Susan Lewis Books in Order
This page collects all Susan Lewis books in order, with series lists, quick summaries, reading order for her thrillers and family dramas, plus tips on where to start.
Last updated: December 18, 2025
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Publication Order
56 books
Who Can You Trust?
by Susan Lewis
2026
In this upcoming Cristy Ward thriller, a new case forces the true‑crime podcaster to question the stories she’s built her career on. Surrounded by unreliable witnesses and shifting alliances, she must decide whose version of events she dares to believe.
Don't Believe A Word
by Susan Lewis
2025
Sofie “Sadie” has always believed she was adopted into a loving family—until a shocking accusation suggests she was actually stolen as a child. As Cristy Ward turns the case into her next podcast, tangled loyalties and conflicting stories make it hard to know who to trust.
Nothing to See Here
by Susan Lewis
2024
True‑crime podcaster Cristy Ward digs into an unsolved triple murder at Kellon Manse, where a mother, daughter and family friend were killed and a young girl vanished. Sixteen years on, she reopens the case, forcing hidden witnesses and uneasy suspects back into the spotlight.
A Sicilian Affair
by Susan Lewis
2024
A woman’s return to a dramatic Sicilian landscape stirs up memories of first love, family conflict and a tragedy that was never fully explained. Amid clifftop villages and simmering tensions, she discovers that the past still has the power to claim her future.
No One Saw It Coming
by Susan Lewis
2023
A seemingly close group of friends gathers for a celebration, only for an unexpected revelation to detonate in their midst. As marriages, careers and long‑standing alliances unravel, each person is forced to admit how little they really knew about one another.
I Know It's You
by Susan Lewis
2023
An author starts receiving anonymous chapters of a manuscript that seem to mirror a terrible event from her past. Realising someone knows more than they should, she races to uncover who is behind the messages before the story reaches its chilling conclusion.
Who's Lying Now
by Susan Lewis
2022
Eccentric publisher Jeannie Symonds seems to have it all until she disappears from her seaside home during lockdown. Trainee investigator Cara Jakes and detective Andee Lawrence question the tight‑knit community, uncovering grudges, affairs and enough lies to make anyone look guilty.
The Lost Hours
by Susan Lewis
2021
Haunted by a tragedy she can’t fully remember, a woman begins to suspect that her childhood recollections are hiding something crucial. When new allegations surface, she must dig into those lost hours to discover whether she was a victim—or played a part.
I Have Something to Tell You
by Susan Lewis
2021
A comfortable family gathering turns explosive when a long‑kept secret about a decades‑old crime finally comes to light. As loyalties split and old certainties crumble, one daughter—now a defence lawyer—must decide how far she will go to protect those she loves.
Forgive Me
by Susan Lewis
2021
Years after fleeing her hometown, a woman returns to care for an ailing relative and face a trauma she has spent her adult life avoiding. Old friendships, buried guilt and a long‑ago crime force her to ask whether forgiveness can ever feel like justice.
My Lies, Your Lies
by Susan Lewis
2020
A ghostwriter takes on the life story of a famously private author, expecting a straightforward job. Instead she’s drawn into a past affair, a disturbing power dynamic and a tangle of half‑truths that echo uncomfortably with her own family history.
One Minute Later
by Susan Lewis
2019
On a sunny afternoon, Vivi Shager’s life is split in two when she collapses with a sudden heart attack. As she confronts a serious underlying condition and searches for answers in her family history, long‑hidden connections and betrayals begin to surface.
Home Truths
by Susan Lewis
2019
When widow Angie Watts discovers the debts her late husband left behind, she and her children are forced out of their beloved home. As they navigate temporary housing, bureaucracy and judgmental neighbours, Angie learns how hard it is to keep pride—and hope—alive.
The Secret Keeper
by Susan Lewis
2018
Returning to a place that holds her darkest memories, a woman plans to finally tell the truth about what happened there years ago. But exposing the secret means risking the fragile lives that have been built on silence.
Hiding in Plain Sight
by Susan Lewis
2018
Enjoying a rare peaceful spell renovating a villa in the South of France, ex‑detective Andee Lawrence is stunned when a stranger in a passing car whispers, “Remember me?” The words drag her back to the decades‑old disappearance of her sister—and to questions no one wants answered.
Believe In Me
by Susan Lewis
2018
Two women’s lives intersect when a troubled teenager needs stability more than ever. As the adults around her clash over what’s best, painful histories and unspoken fears surface, forcing everyone to consider where loyalty ends and self‑protection begins.
