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I Let You Go follows Jenna Gray as she moves to a ramshackle cottage on the remote Welsh coast, trying to escape the memory of the car accident that plays again and again in her mind and desperate to heal from the loss of her child and the rest of her painful past. At the same time, the novel tracks the pair of Bristol police investigators trying to get to the bottom of this hit-and-run.

Every morning and evening, Zoe Walker takes the same route to the train station, waits at a certain place on the platform, finds her favorite spot in the car, never suspecting that someone is watching her. It all starts with a classified ad. During her commute home one night, while glancing through her local paper, Zoe sees her own face staring back at her - a grainy photo along with a phone number and a listing for a website called FindTheOne.com.

Last year, Tom and Caroline Johnson chose to end their lives, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents' deaths, unwilling to accept the verdict of suicide. Now with a baby herself, Anna feels her mother's absence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents. But as she digs up the past, someone is trying to stop her. Sometimes it's safer to let things lie....

A tragic accident. It all happened so quickly. She couldn't have prevented it. Could she? In a split second, Jenna Gray's world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to walk away from everything she knows to start afresh. Desperate to escape, Jenna moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast, but she is haunted by her fears, her grief, and her memories of a cruel November night that changed her life forever. Slowly Jenna begins to glimpse the potential for happiness in her future.

Exclusive interview with Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go. Clare discusses with Robin Morgan the success of her debut novel, and talks a little about her new book I See You.

The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They're both wrong. One year ago, Caroline Johnson chose to end her life - a shocking suicide carefully played out to match that of her husband just months before. Their daughter, Anna, has struggled to come to terms with her parents' deaths ever since. Now with a young baby herself, Anna feels her mother's presence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened. But as she looks for answers, someone is trying to stop her.

When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classifieds section of a London newspaper, she is determined to find out why it's there. There's no explanation, no website - just a grainy image and a phone number. She takes it home to her family, who are convinced it's just someone who looks like Zoe. But the next day the advert shows a photo of a different woman, and another the day after that.Is it a mistake? A coincidence? Or is someone keeping track of every move they make?

Le jour où Zoe Walker découvre son portrait dans les petites annonces d'un journal londonien, elle décide de mener sa propre enquête. L'image floue n'est accompagnée d'aucune explication, juste d'une adresse internet et d'un numéro de téléphone. Pour les proches de Zoe, c'est la photo d'une femme qui lui ressemble vaguement, rien de plus. Mais le lendemain et le surlendemain, d'autres visages féminins figurent dans l'encart publicitaire.

Un soir de pluie à Bristol. Un petit garçon qui échappe à la vigilance de sa mère. Une voiture qui surgit... et un chauffard qui s'enfuit. En dépit de l'obstination de l'équipe d'enquêteurs, pas une piste. Rien. Ce bref instant a suffi à transformer en cauchemar l'existence de Jenna. Aurait-elle pu empêcher la tragédie ? Pour elle, il n'y a plus qu'une solution, tout quitter. Va-t-elle pouvoir oublier la souffrance de cette nuit de novembre, dans ce cottage isolé où elle se réfugie sur la côte désolée du pays de Galles ?

Zoe Walker führt ein komplett durchschnittliches Leben in einem Londoner Vorort: Sie ist geschieden, hat zwei Kinder und einen langweiligen Job. Eines Tages entdeckt sie auf dem sonst so ereignislosen Heimweg ein Foto von sich in der U-Bahn, daneben eine ihr unbekannte Telefonnummer. Bloß eine harmlose Verwechslung? Zoe ahnt, dass es hier um mehr gehen muss. Doch noch weiß sie nicht, in welcher Gefahr sie schwebt - und wie bald sie alles zu verlieren droht, was sie liebt.

Ein regnerischer Novemberabend in Bristol. Der fünfjährige Jacob ist mit seiner Mutter auf dem Weg nach Hause, plötzlich reißt er sich los und stürmt auf die Straße. Das Auto, das wie aus dem Nichts erscheint und ihn erfasst, ist ebenso schnell wieder verschwunden. Für den kleinen Jungen kommt jede Hilfe zu spät. DI Ray Stevens schwört sich, dass Jacobs Tod kein Fall für die Statistik werden darf. Aber noch ahnt er nicht, welch verhängnisvolle Kette von Ereignissen die Ermittlungen auslösen.

I have always loved the Cotswolds. I think I loved them even before I found them, in that half-formed ideal one has of where to put down roots. Somewhere peaceful, green, where the road meanders between drystone walls and from town to town, and a strip of blue bursts from brook to river and back again. For eight years, Clare Mackintosh wrote for Cotswold Life about the ups and downs of life with a young family in the countryside. In this memoir she brings together all of those stories - and more - for the first time. From keeping chickens to getting the WI drunk, longing for an Aga to dealing with nits, Clare opens the door to family life with warmth and humour and heart.

Vor einem Jahr hat sich Caroline Johnson das Leben genommen, genau wie ihr Mann nur wenige Monate zuvor. Ihre Tochter Anna leidet schwer unter dem Verlust, fragt sich wieder und wieder, was die Eltern in den Tod getrieben hat. Besonders seit sie selbst Mutter geworden ist, quält die Ungewissheit sie mehr denn je. Sie beginnt nachzuforschen, stößt schnell auf Lügen und Ungereimtheiten. Dann aber spürt Anna, dass jemand sie beobachtet, ihr nachstellt. Schon bald muss sie lernen: Manche Dinge sollte man besser ruhen lassen.

The powerful new novel from number one Sunday Times best seller Clare Mackintosh. Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. Only now they're facing the most important decision of their lives - and they don't agree. As the consequences of an impossible choice threaten to devastate them both, nothing will ever be the same again. But anything can happen after the end....