Dorothy Koomson Books in Order

Ceri D'Altroy leaves London to lecture in psychology and promises herself she will stop meddling in other people's love lives. Instead, everyone she meets seems to fall into chaos and confession, forcing Ceri to confront the cost of playing Cupid.

Commitment-phobic Amber Salpone keeps insisting that her nights with best friend Greg are a harmless mistake. As attraction deepens and their secret threatens her oldest friendship, Amber has to decide whether she can finally trust love more than chocolate.

When Kamryn Matika learns her estranged best friend Adele is dying, she is asked to take on a heartbreaking task, adopting Adele's five year old daughter Tegan. Saying yes forces Kamryn to confront betrayal, grief and a crash course in unexpected motherhood.

Kendra Tamale comes home from Australia determined to start over, renting a room from single dad Kyle and trying to keep her distance. But his twins quickly claim her as family, and when a buried secret returns, Kendra has to face her past to protect them.

Years after agreeing to carry a baby for her closest friend Mal and his wife, Nova Kumalisi is raising their son alone and barely speaking to them. When seven year old Leo becomes critically ill, Nova must reopen old wounds so his father can finally meet him.

As teenagers, Poppy Carlisle and Serena Gorringe were the only witnesses to a shocking crime and were branded the "Ice Cream Girls" by the press. Decades later, one is out of prison and desperate to clear her name while the other will do anything to keep the past buried.

Libby thought marrying Jack meant a fresh start by the sea, until a near fatal car accident raises disturbing questions about the death of his first wife, Eve. Driven by fear and curiosity, Libby begins reading Eve's hidden diaries and uncovers secrets that could destroy them both.

Tamia Challey's comfortable life shatters when police arrest her husband in front of their children, accused of something terrible by a woman Tamia trusts. As loyalties fracture and the investigation turns, Tamia finds herself at the center of a crime she may or may not have committed.

Eighteen months after her husband Joel was murdered, Saffron Mackleroy is finishing the cookbook he began, pretending she is coping. When her teenage daughter confesses a devastating secret and Joel's killer starts writing to her, Saffron must choose between exposing the truth and protecting her family.

This short prequel to That Girl From Nowhere follows Clemency "Smitty" Smittson in Leeds as work, love and restlessness push her to rethink everything. It charts the choices that send her south to Brighton in search of a past she barely remembers.

Adopted as a baby, Clemency "Smitty" Smittson's only link to her birth mother is a butterfly decorated box kept since childhood. When she moves to Brighton and meets people who seem to recognise it, long hidden truths about her origins and family loyalties begin to surface.

In 1988, two eight year old girls with almost identical names and a shared love of ballet promise to grow up onstage together. Years later, after cruel twists push them into very different lives, they must face whether disappearing from each other ever really made them safe.

Cece Solarin hopes Brighton will offer her family a fresh start, until she learns a popular mother was brutally attacked at her children's new school. Welcomed by three friendly mums, Cece slowly realises police suspect one of them, and that her new friendships might be deadly.

Tessa Dannall is thrilled to host her daughter Nia's wedding at their family beach resort, but the setting dredges up the worst day of her own past. As the ceremony approaches, Tessa must finally confront what happened on that shore before it wrecks Nia's future.

As teenagers on Brighton Beach, Nell and Jude discover the body of an unidentified young woman, soon nicknamed the Brighton Mermaid. When Jude vanishes weeks later, Nell is left with questions that haunt her until, twenty five years on, she risks everything to uncover the truth.

This Doctor Who collection brings together four adventures told from the companions' point of view, as Rose, Sarah Jane, Clara and Bill each face a crisis where they must save the Doctor. Dorothy Koomson pens Bill's story, blending character insight with fast paced science fiction peril.

In this short story, Zillah is startled when the mother of her lost love arrives on her doorstep and refuses to leave. Their tense conversation forces Zillah to revisit a relationship she thought was buried and to face what loving someone truly cost her.

Ten years after surviving two terrifying days with a serial attacker known as the Blindfolder, journalist Pieta has never told anyone what he did to her. When he starts targeting his surviving victims, detective Jody feels compelled to use Pieta's secret to finally bring him down.

Decades after the Ice Cream Girls trial, Serena Gorringe and Poppy Carlisle are still hiding what really happened to their teacher. When Serena's daughter Verity falls for Poppy's brother Logan, a web of secrets, coercive control and revenge builds toward a shocking act of violence.

A year and a half after her husband Joel was killed, Saffron Mackleroy is writing the cookbook he began, pretending she has made peace with the past. When her daughter confesses something devastating and Joel's killer reaches out, Saffron's carefully ordered world begins to unravel.

When an injured neighbour presses a diary into her hands, a woman discovers it contains detailed notes on everyone who lives in their small block of flats. As the writer fights for life, she must decide whether to hand the book to police or investigate the dangerous secrets herself.

Cleo Forsum, creator of hit show The Baking Detective, is ready to quit television and leave her marriage behind. When people close to her start dying in ways that mirror her scripts, she becomes the prime suspect and must hide a devastating secret about her past to stay free.

Profiler and therapist Kez Lanyon is stunned to find a baby abandoned on the back seat of her car with a note begging her to look after him. Believing the mother is a troubled influencer who once lived in her house, Kez must decide how far she'll go to find her.

Still recovering from surviving a serial killer, Sims is horrified when vandals break open her locked Brighton beach hut and reveal a corpse inside. With no clear evidence of how the body got there, she races to uncover the truth before the past catches up with her again.

As a child, Robyn "Avril" Managa watched her abusive father murder her mother before he vanished into witness protection. Now, years later, profiler Kez Lanyon is pulled into a chilling case when victims connected to that day start dying with one message pinned to them: give him to me.

When an old colleague asks Dr. Kez Lanyon for help after a teacher is killed and a pupil disappears at an elite boarding school, Kez goes undercover as its therapist. Her investigation exposes powerful people determined to keep the school’s secrets hidden.