The sisters have grown apart over the years, as often happens with siblings. They thought she was on holiday in Wales with her friend Maureen and are baffled as well as grief-stricken when they are given the news and have to fly to the island to begin the repatriation process. The body is that of Mary, the mother of Becca (Jones) and Rosaline (Best). The period of expectation-adjustment is a waste, but once get your eye in, it is a joy. This is a slightly unfortunate misdirection because it is not a thriller at all, but a chamber piece about family dynamics, female identity and ways of finding freedom before it is too late. Maryland opens like a thriller, with a dead body discovered on a lonely stretch of beach on the Isle of Man and, soon after that, a woman taking delivery of a large package of smuggled drugs. Jones, who co-created Maryland with writer Anne Marie O’Connor, co-stars with Eve Best, who is one of the many faces here (Hugh Quarshie and Dean Lennox Kelly foremost among them) who make you cry: “Oh my God – yes! Why is this person not on my television more?!” Now the indefatigable Jones returns to the small screen (between the last series of Gentleman Jack and the second series of Vigil, arriving shortly) in the new ITV drama Maryland, directed by another former soap star, Susan Tully (Michelle Fowler, from the days when EastEnders was great in every way). If you see a price sticker on a book, please ignore it.T he ascendance of Suranne Jones from Coronation Street star to a creative force to be reckoned with over the last couple of decades has provided food for the soul as well as a feast of entertainment. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. Īll of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Their lives are full to the brim - so why do they both feel that something is missing? As the sisters try to find their way to lasting happiness, fate has a few surprises in store as the past makes a sudden appearance in the present. Responsible Cassie spends every moment trying to be perfect wife and mum, but can't help feeling she's getting it all wrong.Commitment-phobic Coco adores running her vintage dress shop - but since a disastrous break-up, her love life's become an antique. Sisters Cassie and Coco have been there for each other ever since their mother disappeared when they were children. The sparkling new novel from Number One bestselling author Cathy Kelly told with her unique blend of Irish warmth and humour.

Between Sisters by Cathy Kelly