The story again picked up a gear during this period and coupled with a more sinister force made for a very gripping read where the reader is nervous as to how things can resolve themselves in the face of danger, greed and revenge. She has combined her love of both books and beauty and created a blog to share both with her adoring fans. It's a riveting story which highlights the true power and bonds of friendship and even though Ruby and Verity may have come from polar opposites of life it demonstrated how friendship and love can win out over anything else that may be thrown in your path. Two girls from very different backgrounds meet by chance, and against the approval of their respective parents, become the strongest of friends.

It is an engrossing historical saga, exploring themes of friendship, family, trust, love, hope, war and triumph over adversity.

Having never met Lesley Pearse it was crazy, I have read book's where the odd place that I might know is mentioned but nothing like this.

Penned in the style of the Crime Noir genre, Caslin is a deep character, as flawed as he is brilliant, battling his own demons as much as those he is pitted against. It was an extraordinary childhood and in all her books, Lesley has skilfully married the pain and unhappiness of her early experiences with a unique gift for storytelling.She is my absolute favourite author and with this new book she has only reaffirmed all the good things I constantly say about her and all the recommendations of her back catalogue I make to friends. A lire absolument Je trouve que tous les livres de Lesley Pearse devraient être traduits en français afin que ceux qui ne lisent pas l'anglais puissant apprécier cet auteur extraordinaire. This book is long at just 450 pages but it felt like I had only picked up the book so engrossed was I in everything taking place. I think you've already guessed that I loved the two main characters, and it's such an engaging read, with more than a few shocks thrown in, but ultimately it gives a wonderful insight into the strength and resilience of the human spirit when life decides to throw everything it can at you!

It makes for a very graphic account and you can feel yourself inside the story, feeling the love, sorrow and so many emotions with them. Please Note: All quotations included in this review have been taken from an advanced reader copy and therefore might be subject to change.The Dead to Me referred to in the title comes from a note sent from Ruby to Verity and came out of nowhere. Evoking classic film noir, debut novelist Mary McCoy brings the dangerous glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age to life, where the most decadent parties can be the deadliest, and no drive into the sunset can erase the crimes of past. No matter what mood you are in or if you have had a run of only OK books you can be guaranteed that by picking up anything written by Lesley your reading slump will instantly vanish, your mood will improve and you will be engulfed in a story that will prove difficult to put down until you turn the very last page.

We hear lots more about the officers' private lives and their interactions with each other in this volume. You’ve heard the saying “ you have to experience the bad to appreciate the good” and other such cliches. That is until one day in 1938, when Ruby says the terrible words 'you're dead to me', and it looks like their friendship might be over for good. Full details of your rights under the Distance Selling Regulations are available in the UK from your local Citizens' Advice Bureau or your Local Authority's Trading Standards Office.Yet another great Lesley Pearse novel' Woman Magazine** **'Full of love, passion and heartbreak' Best** Two very different women, one unlikely friendship. A prequel to the hit TV series Scott and Bailey, and a chillingly authentic story of murder and hunting killers on the mean streets of Manchester. Rachel’s boss thinks her new recruit has bags of raw talent but straight-laced DC Janet Scott, her reluctant partner, has her doubts. Lesley costuma contar a história da vida das suas personagens até mais tarde, mas, a verdade, é que neste livro ficamos pelos vinte anos de ambas as moças, não perdendo, no entanto, a ideia de história de vida. Those were the last words that Annie spoke to Alice before turning her back on their family and vanishing without a trace.