You Said Forever
by Susan Lewis
2017
Now living her dream life on a New Zealand vineyard, Charlotte Goodman still can’t escape the past. Haunted by what she once did to protect a child, she faces an agonising decision that could destroy the happiness she’s fought so hard to build.
The Moment She Left
by Susan Lewis
2017
In Kesterly‑on‑Sea, a promising young student disappears without trace. Ex‑detective Andee Lawrence throws herself into the search just as beloved local Rowzee Cayne hides her own devastating diagnosis, and the two women’s paths cross around a secret that has festered for years.
The Girl Who Came Back
by Susan Lewis
2016
Years after her daughter’s murder, Jules Bright learns that the young woman convicted of the crime is about to be released from prison. Surrounded by friends who want revenge, Jules has to choose between feeding her rage and facing what really happened.
Too Close to Home
by Susan Lewis
2015
A family moves to what seems like the perfect new house, hoping for a fresh start. But simmering tensions with neighbours and cracks within their own marriage reveal how easily home can turn from sanctuary into a place of fear.
No Place to Hide
by Susan Lewis
2015
An ordinary woman is pushed into the spotlight when accusations swirl around her family. With gossip, media scrutiny and half‑truths closing in, she must decide whether to run from the past or finally confront the secrets she’s been hiding.
Never Say Goodbye
by Susan Lewis
2014
When two women meet in a hospital ward—one facing a life‑threatening illness, the other trying to support a loved one—their stories become unexpectedly entwined. As they share fears, regrets and hopes, both are forced to confront what goodbye might really mean.
Behind Closed Doors
by Susan Lewis
2014
In a quiet seaside town, fourteen‑year‑old Sophie Monroe disappears after a blazing row with her parents. Detective Sergeant Andee Lawrence suspects more than a teenage runaway, and as she digs into the community’s secrets, the case rips open wounds from her own past.
The Truth About You
by Susan Lewis
2013
A new friendship between neighbouring families seems like a blessing, especially to a woman craving support. But as confidences are shared and boundaries blur, it becomes clear that someone isn’t being honest—and the truth about the past could destroy them all.
Don't Let Me Go
by Susan Lewis
2013
Still haunted by what she did to save a little girl, Charlotte Nicholls has fled with three‑year‑old Chloe to start over on the far side of the world. Just as they begin to feel safe, the past catches up, and Charlotte’s fragile new life comes under threat.
No Child of Mine
by Susan Lewis
2012
Dedicated social worker Alex Lake becomes convinced that three‑year‑old Ottilie Wade is being harmed behind the doors of an apparently respectable home. When no one believes her, Alex makes a desperate choice to protect the child, triggering consequences neither of them can escape.
Losing You
by Susan Lewis
2012
When a sudden loss rips through a close‑knit family, the woman at its centre is left trying to hold everyone together while barely coping herself. Grief, guilt and long‑suppressed tensions force her to rethink what it really means to let go.
Stolen
by Susan Lewis
2011
A split‑second decision tears one family apart and changes another’s life forever. Years later, when the truth about a stolen childhood begins to emerge, those involved must face how far they went in the name of love—and whether forgiveness is possible.
One Day at a Time
by Susan Lewis
2011
In this companion memoir to *Just One More Day*, Susan looks back on the years after her mother’s death—boarding school, first jobs, complicated love for her distant father—and traces how she slowly learned to trust, forgive and build a life of her own.
No Turning Back
by Susan Lewis
2011
One impulsive act sends ripples through several lives, leaving a family facing public scrutiny and private shame. As loyalties fray and the legal fallout grows, everyone involved must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice to protect the people they care about.
The Choice
by Susan Lewis
2010
At twenty‑one, Nikki Grant is thrilled to be pregnant and starting a life with the man she loves, despite her parents’ disapproval. When tragedy strikes, she’s dragged into a harsh new world where every decision about her son carries unthinkable consequences.
Intimate Strangers
by Susan Lewis
2010
Investigative journalist Laurie Forbes is planning her wedding to Elliot Russell when a tip about trafficked women in London’s East End pulls her into a dangerous undercover operation. As she digs deeper, the story threatens her safety, her relationship and the lives of the women she’s trying to save.
Forgotten
by Susan Lewis
2010
A woman who has carefully built a new life finds the past she thought she’d buried pushing back to the surface. As old wrongs, unreliable memories and unresolved grief collide, she must decide whose version of events she can live with.
Lost Innocence
by Susan Lewis
2009
After the sudden death of her husband, Alicia Carlyle returns to her childhood home determined to rebuild her life and repair a fraught family rift. When her niece accuses Alicia’s teenage son of a terrible crime, two already‑fractured families are thrown into a bitter battle.
