Isabel Ashdown

THE ADDICTIVE AMAZON BESTSELLER You trusted your sister ... you shouldn't have. 'Kept me up three nights in a row.' Holly Seddon, author of Don't Close Your Eyes 'A twisted world of family secrets and sibling rivalry.' Katerina Diamond, author of The Promise Good Sister, bad sister, loving sister, jealous sister... After sixteen years apart sisters Jessica and Emily are reunited. Despite what happened years before, the warmth they once shared quickly returns and before long Jess has moved into Emily's comfortable island home. Life couldn't be better. But when Emily's baby, Daisy disappears while in Jess's care, the perfect life Emily has so carefully built starts to fall apart. When long-held secrets come out into the open, who is there left to trust? A tense thriller about sisters with a twist that will leave your heart in your mouth. Fans of In the Dark by Cara Hunter, The Girl Before by JP Delaney, The Last Thing She Told Me by Linda Green, Her Name Was Rose by Claire Allan and Behind Closed Doors by BA Paris will love this. 'A heart in your mouth read' Red Magazine 'Brilliantly twisty and compelling' Sam Carrington, author of One Little Lie ****** Readers LOVE Little Sister: 'Little Sister had me gripped from start to finish.' Louise Candlish 'Thoughtful, multi-layered and beautifully-written.' Tammy Cohen 'A dark, disturbing, and fast-paced psychological thriller set on the Isle of Wight.' 'I didn't want to put it down.' 'Warning - don't open this book for a peek, you will not be able to put it aside once you start. A real 'just a few more pages and then I'll go to sleep' book' 'Brilliant book, I could not put it down.' 'You are never quite sure what will happen next and the end was definitely not what you would expect.' 'I've devoured this book in about 2 days desperate to know who was telling the truth. And what a great pay-off ending!' ******

a dark mystery about family, sisterhood and revenge where nothing is what it seems . . .

Little Sister

Eighteen years ago Martha said goodbye to best friend Juliet on a moonlit London towpath. The next morning Juliet's bike was found abandoned at the waterside. She was never seen again. Nearly two decades later Martha is a TV celebrity, preparing to host a new crime show... and the first case will be that of missing student Juliet Sherman. After all these years Martha must reach out to old friends and try to piece together the final moments of Juliet's life.

Beautiful Liars

'Had me gripped throughout.' IAN RANKIN 'Satisfying on every level.' ELLY GRIFFITHS You trust your family. They love you. Don't they? When 17-year-old Eva Olsen awakes after a horrific accident that has left her bedbound, her parents are right by her side. Devoted, they watch over her night and day in the attic room of their family home in the forests of Norway. But the accident has left Eva without her most recent memories, and not everything is as it seems. As secrets from the night of the accident begin to surface, Eva realises - she has to escape her parents' house and discover the truth. But what if someone doesn't want her to find it? An edge-of-your-seat, atmospheric psychological thriller for fans of Lucy Clarke and Erin Kelly. Praise for LAKE CHILD: 'Fiendishly clever' Red magazine 'Beautifully crafted and satisfying' Mari Hannah 'Tense, edgy and nerve-wracking' Helen Fields

Lake Child

'With atmosphere and surprises aplenty, this will keep you gripped.' Heat Magazine 'Ingenious thriller' Sunday Times When sisters Celine and Pip get a call telling them their reclusive mother has died, the women are reunited at her riverside home in Arundel to pick up the pieces. But someone is missing - their middle sister, Vanessa, brutally murdered years ago and the victim of an unsolved case. As the sisters confront ghosts from the past, the discovery of another body in similar circumstances throws new light on Vanessa's death. Could there be more to her case than the police first thought? And what do the mysterious residents of Two Cross Farm, the neighbouring women's commune, have to do with it? What secrets are lurking behind their locked gates? And what is the significance of the number 33? Amazon Bestseller Isabel Ashdown is back in a twisty new thriller where nothing is quite what it seems... What readers are saying about 33 Women: 'I read this book in greedy gulps in just two nights, as I loved the way it unfolded. The relationships between all the women are rich and real and there are lots of twists.' Reader review 'An intriguing and tense read with a well-plotted and gripping storyline.' Reader review 'A hugely enjoyable read which I managed to finish in just a couple of sittings. You'll be gripped from start to finish!' Reader review

‘A thoroughly compelling thriller’ Mail on Sunday

33 Women

"First published in 2017 in Great Britain by Orion Books, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd."--Copyright page.

From the suburban disorder of 1980s southern England, 13-year-old Jake watches his world unravel as his father and older brother leave the family home and his mother increasingly finds solace in drink. Even as Jake outwardly shrugs off doubts about his paternity, the question hangs over him like an invisible spectre. A brilliantly structured novel, Glasshopper recreates the time and place of two childhoods and two marriages, evoking a poignant sense of home and family. A masterful debut, it celebrates the enduring optimism of youth, even in the face of tragedy.

Glasshopper

Kleine zus

In her eagerly anticipated second novel Mail on Sunday Novel Competition winner Isabel Ashdown explores the treacherous territory of adolescent friendships, and traces across the decades the repercussions of a dangerous relationship.It's more than twenty years since Sarah Ribbons last set foot inside her old high school, a crumbling Victorian-built comprehensive on the south coast of England. Now, as she prepares for her school reunion, 39-year-old Sarah has to face up to the truth of what really happened back in the summer of 1986.August 1985: Sarah celebrates her fifteenth birthday in the back garden of the suburban seaside house she shares with her ageing father. As she embarks on her fifth and final year at Selton High School for Girls Sarah's main focus is on her erratic friendships with Tina and Kate; her closest allies one moment, her fiercest opponents the next as they compete for the attention of the new boy, Dante. When her father is unexpectedly taken ill, Sarah is sent to stay with Kate's family in nearby Amber Chalks. Kate's youthful parents welcome her into the comfort of their liberal family home, where the girls can eat off trays and watch TV in Kate's bedroom. They've never been closer -- until a few days into her stay, events take a sinister turn, and Sarah knows that nothing will ever be the same again.

