Allen & Unwin Only We Know book Fiction English Paperback 240 pages

What is the secret of Lauren's past? A moving and funny story that will have you reading to the very end.

Lauren's family have moved house very suddenly, and she and her sister Tilda have to go to a new school. Lauren's determined to reinvent herself, but she's panic- stricken when she sees Harry, who she knew a few years ago. Luckily Harry doesn't recognise her, and she knows she has to make sure it stays like that.Lauren, unlike Tilda, settles in well. She makes friends, is helping to organise the school fashion show, and has boys asking her out. But just as her life finally seems to be looking up she starts receiving macabre packages. When she gets a message: 'Isn't it time your new friends knew all about you?' she has to admit that someone knows her secret. But who - and what should she do?

Simon Packham was a stand-up comedian and then an actor for twenty years (if you didn't blink you might have caught him on The Bill, or standing next to Dame Judi Dench in a mask) before becoming a writer. He has published four previous books with Piccadilly, including Firewallers and Silenced which was shortlisted for several awards including the Leeds Book Award. Follow him at www.simonpackham.com or on Twitter: @baldambitions