Out of the Shadows
by Susan Lewis
2008
Since her husband went to prison, Susannah Cates has struggled to provide a normal life for her teenage daughter. When a bold plan to change their fortunes seems finally within reach, a chain of events is set in motion that will devastate someone she loves.
Missing
by Susan Lewis
2007
Miles Avery drops his wife at the station on an ordinary autumn morning; she vanishes without trace. As weeks pass with no sign of Jacqueline and the police turn their gaze on him, buried family secrets surface and Miles’s version of love is put on trial.
A French Affair
by Susan Lewis
2006
After her daughter dies in a freak accident in France, Jessica Moore is convinced there is more to the story than anyone admits. Returning alone to a Burgundy vineyard, she uncovers forbidden love, long‑hidden betrayals and a truth that could shatter her family.
The Mill House
by Susan Lewis
2005
Julia Thayne seems to have the perfect marriage and family, but a buried secret gnaws at her peace. A move from London to a remote Cornish mill house promises a fresh start—until one terrible mistake threatens everything she loves.
Just One More Day
by Susan Lewis
2005
In this memoir of 1960s Bristol, a brave seven‑year‑old Susan and her mother, Eddress, navigate the looming presence of terminal illness. Their intertwined stories trace love, fear and the everyday details of a family living under the shadow of loss.
The Hornbeam Tree
by Susan Lewis
2004
Columnist Katie Kiernan’s life is upended when her mercurial sister moves in, bringing old resentments and new trouble. At the same time, journalists Laurie Forbes and Elliot Russell are drawn into a dangerous investigation involving leaked secrets and powerful enemies.
Last Resort
by Susan Lewis
2004
Journalist Penny Moon is exiled from Fleet Street to relaunch a struggling expat magazine on the French Riviera, partnered with a man she once disastrously tried to seduce. Falling under the spell of a mysterious fugitive, she’s pulled into a web of passion, crime and divided loyalties.
Wicked Beauty
by Susan Lewis
2002
Cabinet minister Tim Hendon and his wife, Rachel, are riding high when a political aide is murdered and elusive Katherine Sumner disappears. Reporter Laurie Forbes joins forces with Rachel to expose a shadowy organisation that will kill to keep its secrets.
Silent Truths
by Susan Lewis
2001
When high‑profile politician Colin Ashby is arrested for murder, young reporter Laurie Forbes breaks the story and befriends his shattered wife. Threats and a mounting body count force Laurie to team up with rival journalist Elliot Russell to uncover the truth.
Strange Allure
by Susan Lewis
2000
A lonely outsider is drawn toward a wealthy, secretive circle whose lives look effortless from the outside. The deeper she’s pulled into their orbit, the more she senses that charm and privilege are hiding something dark—and possibly dangerous.
Cruel Venus
by Susan Lewis
2000
In a world of glamour and desire, a charismatic woman uses beauty and power to get what she wants—often at others’ expense. When jealousy and obsession ignite, the people orbiting her realise too late how cruel love can become.
Taking Chances
by Susan Lewis
1999
Two people on very different paths are thrown together when one bold decision upends their careful plans. As attraction grows and secrets emerge, they must decide whether risking their hearts is worth the fallout for everyone around them.
Chasing Dreams
by Susan Lewis
1998
Leaving the safety of home to chase a long‑held dream, a young woman is swept into the life she’s always wanted—until success, complicated love and buried hurts force her to decide what happiness really looks like.
Wildfire
by Susan Lewis
1997
A chance to reinvent herself draws a woman into a dazzling new world of money, attraction and risk. As old loyalties strain and desire flares out of control, she discovers that a single reckless choice can spread damage like wildfire.
Last Resort
by Susan Lewis
1996
Journalist Penny Moon is exiled from Fleet Street to relaunch a struggling expat magazine on the French Riviera, partnered with a man she once disastrously tried to seduce. Falling under the spell of a mysterious fugitive, she’s pulled into a web of passion, crime and divided loyalties.
Summer Madness
by Susan Lewis
1995
After a hit TV series, producer Sarah, actress Danny and writer Louisa escape to the Riviera for sun and fun. Glamour and romance soon give way to menace as a sinister game unfolds and their holiday spirals into something deadly.
Vengeance
by Susan Lewis
1994
Kirsten Meredith appears to have everything—success, wealth and looks—but a childhood of rejection still burns inside her. When ruthless rival Dyllis Fisher targets everything she loves, Kirsten must turn to the man who once broke her heart for help.
