will see their daughter again. The losing couple will not. Make no mistake. One child will die.When nine-year-old best friends Charlie and Amy disappear, two families are plunged into a living nightmare. A text message confirms the unthinkable: that the girls are the victims of a terrifying kidnapping.And when a second text message pits the two families ...