Heidi Perks

She was your responsibility. And now she’s missing.

Charlotte was supposed to be looking after the children, and she swears she was. But while her three kids are all safe and sound at the school fair, Alice, her best friend Harriet’s daughter, is nowhere to be found. Frantically searching everywhere, Charlotte knows she must find the courage to tell Harriet that her beloved only child is missing—and admit that she’s solely to blame.

Harriet, devastated by this unbearable loss, can no longer bring herself to speak to Charlotte again, much less trust her. Now, more isolated than ever and struggling to keep her marriage afloat, Harriet believes nothing and no one. But as the police bear down on both women, trying to piece together the puzzle of what happened to this little girl, dark secrets begin to surface—and Harriet discovers that trusting Charlotte again may be the only thing that will reunite her with her daughter...

Published in the U.K. as Now You See Her

A shocking discovery. An island wrapped in secrets.

‍A tiny island community is stunned by the discovery of a long-buried body. For Stella Harvey, the news is doubly shocking. The body has been found in the garden of her childhood home—the home her family fled without explanation 25 years ago.

Now, questioning her past and desperate to unearth the truth, Stella returns to the isolated island. But she quickly finds that the community she left isn’t as welcoming as she remembers—and that people in it will go to any length to protect their secrets.

One thing rings true... You can’t bury the truth forever.

Anna loves Girls’ Night with her friends. With the kids safely in bed, it’s a chance for the women to let loose, enjoy some wine, and just laugh. But after one lively evening, Anna doesn’t arrive for school drop-off the next morning—or the next, or the next.

Everyone, especially her husband and young son, is frantic with worry, but none more so than Grace, her childhood best friend. Grace is certain that someone is hiding the truth about Anna’s unexplained disappearance.

As rumors fly and accusations are whispered among neighbors, Grace decides to take matters into her own hands and find out what happened to Anna—or die trying...

How do you find your daughter when no one believes she is missing?

Single mother Jess and her daughter Issie have always shared an unbreakable bond. For the last seven years, it’s been just the two of them. That is, until Issie meets Dylan.

When the pair announce their plans to go traveling, Jess is devastated—Issie is only 17, after all, and Jess doesn’t trust her daughter’s new boyfriend...

When Erin and Will walk into Maggie’s office for a marriage counseling session, Maggie believes they are an ordinary couple with ordinary problems: communication, intimacy, the usual. But as Maggie struggles to get the couple to open up about what brought them here, she begins to sense that not all is as it seems.

When Erin mentions something connected to Maggie’s past that she couldn’t possibly know, Maggie is disturbed and confused. Why does Erin know anything about Maggie’s long-missing sister?

Knowing that Erin is connected to her somehow, Maggie is no longer trying to fix the couple’s marriage—she’s trying to uncover her own truth. She knows her code of ethics as a therapist should immediately stop her working with this couple, but she’s desperate for answers about her sister’s disappearance, and she can’t resist using her position to delve deeper into Erin’s memories and what she might know.

Erin and Will might not be what they seem—but neither is Maggie.

Published in the U.K. as The Last Resort

When Laura returns from maternity leave to work in a marketing agency, something isn't right. Mia was only supposed to be temporary cover for Laura, but now she's staying permanently. Struggling with the burdens of work and motherhood, Laura starts to feel her life is slipping away. Then comes the fire - gutting the agency's offices - and the body pulled out of the wreckage.The police want to talk to three women. There's Janie, utterly devoted wife to the CEO.There's Mia, the agency's bright new talent. And there's Laura, a loyal employee of many years.

‍Their lives might look perfect from the outside.‍But their secrets won't stay hidden forever...

She thinks she knows the truth. But what if she’s wrong?

Laila and her husband arrive for a week’s holiday in Greece in desperate need of a reset. As Laila sits by the pool, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to the other family staying in their resort.

Em has no idea who Laila is, or that she has been watching her and her teenage sons and husband so intently. Five days later, Em’s world will be blown apart by a horrifying event.

Laila thinks she knows the truth of what happened. But in telling Em what she’s seen, she stands to lose everything she holds dear.

And what if she’s got it wrong?

Someone inside is a killer. Someone outside knows why.

One quiet morning in a small seaside town, a single gunshot brings everything to a standstill. Trapped inside the cafe where the shot was fired are five strangers. Outside is a growing crowd—and five loved ones desperate for answers.

As the police scramble to identify who is in the cafe and why one of them opened fire, time is running out. There are no demands. No warning. No escape plan. Nothing about the attack makes sense—except that one person isn’t walking out.

For the families watching in horror, the nightmare is just beginning. Because when the shooter is revealed, each must ask the unthinkable: Could it really be them?