NICCI GERRARD

Op een ochtend brengt Gaby haar zoon naar de universiteit waar hij gaat studeren. Ze besluit niet direct terug te keren naar haar man en huis in Londen, maar springt op de trein de andere kant op. Deze voert haar naar een afgelegen dorp waar ze op zoek gaat naar Nancy, van jongs af aan haar beste vriendin.Bijna twintig jaar geleden verdween Nancy ineens uit Gaby''s leven - zonder ooit aan te geven wat de oorzaak van de breuk was. En nu wil Gaby eindelijk weten waarom. Want wat is de waarheid, welke geheim houdt Nancy verborgen?

Gaby and Nancy were inseperable when they were young. As teenagers they had no secrets and as adults they could conceive of none. Even when they found love - Gaby with Connor, and Nancy with Gaby's brother, Stefan - it was clear that nothing could separate them. Then one heartbreaking day Nancy left Stefan and walked out of all their lives. No one saw or heard from her again. No one knew where she went or why. Two decades later, Gaby - now a dutiful mother - discovers where Nancy lives. And she does something rash and impulsive: she turns up on her former friend's doorstep, unannounced and distraught. Yet when Nancy faces some searching questions with chilly indifference, Gaby makes a fateful decision to delve into her friend's new life - revealing some shocking, painful secrets with consequences for them all.

When Marnie receives a phone call that summons her to the side of a once-beloved friend, she is wrenched from her orderly London life and sent back into a past from which she has fled but never escaped. Ralph, Marnie and Oliver once knew each other well and are still inextricably bound by ties of love and betrayal.

A follow-up to The Moment You Were Gone from one half of the Nicci French writing duo.

Secrets and memories collide in The Twilight Hour, the new novel from bestselling author Nicci Gerrard.''Be with me now, at the twilight hour. When the light fails.''''I''m here.''''Tell me.''''What shall I tell you?''''Tell me about us, when we were young. What was it like? What was I like then?''Eleanor Lee has lived a fiercely independent existence for over ninety years, but now it''s time to tidy her life away - books, photographs, paintings, letters - a lifetime of possessions all neatly boxed up for the last time. But amongst them there are some things that must be kept hidden. And, nearing blindness, Eleanor needs help to uncover them before her children and grandchildren do.Peter, a young man with a broken heart who feels as lost as Eleanor''s past, is employed to help with this task. And together they uncover traces of another life - words and photographs telling a story of forbidden love, betrayal, passion, grief and self-sacrifice, which Eleanor must visit one last time.By speaking her memories out loud, and releasing the secrets of her past, Eleanor can finally lay them to rest. To honour them at last, and protect those who must never know.Praise for Nicci Gerrard:''Beguiling, poignant, wonderful'' Sunday Express''Acutely observed and beautifully written'' Woman and Home''Subtle, poignant and tremendously skilful'' ObserverNicci Gerrard writes for the Observer and is the co-author, with Sean French, of the bestselling Nicci French thrillers. She lives in Suffolk with her husband and four children. Her novels Things We Knew Were True, Solace, The Moment You Were Gone, The Winter House and Missing Persons are all published by Penguin and received rave reviews.

At 16 Edie knew things. Then she discovered what it was to fall in love; she dared to let herself be happy. But in one moment of tragedy, her dreams were torn apart. 20 years on, Edie is brought together with her sister again, and the truth of what happened years ago may finally become clear.

Irene and Adrian were lovers once. But now, after years of marriage and raising their children, the sparkle is gone. How can they find back the passion they once shared?

A SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAREssential reading about love, life and care Kate MosseNobody has written on dementia as well as Nicci Gerrard in this new book Andrew MarrDementia is all around us, in our families and in our genes; perhaps in our own futures. If its not you or me, its someone we love.After her own fathers death from dementia, the writer and campaigner Nicci Gerrard set out to explore the illness that now touches millions of us, yet which we still struggle to speak about. What does dementia mean, for those who live with it, and those who care for them?This truthful, humane book is an attempt to understand. It is filled with stories, both moving and optimistic: from those living with dementia to those planning the end of life, from the scientists unlocking the mysteries of the brain to the therapists using art and music to enrich the lives of sufferers, from the campaigners battling for greater compassion in care to the families trying to make sense of this incomprehensible de-creation of the self. It explores memory, language, identity, ageing and the notion of what it truly means to care. And it asks, how do we begin to value those who become old, invisible, forgotten? What do we owe them, and each other as humans? What, in the end, really matters?

