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The Broken Legacy
- Author
- Josephine Cox
- Narrator
- Sherry Baines
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 4 June 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
Newlyweds Cathy and Matt Slater can’t wait to start married life together. Planning their honeymoon to Australia, Matt wants to retrace the mysterious life of his family who settled there.
Their trip is everything they dreamed of, but the day before they are due to return home, they make a discovery that will have terrible consequences for them both.
Have they brought more back with them than happy memories, and have they unlocked a terrible secret from the past?
The Broken Legacy was first published as The Tallow Image by Josephine Cox writing as Jane Brindle.
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Praise for Josephine Cox:
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'Thanks to her near faultless writing … readers will find it impossible to tear themselves away' News of the World
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'Another hit for Josephine Cox' Sunday Express
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‘Cox's talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail
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Details
- Author
- Josephine Cox
- Narrator
- Sherry Baines
- Duration
- 11 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008750091
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Family saga / generational saga fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Thriller / suspense fiction, Historical fiction, Romance
Synopsis
A dream honeymoon. A shocking discovery. A secret that refuses to stay buried. Will the shadows of the past haunt her forever? Newlyweds Cathy and Matt Slater can’t wait to start married life together. Planning their honeymoon to Australia, Matt wants to retrace the mysterious life of his family who settled there. Their trip is everything they dreamed of, but the day before they are due to return home, they make a discovery that will have terrible consequences for them both. Have they brought more back with them than happy memories, and have they unlocked a terrible secret from the past? The Broken Legacy was first published as The Tallow Image by Josephine Cox writing as Jane Brindle.
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