Unforgotten

Unforgotten

Clare Francis

Clare Francis

After five years, lawyer Hugh Gwynne's most difficult case has finally come to court. His client Tom Deacon is claiming damages for post-traumatic stress after a car accident in which he witnessed the death of his young daughter. The case is going well, it seems certain Tom will win the compensation that will enable him to pick up the pieces of his shattered life. Then Hugh receives an anonymous letter that throws him into an impossible dilemma. To stay on the case is unethical, to withdraw will threaten its success, and Tom Deacon, revealing himself in an entirely new light, makes it clear that such treachery will not be forgiven. For Hugh the dilemma is intensified by the contrast between their lives: Tom tormented by flashbacks, jobless, with a broken marriage and two children he hardly sees; Hugh with what he regards as a blessed existence, a rewarding life as a jobbing solicitor and an intensely happy marriage to Lizzie, with whom he has two adopted children, Lou away on her gap year, and fragile, sensitive Charlie who seems to have overcome his personal demons. Then one night Hugh's life changes for ever. His happiness is snatched away, and he, like Tom, must face a lifetime of haunting memories. 
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Red Crystal

Red Crystal

Clare Francis

Clare Francis

Out of the savagery of the Paris barricades there was born the most sinister of all the terrorist groups of the 1960's.  Secretly funded by Moscow, trained in subversion and assassination in Italy, the Crystal Faction came to England.  To wage war... For Nick Ryder of Special Branch, finding and infiltrating the cell presented a daunting challenge.  Hampered by the deviousness of his own superiors and lack of cooperation from MI5, he was drawn slowly but inexorably into a tangled web of sex, drugs, murder, intrigue and lost innocence. And at the centre, the Gabrielle Schroeder, leader of the Crystal Faction.  A tough, daring, utterly ruthless woman for whom killing had become a pleasure...
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Night Sky

Night Sky

Clare Francis

Clare Francis

In the brutal chaos of the Second World War, three peole find their lives inextricably interwoven in a web of courage, betrayal and love: Julie Lescaux, the young Englishwoman caught up in one of the most dangerous operations of the French Resistance; Paul Vasson, vicious Paris Pimp turned nazi collaborator; David Freymann, German scientist caught up in an unimaginable horror, destined to lose everything except his faith in his own discovery.
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A Dark Devotion

A Dark Devotion

Clare Francis

Clare Francis

Grace Dearsden is beautiful, clever and admired. The last person to disappear into the lonely Norfolk marshes in the black depths of winter. Seven days... and still no trace. With police investigations stalled, old family friend Alex O'Neill returns to the haunting landscape of her childhood. And immediately beings to uncover disturbing new clues. Each one draws her closer to a family's tragic secret..
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Requiem

Requiem

Clare Francis

Clare Francis

A deadly trail... A fight for the truth Glen Ashard – idyllic Scottish home of ex-rock star Nick Mackenzie and his exotic wife Alusha. A haven of peace and security after all the years on the road. Until the day a small plane with a deadly chemical cargo flies off course... In the tragic aftermath, Daisy Field, environmental campaigner, picks up the trail. Abrasive and idealistic, she's determined to fight the "profits before safety" attitude of the agrochemical industry. But to win she needs Nick's millions, and Nick is facing difficulties of his own... From the wilds of Scotland to the corridors of power in London and Chicago, from Madison Square Garden to a seedy security firm in south London, Requiem pulls Daisy into a struggle against apathy, sabotage and dirty tricks... 
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A Death Divided

A Death Divided

Clare Francis

Clare Francis

It's harder to search for someone when they're determined not to be found....Joe, struggling to survive in a high-powered law firm, is faced with the challenge of finding his childhood friend Jenna, who has been missing for four years. But has she disappeared through choice? Or is she under the powerful influence of her husband, the restless troubled Chetwood?For Joe, the search is a matter of duty, but also of conscience - for he introduced them to each other, he was enthralled by them both . . .Helped by his prickly girlfriend Sarah, Joe manages to find the beautiful, faded Jenna, only to realise too late that he has set some terrible events in motion . . .
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