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Book SynopsisDear 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
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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
