For fans of: The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

Lucinda Riley is much missed by her many readers. If you're looking for something similar after the Seven Sisters series, we've put together a list of suggested novels. All of these books are free to borrow with your Suffolk Libraries card.

Lucinda wrote a number of standalone novels which are available on our catalogue, and she also wrote as Lucinda Edmonds before she married. Her 2023 novel Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt was finished by her son, Harry Whittaker.

Interested in learning more about Lucinda? Take a look at our Meet the Author interview with her from a few years ago.

The Murders at Fleat House, by Lucinda Riley

A country house mystery set in a school.

The sudden death of a pupil in Fleat House at St Stephen's - a small private boarding school in deepest Norfolk - is a shocking event that the headmaster is very keen to call a tragic accident. But the local police cannot rule out foul play and the case prompts the return of high-flying Detective Inspector Jazmine 'Jazz' Hunter to the force. Jazz has her own private reasons for stepping away from her police career in London, and reluctantly agrees to front the investigation as a favour to her old boss. Reunited with her loyal sergeant Alastair Miles, she enters the closed world of the school, and as Jazz begins to probe the circumstances surrounding Charlie Cavendish's tragic death, events are soon to take another troubling turn. Charlie is exposed as an arrogant bully, and those around him had both motive and opportunity to switch the drugs he took daily to control his epilepsy.

Borrow a copy of The Murders at Fleat House from our catalogue.

The House at Riverton, by Kate Morton

Winner of a Richard and Judy Book Club Best Read of the Year.

Summer 1924: on the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long-consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge; something history has forgotten but Grace never could.

Borrow a copy of The House at Riverton from our catalogue.

The Love Child, by Rachel Hore

A young mother's sacrifice. A child's desperate search for the truth...

London, 1917. When seventeen-year-old Alice falls pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think of is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and how the father, a young soldier, so beloved, will never have the chance to know his daughter. Meanwhile, Edith and Philip, a couple unable to have children of their own, secretly adopt a baby girl, Irene, given up by a young unmarried mother. Irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children but no one will tell her the full truth. As two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light?

Borrow a copy of The Love Child from our catalogue.

Songs of Love and War, by Santa Montefiore

A sweeping story of love and family.

Kitty Deverill was born on the ninth day of the ninth month of 1900. The youngest daughter of an aristocratic Anglo-Irish dynasty living in the south-west of Ireland, her life will unfold as history plays out in her home country. Though young, her future is already determined: marriage to an English lord, quiet subservience, and a life away from home. But Kitty has ideas of her own and chooses her friends according to their personality not their position, and when the ruggedly handsome son of the local vet catches her eye, her future starts to feel less like a privilege and more like a prison. With her red hair she is passionate and feisty, her heart pure and mind set. But as war comes and the family's position in Ireland becomes less certain, will she follow her head or her heart?

Borrow a copy of Songs of Love and War from our catalogue.

The Paris Secret, by Karen Swan

Not every door should be opened...

Somewhere along the cobbled streets of Paris, an apartment lies thick with dust and secrets - full of priceless artworks hidden away for decades. High-flying fine art agent Flora is called in to assess these suddenly discovered treasures. As an expert in her field, she must trace the history of each painting and discover who has concealed them for so long. Thrown in amongst the glamorous Vermeil family as they move between Paris and Antibes, she begins to discover that things aren't all that they seem, while back at home her own family is recoiling from a seismic shock. The terse and brooding Xavier Vermeil seems intent on forcing Flora out of his family's affairs - but just what is he hiding?

Borrow a copy of The Paris Secret from our catalogue.

Daughters of War, by Dinah Jefferies

A novel to disappear into...

France, 1944. Deep in the river valley of the Dordogne, in an old stone cottage on the edge of a beautiful village, three sisters long for the end of the war. Hélène, the eldest, is trying her hardest to steer her family to safety, even as the Nazi occupation becomes more threatening. Elise, the rebel, is determined to help the Resistance, whatever the cost. And Florence, the dreamer, just yearns for a world where France is free. Then, one dark night, the Allies come knocking for help. And Hélène knows that she cannot sit on the sidelines any longer. But bravery comes at a cost, and soon the sisters' lives become even more perilous as they fight for what is right. And secrets from their own mysterious past threaten to unravel everything they hold most dear.

Borrow a copy of Daughters of War from our catalogue.