Signs of LifeIt started quietly and without her looking for it, but the aftershock was profound. Ten years ago, Rachel had an affair. It spiralled out of control and left her and her life in pieces. Now, writing at her window, she tries to put those pieces back together. She has her memories, recollections of dreams, and her old yellow notebook. More than anything, she wants to be honest. She knows that her memory is patchy and her notebook incomplete. But there

Their most recent communication read: 'Great danger - imperative that'

Brother Charlie and sister Sophie are less worried by the morality of the theft than by the dissolution of the certainties of family

In a sensual region of France

But before he can make sense of it

With wonderful comic timing and an irresistible sense of humour

Like the butterflies Thomas is so obsessed by

will have his courage tested

it falls to Commander Kit Killigrew to negotiate their release

What he does not know is that Vivien is pregnant with another's child

At the centre are Lemaster and Julia Carlyle

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