Secrets of Scandals Past

Eleven years have passed since the fateful events of a Christmas party changed Anthony Crawford's young life forever. Having inherited his step-father's business empire, Anthony now is older, married to Katherine and the father of a daughter, Charlotte. His friendship with his childhood friend, Harry Hewson-Greaves is as strong as ever when a fight with a stranger changes Anthony's and Harry's trajectory forever.
A string of events - Harry's father's death - seemingly suicide, but raising the suspicions of the police; Anthony's mother's drinking; Katherine's decision to send Charlotte away to school, all conspire to create pressure and tension in Anthony's life, and he turns to Isobel Stark for solace. But when Isobel is threatened by newspaper journalist Lionel Luff, things take a more sinister turn and Anthony become embroiled in a series of events that make Anthony question everything he holds dear and he begins to wonder where the truth ends and deception begins.
When Harry disappears, accused of his father's murder, the reappearance of Heinrich Werner, the stranger with whom Anthony fought threatens to blow apart Harry's life and the repercussions that has for Anthony and his future make him realise that you can never quite hide away the secrets of scandals past.

The second book in the Crawford Chronicles is the luscious and explosive continuation of J.F. Howard's debut novel, A Scandal of Secrets and sets the foundation for an enthralling saga taking us from pre-war England in the 1930's to the present day. A compulsive, page turning historical fiction murder mystery that will leave you wanting more!