Catherine Deveney Livres

'Growing up wasn't a process; it was a moment. It was the moment I watched Daddy die. Everything began to unravel then.'When their father dies of a sudden heart attack, sisters Rebecca and Sarah Connaghan set aside their differences and return to the family home in Glasgow.Then Rebecca finds letters between her father and the mother she barely remembers that cast doubt on everything she's been told about her family. Reeling from confusion and grief, she sets off alone for the remote Highlands village that may hold the key to the past. Above all, she is determined to prove the innocence of her father -- the beloved, silent man she once thought she knew, now accused of a terrible crime.

It is 18 years since Danni's husband and three-year-old son were killed by an IRA bomb in central Glasgow, and she still can't move on from the tragedy that has blighted her life. As a fresh wave of violence sweeps through Ireland, she decides she needs revenge.

Marianne might be losing her memory, but she remembers the night, almost five decades ago, when Patrice Moreau was knifed to death. She knows who murdered him, too, in the hidden room in the flat above the bar. And unbeknownst to her carers at the nursing home, the frail, sharp-tongued old lady once traded the truth for love. Only one person gets on with the irascible Marianne. And that's Zac, a troubled young carer with a secret of his own. However closely he guards the truth, though, Marianne's guesses come dangerously near. After all, she knew a man like Zac before. She helped him disappear. She helped him become a woman. Haunted by the events that fatal night in an idyllic French town, the dying Marianne makes a last trip there. She takes Zac with her, convinced that the hidden world of Bar Patrice can set him free, too. Before that can happen, though, everyone must confront one last, painful truth

Woran halten wir uns fest, wenn unser Leben aus den Fugen gerät? Carol Ann Matthews steckt in einer tiefen Krise. Ehemann und Sohn nehmen sie kaum noch zur Kenntnis. Ihre Mutter ist nach einem Schlaganfall rund um die Uhr auf ihre Betreuung angewiesen. Und ein tiefer, nie verarbeiteter Schmerz frisst sie langsam von innen auf. Als ihr unerwartet 30.000 £ in den Schoss fallen, zögert sie daher keine Sekunde: Carol Ann lässt ihr gesamtes Leben einfach hinter sich und verschwindet spurlos. Niemand ahnt, dass die 42-Jährige an der irischen Küste unter neuem Namen noch einmal von vorne anfängt. Doch manche Bande des Herzens sind so stark, dass sie kaum zu zerreissen sind.