Secrets and memories collide in The Twilight Hour, the new novel from bestselling author Nicci Gerrard.Be with me now, at the twilight hour. When the light fails.Im here.Tell me.What shall I tell you?Tell me about us, when we were young. What was it like? What was I like then?Eleanor Lee has lived a fiercely independent existence for over ninety years, but now its time to tidy her life away - books, photographs, paintings, letters - a lifetime of possessions all neatly boxed up for the last time. But amongst them there are some things that must be kept hidden. And, nearing blindness, Eleanor needs help to uncover them before her children and grandchildren do.Peter, a young man with a broken heart who feels as lost as Eleanors past, is employed to help with this task. And together they uncover traces of another life - words and photographs telling a story of forbidden love, betrayal, passion, grief and self-sacrifice, which Eleanor must visit one last time.By speaking her memories out loud, and releasing the secrets of her past, Eleanor can finally lay them to rest. To honour them at last, and protect those who must never know.Praise for Nicci Gerrard:Beguiling, poignant, wonderfulSunday ExpressAcutely observed and beautifully writtenWoman and HomeSubtle, poignant and tremendously skilfulObserverNicci Gerrard writes for the Observer and is the co-author, with Sean French, of the bestselling Nicci French thrillers. She lives in Suffolk with her husband and four children. Her novels Things We Knew Were True, Solace, The Moment You Were Gone, The Winter House and Missing Persons are all published by Penguin and received rave reviews.

Gaby and Connor seem to have a loving marriage - one that is built on knowing every last intricate detail about one another, or so Gaby has always believed. When their son Ethan sets off for university, discovering for the first time, the raw and uncontrollable intensity of falling in love, Gaby and Connor will be alone again - a chance to rediscover their relationship, just the two of them.But there is one person missing from Gabys life. One person who she cannot forgot - Nancy, her best friend since childhood. As teenagers they shared their deepest secrets, fears and dreams for the future. As adults they discovered love - Gaby with Connor and Nancy with Gabys adored brother, Stefan. The foursome became inseparable. Then one day, Nancy upped and left. Now, almost twenty years later, with Ethan away from home, Gaby finds herself idly watching television when a sharp stab of recognition hits her - the face she recognizes on the screen belongs to Nancy. Suddenly, the friend she thought shed lost for good is within her reach. But does Nancy want to be found?The search for her long lost friend forces Gaby not only to revisit her past, but could also shatter the course of her future . . .

When Jonny went missing everything changed.His mothers heart is full of terror and sadness instead of joy.His fathers study overflows with newspaper cuttings and profiles on missing people instead of the academic texts that were there before.His sister, once carefree, now carries the weight of the world on her shoulders.His bedroom at home remains untouched and ready for his return.A place is set for him at the table on Christmas day each year.His birthday is always celebrated; unopened gifts for him gather dust.The hands on the clock continue to move forwards and yet Jonny hasnt returned. Where is he?

The moving, life-affirming and poignant story of friendship, love and loss, for fans of Victoria Hislop and Joanna Trollope. One phone call can change everything . . . Marnies life is turned upside down when a sudden phone call summons her back to the Scottish Highlands, and to the past she has tried to escape. Ralph, Marnie and Oliver were once so close, but its been years since they were all together. But now Ralph is ill, and so they all meet again to spend the precious days that he has left with each other. And as they reminisce, Marnie is taken back to the summer years ago when everything changed between them and heartbreak and desire broke up their group. Will Ralph have the chance to say what needs to be said before its too late? And can they put the devastating events of twenty years ago to rest and rekindle the intimacy they once shared?____________This book made me feel so many emotions! 5***** Reader ReviewSuch fabulous writing kept me reading eagerly to the end and even shedding a few tears5***** Reader ReviewI absolutely loved this story and didnt want it to end5***** Reader Review

Irene has a husband, Adrian, three small children and - though she doesnt know it - a marriage that is going wrong. When she discovers that Adrian is having an affair, the family is blown apart.Solace is a story of contrasts. While Adrian finds new love and excitement, Irene spirals into exhaustion, self-destruction and a kind of madness.With their marriage in shreds and Adrian whisking their daughters on a trip of a lifetime ti Australia with his new lover, Irene finally reaches rock bottom. She decides to leave the unbearable silence of her home for a trip by herself to visit her brother Jem in France.And as Irene soon realises, being along can mean discovering freedom, elation and even in the darkest of times, finding your solace.