It seems as though Livia, Ella and Maggie Angel lead a charmed life on a large country estate. But since the death of their mother, their family home has been far from a quiet haven as their bullying father is determined to marry off the girls to his greatest advantage. When the sisters discover their father had an affair many years ago, which resulted in the birth of a baby girl, they determine to find their half-sister, and their search begins in the local workhouse. Mercy had been unaware of her connection to the rich Angel family until her mother's death-bed confession, and once she knows, she's not at all sure that she wants to be part of the family after all...
Fifteen-year-old twins Rich and Jade have their lives turned upside down when their mother dies in a tragic car accident and their long-lost father, John Chance, comes to collect them at the funeral. A lifelong bachelor, it's clear that Chance doesn't want the twins around anymore than Rich and Jade want to be with him. But when Chance suddenly disappears, Rich and Jade learn the truth: Their father is a spy. Now they are caught up in the middle of a dangerous game where they must learn who to trust - before whoever kidnapped their father catches them, too.
Tonight will be the worst night of Katrina Marino's life. This is her story. It is also the story of Katrina's neighbours, those who witnessed her ordeal, those who did nothing: the anxious Vietnam draftee; the former soldier planning suicide; the woman who thinks she's killed a child, and her husband who will risk everything for her. And others, too, whose lives are touched by the crime: the elderly teacher whose past is catching up with him; the naive blackmailer who's about to find out just what sort of people he's been threatening; and the corrupt cop who follows his own brutal law.