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''Britain''s answer to Donna Tartt'' Sunday Times

''A huge talent'' Hilary Mantel

''What a writer'' Richard Osman

In the summer of 1952, Joyce and Charlie Savigear are waiting on a railway platform in the quiet English countryside. The siblings have just been released from borstal to start a new life as apprentices at Leventree, an architecture practice with a difference.

The architects who''ve chosen them are Florence and Arthur Mayhood, a married couple motivated to give young offenders second chances. At first, they seem to offer the Savigears a steady path to happiness. But when a menacing figure from Joyce''s past comes knocking, they are lured back to the world they left behind. Will the Mayhoods'' goodwill be enough to steer their young apprentices away from danger, or will the darkness of their past catch up with them?

''Benjamin Wood is a beautiful writer and this is his best novel yet, both gripping and unputdow

The Young Accomplice

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 1/16/2022
      ISBN-13 9780241438244
      978-0241438244
      ISBN-10 241438241

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Britain''s answer to Donna Tartt'' Sunday Times

      ''A huge talent'' Hilary Mantel

      ''What a writer'' Richard Osman

      In the summer of 1952, Joyce and Charlie Savigear are waiting on a railway platform in the quiet English countryside. The siblings have just been released from borstal to start a new life as apprentices at Leventree, an architecture practice with a difference.

      The architects who''ve chosen them are Florence and Arthur Mayhood, a married couple motivated to give young offenders second chances. At first, they seem to offer the Savigears a steady path to happiness. But when a menacing figure from Joyce''s past comes knocking, they are lured back to the world they left behind. Will the Mayhoods'' goodwill be enough to steer their young apprentices away from danger, or will the darkness of their past catch up with them?

      ''Benjamin Wood is a beautiful writer and this is his best novel yet, both gripping and unputdow

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