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- Without a trace / by Pearse, Lesley,author.;
Coronation Day, 1953. Molly Heywood has always been a pillar of strength for her local community, so when her friend Cassie fails to attend the Coronation Day party in her village, it is Molly who heads out in the rain to look for her. But nothing can prepare Molly for what she is going to discover. Now with Cassie gone and her six-year-old daughter Petal missing, it is up to Molly to head to London to uncover the past Cassie kept so well hidden. But will Molly discover the truth before it's too late? Or has Petal disappeared forever?- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Suspense fiction.;
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- The woman in the wood / by Pearse, Lesley,author.;
Fifteen-year-old Maisy Mitcham and her twin brother Duncan lose their mother to an insane asylum one night in 1955. The twins are sent to their grandmother's country house, Nightingales. Cold and distant, she leaves them to their own devices, to explore and to grow. That is until the day Duncan doesn't come home from the woods. With their grandmother seeming to have little interest in her grandson's disappearance, and the police soon giving up hope, it is left to Maisy to discover the truth. And she will start with Grace Deville. A woman who lives alone in the wood, about whom rumours abound.- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Missing children; Twins; Hermits;
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- Betrayal / by Pearse, Lesley,author.;
Eve should never have married Don Hathaway. The man is a bully -- who hurts his wife. But, after one drunken rage too many, Eve finds the courage to leave him. It's a difficult path, yet she promised herself she will give her children hope for the future. Don, however, is bitter. And getting away entirely from him proves impossible. Until the day, Eve tries to teach him a lesson -- and it all goes horribly wrong. Eve loves her children so much, but now she carries a terrible burden that she dares not share. She must somehow carry on as if a noose of guilt doesn't hang about her neck. But Eve fears she has betrayed her and her children's futures. Has she?- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Abused wives; Guilt; Mother and child;
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- Liar / by Pearse, Lesley,author.;
Amelia White dreamed of being a reporter, but the closest she'd come was selling advertising in the local paper. Until the fateful day she stumbles on a truly shocking scoop. A murder victim, round the corner from her home. When the police and reporters descend, Amelia is horrified at the assumptions made and lies soon to be spread about this poor young woman. Convincing her local paper to let her take up the story herself, Amelia is determined to protect the victim from these smears. But when another body is found, the police investigation stalls. Now, Amelia's own unfolding investigation may be the only chance of uncovering the truth, and stopping more killings. If only she can work out who the liar is.- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Investigative reporting; Murder; Scandals; Secrecy; Serial murder investigation; Truthfulness and falsehood; Women journalists; Women;
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- Deception / by Pearse, Lesley,author.;
"What happens when the person closest to you has led a life of deception? After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice Kent is approached by a man named Angus Tweedy. He claims to be her father and tells her that he served time in prison for marrying Sally bigamously. What does he hope to gain by telling her this now, thirty years on? How can her adored dad Ralph not be her true father? And why did her mother betray her so badly? She had accepted Sally's many faults, and her reluctance to ever speak of the past. But faced with this staggering deception, Alice knows she must uncover the whole truth about her mother. Whatever the cost. As Alice journeys into the past she discovers her mother may never have been the woman she claimed to be."--Publisher.- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Betrayal; Bigamy; Deception; Ex-convicts; Family secrets; Fathers; Life change events; Mothers; Trials (Bigamy); Truthfulness and falsehood;
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- The house across the street / by Pearse, Lesley,author.;
Twenty-three year old Katy Speed is fascinated by the house across the street. The woman who lives there, Gloria, is the most glamorous neighbour on the avenue, owning a fashionable dress shop in Bexhill-on-Sea. But who is the woman who arrives in the black car most Saturdays while Gloria is at work? Sometimes she brings women to the house, other times they have children. Hilda, Katy's mother, disapproves of Gloria. She wonders if these mysterious visitors have just been released from prison. Is Gloria secretly bringing criminals, or worse, into the heart of the community? Then one night, the house burns down. In the wreckage, the bodies of Gloria and her daughter are found. Katy is sure the unexplained visitors must be responsible until her father is arrested and charged with murder. Have the police arrested the correct person? Are the rest of the street safe? Can Katy find the truth before it's too late?- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Abused women; Arson; Families; Family violence; Murder; Neighbors; Secrecy;
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- You'll never see me again / by Pearse, Lesley,author.;
"Young Betty dreams of settling down to an ordinary life in Hallsands with her fisherman husband. But when he returns broken and haunted from the Great War, she finds herself persecuted by his distraught mother-- and yearns to escape. It is only when a storm devastates the village that Betty sees her chance. Fleeing to Bristol and changing her name to Mabel Brook, she seeks a new life-- only to discover destiny has other plans. Penniless and alone, Mabel suffers a brutal attack before being rescued by a psychic named Nora Nightingale. She gets her first taste of those who receive messages from the dead and realizes she may have this power herself. But Mabel fears her gift may be a terrible curse as it becomes ever harder to hide from the truth about who she once was-- and the tragic life she left behind. Soon Mabel receives her own message and is forced back to the very place she has escaped. A place of heartbreak and perhaps even murder-- but to secure her future Mabel must confront her past one last time."-- Publisher description.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Married women; Runaway women; Impersonation; Women psychics; Secrecy;
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