One Minute Later: Behind every secret is a story, the emotionally gripping new book from the bestselling author

One Minute Later: Behind every secret is a story, the emotionally gripping new book from the bestselling author
Susan Lewis

Your life can change in a heartbeat…Vivienne Shager has everything going for her, but on the afternoon of her 35th birthday, Vivi has a heart attack. Unbeknownst to her, Vivi has been living with a rare heart condition and now her life shrinks back to how it begun, as she moves back to the small seaside town she grew up in. And with her time running out, there is one thing she wants to know the truth about…One secret can unravel the lives of many…Thirty years earlier, Shelley’s family home, Deerwood farm, bursts full of love and happiness. Until her husband dies in mysterious circumstances. So many secrets were buried with him, family loyalties, and things best left to history.It’s takes one minute to change everything…SUSAN LEWIS: Behind every secret, is a story.

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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Source ISBN: 9780008286736

Ebook Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008286743

Version: 2018-12-15

Dedication (#ulink_00d81ac9-d3f6-5332-83f1-117d6ab99dd7)

For Jim Lynskey

The bravest and most inspiring

young man I know

Contents

Cover (#u5573a327-76dc-53af-9995-0437ee4a9ef0)

Title Page (#ud0cf9c4b-661b-5efe-a0a3-617cce6acff9)

Copyright (#uf49700e6-2bde-5b53-b196-c881270c5a6d)

Dedication (#u7f74e51c-2033-53d7-b49e-c866fd07ca4e)

Chapter One: Vivienne (#uc8134694-b109-5863-899a-d2ec98e554e0)

Chapter Two: Shelley (#uc3b35e69-23b2-51cb-b05b-ce113e721660)

Chapter Three: Vivienne (#u1d4cee1c-0e82-564c-96ba-a40c337a286e)

Chapter Four: Shelley (#ue43fd298-0285-531d-b4d1-518b11b42a4a)

Chapter Five: Vivienne (#u159d8bd3-ec49-5b7a-8d0c-6a8e30f4fffd)

Chapter Six: Shelley (#ue44fa185-a55e-516b-95c5-16ea54655d6c)

Chapter Seven: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight: Shelley (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten: Shelley (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve: Shelley (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: Shelley (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: Gina (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two: Vivienne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)