Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Genre,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Taylor
Author First Name:
Andrew
Pages:
384
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 10:
0008494231
ISBN 13:
9780008494230
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
Hemlock Press
Date Published:
6/5/2025
Genre:
Historical Fiction
Description
From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII 'Ten out of ten' The Times 'A grand piece of work - a triumph and one of Taylor's best' MICK HERRON 'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON 'As good as I'd expect from a master of the craft' VAL MCDERMID 'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES __________ England, May 1945 Monkshill Park School for Girls seems a world away from the violence that engulfed Europe during World War II. Yet its lonely, decaying grounds have witnessed a murder. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, left for the holidays and never came back. Both teachers and girls assume she simply walked out, but the truth is quite different. Her body tumbled from the Maiden's Leap, a viewpoint on the clifftop Gothic Walk, and was washed out to sea. But Annabel herself is still trapped at Monkshill, unable to move on. As she haunts the grounds and school, she discovers a hidden world - students, staff and servants are riven with deadly rivalries and dangerous tensions. And one of them is her killer...
