Claire Hackney – författare

Would you have the courage to risk your life for what is right?

Shona, Cuban, Elbie and Chloe. Four lives inextricably linked. Will tragic events part them forever?

It''s 1958 and Shona Jackson is on the run for her life again, she was forced to flee Mississippi and the town she''d called home. Arriving in Alabama, she hopes to save up enough money to continue her journey to safety, and convinces Jeffrey Ellis, the wealthy co-owner of a machinery plant, to give her a job. There she strikes up a bond with the equally courageous Cuban.

Cuban is on a similar path to Shona. Relentlessly abused because of the color of his skin, his sole ambition is to earn enough to escape to New York, but Ellis''s brutal and callous business partner, Larry Bruce, and his racist workforce are hell-bent on making Cuban''s life unbearable.

As events unfold, Shona also finds herself in Larry Bruce''s murderous and bloodthirsty sights.

Their only hope is Elbie, the elderly tool room supervisor, who has been covertly keeping a diary to one day expose all the horrific and disturbing acts perpetrated over the last five years by Bruce and his associates.

But when Chloe Bruce, Larry''s beautiful daughter, returns from college and is introduced to the workforce, there are devastating and irreversible consequences for all those involved.

Will Elbie''s diary end up in the wrong hands?

Will Cuban achieve his dream of making it to New York?

And will Shona''s past finally catch up with her?

Buy now to find out...

Meet Me at 10 is the second enthralling novel in an epic historical fiction trilogy about a story of secrets too dangerous to confess in a time of cruel, unforgiving and relentless intolerance to difference.

Readers describe it:

"This is a fantastic book. Captivating storyline that kept me reading every night until I finished it. Been years since a book had me so hooked!"

"I found myself putting the book down and then 5 minutes later picking it back up because I wanted to see what happened next. Just one more page I would say to myself."

"Brilliant page Turner. Best book I have read in a long time!"

The Complete Trilogy

Book 1: Shona

Book 2: Meet Me At 10

Book 3: The Beach House

These should definitely be in your historical novels collection!

Is there a killer on the Cornish coast?

When a high-profile case hits D.I. Rachel Morrison''s desk, she''s faced with no leads, no witnesses, and no body.

Local people have gone missing, and the pressure to find answers is mounting.

Amanda Walker''s mother has vanished without a trace, and Amanda, desperate for answers, turns to a mysterious, underground group she believes is responsible.

With time running out, D.I. Morrison races to uncover the truth before someone else goes missing.

Can D.I. Morrison find out who is responsible before it''s too late?

Is Amanda getting way over her head?

The Burying Place is a gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller that will leave you astounded by the heart-stopping plot twist you never saw coming.

Don''t miss out on this must-read novel!

What do you do when you can''t remember something your hometown can''t forget?

The Killer in Kynance Cove mystery has been solved, but haunted by the aftermath, DI Rachel Morrison is in need of a change of scene.

After accepting a secondment from Cornwall to a brand new Task Force in Liverpool, she gets stuck in immediately clearing the Missing Person''s cases that have been cluttering up the Reactive Crime Unit''s archives.

One day, a new, mysterious case is brought to her attention by Katie Spencer, a distraught young woman with a harrowing childhood secret.

Twenty-seven-year-old Katie and her sister Jenny were separated twenty years ago by a father who couldn''t cope raising both of them after their mother died. Katie and Jenny now live at opposite ends of the country - and the distance between them is more than geographical.

At their aunt''s funeral, Katie and Jenny are reunited, albeit briefly.

But why is Jenny so cold towards her?

And why won''t she allow Katie to spend any time with Charlotte, Jenny''s five-year-old daughter?

And just who exactly is Mollie?

Mystified by her past, Katie drives up to Liverpool from her home in Brighton to seek answers from Jenny, but a familiar face tells her a story that completely destroys Katie''s world and throws into question everything she thought she knew.

Together with a determined DI Morrison, Katie pieces together the fragments of her memory.

But is knowing the truth a blessing or a curse?

Will DI Morrison''s efforts result in solving the mystery, or discovering new ones?

We Don''t Speak About Mollie is the second gripping, must-read novel in a tense, edge-of-your-seat thriller fiction series.