Maggie James

Daniel Bateman is one angry man. He's just discovered a devastating truth; the woman who calls herself his mother is really his kidnapper. Snatched from his birth family when he was four years old, Daniel's always been tormented with vague memories from his former life. When he is confronted with a second shattering revelation, his life falls apart; booze and casual sex help numb the pain. Daniel knows one thing for sure. He'll never be able to forgive his kidnapper. Never. Because of her, he's been denied his dream of becoming an artist. More importantly, he'd have grown up with a mother he could love instead of one he can barely tolerate. And the shadow of his controlling stepfather wouldn't have darkened his life. Furious, his life in pieces, Daniel needs the answer to just one question. Why did Laura Bateman kidnap him? He's not sure he'll ever find out. The woman now under arrest for his kidnap twenty-two years ago isn't talking. Laura Bateman doesn't believe a crime has been committed; to her, stealing Daniel seemed her only option at the time. Until she receives Daniel's forgiveness, something he's sworn she'll never get, Laura's staying silent as to what really happened all those years ago. There's a saying that you have to walk a mile in someone's shoes before judging them. Will Daniel ever be ready to step into Laura Bateman's shoes? A tense novel of psychological suspense, His Kidnapper's Shoes weaves one man's quest for his identity with one woman's need to heal her troubled past.

His Kidnapper's Shoes

Lori Golden’s family have had more than their fair share of troubles. But through it all, Lori and her sister, Jessie, have always supported each other. Then Jessie is killed. And Lori’s world turns upside down. Devastated, Lori struggles to cope with her loss, and to learn to live in a world without her bright, bubbly sister by her side. Around her, her already fractured family start to fall apart. And, as Lori and her mother try to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives, secrets long thought buried are coming painfully to light. Faced with the unthinkable, Lori is forced to ask herself how well she really knows those who are left behind…

After She's Gone

A gripping psychological thriller by a best-selling author

The Second Captive

Matthew Stanyer fears the worst when he reports his parents missing. His father, Joseph Stanyer, has been struggling to cope with his wife Evie, whose dementia is rapidly worsening. When their bodies are found at Blackwater Lake, a local beauty spot, the inquest rules the deaths as a murder-suicide. A conclusion that's supported by the note Joseph leaves for his son. Grief-stricken, Matthew begins to clear his parents' house of decades of compulsive hoarding, only to discover the dark enigmas hidden within its walls. Ones that lead Matthew to ask: why did his father choose Blackwater Lake to end his life? What other secrets do its waters conceal? A short (26,000 words) novella, Blackwater Lake examines one man's determination to uncover his family's troubled past.

Blackwater Lake

"When Lyddie takes her sister to Devon to recover after a recent suicide attempt, it starts a train of events that will put their lives in grave danger. Ellie has been the victim of a professional con artist, one who stole her savings, then disappeared from her life. Driven by her own history of failed relationships, Lyddie vows revenge on the man who broke her sister's heart. Soon she assumes a false identity and begins her hunt for a man she knows to be cold, calculating and ruthless. But who is fooling whom? And can Lyddie find the justice she seeks and heal her damaged sister?"--Provided by publisher.

Deception Wears Many Faces

A gripping psychological thriller When Natalie snoops through her boyfriend Mark's possessions she finds more than she bargained for. Mark was once convicted of a brutal killing. Heartbroken by what she has discovered, Natalie's dreams of a future with him collapse. However, Mark was not the only person sentenced for the murder of two-year-old Abby Morgan. His former friend, the violent and twisted Adam Campbell, was also convicted and Adam knows more about the murder than he will admit When circumstances thrust Mark back in contact with Adam, the past comes back to haunt him. Can Mark ever break free from Adam? Will the truth ever come out?

Guilty Innocence

Sister Psychopath

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Two women. One secret. How many lies? The sudden death of her mother shatters Olivia Gilchrist's world. Grief turns to shock when a post-mortem reveals Sonia has lied to her daughter in the cruellest possible way. Angry and hurt, Olivia vows to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, Olivia's neighbour, Elena, harbours a dark secret. Now the past has caught up with her, forcing Elena to go into hiding. Then Olivia discovers Elena was involved in Sonia's deceit. She has questions she's desperate to ask her former neighbour. Olivia suspects, however, that Elena is warped and unstable. Tracking her down may be difficult and dangerous. The temptation proves too strong, and a game of cat and mouse with a vengeful woman ensues. One that has the potential to turn deadly... A gripping novel of psychological suspense, She'll Never Tell is the story of a decades-old secret that refuses to stay hidden.

A Gripping Novel of Psychological Suspense

She'll Never Tell

No sound. No light. No hope. On an icy November night, Drew Blackmore is beaten unconscious and abducted. He wakes to find himself in total darkness, naked and chained to the floor. Fed just enough to keep him alive, Drew is unable to identify his captor, or the reason for his incarceration. As reality fades, hallucinations take over. Can Drew escape his prison before madness claims him? Meanwhile, Drew's wife, Holly, despairing of ever seeing him again, turns to his brother for comfort. As dark family secrets come to light, Holly wonders whether she ever really knew her husband. Could his disappearance be connected with that of a prostitute years before? A story of how the mind responds to solitary confinement, 'Silent Winter' examines one man's race against time to survive hell.

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