Kim Slater (KL Slater) Books in Order

As a child, Josie watched neighbour Samuel torment her adored younger brother; one terrible night he never came home. Years later Samuel is released from prison—and Josie’s little girl vanishes. Desperate, she must decide whether to trust Samuel’s unsettling mother to help uncover the truth about both disappearances.

After her husband Michael steps in front of a lorry soon after police question him about a missing woman, Kate is left defending his name in their close-knit village. A secret phone she discovers among his tools—and the lies it reveals—make her wonder how well she truly knew the man she married.

Ten years after her young son Jesse was killed, Bridget shocks everyone by marrying Tom, the man held responsible for his death. As anger and unease build around them, she has to face whether this risky union is an act of forgiveness—or the start of something even darker.

Ambitious journalist Esme lands the first in‑depth interview with Simone Fischer, a mother imprisoned for killing her husband while their little boy played nearby. As Simone describes years of control and abuse, a fresh attack close to home forces Esme to question whether she’s exposing the truth or being expertly manipulated.

Sisters Alexa and Carrie have always relied on each other, especially since Carrie moved in to help with Alexa’s baby daughter. When Carrie is suspended from her nursing job over two unexplained deaths and Florence is hurt in her care, Alexa must decide whether loyalty or suspicion will protect her family.

Janey is delighted when her family moves to smart, leafy Buckingham Crescent and glamorous neighbour Tanya takes her under her wing. After Janey drunkenly confides a devastating secret, she witnesses Tanya’s daughter near a possible crime scene—and learns just how far Tanya will go to keep her silent.

Ten-year-old cousins Maddy and Brianna are arrested after an elderly neighbour is left fighting for life, then shut down and refuse to speak. Under the glare of their small village, their mothers are dragged back toward a childhood nightmare they swore never to revisit.

When Dr George saves her son after a freak playground accident, single mother Darcy is grateful to the point of infatuation. Moving her boys into his idyllic home feels like a fresh start—until threatening messages and an obsessed ex raise the question of who she can really trust.

On the day after her ninth birthday, Grace Sullivan is allowed to walk home alone for the first time—and never arrives. As police and neighbours search, her mother Lucie uncovers disturbing secrets close to home and must finally face the past she has tried hard to forget.

After a trauma, Holly flees the city and lodges with elderly Cora on quiet Baker Crescent, quickly charming the neighbours. But a reclusive watcher on the street notices cracks in her story, and secrets from Holly’s past soon threaten everyone behind those neat front doors.

Elegant, driven Louise relies on her anxious sister Alice to care for her little boy, Archie. When Archie starts talking about things he should never have seen, buried family trauma resurfaces and the sisters’ fragile routines begin to unravel in frightening ways.

Emma and her ex-husband Shaun are trying an unusual arrangement, still sharing a home to co-parent their daughter Maisie. When Shaun moves in with his new partner Joanne, Emma’s charismatic boss, Maisie’s behaviour spirals and Emma becomes convinced the new family isn’t as safe as it looks.

Sixteen years after her little brother Billy was found dead, Rose still blames herself. When a sudden crisis takes her trusted neighbour Ronnie to hospital and she steps into his locked attic, a chilling discovery forces her to relive the past and fear for her own safety.

Single dad Ben is rebuilding life with his two young sons when he falls for charming Amber, to his mother Judi’s horror. As Judi digs into Amber’s past, old lies and new obsessions collide, putting the whole family in danger.

Three years after her five-year-old daughter vanishes on the walk home from school, Toni lies trapped in a locked-in body, unable to speak. As memories resurface and visitors whisper around her hospital bed, she races to piece together the truth before it’s too late.

Thirteen years after a terrible betrayal shattered her life, lonely postwoman Anna spots the woman she blames at the scene of a serious crash. As she worms her way into the injured rider’s world, her need for revenge twists into something far more dangerous.