From fast–growing USA Today bestseller Linda Needham, a medieval historical romance between a young maiden and the powerful knight who’s taken over guardianship of her castle – and of her.
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His looming form blocks the firelight. His voice is like midnight fog, shivering along her skin. Yet Felicity Mayfield must marry hard, cold Hunter Claybourne, or goto debtor’s prison. Boldly, she proposes a bargain to the wealthy financier: she’ll become his wife in name only for one brief year — if he allows her the freedom to continue living an independent life. Surely her newspaper scribblings are a matter of indifference to him.
He never suspected a wife would be such a nuisance. It was supposed to be a simple business arrangement. Instead, she has invaded his cavernous home — rearranging the furniture, winning over his servants, blinding him with sunlight. Her constant presence is unsettling, her vanilla scent everywhere, her skin a soft temptation. Suddenly it seems only right that she should wear his ring … and share his bed. After all, she is his wife. Yet even as Felicity opens a chink in Hunter’s heart, her exposé of the scandalous workhouses threatens to uncover his darkest secret, forcing him to choose between his hard-won empire and the miracle of love.
‘A cracking thriller and a great female protagonist.’ C.J. Tudor, author of Sunday Times Bestseller The Chalk Man
‘I couldn’t put I,Witness down, this is a 2018 must-read’ Phoebe Morgan, author of The Doll House
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They say I’m a murderer.
Six years ago, Kate Reynolds was found holding the body of her best friend; covered in blood, and clutching the knife that killed her.
I plead guilty.
Kate has been in prison ever since, but now her sentence is up. She is being released.
But the truth is, I didn’t do it.
There’s only one person who can help: Private Investigator Madison Attallee, the first officer on the scene all those years ago.
But uncovering the truth means catching a killer.
An incredibly gripping thriller with a twist you’ll never see coming. Fans of Persons Unknown by Susie Steiner, Strike’s The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith, Close to Home by Cara Hunter and The Child by Fiona Barton will love I,Witness.
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What everyone is saying about this gripping debut:
‘An absolutely gripping thriller founded on the horror of familial abuse and a great, flawed, female PI. There will be more Madison Attalee, I hope.’ Radio 4’s Dame Jenni Murray
‘Cracking thriller and a great female protagonist. Swearing, smoking, rock-music loving (and not neurotic or passive!) My kind of woman.’ C.J. Tudor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man
‘I was swept away by this punchy, pacy thriller with its sharp characterisation and confident plotting. I devoured it in a single day. I particularly loved Madison’s fabulously chain-smoking, hyper-feminine sharpness. There were so many things done well here – the presentation of domestic abuse, dysfunctional families, the uneven dynamic of female friendships that border on bullying – so much to enjoy. So looking forward to the next one.’ Helen Callaghan, author of Sunday Times bestseller Dear Amy
‘Tough and uncompromising, I, Witness had me totally gripped. I’m looking forward to hearing more from PI Madison Attalee.’ Alex Lake, author of Killing Kate, After Anna and Copy Cat
‘I couldn’t put I,Witness down. A hugely accomplished novel with a dark, sad story at its heart – the characters are so well drawn that I felt every twist along with them as Mackay expertly manipulates the reader. With a wonderful, chain-smoking and perfume-spraying private detective driving the narrative, this is a 2018 must-read.’ Phoebe Morgan, author of The Doll House
‘Totally engaging, fast-paced and edgy … completely captivating. I, Witness kept me guessing till the very end. Pick this book up if you’re after apage-turner with attitude.’ Elle Croft, author of The Guilty Wife
‘Cutting-edgegripping.’ Sam King, author of The Choice
‘Had me hooked within two pages, it has every bit as much appeal as some of the bestsellers of the last few years, like Girl on the Train.’ Robert Scragg, author of What Falls Between the Cracks
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A brilliant and moving debut novel about one woman’s struggle to preserve an artistic heritage from the horrors and destruction of World War II, and the ensuing lifelong memories from this extraordinary experience.
In this extraordinary first novel by Debra Dean, the siege of Leningrad by German troops in World War II is echoed by the destructive siege against the mind and memory of an elderly Russian woman.
Marina, the woman in question, was a guide at Leningrad’s famous Hermitage Museum. In the late autumn of 1941, as the Luftwaffe roared over and around Leningrad, she and her colleagues were set the task of taking the thousands of priceless paintings, sculptures and objêts d’art out of the grand galleries of the former Tsarist Palace and storing them safely against the German bombardment and seemingly inevitable invasion.
The German assault threatened to destroy a large part of Europe’s artistic history: if Leningrad fell to the Germans, everything that was not destroyed would be looted and given to the Nazis. Marina, whose own parents had disappeared during Stalin’s persecution of intellectuals in the 1930s, clings to her hope of becoming an art historian through her job at the Hermitage.
The novel shifts between Marina’s experiences at the Hermitage during the siege of Leningrad and her current existence as a very old lady in America whose mind has begun to fray. Debra Dean depicts, with subtle skill, how Marina’s mind, already ravaged by disease, picks up some incident, object or person at the wedding she’s been brought to, and flips back to the dreadful year-and-a-half in Leningrad which has informed her life ever since.
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