Jane Holland

A young woman, out jogging in the woods, finds a body. Eleanor Blackwood discovers a woman's body in the same spot in the woods where her mother was strangled eighteen years previously. But before the police can get there, the body vanishes. Is Eleanor's disturbed mind playing tricks on her again, or has her mother's killer resurfaced? And what does the number on the dead woman's forehead signify?

Girl Number One

Keep Me Close is a compelling story of gross immorality, a cautionary tale of how easily wicked people can take advantage of the vulnerable elderly people in your life.

An Utterly Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist

Keep Me Close

Meghan Smith has always been a protective mother. Her baby son, Harry, has a life-threatening condition and is never far from her sight. But on the evening of her wedding anniversary, as she and her husband celebrate in the garden with friends, Harry disappears from his cot without a trace. In an instant, the perfect life she always longed for is in tatters, her family exposed to interrogation and accusation in the glare of media attention. But none of it gets Meghan answers--or brings back her son. As her life unravels and suspicion takes hold of her sanity, Meghan begins to question everything she once took for granted. Can she trust her husband? Can she trust her friends? Can she even trust herself?

Lock the Door

1963. When Eleanor meets famous young poet, Lyndon Chance, he offers a way to flee her abusive father. In return, she must pretend to be Lyndon's wife. He takes her home to a Tudor manor on the Camel Estuary in Cornwall, where she finds herself in the middle of a feud between Lyndon and his twin brother, Oliver. It's soon clear that the old house hides many dark secrets. But could they be a threat to Eleanor? Now. Taylor has come to idyllic Cornwall to research for her Master's thesis, combining her love for conservation with a personal interest in Chance's poetry. Haunted by her own tragic past, Taylor finds Chance's notoriety fascinating. If only the poet's grandson, Julius, wasn't so determined to thwart her attempts to uncover his family secrets. As Eleanor realises she's out of her depth at Estuary House, drawn to Lyndon like a moth to a flame, Taylor and Julius must fight their own attraction - but could shadows from the past tear them all apart? A stunning and richly evocative timeslip, perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Santa Montefiore and Kate Morton.

The Manor House

As she prepares for her wedding to Dominic, Catherine has never been happier or more excited about her future. But when she receives an anonymous package -- a familiar snow globe with a very grisly addition -- that happiness is abruptly threatened by secrets from her past.

Forget Her Name

Plot. Write. Promote

Disreputable

The Wanderer

The Part of Death

Two Psychological Thrillers by Jane Holland

Under An Evil Star

A 'How To Write' guide based on the first twenty-one weeks of award-winning, bestselling thriller and romance author Jane Holland's 52 WAYS TO WRITE A NOVEL blog.Bursting with up-to-date information and entertaining anecdotes from the world of writing and publishing, this guide also features helpful comments on writing from both new and established writers, including Rowan Coleman, Katie Fforde, Judy Astley, Lesley Cookman, Nuala Ni Chonchuir, Alison Morton, Elizabeth Moss and many, many others. A goldmine of advice for writers from an author of over twenty commercial novels, covering these general topics:Starting OutFake It Till You Make ItCommercial IdeasResearchPlanningHooks And TeasersHow To Open ChaptersHow To Close ChaptersWriting A Commercial SceneLocation, Location, LocationWriting Complex CharactersStaying CommercialNovel Avoidance SyndromeWriting The Commercial SynopsisDealing With RejectionOther WritersFour-Point Commercial ChecklistChanging IdentitiesTen-Point Guide To The Commercial NovellaWriting Your NovelRowan Coleman's Advice To New Writers

21 Ways to Write a Commercial Novel

All Your Secrets and Why She Ran

The Tenth House Murders

Meet Zoe, a single parent with a passion. Zoe's just dumped her man, saddled her kids up with her mum for a while and set out on a venture that very few women undertake - she's aiming to become the Womens' World Snooker Champion.

Kissing the Pink

Jane Holland’s second collection, Boudicca & Co., is a provocative and vibrant exploration of women and their roles in society. The perennial themes of motherhood, love and sex jostle for space here with elegies, poetry written for performance, and Celtic-inspired mythological pieces. Richly allusive, these poems create networks between each other, tell stories, make music and ask unexpected questions of the reader. A collection with a powerful sense of place, Boudicca & Co. is located mainly within the British Isles, though not always in the present day. Often retrospective in mood, these poems deal with the poet’s own difficult past and with historical Britain, reinventing Celtic and Medieval stories and myths in particular. Yet there is also a Britain here that never existed, a landscape of the imagination, where a restless questioning spirituality tries to make sense of the gaps between expectation and reality. Sensual and politically engaged, Boudicca & Co. drives narrative poetry in new feminist directions, creating a host of female characters with strong individual voices and complex agendas. The title poem is a long ambitious sequence in the voice of Boudicca, disenfranchised Queen of the Iceni who leads the Ancient Britons in rebellion against the Roman settlers. It follows Boudicca’s transition from wife and mother to warrior queen, prepared to kill in the pursuit of freedom, blindly ruthless in her desire for revenge. The sequence explores the themes of national identity, personal betrayal and civil war with dark anarchic humour and an uncompromising starkness not for the faint-hearted.

Boudicca & Co

In the summer of 1978, Lawrence takes Juliet to visit his father in the beautiful and unspoilt Isle of Man.Gil has built himself a haven on the island where the past can be relived rather than forgotten. Relived as it should have been, not as it was. Under the spell of the island, Lawrence hopes to rebuild the magic with Juliet.But everything changes when the child Miranda goes missing.

Miranda

The Hive: a brand-new thriller for 2019 from Kindle #1 bestseller Jane Holland "Addictive, horrifying and brilliant!" - 5 stars, Rachel Gilbey from Rachel's Random Reads Scarred by fire from infancy, with a persistent stammer, Charlotte has always been in the shadow of her glamorous theatrical parents. So it's a shock when her mother commits suicide. Left to care for her sick father in the dark maze of her childhood home, Charlotte begins to unravel. First, there's the mysterious arrival of a box of dead bees. Then buzzing noises in the attic. People are watching her. Listening to her. Everyone thinks she's losing her mind. But an old photo suggests another, more sinister possibility ... Jane Holland's bestselling thrillers have sold more than 220,000 paid downloads across several continents, and loves finding brave new readers! Praise for Jane Holland's previous psychological thrillers: 'I really cannot get enough of this fabulous author ... highly recommend any of her thrillers.' 'A fab read!!!' 'Gripping story, keeps you on the edge of your seat.' 'I couldn't put out the light until I'd finished reading this.' 'Didn't guess the ending ... well-written, cleverly interwoven.' 'Brilliant ending!' 'A very creepy storyline.' 'A fast paced and twisty novel with a satisfying ending ...' 'GRIPS AND DOESN'T LET GO!' 'A read which wraps you in a blanket of mistrust and unease, taking you to a thrilling end.' --Sue Fortin, author of USA Today bestselling thriller The Girl Who Lied, and Sister Sister 'Utterly believable, scary as hell. Simply compelling.' --Andy Martin, Cambridge academic and expert on crime writing 'An amazing 5-star read!'

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