Jane Corry is a former magazine journalist who spent three years working as the writer-in-residence at a high security men's prison. This often hair-raising experience helped inspire her Sunday Times-bestselling psychological dramas, of which she has now sold over a million copies worldwide, hitting bestseller charts around the world. Jane is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph and My Weekly magazine.

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You may not know the stranger in room six. But they know everything about you. 
 
It's been fifteen years since Belinda was convicted of her husband's murder. Now, she's ready for her life to begin again, and she's set on that happening at Sunnyside Home for the Young at Heart. 
 
The owner, Mabel, has spent her life here. First as an evacuee during the Blitz and now as the care home's oldest resident, Mabel has held the secrets of this house for as long as she can remember. Secrets that could kill if in the wrong hands. 
 
But history won't stay hidden forever and someone is onto them both. Watching and listening from room number six, they'll stop at nothing to find out the truth. 
 
With a past this dark, is anyone as innocent as they seem?

The Stranger in Room Six

THERE’S THE STORY EVERYONE BELIEVES . . . 
 
The victim: Eighteen-year-old Janie leaving home for a new life. 
The criminal: World-famous rockstar, Robbie, who harbours a shocking secret. 
The protector: Witness support officer, Vanessa, desperate to right the wrongs of her past. 
 
They tried to bury that fateful day. Now it’s back to haunt them. 
 
. . . AND THEN THERE’S THE TRUTH.

I Died on a Tuesday

You can run away from your life. 
But you can't run away from murder. 
 
When her family tragedy is splashed across the newspapers, Nancy decides to disappear. Her grandmother's beautiful Regency house in a quiet seaside village seems like the safest place to hide. But the old house has its own secrets and a chilling wartime legacy . . . 
 
Now someone knows the truth about the night Nancy's mother and stepfather were murdered. Someone knows where to find her. And they have nothing to lose . . . 
 
So what really happened that night? And how far will she go to keep it hidden?

Coming To Find You

Vicki's husband David once promised to love her in sickness and in health. But after a brutal attack left her suffering with epilepsy, he ran away with his mistress. 
 
So when Vicki gets a call one day to say that he's missing, her first thought is 'good riddance'. But then the police find evidence suggesting that David is dead. And they think Vicki had something to do with it. 
 
What really happened on the night of David's disappearance? 
And how can Vicki prove her innocence, when she's not even sure of it herself?

The Dead Ex

The Sunday Times bestseller

Three little girls set off to school one sunny May morning. 
Within an hour, one of them is dead. 
 
Fifteen years later, Alison and Kitty are living separate lives. Kitty lives in a care home. She can't speak, and she has no memory of the accident that put her here, or her life before it. 
 
Art teacher Alison looks fine on the surface. But the surface is a lie. When a job in a prison comes up she decides to take it - this is her chance to finally make things right. 
 
But someone is watching Kitty and Alison. 
Someone who wants revenge for what happened that day. 
And only another life will do...

Blood Sisters

the Sunday Times bestseller

Every Monday, 49-year-old Ellie looks after her grandson Josh. She loves him more than anyone else in the world. The only thing that can mar her happiness is her husband's affair. But he swears it's over now, and Ellie has decided to be thankful for what she's got. 
 
Then one day, while she's looking after Josh, her husband gets a call from that woman. And just a moment, Ellie takes her eyes off her grandson. The accident that happens will change her life forever. 
 
Because Ellie is hiding something in her past. 
 
And what looks like an accident could start to look like murder...

I Looked Away

the page-turning Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller

Sarah always thought of herself and her husband, Tom, as good people. But that was before their son Freddy came home saying he'd done something terrible. Begging them not to tell the police. 
 
 Soon Sarah and Tom must find out just how far they'll push themselves, and their marriage, to protect their only child... 
 
As the lies build up and Sarah is presented with the perfect opportunity to get Freddy off the hook, she is faced with a terrible decision: will she save him, but in the process, damn herself?

The Lies We Tell

The twist-filled, emotional new page-turner from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I MADE A MISTAKE

In Poppy Page's mind, there are two types of women in this world: those who are faithful to their husbands, and those who are not. Until now, Poppy has never questioned which she was. 
 
But when handsome, charming Matthew Gordon walks back into her life after almost two decades, that changes. Poppy makes a single mistake - and that mistake will be far more dangerous than she could imagine. 
 
Someone is going to pay for it with their life . . .

I Made a Mistake

The twist-filled, addictive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I LOOKED AWAY

'This thrilling page-turner kept me guessing till the very end' Katerina Diamond, bestselling author of THE TEACHER 
 
The book readers are calling 'masterfully written', 'gripping', 'so addictive I couldn't put it down', and 'a novel I didn't want to end'. 
 
THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN MARRIAGE...AND MURDER 
 
When lawyer Lily marries Ed, she's determined to make a fresh start. To leave the secrets of the past behind. 
 
But then she meets Joe. A convicted murderer who Lily is strangely drawn to. Who she will soon be willing to risk anything for. 
 
But is he really innocent? 
 
And who is she to judge?

My Husband's Wife

YOU KNOW SHE'S LYING... BUT SO ARE YOU 
 
Two women are staying in Willowmead House. 
 
One of them is running. 
One of them is hiding. 
Both of them are lying. 
 
Emily made one bad decision, and now her career could be over. Her family home on the Cornish coast is the only place where she feels safe. But when she arrives, there's a stranger living with her father. Emily doesn't trust the beautiful young woman, convinced that she's telling one lie after another. Soon, Emily becomes obsessed with finding out the truth... 
 
But should some secrets stay buried forever?

We All Have Our Secrets

Two sisters, bound by a secret that could tear them apart . . . 
 
Rosy is the responsible sister. Amy is the free spirit. But between them lies a secret; one they've sworn to keep safe, whatever the cost. 
 
When Amy confides in James, her new psychiatrist, he begins to suspect one sister is covering for the other. Instinct tells him to run, but his own dark past draws him ever closer to the two women, and they to him. 
 
As cracks form in the sisters' facade, something becomes clear: three's a crowd, and one of them has to go.

My Sister’s Secret

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