Ruth Hogan Knihy

Románová prvotina. Sběratel ztracených věcí je příběh o spisovateli na odpočinku Anthonym Peardewovi,jenž před čtyřiceti lety ztratil vzácný dárek, který mu na památku věnovala jeho snoubenka Therese. Tím, že upomínku ztratil, porušil jediný slib, který si na něm kdy vyžádala. Téhož dne pak Therese nečekaně zemřela. Anthony se snaží odčinit svou vinu tak, že zachraňuje věci, jež jiní lidé ztratili, a píše o nich příběhy. Teď, na sklonku života, se však bojí, že neudělal dost, a přenechá své asistentce Lauře dokončení úkolu, který si předsevzal a který před ní do té doby tajil. Anthony Lauře odkáže svůj dům, zahradníka a nešťastného ducha své mrtvé snoubenky. S pomocí zahradníka Freddyho, zvláštní dívky odvedle jménem Sunshine a psího nalezence Karotky musí Laura dokončit to, co Anthony začal, a najít způsob, jak mu pomoci znovu se shledat s jeho ztracenou láskou.

Masha is drowning. Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, her life has been forever changed by a tragic event twelve years ago. Unable to let go of her grief, she finds solace in the silent company of the souls of her local Victorian cemetery and at the town's lido, where she seeks refuge underwater - safe from the noise and the pain. But a chance encounter with two extraordinary women - the fabulous and wise Kitty Muriel, a convent girl-turned-magician's wife-turned-seventy-something-roller-disco-fanatic, and the mysterious Sally Red Shoes, a bag lady with a prodigious voice - opens up a new world of possibilities, and the chance to start living again. Until the fateful day when the past comes roaring back ..

Fortune teller Madame Burova is retiring, but before she does she has some promises to keep and some secrets to reveal - the new novel from the bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things.

Tilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who liked playing with ghosts and matches. She loved fizzy drinks, swear words, fish fingers and Catholic churches, but most of all she loved living in Brighton in Queenie Malone's magnificent Paradise Hotel with its endearing and loving family of misfits - staff and guests alike. But Tilly's childhood was shattered when her mother sent her away from the only home she'd ever loved to boarding school with little explanation and no warning. Now, Tilda has grown into an independent woman still damaged by her mother's unaccountable cruelty. Wary of people, her only friend is her dog, Eli. But when her mother dies, Tilda goes back to Brighton and with the help of her beloved Queenie sets about unravelling the mystery of her exile from The Paradise Hotel and she discovers that her mother was not the woman she thought she knew at all ... Mothers and daughters ... their story can be complicated ... it can also turn out to have a happy ending

The gorgeous new uplifting and heart-warming novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Things.