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Dear Reader, the man I love is trying to kill me...



A diary hidden. A crime buried. A secret to be freed...
A spellbinding tale of secrets, entrapment and obsession from the author of the BBC2 Between the Covers pick The Dictator''s Wife.

''A delicious page-turning mystery within a mystery'' LIZ HYDER
''A twisty treasure hunt of a novel... Utterly beguiling'' LIZZIE POOK
''It glistens with a hint of the danger that lurks within'' CHARLOTTE PHILBY
''Claustrophobic and clever storytelling'' JANE SHEMILT
_________

1932. Emily Blackwood, a young adventuress and plant hunter, travels north for a curious new commission. A gentleman has written to request she catalogue his vast collection of taxidermied creatures before sale.

On arrival, Emily finds a ruined castle, its owner haunted by the memory of a woman who disappeared fiv

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A brave adventuress, a looming castle and an entire menagerie of the wild and exotic - this is a gothic, gorgeous and vividly atmospheric novel, an immersive literary page-turner to be swept up in -- Ellery Lloyd

The Birdcage Library

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      Publisher Headline Publishing Group
      Published 22 June 2023
      ISBN-13 9781472276353
      978-1472276353
      ISBN-10 1472276353

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Dear Reader, the man I love is trying to kill me...



      A diary hidden. A crime buried. A secret to be freed...
      A spellbinding tale of secrets, entrapment and obsession from the author of the BBC2 Between the Covers pick The Dictator''s Wife.

      ''A delicious page-turning mystery within a mystery'' LIZ HYDER
      ''A twisty treasure hunt of a novel... Utterly beguiling'' LIZZIE POOK
      ''It glistens with a hint of the danger that lurks within'' CHARLOTTE PHILBY
      ''Claustrophobic and clever storytelling'' JANE SHEMILT
      _________

      1932. Emily Blackwood, a young adventuress and plant hunter, travels north for a curious new commission. A gentleman has written to request she catalogue his vast collection of taxidermied creatures before sale.

      On arrival, Emily finds a ruined castle, its owner haunted by the memory of a woman who disappeared fiv

      Trade Review
      A brave adventuress, a looming castle and an entire menagerie of the wild and exotic - this is a gothic, gorgeous and vividly atmospheric novel, an immersive literary page-turner to be swept up in -- Ellery Lloyd

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