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''A master of historical crime fiction'' Guardian
''A writer in full command of his subject'' Mail on Sunday
''Martin''s novels are works of literature, not simply puzzles'' Financial Times

The Talented Mr Ripley meets A Room with a View in this dark and irresistible historical novel featuring Monica: a fourteen-year-old girl with a disturbing imagination . . .

Venice, 1911. Monica is a fourteen-year-old with a wild imagination and an unbearably dull governess named Rose Driscoll. She was supposed to be entering the most exciting time of her life but, with her parents and uncle now dead, she has been forced to leave leafy Hampstead and move to a flat on the busy Holloway Road with a woman who is living proof that an exciting life is not guaranteed.

Driscoll has dutifully planned this trip to Venice, as directed by a ''letter of wishes'' in a will, but on the very first morning, as the su

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''A master of historical crime fiction'' Guardian''A writer in full command of his subject'' Mail on Sunday''Martin''s novels are works... Read more

    Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 1/11/2024
    ISBN13: 9781399608022, 978-1399608022
    ISBN10: 1399608029

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    ''A master of historical crime fiction'' Guardian
    ''A writer in full command of his subject'' Mail on Sunday
    ''Martin''s novels are works of literature, not simply puzzles'' Financial Times

    The Talented Mr Ripley meets A Room with a View in this dark and irresistible historical novel featuring Monica: a fourteen-year-old girl with a disturbing imagination . . .

    Venice, 1911. Monica is a fourteen-year-old with a wild imagination and an unbearably dull governess named Rose Driscoll. She was supposed to be entering the most exciting time of her life but, with her parents and uncle now dead, she has been forced to leave leafy Hampstead and move to a flat on the busy Holloway Road with a woman who is living proof that an exciting life is not guaranteed.

    Driscoll has dutifully planned this trip to Venice, as directed by a ''letter of wishes'' in a will, but on the very first morning, as the su

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