Showing results for "the within" in Small Town & Rural

After forty-two years away, Léa returns to her grandmother's house in Sainte-Flavie. Within the walls that once held her only happy summers, she finds the scent of strawberry jam, the creaking stairs, and the unsent letters from Simone, who waited for her until her final breath. As the tides mark the rhythm of her days, Léa confronts her ghosts: a violent mother, a stolen childhood, and years spent running. With Gabriel—the village carpenter who never forgot her—she slowly learns to trust again, to receive love, to plant roots.

Grace Daniels is distraught after her daughter's body is found in a Leicestershire country lane. Her only solace is the reemergence of Faye, an old friend who seems to understand her loss. DI Will Jackman delves into the case until a family tragedy and a figure from his past threaten to derail him. When the police discover another victim, the spotlight falls on Grace. Can Jackman find the killer before she is convicted of a crime she didn't commit?