Obsession
by Susan Lewis
1993
Ambitious Corrie Browne leaves her Suffolk village for a fast‑paced television job in London and the chance to track down the father she’s never known. Three powerful colleagues shape her new life—one of them secretly determined to destroy her.
Darkest Longings
by Susan Lewis
1992
Reckless heiress Claudine Rafferty marries notorious French aristocrat François de Lorvoire, determined to make the best of a cold, arranged match. As she falls for a vineyard worker and uncovers her husband’s sinister past, love and danger become fatally entwined.
Stolen Beginnings
by Susan Lewis
1990
Marian Deacon has always lived in the shadow of her beautiful model cousin, Madeleine. When charismatic writer Paul O’Connell pulls them into the mystery of a missing socialite, all three are drawn into a glamorous, risky world that will change them.
A Class Apart
by Susan Lewis
1988
Four close friends with glittering careers in media and theatre seem to have it all, but each hides a dangerous secret. As passion, ambition and betrayal collide, the women discover how fragile loyalty can be when everything is at stake.
Dance While You Can
by Susan Lewis
1983
At an elite boys’ school, young matron Elizabeth Sorrill falls into a forbidden affair with student Alexander Belmayne. Years later their paths collide again, and old obsession, jealousy and guilt erupt into a shocking crime that shatters several lives.
Where should I start?
If you want a gripping crime introduction: Behind Closed Doors → The Girl Who Came Back → The Moment She Left.
If you prefer emotional family drama with legal twists: No Child of Mine → Don't Let Me Go → You Said Forever.
If you enjoy investigative series arcs: Silent Truths → Wicked Beauty → Intimate Strangers → The Hornbeam Tree.
If you're curious about her newer psychological suspense: The Lost Hours → No One Saw It Coming → I Know It's You.
If you like true‑crime‑style mysteries: Nothing to See Here → Don't Believe A Word → Who Can You Trust?.
Author bio
Susan Lewis grew up in Bristol, England, in a family that mixed practical graft with a love of stories. Born on 10 August 1956, she spent her early years in the 1960s streets that later reappear in her memoirs and fiction.
Her childhood changed abruptly when her mother died of cancer while Susan was still a child, and the grief and confusion of that time would become the emotional bedrock of many of her novels and of her memoir Just One More Day.
After a spell at boarding school and The Red Maids' School in Bristol, she often felt like the outsider looking in—an experience that sharpened her eye for small details and the quiet tensions inside families. In her teens she juggled ordinary jobs with a growing curiosity about television and storytelling, storing away the people and situations she saw around her.
In her early twenties she landed a secretarial job at regional broadcaster HTV in Bristol, then moved to London to work for Thames Television in news, current affairs, light entertainment and drama. A blunt piece of advice from a TV executive—go away and write something—nudged her toward trying a novel of her own.
Her debut, A Class Apart, appeared in 1988 and was followed by early titles such as Dance While You Can, Darkest Longings and Obsession. These books blended glamour, romance and danger, but even at their glossiest they circled the same questions: what happens when trust is broken, and how far will people go to protect those they love.
As her publishing career gathered pace she left television and moved abroad, first to the south of France and later to California, before eventually returning to the French Riviera. The mix of sunshine, uncertainty and high hopes in those years—along with glimpses of Hollywood life—fed straight into the jet‑set settings and moral tangles of her 1990s and early‑2000s novels.
Over time her focus shifted toward contemporary family drama and crime‑tinged suspense. Books like No Child of Mine, Don't Let Me Go, The Girl Who Came Back and Behind Closed Doors tackle child protection, missing teenagers and long‑buried secrets, often through the eyes of social workers, detectives and ordinary parents backed into impossible choices.
She has also built recurring worlds. The Andee Lawrence novels follow an ex‑detective untangling small‑town crimes while wrestling with her own history, the No Child of Mine trilogy traces the fallout from one desperate act of protection, and the newer Cristy Ward thrillers follow a true‑crime podcaster reopening cold cases in the age of social media.
Alongside the fiction, her memoirs Just One More Day and One Day at a Time revisit her Bristol childhood from both her own and her mother’s perspectives, unpacking loss, resilience and the slow work of reconciliation with her father. Her long‑term support for breast‑cancer and bereavement charities grows directly out of those experiences.
Today she lives in Gloucestershire with her husband, James, and their dogs, still writing the kind of stories that drop ordinary people into extraordinary pressure. Whether she’s in courtroom territory or deep inside a family feud, the through‑line is the same: big moral questions, answered one complicated relationship at a time.
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