You might’ve already heard of The Safe Place – it’s was a huge hit with our readers back in 2020. Now it’s being re-issued with a stunning new cover for you to enjoy. So is it worth the hype? Absolutely. Read on to see why…

When the car bypassed the main terminal building and pulled up next to a sign that said Private Jet Centre, Emily breathed in so fast she almost choked.

‘You’re kidding me,’ she said to her driver (her very own driver!), who smiled and opened the door for her like she was Cinderella.

A security gate led her to a glass tunnel to a departure lounge so elegant it could have been a hotel lobby. Precisely no one rummaged through her luggage or even asked to see a boarding pass; instead, she was ushered straight out onto the tarmac, where two pilots and a flight attendant greeted her personally with shiny white smiles. The attendant took her passport and led her towards a small plane, sleek and bullet-nosed, with just six passenger windows and a little staircase that dropped from a door in the side.

Emily climbed the stairs into a glossy, leather-lined heaven. Suddenly regretting her choice of comfy flight-wear (black leggings, a Ramones T-shirt and a pair of old Converse sneakers), she stood gawping at the armchairs and full-length sofa, waiting for the crew to realise their mistake and escort her back to the terminal. We’re so sorry, they would surely say. We thought you were someone else. Or she would wake up in her shabby little flat, her lungs full of mould spores, to find that it had all been a dream. Any minute now, she thought…