The Last Love Song
A gripping mystery of music, fame, and a rock star's disappearance from the bestselling author of The Seven Sisters series
Published on 23. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-1-0350-7208-8 (ISBN)
Description
Falling in love could be the biggest risk of all . . .
When Sorcha O'Donovan encounters struggling musician Con Daly - the strikingly handsome outcast in their small village on West Cork's windswept coastline - her days will never be the same.
Con strikes gold with rock band The Fishermen in London, but their lives change beyond recognition as the dark side of fame rears its head and secrets from the past threaten to destroy everything he has worked for.
Twenty years later, The Fishermen agree to re-form for the Music for Life charity concert at Wembley Stadium. But Con has been missing for more than a decade. There's only one person who can find out what happened; only one person who knows how vital it is to uncover the truth.
Because should Con Daly reappear before the facts emerge, then history could repeat itself with even more tragic consequences . . .
Lucinda Riley wrote The Last Love Song as Lucinda Edmonds, now reworked and revived by Harry Whittaker, Lucinda's son and co-author of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt.
When Sorcha O'Donovan encounters struggling musician Con Daly - the strikingly handsome outcast in their small village on West Cork's windswept coastline - her days will never be the same.
Con strikes gold with rock band The Fishermen in London, but their lives change beyond recognition as the dark side of fame rears its head and secrets from the past threaten to destroy everything he has worked for.
Twenty years later, The Fishermen agree to re-form for the Music for Life charity concert at Wembley Stadium. But Con has been missing for more than a decade. There's only one person who can find out what happened; only one person who knows how vital it is to uncover the truth.
Because should Con Daly reappear before the facts emerge, then history could repeat itself with even more tragic consequences . . .
Lucinda Riley wrote The Last Love Song as Lucinda Edmonds, now reworked and revived by Harry Whittaker, Lucinda's son and co-author of Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt.
Reviews / Votes
I was gripped and my heart broke but I fell in love anyway. A glorious story of love and loss. Utterly exquisite -- Emma Cowell, author of <i>The Island Love Song</i> The Last Love Song feels like the discovery of a lost treasure . . . It's simply sublime. It has all the qualities we adore in Lucinda's writing: emotional depth, complex characters, surprises, twists and turns, and above all love. She writes about love so tenderly. I adored it because it's another brilliant Riley novel, but I adored it also because it feels like a gift . . . A last smile, a kiss, and poignant good-bye -- Santa Montefiore, author of <i>Shadows in the Moonlight</i> The Last Love Song had me hooked from the very first page. Brilliantly-drawn family dynamics and a magnetic love story meant I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. This story is definitive Lucinda Riley and a real treat for all her fans -- Karen Swan, author of <i>The Stolen Hours</i> A masterclass in beautiful writing * The Sun on The Sun Sister * Delicious reading * Daily Mail on The Pearl Sister * Captivating, magical * Lancashire Evening Post, on Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt * Heart-wrenching, uplifting and utterly enthralling * Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party, on The Sun Sister *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
604 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0350-7208-8 (9781035072088)
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Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland and, after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first novel aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with cultures all around the world. The Seven Sisters series in particular has become a global phenomenon, inspiring its own genre.
Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella Prize, the Lovely Books Award in Germany and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. She has received the Dutch Platinum Award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year multiple times - a prize previously won by J. K. Rowling for Harry Potter.
In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also wrote the Guardian Angels series of books for children.
Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk, England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and this was where her last five books were written.
Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on 11 June 2021, surrounded by her family.
Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella Prize, the Lovely Books Award in Germany and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. She has received the Dutch Platinum Award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year multiple times - a prize previously won by J. K. Rowling for Harry Potter.
In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also wrote the Guardian Angels series of books for children.
Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk, England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and this was where her last five books were written.
Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on 11 June 2021, surrounded by her family.