From Richard and Judy bestselling author Saskia Sarginson, The Stranger is a devastating love story full of intrigue and dark secrets. ''Immersive, gripping, will pull at your heartstrings'' Gilly Macmillan, international bestselling author We all have our secrets. Eleanor Rathmell has kept one her whole life. But when her husband dies and a stranger arrives at her door, her safe life in the idyllic English village she''s chosen as her home begins to topple. Everyone is suspicious of this stranger, except for Eleanor. But her trust in him will put her life in danger, because nothing is as it seems; not her dead husband, the man who claims to love her, or the inscrutable outsider to whom she''s opened her home and her heart. Praise for Saskia Sarginson:''Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun on The Twins ''Atmospheric, readable, beautifully evoked'' Sunday Mirror on Without You ''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan on The Twins''A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour'' NZ Women''s Weekly

***TOP-TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR***

From Richard & Judy bestselling author of The Twins comes a haunting and suspenseful new novel about a girl with a secret - and a past that is destined to catch up with her...''There are some books which are so compelling, the plots so engaging and the writing so perfectly paced and accessible that simply captivate the reader and this for me was one such book'' We Love This Book

Despite everything life has thrown at Eliza Bennet, she''s living the life she''s worked so hard to achieve. She''s who she wants to be, where she wants to be and with the man she loves.

But Eliza is living a lie. Her real name is Klaudia Myer, and Klaudia is on the run, escaping her old life and a terrible secret buried at the heart of her family.

Eliza feels as though she''s been running away her whole life. But when her father comes to her with a terrible request, she knows her double life is about to be exposed.

How much longer is it safe to carry on pretending?

This is a haunting and deeply powerful story about identity and the deep secrets that lie at the heart of every family.

Praise for Saskia Sarginson:

''This enthralling read will keep you up long into the night'' Ruth Ware on The Other Me''Storytelling at its very best. A moving tale about how guilt and shame can govern lives and how only love and generosity can change that'' Cecilia Ekback on The Other Me

''Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun on The Twins

''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan on The Twins

''A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour'' NZ Women''s Weekly

RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

''Gripping, emotional, utterly engrossing'' Lisa Ballantyne

''Stunning writing and wonderful nuanced characterisation. I was hooked'' Rosamund Lupton

For fans of Maggie O''Farrell and Celeste Ng, How It Ends is a sweeping and turbulent drama about the anxieties of post-war Britain, where one strong and inspirational young woman looks to find her place, no matter the cost...

1957: Within a year of arriving at an American airbase in Suffolk, the loving, law-abiding Delaney family is destroyed. Did they know something they weren''t allowed to know? Did they find something they weren''t supposed to find? Only one girl has the courage to question what really went on behind closed doors . . .

Hedy''s journey to the truth leads her to read a manuscript that her talented twin brother had started months before he died, a story inspired by an experience in the forest surrounding the airbase perimeter. Only through deciding to finish what her brother started does Hedy begin to piece together what happened to her family.But would she have continued if she''d known then what she knows now? Sometimes, it''s safer not to finish what you''ve started...

Praise for Saskia Sarginson:''An intense and brooding read, with a brilliantly claustrophobic sense of place'' Sunday Mirror on How it Ends

''An engrossing read with endearing characters thrust into traumatic circumstances. It stayed with me long after the last page'' Lisa Ballantyne on How It Ends

''Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun on The Twins ''Atmospheric, readable, beautifully evoked'' Sunday Mirror on Without You

''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan on The Twins

''This enthralling read will keep you up long into the night'' Ruth Ware on The Other Me

''Inspirational and compelling'' Candis Review on How it Ends

''A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour'' NZ Women''s Weekly

''With echoes of David Nicholls''s One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING''Intensely romantic'' SUNDAY MIRROR''Wonderful, heart-tugging'' PRIMA''Timeless and moving'' HOLLY MILLERPerfect for fans of ONE DAY and ME BEFORE YOU, this is a heartbreaking love story spanning three decades that starts and ends on a bench, by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author.__________________________________________It begins at the end.It begins on a bench, on a heath, where a woman waits for a man. Ten years ago, they made a pact: On this bench, on this day, they will end a love affair that''s spanned three decades, or start again.They should never have met. They should never have fallen in love.But they did, until a lie separated them for a lifetime.Can they fix the mistake, forgive the lie, erase the years in-between?Can what was lost ever truly be found?__________________________________________

Readers are falling in LOVE with The Bench . . .

