Psychological fiction

White-skinned, delicate Senta of the silver hair, who looked just like Flora. The passionate, fascinating Senta begged Philip to prove his love for her by killing someone.

Estate Agent Clara is struggling to make a sale. With her abusive ex-husband on the brink of finding where she's hiding, she needs to make a commission soon or lose her chance to escape. Boleskine House on the shores of Loch Ness has remained unsold for years, and Clara is sure that an 'innocent'...

This classic, begun as a novel concerned with the psychology of a crime and the process of guilt, surpasses itself to take on the tragic force of myth.

Teenager Tod has a few issues in his life, not least an inability to focus on anything that's, well, important. His best friend is Ed, an old man who lives in a nursing home. When Ed dies, Tod finds Ed living on in his head - not as a memory, but as a real person. They have good conversations, as...

When Marcie met Jason Maddox, she couldn't believe her luck. Becoming Jason's second wife catapulted her into the elite world of high society. But underneath the polite, old money manners, she knows she'll always be an outsider, and her hard-won life hangs by a thread. Then Jason's widowed boss b...

When Marcie met Jason Maddox, she couldn't believe her luck. Becoming Jason's second wife catapulted her into the elite world of high society. But underneath the polite, old money manners, she knows she'll always be an outsider, and her hard-won life hangs by a thread. Then Jason's widowed boss b...

In November 2002, Billy Tyler, an ordinary police constable, spends a long and thoughtful night guarding the body of one of Britain's most notorious criminals, Myra Hindley. Gradually the dead woman's presence begins to assert itself and Billy's own problems and anxieties gradually acquire a new ...

The Oxbarrows live in a small village on the Lancashire moors. The father, Richard, has recently died, but his 13-year-old daughter Rosie refuses to believe it. When a recently retired psychiatrist is persuaded by an old colleague to try to help the family through their grief, he finds himself ca...

The Oxbarrows live in a small village on the Lancashire moors. The father, Richard, has recently died, but his 13-year-old daughter Rosie refuses to believe it. When a recently retired psychiatrist is persuaded by an old colleague to try to help the family through their grief, he finds himself ca...