15 years after the end of World War II and Isobel lives a structed and quiet life in her late mother’s house in the Dutch countryside. When her brother Louis arrives with his new girlfriend Eva, who will be staying as a guest for the season, Isobel’s rigid and organised existence is thrown into disarray. As the two women clash with each other and suspicions grow, all is not what it seems, and a discovery upends all that Isobel has known. This debut novel is an exhilarating read exploring passion, suspicion and obsession and is a powerful look at the legacy of World War II. 

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