*THE NEW LOVE STORY FROM SASKIA SARGINSON, SEVEN MONTHS OF SUMMER, IS OUT NOW*

Perfect for fans of One Day in December and Notting Hill, this is an unforgettable love story about sliding doors and chance encounters by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author.

What if you''ve already crossed paths with the love of your life?

Readers are falling in love with Saskia Sarginson''s novels . . .

One week to fall in love. Seven months apart. A summer to make it right.

The Richard and Judy Bestseller

''Outstandingly good. Part-thriller, part-love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun

They were identical in every wayUntil the unthinkable tore them apart

Isolte and Viola are twins. Inseparable as children, they''ve grown into very different adults: Isolte, a successful features writer for a fashion magazine with a photographer boyfriend and a flat in London, and Viola, desperately unhappy and struggling with a lifelong eating disorder.

What happened all those years ago to set the twins on such different paths to adulthood? As both women start to unravel the escalating tragedies of a half-remembered summer, terrifying secrets from the past come rushing back - and threaten to overwhelm their adult lives...

''Convincing and compelling . . . building tension that resonates even after the novel ends'' Stylist

''This book got its hooks into us and wouldn''t let go. Hypnotic, with real emotional punch'' Star

''Gripping'' Marie Claire

''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan

''Touching and extremely readable'' Sunday Mirror

''Atmospheric, readable, beautifully evoked'' Sunday Mirror

From the Richard & Judy bestselling author of The Twins - Without You is a captivating blend of mystery, thriller and emotional family drama, that will leave you unsettled, even as it touches your heart.

1984, Suffolk

When 17-year-old Eva goes missing at sea, everyone presumes that she drowned. Her parents'' relationship is falling apart, undermined by guilt and grief. But her younger sister, Faith, refuses to consider a life without Eva; she''s determined to find her sister and bring her home alive.

Close to the shore looms the shape of an island - out of bounds, mysterious, and dotted with windowless concrete huts. What nobody knows is that inside one of the huts Eva is being held captive. That she is fighting to survive - and return home.

Praise for Saskia Sarginson:''Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun on The Twins

''Immersive, gripping, will pull at your heartstrings'' Gilly Macmillan on The Stranger

''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan on The Twins

''A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour'' NZ Women''s Weekly

Sometimes it is the people we think we know the best who surprise us the most.1986, London: Klaudia is about to start high school. She’s embarrassed by her German father—he’s the janitor at her school, he has a funny accent and a limp. And when the kids at school taunt her by saying he was a Nazi during the war, she can’t dispute them with confidence. She’s never known exactly what he may or may not have done during the war. It is a period of time no one will ever discuss.1995, Leeds: Eliza is in love. She has dropped out of university to pursue her passion—dance. But then talented artist Cosmo comes along and soon Eliza realizes that she might have room in her life for two loves. But can she really continue to lie to everyone around her? And why is she so afraid of the truth? 1930s, Germany: Two brothers are trying to fend for themselves during the chaos of the rise of the Third Reich. One brother rallies for the Fuhrer, one holds back. One is seemingly good, one bad. But history seems to tell a completely different story.All of these characters’ fates will collide in an audiobook that explores what we are ultimately willing to do for love. Saskia Sarginson hypnotically examines whether our identities are tied to where we’ve come from in a captivating mystery that shows how sometimes history doesn’t tell the true story.

‘Incredibly good, intriguingly twisty, beautifully written... I loved it. I couldn’t put it down.’ No.1 bestselling author, Valerie Keogh

‘Please, I need your help. You’re the only person I can turn to. The only person who can pretend to be me…’

When Alice gets a desperate message from her estranged identical twin sister Cecily, she can’t help herself. She has to say yes. Pushing down the memories of the terrible childhood that ultimately tore them apart, she arrives at her sister’s house.

Cecily has left instructions: how to work the oven, what to cook for supper, what to say to her husband.

She says she’ll only be gone a week. She just needs to contact a lawyer, sort her head out, and work out how to get away from her marriage safely.

Alice barely knows why she’s agreed. But as she puts the key in the door, she wonders if – in coming to help her sister – she might be putting herself in the most terrible danger.

