Lesley Pearse 5 Books Collection Set (Gypsy, Forgive Me, Dead to Me, Stolen, A Lesser Evil)

Lesley Pearse 5 Books Collection Set brings together five novels: Gypsy, Forgive Me, Dead to Me, Stolen and A Lesser Evil. Spanning different times and settings, the collection follows characters facing upheaval, unanswered questions and life-changing choices.

From Liverpool to New York and beyond, from a London artist’s studio to Hampstead Heath in 1935, each story centres on a turning point. Across the set, friendships are tested, secrets surface and past events cast long shadows, as the characters search for truth, safety or a new beginning.

Included titles

• Gypsy
• Forgive Me
• Dead to Me
• Stolen
• A Lesser Evil

Key details

• Five-book collection set
• Author: Lesley Pearse
• Includes Gypsy, Forgive Me, Dead to Me, Stolen and A Lesser Evil

Synopses

Gypsy

Fifteen-year-old Beth and her brother Sam are orphaned and leave Liverpool, believing America offers the chance of a fresh start. In New York, Beth’s skill on the fiddle brings her into contact with gamblers, chancers and other rogues. As they travel across America, the journey leads towards the Klondike river in search of gold, and Beth must consider what it will take to find happiness.

Forgive Me

Eva’s secure life changes after her mother dies. When Flora leaves her a London artist’s studio, Eva discovers her mother kept a secret past. In the attic, she finds paintings and diaries that reveal Flora was a popular artist in the swinging sixties, and Eva’s search for answers uncovers clues to a shocking crime that forced Flora to hide who she was.

Dead to Me

In spring 1935, Verity and Ruby meet by chance on London’s Hampstead Heath and form an unlikely friendship, despite their parents’ disapproval. When war reaches the country, Ruby is sent to Devon while Verity tries to begin again under the shadow of her past. Certain they will always be there for each other, their bond is tested until one of them breaks the other’s heart.

Stolen

A young woman is found half-drowned on a Sussex beach, unable to remember who she is or what happened. Wearing an old-fashioned dress, with her hair hacked off and signs she has been bound, she cannot piece together how she came to be there. The police are baffled, and doctors make a shocking discovery: she has recently given birth, raising urgent questions about her identity and where her baby is.

A Lesser Evil

Fifi defies her parents and marries for love, moving with Dan to London to rent a seedy flat in Dale Street, Kennington. As she adjusts to squalor, she becomes drawn into the lives behind the street’s shabby front doors. Rumours swirl around the Muckles at number 11, and when Fifi helps their youngest child, she risks the anger of a frightening family.