An apparently happy marriage. A beautiful son. A lovely home. So what makes Emily Coleman get up one morning and walk right out of her life to start all over again? Has she had a breakdown? Was it to escape her dysfunctional family - especially her flawed twin sister Caroline who always seemed to hate her? And what is the date that looms, threatening to force her to confront her past? No-one has ever guessed her secret. Will you?   The author reveals Emily's motivations for leaving her family with great patience and narrative skill... (there is) excellent dramatic pacing, dialogue and prose, culminating in poignant concluding chapters which examine Emily's decisions without sentimentality. An evocative, skillful novel about the price of escape. Recommended. Kirkus Reviews   I couldn't put it down! An intricate, tightly plotted story, engagingly told.  Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves, Sunday Times Books of the Year   A well-written, intriguing, cleverly structured and compelling read. The twist was excellent and I didn't see it coming.The Literary Consultancy

One Step Too Far

Literature & Fiction

Tina Seskis

British & Irish

Kirk Parolles

Six old friends. One annual reunion. Countless feuds. How do friends stay friends for more than 25 years when there is so much to feel aggrieved about? Juliette and Renee have never got over one of them sleeping with the other's boyfriend. Sissy secretly blames someone for the death of her husband. Natasha knows one of them is having an affair with her partner. Siobhan annoys everyone. Camilla desperately tries to keep the peace. So when their picnic in the park goes horribly wrong, who knows what really happened? And just what secrets from the past are about to unfold, changing everyone's lives forever?   Clever, intriguing, chilling and utterly impossible to put down. Tina Seskis is proving herself to be master of the twist.  Grazia    This is a strong, well-written, confident novel. Tina has managed to weave together both a strong story and a web of characters, intricately related to each other, with convincing histories. The structure is ambitious, but she pulls it off. Excellent. The Literary Consultancy    It's the follow-up to the hit One Step Too Far, and Seskis again weaves a tale of suspense and mystery. Seven old friends get together once a year, even though none of them really enjoy it. They are old college friends, once incredibly close, but growing apart over time. True, families and careers have changed them, but there are also many hidden dramas that happened over the years, driving invisible wedges between the women. allisonwrites.com    A Serpentine Affair: 25 years of friendship, several jealous clashes, doubt, mistrust, anguish. All wrapped up in the pages of this must read, impossible to put down work of creative genius. Maurice Coldicott, Northamptonshire   I really liked the slow build as I got to know each woman. And those men!! The delicious shivers of finding out the details about each one's past and also their perspectives on situations and each other!!! Another fun and twisted novel with interesting characters and an unexpected incident on a nice evening by the Serpentine Lake...old friends indeed! Denise Crawford, Kansas City, US    It was fabulous, I enjoyed it just as much as One Step Too Far and finished it as quickly. At first I was worried that there were too many main characters in it and that I wouldn t be able to catch up. However after the first few chapters I actually really liked that aspect, as it added complexity to the story and I loved how it jumped from one character to the other, I didn t know what to expect when! The author has a real knack of creating suspense, she seems to know just the right time to leave a scenario so the reader is frustrated...but in a really good way. That s the unputdownable factor. It was superb. Maxine Leech, Hertfordshire   Clever clever lady! Again, despite the fact that Tina Seskis switches time, place, person, she still manages to hold it all together and keep me intent on finishing. It was a credible story with interesting storylines which was twisty, convoluted and intense... It actually does take a lot to surprise me so well done! musingmaddie.com   I really liked the way the various layers of the story untangled over the second half of the novel and the way they developed in part and from different perspectives weaving across time and in various threads, it really kept me engaged in the story... the locations and cultural references provided some great counterpoints to the story and familiarity with them also made it flow more easily. An amazing book. John Belchamber, Cambridge

A Serpentine Affair

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One Step Too Far

A Serpentine Affair