Books

New York, 1970s. Janet Sproule lives in an  affluent neighbourhood and comes from old family money. Her privileged life is suddenly turned upside down when her sister is kidnapped and held for ransom by a group of  terrorists. Her parents’ reaction to the crisis...

Joan Hawkins is back with a striking, relevant and as always, tremendously entertaining fourth novel. Sylvia Stride is keen to succeed in the downtown Manhattan law firm where she works, and has been assigned to a crucial sex discrimination case.  It’s the early...

Joan Hawkins’ third novel is a tale of greed, love and inheritance. When Helen Reed, a wealthy widow, engages young masseur, David Sweeney, to alleviate the pain of her final days of illness, her brood move in voraciously with other plans. Set in an idyllic New...

At just ten years old, Bailey shot her mother’s abusive lover, in an attempt to rescue her from a savage beating.  Although traumatizing the girl, the incident was never reported due to the doctor’s social prominence, and it became submerged in family silence. The...

Kate Stevens, once destined for partnership in a renowned New York Law Firm, chose marriage to Harry instead. A bout with cancer changes Kate’s life, leaving her yearning for a less conventional future. A girl called Valery St. John exists within Kate, an alter-ego of...