The Sweetest ThingHarriet escapes the harsh life of a flither lass in a Yorkshire fishing village, and goes in search of a new one. Samuel is gentleman. He is a Quaker, a philanthropist; and he is a collector of photographs showing working class girls inn their working clothes. He wants Harriets photograph for his collection. Set in York in the late 1800s, The Sweetest Thing is an intimate story played out in the shadow of the cocoa factory and the asylum, the

Hawkwood learns the true meaning of loyalty and that the enemy is much closer to home than he ever imagined

Old sins come to haunt the present and breed new sins in their place

March not only of her beloved olive bread but of the belief that she knew everything about her husband and herself sending her on an increasingly paranoid journey

his telescope focused on the red star Aldebaran

'Paula Hawkins does it again

This time the future can still be made new

But she fears that

who can manipulate the needs and vulnerabilities of others to dreadful effect

they could stay after all

Chief Superintendent Andrew Fenwick arrives to investigate

this is a dark fable of lost faith and awakening love amidst the moors

a vein of dark humour