Hilary Norman Boeken

"ISN'T IT TIME I KNEW THE TRUTH, MAMA?" Tucked away in a bureau drawer lay the necklace a Hungarian housewife had taken from the baby girl she named Kirstina and raised as her own. Born amid savage violence, Kristina would grow up in solid comfort, ignorant of her true heritage. A golden-haired beauty, she would be swept toward triumph in the glamoorous, competitive world of ballroom dancing, only to be brutally betrayed by a handsome young Baron and a nation in thrall to fascism. Freeing to France, she sought santuary in the old cheateau she would transform into Europe's grandest hotel. Kirstina had escaped, but the past would follow her lovely daughter,Ella, to America. And there, in another fabulous hotel, ChateauElla, the secrets of three generations would ignite and explode in a shattering climax of truth and desire.

Maddy Gabriel comes from a wealthy and respectable banking family, but both her father and her grandfather rebelled against their respectability, and at the age of 16, Maddy does too. The author also wrote "In Love and Friendship", "Chateau Ella" and "Shattered Stars".

A gripping new thriller from a bestselling author - When a lone runner is found dead on Miami Beachs North Shore, Detective Sam Beckets first concern is for his adopted daughter, Cathy. Cathy is also a runner, and shes vulnerable. As Sam and his team start to investigate, a connection emerges with another homicide on Pompano Beach, and others close to Sam are drawn into the web . . .

Four children torn from each other after an act of suicidal madness face different fates in different parts of the world, but a driving force urges three of them to search for their lost family

On the face of it, the double homicide of Arnold and Marie Robbins looks like just another brutal Miami Beach murder - except that teenage Cathy Robbins is lying between the bodies, traumatised but unharmed. Is she a silent witness to murder, or is she a killer? 'An absorbing, cleverly constructed thriller by an ever-popular British writer' Books Magazine

Detective Sam Becket is determined to solve a sickening case against the advice of his colleagues when four friends are found bound, gagged and poisoned to death. The only clue is a threatening note personally addressed to Sam. Is he putting his own life, as well as the lives of those he loves most, in grave danger?

A serial killer is at work in Florida and Detective Sam Becket is hoping and praying that a body doesn’t turn up on his patch. But when a local woman is found neatly arranged on her bed with two bullet wounds where her eyes used be, there can be no doubt that the ‘Black Hole’ killer has come to Miami Beach. The murderer’s unusual modus operandi seems to be the only thing that connects the victims, but can Sam piece together the clues and stop him from striking again?

Praise for Hilary Norman and her previous novels: 'Genuinely scary' Daily Telegraph 'heart-stopping suspense' Mary Higgins Clark 'An accomplished novelist' New York Times Book Review 'a real page-turner' Daily Telegraph 'A goose-pimply, page-turning read right to the end' Company 'an enthralling read' Gerald Kaufman, The Scotsman 'A gripping read that keeps you guessing' Woman's Own 'A nerve-shredding tale of murder, revenge and calculated cruelty and a plot which twists and turns to the end' Jewish Chronicle 'A compulsive and gripping tale with a high body count and lots of intrigue...' The Bookseller 'An absorbing, cleverly constructed thriller...first class chiller thriller' Books Magazine