Isabel, Owen and Julia were childhood friends. But when they were 15, Julia disappeared without a trace. Years later, Isabel returns to her home town in the north of England for Owen's funeral. She hadn't seen him since they burned down the supermarket together; he was sent to prison and she, just s...
Runa is a young Japanese high school teacher leaving the country to avoid the scandal she has created by sleeping with one of her students. She steals her sisters passport and boards the ferry to Shanghai. Then, careful to impersonate her sister, she is quiet, docile and discreet Meanwhile, on t...
A gripping tale of ambition and rivalry, madness and revenge - in the vein of Sarah Waters and Beryl Bainbridge ...