Hurry Up and Wait

No one knows you better than a sister—your dreams, your fears, your mistakes, and all your secrets. It was just that way when Jess and her older sister, Emily, were children. Born barely a year apart, they were deeply entwined, complementing each other in their differences. When Jess felt awkward and shy, Emily, the consummate big sister, was happy to take the lead. After a long estrangement, they’ve become close again. Jess moves into the comfortable Isle of Wight home Emily shares with her husband, step-daughter, and toddler. Any misgivings about the past are swept away and forgotten. And then, on New Year’s Eve, little Daisy disappears while in Jess’s care. Jess is in shock, unable to remember what happened. Emily, traumatized, watches helplessly as her life unravels. But as the search intensifies and the police detective’s questions grow more pointed, a different picture emerges. Behind the image of a seemingly happy family—Daisy’s doting teenage sister, Chloe, loving father and husband, James, and siblings Emily and Jess—there are devastating deceptions and long-ago choices that can never be unmade. And underlying everything is the story of what really happened to drive Emily and Jess apart years ago. Unfolding through shifting perspectives, Little Sister is a brilliantly plotted, dark, and constantly surprising tale of love, rivalry, and broken loyalty that reveals how far one sister might go to protect—or destroy—another . . .

A television show host seeks the truth about the disappearance of her childhood friend, but risks revealing secrets of her own.

Du hast deiner Schwester vertraut? Das hättest du nicht tun sollen ... Sechzehn Jahre lang haben sich die Schwestern Jessica und Emily nicht gesehen. Jessica verließ nach einem tragischen Ereignis in ihrer Jugend das Elternhaus und brach den Kontakt ab. Erst auf der Beerdigung ihrer Mutter sehen sie sich wieder und nähern sich erneut an. Die Vergangenheit scheint vergessen, und Emily lädt Jessica ein, in ihrem Haus bei ihrer Familie zu wohnen. Doch als Emilys kleine Tochter Daisy verschwindet, während Jessica auf sie aufpassen sollte, brechen alte Wunden auf, und das schöne Leben, das Emily so sorgsam aufgebaut hat, gerät aus den Fugen ...

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Little Sister - Kannst du ihr vergeben?

Moving between the majestic coastline of North Cornwall and the leafy suburbs of London, Flight is a story of secrets and lies - and of the indelible traces that are left behind when someone tries to disappear. When Wren Irving's numbers come up in the first ever national lottery draw, she doesn't tell her husband, Rob. Instead she quietly packs her bags, kisses her six-month-old daughter Phoebe goodbye, and leaves. Two decades later, Rob has moved on and found happiness with their oldest friend, Laura. Phoebe, now a young woman, has never known any other life. But when Rob receives a mysterious letter, the past comes back to haunt them all. With their cosy world thrown into turmoil, Laura sets out to track Wren down and discover the truth about why she walked out all those years ago. - See more at: http://myriadeditions.com/books/flight/#sthash.8ZS2gIXx.dpuf

Flight

"First published in 2018 in Great Britain by Orion, an imprint of Little Brown Book Group Ltd."--Title page verso.

LIAR, LIAR . . . In the photograph Martha Benn has kept for two decades, three girls lounge on the grass during a school field trip. Beside Martha, there’s Liv, petite and wickedly funny, and Juliet, their unofficial leader, brave, kind, and effortlessly beautiful. Back then, they meant the world to each other. But when Juliet disappeared, the bond between Martha and Liv unraveled too. Martha was the last known person to see Juliet alive, and she still has no idea what happened after the two said goodnight on a towpath beside London’s Regent’s Canal. The next day, Juliet’s abandoned bicycle was discovered, but no sign of Juliet. Without witnesses or clues, the investigation fell apart. Martha, now a TV celebrity preparing to host a show investigating cold cases, finally has a chance to get answers. As Martha tries to piece together what happened to Juliet, she realizes that her memories of those long-ago bonds may not tell the whole story. And someone else may know more about Juliet’s fate, and their friendship, than she could ever have imagined . . .

Portsmouth, 1984. Thirteen-year-old Jake's world is unravelling as his father and older brother leave home, and his mother plunges into alcoholic freefall.Despite his turbulent home life, Jake is an irrepressible teenager and his troubled mother is not the only thing on his mind: there's the hi-fi he's saving up for, his growing passion for Greek mythology (and his pretty classi teacher), and the anticipation of brief visits to see his dad. When his parents reconcile, life finally seems to be looking up. Their first family holiday, announced over scampi and chips in the Royal Oak, promises to be the icing on the cake -- until long-unspoken family secrets begin to surface.Isabel Ashdown's debut novel tells a captivating story of family life, at once troubling, funny and joyous. Vividly bringing to life the gentility of a 1950s childhood, the free-spirited hedonism of the Sixties, and the urban domesticity of 1980s Portsmouth, this is an intimate, lyrical and deeply moving portrait of a family crumbling under the weight of past mistakes.

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