Because when Cecily stops replying to messages, and the words ‘die, die, die’ appear scrawled in lipstick on the bathroom mirror, Alice realizes – someone is out to get Cecily. And now they think Alice is her…

An absolutely pulse-pounding psychological thriller – with a twist that literally nobody will see coming – from bestselling Richard & Judy Bookclub author, Saskia Sarginson. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Shari Lapena and Gone Girl.

Readers are loving Identical:

‘Utterly engrossing, I had no idea where this story was going and I was compulsively turning the pages until late into the night… The ending was mind-blowing. A marvellous read and a haunting story that will stay with me.’ No.1 bestselling author, Rona Halsall

‘A beautifully crafted story with a sting in its tail. Did I see that coming? No, I did not.’ Bestselling author, Diane Saxon

‘Compelling and beautifully written. Identical is my first novel by Sarginson and it won’t be my last.’ Bestselling author, Amanda Brittany

‘Brilliantly written. A clever engaging book that had me hooked from the first page.’ Bestselling author, JA Baker

‘Haunting, clever and captivating, with a jaw-dropping ending which floored me…” Bestselling author, Natasha Boydell

‘This took over my entire life until I had finished it! Such an original premise and it’s brought to life so vividly… The twists and turns had my head spinning and just when I thought I knew what was going on, I was completely blindsided again! Amazing. A perfect thriller!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Had my head in a complete spin… I loved everything about this book… A must read for psychological thriller fans.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I loved this book!… It had suspense, intrigue, action, and so many crazy twists! That ending! Just WOW!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was completely blindsided by the twist in the end.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Brilliant!… Had me turning the pages at an alarming rate right up to the shocking end.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was hooked… Packed with twists and turns that kept me guessing until the very end. The shocking conclusion left me reeling—I definitely didn’t see it coming!… Thrilling and unforgettable!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This book was a wild ride… It ended with a bang! I inhaled the last 50% of the book, it was so good.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

From Richard and Judy bestselling author Saskia Sarginson, The Stranger is a devastating love story full of intrigue and dark secrets. ''Immersive, gripping, will pull at your heartstrings'' Gilly Macmillan, international bestselling author We all have our secrets. Eleanor Rathmell has kept one her whole life. But when her husband dies and a stranger arrives at her door, her safe life in the idyllic English village she''s chosen as her home begins to topple. Everyone is suspicious of this stranger, except for Eleanor. But her trust in him will put her life in danger, because nothing is as it seems; not her dead husband, the man who claims to love her, or the inscrutable outsider to whom she''s opened her home and her heart. Praise for Saskia Sarginson:''Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun on The Twins ''Atmospheric, readable, beautifully evoked'' Sunday Mirror on Without You ''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan on The Twins''A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour'' NZ Women''s Weekly

***TOP-TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR***

From Richard & Judy bestselling author of The Twins comes a haunting and suspenseful new novel about a girl with a secret - and a past that is destined to catch up with her...''There are some books which are so compelling, the plots so engaging and the writing so perfectly paced and accessible that simply captivate the reader and this for me was one such book'' We Love This Book

Despite everything life has thrown at Eliza Bennet, she''s living the life she''s worked so hard to achieve. She''s who she wants to be, where she wants to be and with the man she loves.

But Eliza is living a lie. Her real name is Klaudia Myer, and Klaudia is on the run, escaping her old life and a terrible secret buried at the heart of her family.

Eliza feels as though she''s been running away her whole life. But when her father comes to her with a terrible request, she knows her double life is about to be exposed.

How much longer is it safe to carry on pretending?

This is a haunting and deeply powerful story about identity and the deep secrets that lie at the heart of every family.

Praise for Saskia Sarginson:

''This enthralling read will keep you up long into the night'' Ruth Ware on The Other Me''Storytelling at its very best. A moving tale about how guilt and shame can govern lives and how only love and generosity can change that'' Cecilia Ekback on The Other Me

''Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun on The Twins

''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan on The Twins

''A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour'' NZ Women''s Weekly

RICHARD AND JUDY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

''Gripping, emotional, utterly engrossing'' Lisa Ballantyne

''Stunning writing and wonderful nuanced characterisation. I was hooked'' Rosamund Lupton

For fans of Maggie O''Farrell and Celeste Ng, How It Ends is a sweeping and turbulent drama about the anxieties of post-war Britain, where one strong and inspirational young woman looks to find her place, no matter the cost...

