<b>I loved this novel . . . </b><b>a powerful story of loss, malice and deception</b>

- Ann Cleeves,

<b>The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end</b>

Closer

<b>Star author. Unputdownable</b>

Bookseller

<b>I absolutely loved this book . . . A perfectly paced crime novel that</b> <b>beautifully evokes both time and place</b>. <b>Kate Ellis</b> <b>keeps you guessing all the way through to the final unexpected twist</b>

- L. C. Tyler,

<b>A splendidly macabre thriller</b> <b>with a very dark heart and a hugely effective twist at the end</b>

- Andrew Taylor,

<b>Fascinating, with a characteristically clever twist</b>

- Martin Edwards,

<b>Imagine a plot as devious as anything Agatha Christie devised, locate it in a Derbyshire village in 1919 and with writing as close to the pulse as Vera Brittain's <i>Testament of Youth </i>and you will have some idea of the extraordinary power of Kate Ellis's new novel</b>

- Peter Lovesey,