''A page-turning melodrama and a fascinating portrait of London on the verge of great change'' Guardian

It is 1922, and in a hushed south London villa life is about to be transformed, as genteel widow Mrs Wray and her discontented daughter Frances are obliged to take in lodgersLilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the ''clerk class'', bring with them gramophone music, colour, fun - and dangerous desires. The most ordinary of lives, it seems, can explode into passion and drama... A love story that is also a crime story, this is vintage Sarah Waters.

''Another wild ride of a novel..magnetic storytelling'' Tracy Chevalier, Observer

''You will be hooked within a page'' Charlotte Mendelson, Financial Times

''Sumptuous... the writing is impeccable. A joy in every respect'' New Statesman

''An unsurpassed fictional recorder of vanished eras and hidden lives'' Sunday Times



Format Häftad Omfång 608 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Little, Brown Book Group Utgivningsdatum 2024-08-08 ISBN 9780349018539