Again, Rachel, page 52
Meet Anna
‘I’d lost my place in the universe. It had closed up and there was nowhere for me to be. I was more lost than I had known it was possible for any human being to be …’
Anna Walsh is covered in bandages and lying in her parents’ Good Front Room. She’s dreaming of leaving Dublin and returning to New York.
To her home. To her job.
And most of all to her husband Aiden.
Unfortunately, her family have other ideas. She’s staying put.
And Aiden? Well he’s refusing to even take her calls.
What has pushed Anna so far from everything that she loves?
Is she the only one who can put it all right?
And if not, who is?
Meet Helen
‘I have a habit of taking instant dislikes to people. Simply because it saves time …’
Wasp-tongued private investigator Helen Walsh doesn’t believe in love, fear or hot drinks. But when a missing persons case takes her into the dark, glamorous world of her dodgy ex, Jay Parker, she is drawn away from Artie Devlin, her distinctly unglamorous detective boyfriend.
And this isn’t good news.
For Jay’s fame-hungry world is one of smoke and mirrors and Helen is no longer sure what she’s doing or quite why she’s doing it. To save herself from black doubt she’ll have to start believing in something – fast.
But will it be fear, or love?
‘Myself and Hugh … We’re taking a break.’ ‘A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?’
If only.
Amy’s husband Hugh says he isn’t leaving her.
He still loves her, he’s just taking a break – from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together.
Six months in South-East Asia. And nothing she says can stop him.
But when does a break become a break-up?
For a lot can happen in six months. And it’s enough to send Amy and her family of gossips, misfits and troublemakers teetering over the edge.
When Hugh returns, if he returns, will he be the same man she married?
Will Amy be the same woman?
Because if Hugh is on a break from their marriage, then isn’t she?
‘I’ll be fifty and, seriously, what’s the age when a person finally feels safe and secure? Because I really thought it would have happened by now.’
Meet Jessie, Cara and Nell.
Married to brothers Johnny, Ed and Liam Casey.
Three very different women tied to three very different men.
Every family occasion is a party – until the day the secrets spill out.
Playtime is over.
But where are the grown-ups?
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First published by Michael Joseph in 2022
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