Kathleen McGurl Boeken

'Absolutely broke my heart... I didn't emerge for breath until I'd tearfully finished the last page. Wonderful.' Being Anne, 5 stars

We'll meet again... When Ali inherits her great-aunt's house she immediately moves her whole family in, despite the warnings that there is something strange about the place.

The gripping new historical novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl from Bletchley Park and The Forgotten Secret. A heartbreaking choice. A secret kept for centuries.

'If you want a book that is exciting, fast-paced and impossible to put down, with plenty of twists and turns, then you need to buy this book! I can't wait to read more of Kathleen's novels.' - Emma's Book Reviews Some secrets are best left buried...

'I was captivated... What a stunning story of sisterhood, sacrifice and forgiveness!' Lana Kortchik, USA Today bestselling author of Sisters of War

It's the summer of 1919 and Ellen O'Brien has her whole life ahead of her. Young, in love and leaving home for her first job, the future seems full of shining possibility. But war is brewing and before long, Ellen and everyone around her are swept up by it. As Ireland is torn apart by the turmoil, Ellen finds herself facing the ultimate test of love and loyalty. A hundred years later and Clare Farrell has inherited a dilapidated old farmhouse in County Meath. Seizing the chance to escape her unhappy marriage she strikes out on her own for the first time, hoping the old building might also provide clues to her family's shadowy history. As she sets out to put the place, and herself, back to rights, she stumbles across a long-forgotten hiding place, with a clue to a secret that has lain buried for decades

What would you sacrifice for your children? Ballymor, Ireland, 1847. As the country starves in the grip of famine Bridget Tooley is left widowed and alone. Fighting to keep her two remaining children alive against all odds, Bridget faces the truth that not everyone will survive and what will she be willing to sacrifice to save her children? Present day: Arriving in Ballymor, Maria McCarthy is researching her great-great-grandfather, Victorian artist Michael McCarthy - and his beloved mother, the mysterious Bridget. The subject of so many of his portraits, Bridget has fascinated historians for years, as in reality she disappeared without a trace. Pregnant and afraid of motherhood, it's not only answers about the past that Maria hopes to find in Ireland. As her search brings her closer to the truth about Bridget's fate, Maria will discover that a mother's love is as powerful and enduring as time itself

The USA Today bestseller! Everything is about to change…

It's the summer of 1935 and eleven-year-old Stella Walker is preparing to leave her home forever. Forced to evacuate to make way for a new reservoir, the village of Brackendale Green will soon be lost. But before the water has even reached them, a dreadful event threatens to tear Stella's family apart. Present day, and a fierce summer has dried up the lake and revealed the remnants of the deserted village. Now an old woman, Stella begs her granddaughter Laura to make the journey she can't. She's sure the village still holds answers for her but, with only days until the floodwaters start to rise again, Laura is in a race against time to solve the mysteries of Stella's almost forgotten past.

'The Daughters of Red Hill Hall ...[has] all the intrigue, mystery, relationship drama and edge of your seat secret reveals any reader could want.' - Books and Boardies