Susan Lewis Books in Order

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The third Fast Forward collection gathers short flash fiction from established and emerging writers, including Susan Lewis. Its brief pieces range from poetic and solemn to comic, with each story designed as a self-contained reading experience.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Edited by Simone Muench and Dean Rader, this anthology brings together contemporary collaborative writing by Susan Lewis and many others. Poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and hybrid work explore how shared authorship can reshape voice, form, and genre.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

True-crime podcaster Cristy Ward investigates the disappearance of Romy Kaplan, whose husband died in unexplained circumstances weeks earlier. Romy’s social-media posts claim she is safe, but her loved ones suspect someone else may be controlling the story.

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.

A forthcoming 2027 installment in Susan Lewis’s Cristy Ward Thriller series. No official premise was available at the time of research, so its case, setting, and characters remain unconfirmed.