Lydia, the matriarch, is dead Sophie, the eldest daughter, is desperately trying to repair a crumbling marriage and Felix, the youngest of the family, has brought a girlfriend with him for the first time. The MacBrides have always gone to Far Barn in Devon for Bonfire Night, but this year everything is different. If I could have foreseen the rippling aftershocks that followed I would have acted differently, but by the time I realised the extent of the consequences, it was too late. Of course it was love for my children, love for my son, that caused me to act as I did. Was Grand there that night? Is he really as reformed a character as he claims? And who was the girl in the red coat seen fleeing the murder scene? Soon Luke realises that in stirring up secrets from the past, he may have placed himself in terrible danger Luke is drawn deeper into the mystery of Jacky Nye's murder. Though Grand's alibi seems cast-iron, Luke is sure there's more to the story than meets the eye, and he convinces the criminal-turned-philanthropist to be interviewed for a book about his life. Now in his eighties, Grand once ruled the Brighton underworld with his sadistic sidekick Jacky Nye - until Jacky washed up by the West Pier in 1968, strangled and thrown into the sea. When he flees to Brighton after an explosive break-up, the perfect subject lands in his lap: reformed gangster Joss Grand. Luke is a true crime writer in search of a story. A relationship develops between them, and Louisa starts to believe she can finally experience the happiness she had given up on but it soon becomes apparent that neither of them can outrun their violent past

LOUISA, who years ago fled from her own dark secrets, spends her days renovating the grounds of a crumbling Elizabethan mansion. Now, at nineteen, he must bear witness against his friend to avoid imprisonment.

PAUL has been led into a life of crime by his schoolyard protector, Daniel. And while Laura knows she was right to speak out, she also knows that you can never see the whole picture: something is always hidden. Fifteen years on, Laura and Kit live in fear.

She and her boyfriend Kit call the police, and in that moment, four lives change forever. In the hushed aftermath of a total eclipse, Laura witnesses a brutal attack.

The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly