Clare Mackintosh

‘Grief has run through my life like thread through fabric; at times gossamer-thin and barely there, other times weaving thick, clumsy darns across the rips. In my grief I am a mother, a child, a sister, a wife, a woman, a friend. I am also a writer.’

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When Clare Mackintosh lost her five-week-old son, she soon discovered there are no neat, labeled stages of grief like so many books insist. The shape of each loss is different; when a parent, relative or friend passes, we grieve the person in all their beauty, their humanity, their imperfections. For Clare, there was no preparing for the anger and excruciating ache of knowing her child’s life would remain unlived. This is the book she needed then.

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Inspired by a viral Twitter thread Clare wrote on the anniversary of her son’s death, this deeply honest, compassionate memoir will bring solace and encouragement to anyone who finds themselves walking with grief, whether for a season or for several years. It is for those who need a little voice saying: I Promise It Won’t Always Hurt Like This, for the people who love them, and those who understand that great loss can be a window through which we see how powerful, and unending, love can be.

At midnight, one of them is dead. By morning, all of them are suspects.

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It’s the party to end all parties... But not everyone is here to celebrate.

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On New Year’s Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he’s generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbors.

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But by midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake.‍

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On New Year’s Day, Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbors, friends and family—and Ffion has her own secrets to protect.

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With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn’t who wanted Rhys dead... But who finally killed him.

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In a village with this many secrets, murder is just the beginning.

They say the camera never lies. But on this show, you can’t trust anything you see.‍

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Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they’ve signed up for.

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Each of these strangers has a secret. If another player can guess the truth, they won’t just be eliminated—they’ll be exposed live on air. The stakes are higher than they’d ever imagined, and they’re trapped.

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The disappearance of a contestant wasn’t supposed to be part of the drama. Detective Ffion Morgan has to put aside what she’s watched on screen, and find out who these people really are—knowing she can’t trust any of them.

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And when a murderer strikes, Ffion knows every one of her suspects has an alibi... And a secret worth killing for.

Mina is trying to focus on her job as a flight attendant, not the problems with her five-year-old daughter back home, or the fissures in her marriage. But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane never reaches its destination: ‘The following instructions will save your daughter’s life...’

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Someone needs Mina’s assistance and knows exactly how to make her comply.

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When one passenger is killed and then another, Mina knows she must act. But which lives does she save: her passengers...? Or her own daughter and husband who are in grave distress back at home?

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It’s twenty hours to landing. A lot can happen in twenty hours.

The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They’re both wrong.

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‍Last year, Tom and Caroline Johnson chose to end their lives, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents’ deaths, unwilling to accept the verdict of suicide.

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Now with a baby herself, Anna feels her mother’s absence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents. But as she digs up the past, someone is trying to stop her.

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Sometimes it’s safer to let things lie...

Every morning and evening, Zoe Walker takes the same route to the train station, waits at a certain place on the platform, and finds her favorite spot in the car, never suspecting that someone is watching her...

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It all starts with a classified ad. During her commute home one night, while glancing through her local paper, Zoe sees her own face staring back at her; a grainy photo along with a phone number and a listing for a website called FindTheOne.com.

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Other women begin appearing in the same ad, a different one every day, and Zoe realizes they’ve become the victims of increasingly violent crimes—including murder. With the help of a determined cop, she uncovers the ad’s twisted purpose...

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A discovery that turns her paranoia into full-blown panic. Zoe is sure that someone close to her has set her up as the next target.

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And now that man on the train—the one smiling at Zoe from across the car—could be more than just a friendly stranger. He could be someone who has deliberately chosen her and is ready to make his next move...

On a rainy afternoon, a mother’s life is shattered as her son slips from her grip and runs into the street...

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‍I Let You Go follows Jenna Gray as she moves to a ramshackle cottage on the remote Welsh coast, trying to escape the memory of the car accident that plays again and again in her mind and desperate to heal from the loss of her child and the rest of her painful past.

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At the same time, the novel tracks the pair of Bristol police investigators trying to get to the bottom of this hit-and-run. As they chase down one hopeless lead after another, they find themselves as drawn to each other as they are to the frustrating, twist-filled case before them.

Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They’re best friends, lovers—unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time, Max and Pip can’t agree. They each want a different future for their son.

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What if they could have both?

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A gripping and propulsive exploration of love, marriage, parenthood and the road not taken, After the End brings one unforgettable family from unimaginable loss to a surprising, satisfying and redemptive ending and the life they are fated to find.

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With the emotional power of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, Mackintosh helps us to see that sometimes the end is just another beginning.