TILLY BAGSHAWE
Sidney Sheldon’s After the Darkness

Read by Caitlin Thorburn
Grace Brookstein is the beautiful, naive wife of financial superstar, Leonard Brookstein. In 2009 the US stock market goes into freefall and the public want someone to blame, their rage directed at Wall Street. Oblivious, Grace continues her charmed life, until the death of Lenny in a tragic sailing ‘accident’ forces her to face reality. Untangling a spiralling web of vicious lies and well-planned deceit, Grace soon puts her own life in danger. She is alone, angry, and desperate for revenge.

About the author
Tilly Bagshawe had a successful career in the city before becoming a writer. She contributed to the Sunday Times, Daily Mail and Evening Standard before turning her hand to novels. Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the Game is also available from Oakhill.

KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS
The Betrayer

Read by Annie Adlington
Maureen Hutton’s life has never been easy. Married to an alcoholic and stuck on a council estate in east London, she scrimps and saves to bring up her three children alone. Murder, the underworld, drug addition – over four decades Maureen sticks by her brood through thick and thin. But then the unforgivable happens. Maureen is told a terrible secret which threatens to rip her family apart. She can’t say anything. She is too frightened of causing a bloodbath. The only thing Maureen can do is get rid of the betrayer, before it is too late.

About the author
Kimberley Chambers lives in Romford and has been, at various times, a disc jockey and a street trader. She is the author of Billie Jo, Born Evil and The Feud.

Acclaim for The Betrayer
‘Brilliantly delivers a story of violence, treachery and family ties’ – News of the World

PENNY JORDAN
Scandals

Read by Denica Fairman
For over five decades, Amber Fulshawe has been at the helm of Denham Silk, the Macclesfield mill that she inherited from her Grandmother. With many tumultuous years behind them, Amber and her beloved husband Jay, are looking to the legacy that their own grandchildren will inherit. But long-buried secrets and hidden desires have always lain at the heart of the family as this generation are finding out. Will Amber be able to guide her family and Denham Silk towards a safe future?

About the author
Penny Jordan has written over 170 books and also writes as Annie Groves. Scandals is set in the rag trade and inspired by the silk manufacturing industry in Macclesfield in Cheshire where she lived for 25 years with her late husband.

Acclaim for Scandals
‘The author has created a gripping, sexy storyline that will strike a chord with all free-willed girls who are chasing their dreams’ – Closer