Hilary Norman – författare

''If I Should Die is a page turner thriller with great characters and literally heart-stopping suspense - I loved it!'' Mary Higgins Clark In cities all over the USA people whose lives have just been saved by a medical miracle are dying mysterious and violent deaths. Chicago policeman Joe Duvall realises his sister''s life may be at risk, and a desperate race against time begins.''An exciting and compelling piece of storytelling. Fast moving and full of suspense'' Publishing News

Though they live fulfilling, independent lives in three different countries, Olivia Segal, Jamie Arias and Annie Aldrich Thomas remain bound to each other by a past tragedy - and by their pact always to be there for each other at times of great need.In a London vault lies a story waiting to be read; a tale of evil more than fifty years old, a link with the past and a present danger more terrifying than anything the friends could have dreamed up in their wildest nightmares.

There''s something chillingly familiar about what''s happening to Nick Miller. He was so sure he''d left the past - and Holly Bourne - behind. Holly, pure delight to everyone else, but Nick''s girlfriend-from-hell. Except that all that was over years ago. Holly''s happily married now and thousands of miles away, and Nick''s wife, Nina, is expecting their first child. This can''t have anything to do with Holly.Yet the shocks have only just begun for Nick and Nina, in a terrifying novel of obsessive love, and a young couple''s fight to escape its deadly stranglehold ... ''A beautifully crafted tale that builds to a dramatic climax'' Bookseller

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

Held captive in a dark room in New York State, a young woman is at the mercy of a killer. As guide-dog trainer Joanna finds herself fighting her attraction to blind sculptor Jack Donovan she also begins to feel dangerously unwelcome. Meanwhile, another object of beauty is being stalked ...''Hilary Norman specialises in creepy thrillers and this one is just as gripping as her previous work'' Woman''s Own

Jake Woods, ex-cop and criminal justice professor, is pulled into danger when investigating the disappearance of a friend''s son. Attempting to help, he uncovers a similar case in New York City, where Lydia Johanssen is going through hell because her sixteen-year-old son has vanished. Each disappeared after receiving an anonymous gift: ''Limbo'', a violent, bestselling computer game.Jake identifies with Lydia''s plight. But his involvement brings great peril. This is the work of a kidnapper for whom the margins between reality and fantasy have blurred beyond recognition. To him, it''s all just a game ...''Spine-chilling'' Publishing News

From the day he sets foot in the Hampstead house, Matthew Gardner realises that life with his new wife, Caroline, is going to be rougher than he''d hoped. Two of her three teenage daughters, Flic and Imogen - charming to him in public - actually loathe him.If only their mother could see Matthew through their eyes, the girls feel, life would be so much easier. And the two girls are utterly determined to get rid of their stepfather, and chillingly ruthless in their methods.''A compulsive and gripping tale with a high body count and lots of intrigue'' Bookseller

Some people find it hard to trust Robin Allbeury, a wealthy lawyer and an expert on marital secrets, who runs an unorthodox sideline helping troubled wives escape from their abusive marriages.For some women, help comes too late. Women like Lynne Bolsover, wife and mother of two, whose battered body lies beneath sacking on a Hertfordshire allotment. A victim of a brutish husband, or so it would seem ...''Genuinely scary ... touches of sheer horror ... a real page-turner'' Daily Telegraph

When she was thirteen years old, Abigail Allen was responsible for killing her parents and boyfriend. Guilt has become Abigail''s constant companion. She has reconciled herself to living alone - until she meets Silas Graves, a photographer who knows about her past but loves her in spite of it. A possessive, jealous man, Silas can forgive almost anything - except betrayal. But the people he has loved most have all betrayed him. Abigail is different. Abigail needs him, adores him. And besides, they have two things in common. Their secrets ... and death.''A goose-pimply, page-turning read right to the end'' Company

Alex Levin hasn''t met anyone as passionate about cleaning as Frankie Barnes. She''s found the perfect career to suit her hygiene obsession. But unbeknown to her new employer, Frankie suffers from other compulsions and the greatest is the compulsion to have. All Frankie wants is a home as lovely as the ones she cleans. She''ll do anything to achieve her aim. But her first attempt has gone horribly wrong, and her dream house loses its shine when she thinks about the two bodies rotting in the cellar. Next time Frankie intends to be more careful - and Alex''s home is the prettiest cottage Frankie''s ever laid eyes on ...

When a lone runner is found dead on Miami Beach''s North Shore, Detective Sam Becket''s first concern is for his adopted daughter, Cathy, a student at Trent University. Cathy is also a runner, and she''s vulnerable.Sam fears for the stability of his close-knit family, and especially for his wife Grace, blissfully pregnant after repeated miscarriages. As Sam and his team start to investigate, a connection emerges with another homicide on Pompano Beach, and others are drawn into the web: a troubled young boy being treated by Grace for his drug problem and Kerry Flanagan, a charismatic runner to whom Cathy feels powerfully drawn ...

A reporter, a young mother and a shadowy band of former schoolmates play out a drama to an end none of them anticipated.Still reeling from the miscarriage that ended her marriage, columnist Kate Turner, is lashing out at anyone in her wake. Equally miserable is Laurie Moon, who defied her parents by carrying her precious son Sam to term only to place him at Rudolf Mann House because he has Down''s syndrome.One winter afternoon Kate is escaping the city to lick her wounds. While just miles away, Laurie counts the hours till she sees Sam. Neither knows that a game has been created for them. A killing game.