From the authr of Richard and Judy Book Club pick After The Fall comes a gripping and moving novel, perfect if you love books by Jodi Picoult.'Tautly plotted, gripping and emotional' - Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of After the EndA regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London café - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than first meets the eye and as the captives grapple with their own inner demons, the line between right and wrong starts to blur.Will the secrets they keep stop them from escaping with their lives?Shortlisted for'best novel' in the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards

Charity Norman was born in Uganda and brought up in successive draughty vicarages in Yorkshire and Birmingham. After several years' travel she became a barrister, specialising in crime and family law. In 2002, realising that her three children had barely met her, she took a break from the law and moved with her family to New Zealand.THE SECRETS OF STRANGERS is her sixth novel.Find Charity on Facebook at facebook.com/charitynormanauthor and on Twitter as @charitynorman1.