Bøker av Diney Costeloe

London, 1912. It is two years before WWI and the conflict which will change the role of women forever. But for now, young Mabel Oakley is caught between her own dreams of becoming a teacher and what is conventionally expected of a girl from her class and background. If only there were some way out...

The story of one baby boy, forgotten by his family after an air raid in WW2 Plymouth, who then disappears. Based on a true story.

As the St Clair family prepare for the grand wedding of their daughter, Clarice, trouble is brewing in the shape of an old friendship, a dangerous secret and new love threatened by unexpected events. Set in 19th-century France.

A lost child, a family divided, the bitter backdrop of war - set in 19th-century France.

A gritty and heartrending drama set in 19th-century Cornwall. Orphan Sophie and her friend Hannah are welcomed into the Kilpatrick family but tensions rise and family secrets are revealed.

The gripping sequel to Diney Costeloe's bestselling drama, The Girl With No Name. The war is over, but trouble is brewing...

When one of the houses in an exclusive cul-de-sac is sold to students, dramas begin to unfold and secrets long hidden come to the surface.

A story of a young girl who escapes from Nazi Germany to England on the Kindertransport.

A woman's struggle to defend her family and escape Nazi persecution in World War Two Germany.

The story of two sisters sent first to an English, then an Australian orphanage in the aftermath of World War 2.

A young woman's fight to save a treasured war memorial uncovers a tragic story that reverberates from World War I to the present day.