1957: Within a year of arriving at an American airbase in Suffolk, the loving, law-abiding Delaney family is destroyed. Did they know something they weren''t allowed to know? Did they find something they weren''t supposed to find? Only one girl has the courage to question what really went on behind closed doors . . .

Hedy''s journey to the truth leads her to read a manuscript that her talented twin brother had started months before he died, a story inspired by an experience in the forest surrounding the airbase perimeter. Only through deciding to finish what her brother started does Hedy begin to piece together what happened to her family.But would she have continued if she''d known then what she knows now? Sometimes, it''s safer not to finish what you''ve started...

Praise for Saskia Sarginson:''An intense and brooding read, with a brilliantly claustrophobic sense of place'' Sunday Mirror on How it Ends

''An engrossing read with endearing characters thrust into traumatic circumstances. It stayed with me long after the last page'' Lisa Ballantyne on How It Ends

''Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun on The Twins ''Atmospheric, readable, beautifully evoked'' Sunday Mirror on Without You

''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan on The Twins

''This enthralling read will keep you up long into the night'' Ruth Ware on The Other Me

''Inspirational and compelling'' Candis Review on How it Ends

''A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour'' NZ Women''s Weekly

''With echoes of David Nicholls''s One Day, this romance has just the right mix of heart-melting moments and heart-rending near misses'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING''Intensely romantic'' SUNDAY MIRROR''Wonderful, heart-tugging'' PRIMA''Timeless and moving'' HOLLY MILLERPerfect for fans of ONE DAY and ME BEFORE YOU, this is a heartbreaking love story spanning three decades that starts and ends on a bench, by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author.__________________________________________It begins at the end.It begins on a bench, on a heath, where a woman waits for a man. Ten years ago, they made a pact: On this bench, on this day, they will end a love affair that''s spanned three decades, or start again.They should never have met. They should never have fallen in love.But they did, until a lie separated them for a lifetime.Can they fix the mistake, forgive the lie, erase the years in-between?Can what was lost ever truly be found?__________________________________________

Readers are falling in LOVE with The Bench . . .

*THE NEW LOVE STORY FROM SASKIA SARGINSON, SEVEN MONTHS OF SUMMER, IS OUT NOW*

Perfect for fans of One Day in December and Notting Hill, this is an unforgettable love story about sliding doors and chance encounters by the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author.

What if you''ve already crossed paths with the love of your life?

Readers are falling in love with Saskia Sarginson''s novels . . .

One week to fall in love. Seven months apart. A summer to make it right.

The Richard and Judy Bestseller

''Outstandingly good. Part-thriller, part-love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun

They were identical in every wayUntil the unthinkable tore them apart

Isolte and Viola are twins. Inseparable as children, they''ve grown into very different adults: Isolte, a successful features writer for a fashion magazine with a photographer boyfriend and a flat in London, and Viola, desperately unhappy and struggling with a lifelong eating disorder.

What happened all those years ago to set the twins on such different paths to adulthood? As both women start to unravel the escalating tragedies of a half-remembered summer, terrifying secrets from the past come rushing back - and threaten to overwhelm their adult lives...

''Convincing and compelling . . . building tension that resonates even after the novel ends'' Stylist

''This book got its hooks into us and wouldn''t let go. Hypnotic, with real emotional punch'' Star

''Gripping'' Marie Claire

''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan

''Touching and extremely readable'' Sunday Mirror

''Atmospheric, readable, beautifully evoked'' Sunday Mirror

From the Richard & Judy bestselling author of The Twins - Without You is a captivating blend of mystery, thriller and emotional family drama, that will leave you unsettled, even as it touches your heart.

1984, Suffolk

When 17-year-old Eva goes missing at sea, everyone presumes that she drowned. Her parents'' relationship is falling apart, undermined by guilt and grief. But her younger sister, Faith, refuses to consider a life without Eva; she''s determined to find her sister and bring her home alive.

Close to the shore looms the shape of an island - out of bounds, mysterious, and dotted with windowless concrete huts. What nobody knows is that inside one of the huts Eva is being held captive. That she is fighting to survive - and return home.

