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Take a trip through new york city this christmas holly o’neill knows that every charm bracelet tells a story. many years ago she was sent one with just a single charm attached. the charms have been appearing ever since, often at challenging times, as if her mysterious benefactor knows exactly when she needs a little magic in her life. as a result, holly’s bracelet is her most prized possession. so when she finds someone else’s charm bracelet, she feels she has to try to reunite it with its owner. even if the only clues she has to follow are the charms themselves. on a search that will take her all over new york city at christmas, holly becomes ever more determined to piece together the details of this other charmed life. but what she doesn’t know is that her quest may also lead her somewhere she never, ever expected . . .

The sunday times no. 1 paperback bestseller. . . . because it’s where the heart is four women. four lives. one place they call home. eleanor levine left ireland years ago with just a suitcase and her mother’s recipe book. and now, a lifetime later, she returns from new york for dublin’s beautiful golden square full of hard-won wisdom. as she watches life unfold from her window, she is drawn into the lives of the women who live in the square… beautful actress megan bouchier had fame and success in her grasp – then she made the wrong kind of headlines. now she needs a place to hide. big-hearted teacher connie o’callaghan is approaching forty and has given up on love. why does no man match the heroes in her romantic novels? rae is a loyal friend and wife, dispensing tea and sympathy from titania’s tea room – until a secret threatens everything she holds dear . . .

‘i was completely spellbound’ – ruth hogan, author of the keeper of lost things ‘setterfield is a master storyteller’ – madeline miller, author of circe some say the river drowned her… some say it brought her back to life on a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the thames, the regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories when the door bursts open and in steps an injured stranger. in his arms is the drowned corpse of a child. hours later, the dead girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. is it a miracle? is it magic? and who does the little girl belong to? an exquisitely crafted historical mystery brimming with folklore, suspense and romance, as well as with the urgent scientific curiosity of the victorian age. ____________________ praise for diane setterfield- ‘an absolute feast of a book, which will keep you engrossed’ red magazine ‘brimming with folklore, intrigue and romance, this is a story to savour’ woman & home ‘once upon a river continues to demonstrate setterfield’s mastery of the gothic genre in a way that will appeal to modern readers’ the independent readers are captivated by once upon a river- ***** ‘pure escapism, a beautifully written story.’ ***** ‘it felt as comforting as the fantastical stories you read as a child yet with a darker edge.’ ***** ‘i was entranced from the beginning to the end.’