It was the first day of the summer holiday when the secrets of the new garden were finally revealed. Liv was lying in bed.

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He unlocks the door and it opens with a screech. He enters his house as he would enter a church.

Noah wishes he could pick Lucy up, carry her away from the sink and the dishes into the other room and tie her to the armchair

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This is an extract from a novel about an elderly Alzheimer’s sufferer – Maud – who is convinced that her friend Elizabeth has gone missing

‘One letter short of liar, you know,’ was all my father said about that.

When Kendrick left the car it was just barely raining, more a wetness felt in the air than rain.

‘It’s me, Daniel … Daniel Murphy. Your Daniel. Don’t you remember?’ But still the old man’s eyes didn’t even blink.

Sheila had promised a judge that if he let her out on parole she would get a decent job.