JACOB AND JULIA BLOCH HAVE A PROBLEM ... SEVERAL PROBLEMS, IN FACT. While they've been coaxing Jacob's grandfather into a retirement home, bracing themselves for a family reunion and struggling to keep their eldest son from being expelled, a discovery is made that risks destroying their marriage. As domestic crises multiply in the foreground, a global disaster is looming on the horizon. The Bloch family is collapsing and so is the Middle East, where...

In her grandmother's fine, rich Boston house, Heaven Leigh Casteel dreams of a wonderful new life of new friends, the best schools, beautiful clothes, and - most importantly - love. The pearls of culture, wisdom, and breeding will now be hers. Soon she will make the Casteel name respectable, find her brothers and sisters, and have a family again. But even in the world of the wealthy, there are strange forebodings, and secrets best forgotten. And as...

Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child, timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.

Kate Rafter is a successful war reporter. She's the strong one. The one who escaped Herne Bay and the memories it holds. Her sister Sally didn't. Instead, she spends her days in an alcoholic haze. Having driven her daughter away, her husband may soon wash his hands of her as well. With the death of their mother, Kate is forced to return to the old family home - and on her second night she is woken by a terrifying scream. What secret has Kate stumbled...