Shauna Bickley

Madelaine had everything she wanted.Friends, a successful film career, and a loving boyfriend.Then she was dead.Lexie's friend Helen was part of a close-knit group at university. Now, ten years later, Helen is uneasy when one of them reappears and suggests a reunion.Another of the friends reveals to Lexie that they believe their long-dead friend, Madelaine, was murdered, and they intend to find the killer. This causes Lexie to engineer an invitation to their get-together.Relationships are strained and tensions simmer during the weekend reunion at Little Stillford, the ancient stone circle where Madelaine's body was found. Everyone is relieved when the weekend is over until another of the group is murdered at the stone circle.Each of them has secrets and each lies to Lexie.Then a third member of the group is murdered.Is the killer one of the friends, or is someone targeting them?

Lexie thought losing her job was tough. But finding a killer may be the death of her.After losing her high-flying job in London and moving to a small town, Lexie lacks a sense of purpose.She befriends an elderly neighbour whose son, Patrick, disappeared when his girlfriend was murdered.Later, Lexie discovers Patrick hiding out at his mother's house. To please her neighbour, she listens to his tale of being set up for his girlfriend's murder. Lexie doesn't want to believe him, but she finds it hard to imagine this investigative journalist, who fights exploitation and unfairness, committing a pre-meditated murder.Shortly after their last discussion, Lexie discovers the bodies of the mother and son. The police close the case, concluding Patrick murdered his girlfriend and his mother and then killed himself.Lexie is the only one who believes the murderer is still free.But, as she investigates the deaths, someone is following her every move.When her husband and children are threatened, Lexie is afraid she has gone too far. But she still doesn't know the reason for the murders, or who committed them.Lexie needs to find the cold-blooded killer before she becomes the next target.

Family secrets can be deadly.Liam is a charismatic smooth-talker, but when the police accept his disappearance as suicide his older brother Tom can't agree. Tom needs to find out what happened to Liam.Tom and his sister Andi begin their search at Liam's flat in London. While there, a woman visits looking for Liam and steals some of his work documents before disappearing. Now they have two missing people.As Tom and Andi try to find out what has happened to Liam, and what role the missing woman plays, they suspect they are being followed.Tom follows Liam's trail to France and Switzerland, trying to decipher his brother's cryptic clues. As he discovers more, their suspicions turn to certainty when their lives are threatened.Andi tells her estranged husband what is happening and they take their twin daughters to safety. But nowhere is safe.As the odds escalate and their lives are in danger, Tom realises the truth may have too high a price.What would you risk to find the truth?Lies of the Dead is part mystery, part thriller with a little romance and lots of twists and turns.

She's fighting for their survival. He's playing a dangerous game with their relationship.Rosa is desperate to make ends meet for her family. With her husband Matthew out of a job, she struggles to pay the mortgage and bills. As she's pushed to the edge, she realises the unthinkable might be her only option.Matthew doesn't know where to turn. He's concealing his depression from Rosa and can barely cope with his new full-time responsibility of looking after their young son. But his despair drives him to risk everything.Just as they thought things couldn't get any worse, a bombing on the underground and a personal tragedy wreck their lives.Can they and the others involved ever recover?Lives Interrupted is a powerful contemporary drama that explores the far-reaching consequences of personal trauma. If you like flawed characters, family dramas and life-altering challenges, then you'll love this emotional rollercoaster.