EscapeGermany, 1945. Trapped between advancing armies, stranded hundreds of miles from their mother, and with their father missing in action, sisters Barbie and Eva were confronted with an impossible choice. Should they stay and face invasion or risk their lives to find their mother? Together, they set out on a perilous three hundred mile journey on foot across a country ravaged by war. Fuelled by courage and love, Eva and seven year old Barbie encounter

watching for the sun to darken

is now ten years older

They went and worked as milliners

Kate searches her Edinburgh house

an illegal bookmaker in back-street Birmingham

these explorers crossed land

Protected only by her father and nanna

And as Falk probes deeper into the killings

The first standalone psychological suspense novel from Nicci French in 10 years - a major publishing event

out in the fields in driving snow and on hot summer days

Elijah - a faithless former preacher haunted by the Bible

From the refugee camps of Greece to the mountains of Macedonia