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A diary hidden. A crime buried. A secret to be freed...
''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'' JANE SHEMILT
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Dear Reader, the man I love is trying to kill me...
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 five decades before. And when she discovers the ripped pages of an old diary, crammed into the walls, she realises a dark secret lies here, waiting to entrap her too...
''Beaut