Sophie Ward

When Eva discovers that her husband has been having an affair, she is driven to commit a vengeful act. She meets Jonas, who has been keeping a vigil beside his girlfriend, who is in a coma and together they try and redress their wrongs.

Catherine Havisham was born into privilege. Handsome, imperious, she is the daughter of a wealthy brewer, and lives in luxury in Satis House. But she is never far from the smell of hops and the arresting letters on the brewhouse wall - Havisham. A reminder of all she owes to the family name and the family business.

Gwyna is just a small girl when she is bound in service to Myrddin the bard - a traveller and spinner of tales. But Myrddin transforms her into a goddess, a boy warrior, and a spy.

The story opens with a meeting between a journalist and a woman in a dingy London cafe in the immediate aftermath of the invasion of Iraq. Anna has a story to tell, one that goes right to the heart of British politics - the Cabinet. Richard & Judy Bookclub. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

Isobel lives an isolated life in North London, working at a nearby library. She feels safe if she keeps to her routines and doesn't let her thoughts stray too far into the past. But a newspaper photograph of a missing local schoolgirl and a letter from her old teacher are all it takes for her ordinary, careful armour to become overwhelmed and the trauma of what happened when she was a pupil at The Schoolhouse to return.

The Schoolhouse was different - one of the 1970s experimental schools that were a reaction to the formal methods of the past. The usual rules did not apply, and life there was a dark interplay of freedom and violence, adventure and fear. Only her teenage diary recorded what happened, but the truth is coming for her and everything she has tried to protect is put at risk.