Books by Susanna Beard

THAT NIGHT.Lisa remembers the first part of the night: an evening in the pub with her best friend.Then nothing.She wakes up, days later. She’s in hospital. Her best friend is dead.WHAT HAPPENED?Lisa holes up in a remote country cottage, plagued by guilt and flashbacks: how did their assailant know them? Why were they attacked? And what really happened that night?With only vague memories of the event, she cuts herself off from friends and family, spending her days wandering the hills with her dog, Riley.Lisa realises there's another truth still hidden to her, a truth she can't escape from. A truth that may have been right in front of her all along.

The woman who has it allHeather has lucked out. She has a beautiful house, a happy marriage to James Jessop, with two sons, Ben and Harry — and she’s just won the lottery. £29 million!The loyal best friendNatalie has never quite kept up, but she’s finally in a relationship with a new boyfriend, Nick. She’s been best friends with Heather since they were bullied at school. But will her friend’s new fortune change their friendship?A dream come true turns into a paranoid nightmareThe Jessops’ comfortable life dissolves into chaos. Heather starts receiving anonymous, hateful messages. She begs Natalie to escape with her to Spain, along with a few other close friends. But away from the spotlight in London, things go from bad to worse. Then the unthinkable happens and Heather realizes she can’t trust anyone. Not even her best friend.Nothing will ever be the same again

A brother sent away.A sister in a loveless home.A father ruthlessly murdered.Ricky and Leonora Bates are brother and sister, best friends, allies in a loveless family.They are a constant disappointment to their domineering father.He views Ricky’s quiet bookishness as weakness and Leonora’s feisty intelligence as unbecoming.Then Ricky is sent away to a boarding school in South Africa to “toughen him up”. And Leonora is stuck dealing with her dysfunctional parents on her own.The unthinkable happens.Leonora’s father travels to South Africa to bring Ricky home. Disaster strikes. Her father is shot dead. And her brother is nowhere to be found.Now Leonora must find the truth.

Beth wants to love her new home on a quiet suburban street. She wishes she could make friends with her beautiful neighbour Oksana. She longs for a new group of friends. Welcoming neighbours to visit. Coffee dates and dinner parties.But life here feels so closed. Then Beth runs into Oksana’s garden one day to fetch her runaway dog, and she sees something shocking that makes her wonder who her new neighbours really are.A girl in the window.A pale desperate face.A hastily scribbled sign bearing only two words.HELP ME.Who is the girl? What are the neighbours hiding?Sometimes, it’s the most perfect neighbours that hide the most terrible secrets.PRAISE FOR SUSANNA BEARD:“I found myself frantically turning the pages, desperate to uncover what happened!” - Tracy Buchanan, author of Wall of Silence“Taut and tense . . . builds to an electrifying conclusion!” - Kirsten Hesketh, author of Another of Us“Bears all the hallmarks of a great thriller . . . I defy anyone not to get swept up in it.” - Claire Dyer, author of The Last Day“Articulate and gripping — an impressive achievement.” - Shelley Weiner, author of The Sister’s Tale“I enjoyed Susanna’s emotive and thought-provoking novel — I thought it was an engrossing mystery.” - Sam Carrington, author of I Dare You“The writing pulls you in and doesn’t let you go until the very last line.” - Robyn B.