Praise for Saskia Sarginson:''Outstandingly good. Part thriller, part love story, I guarantee you will not be able to put it down'' Sun on The Twins

''Immersive, gripping, will pull at your heartstrings'' Gilly Macmillan on The Stranger

''Stunning in its insight and beautifully written'' Judy Finnigan on The Twins

''A stunning writer with deep insight into people, their thoughts and behaviour'' NZ Women''s Weekly

Sometimes it is the people we think we know the best who surprise us the most.1986, London: Klaudia is about to start high school. She’s embarrassed by her German father—he’s the janitor at her school, he has a funny accent and a limp. And when the kids at school taunt her by saying he was a Nazi during the war, she can’t dispute them with confidence. She’s never known exactly what he may or may not have done during the war. It is a period of time no one will ever discuss.1995, Leeds: Eliza is in love. She has dropped out of university to pursue her passion—dance. But then talented artist Cosmo comes along and soon Eliza realizes that she might have room in her life for two loves. But can she really continue to lie to everyone around her? And why is she so afraid of the truth? 1930s, Germany: Two brothers are trying to fend for themselves during the chaos of the rise of the Third Reich. One brother rallies for the Fuhrer, one holds back. One is seemingly good, one bad. But history seems to tell a completely different story.All of these characters’ fates will collide in an audiobook that explores what we are ultimately willing to do for love. Saskia Sarginson hypnotically examines whether our identities are tied to where we’ve come from in a captivating mystery that shows how sometimes history doesn’t tell the true story.

‘Incredibly good, intriguingly twisty, beautifully written... I loved it. I couldn’t put it down.’ No.1 bestselling author, Valerie Keogh

‘Please, I need your help. You’re the only person I can turn to. The only person who can pretend to be me…’

When Alice gets a desperate message from her estranged identical twin sister Cecily, she can’t help herself. She has to say yes. Pushing down the memories of the terrible childhood that ultimately tore them apart, she arrives at her sister’s house.

Cecily has left instructions: how to work the oven, what to cook for supper, what to say to her husband.

She says she’ll only be gone a week. She just needs to contact a lawyer, sort her head out, and work out how to get away from her marriage safely.

Alice barely knows why she’s agreed. But as she puts the key in the door, she wonders if – in coming to help her sister – she might be putting herself in the most terrible danger.

Because when Cecily stops replying to messages, and the words ‘die, die, die’ appear scrawled in lipstick on the bathroom mirror, Alice realizes – someone is out to get Cecily. And now they think Alice is her…

An absolutely pulse-pounding psychological thriller – with a twist that literally nobody will see coming – from bestselling Richard & Judy Bookclub author, Saskia Sarginson. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Shari Lapena and Gone Girl.

Readers are loving Identical:

‘Utterly engrossing, I had no idea where this story was going and I was compulsively turning the pages until late into the night… The ending was mind-blowing. A marvellous read and a haunting story that will stay with me.’ No.1 bestselling author, Rona Halsall

‘A beautifully crafted story with a sting in its tail. Did I see that coming? No, I did not.’ Bestselling author, Diane Saxon

‘Compelling and beautifully written. Identical is my first novel by Sarginson and it won’t be my last.’ Bestselling author, Amanda Brittany

‘Brilliantly written. A clever engaging book that had me hooked from the first page.’ Bestselling author, JA Baker

‘Haunting, clever and captivating, with a jaw-dropping ending which floored me…” Bestselling author, Natasha Boydell

‘This took over my entire life until I had finished it! Such an original premise and it’s brought to life so vividly… The twists and turns had my head spinning and just when I thought I knew what was going on, I was completely blindsided again! Amazing. A perfect thriller!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Had my head in a complete spin… I loved everything about this book… A must read for psychological thriller fans.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I loved this book!… It had suspense, intrigue, action, and so many crazy twists! That ending! Just WOW!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was completely blindsided by the twist in the end.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Brilliant!… Had me turning the pages at an alarming rate right up to the shocking end.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was hooked… Packed with twists and turns that kept me guessing until the very end. The shocking conclusion left me reeling—I definitely didn’t see it coming!… Thrilling and unforgettable!’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This book was a wild ride… It ended with a bang! I inhaled the last 50% of the book, it was so good.’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