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‘An utter joy . . . wonderfully skilled’ Sarah Perry
‘Riveting, twisty, page-turning stuff’ Guardian
‘Beguiling, brilliantly creepy, and an utterly compelling read’ Claire Fuller
When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers.
As Dee looks back over her time in the Master’s Lodging – an eerie and ancient house – a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family emerges: Nick, the fiercely intelligent and powerful father; his beautiful Danish wife Mariah, pregnant with their child; and the lost little girl, Felicity, almost mute, seeing ghosts, grieving her dead mother.
But is Dee telling the whole story? Is her growing friendship with the eccentric house historian, Linklater, any cause for concern? And most of all, why is Felicity silent?
Roaming Oxford’s secret passages and hidden graveyards, Magpie Lane explores the true meaning of family – and what it is to be denied one.
A Book of the Year pick for BBC Radio 4 Open Book, the Guardian, the Telegraph and Good Housekeeping
‘Tender, creepy and gripping’ Sunday Times
‘The page turner you’ve been looking for. Sly, witty and gripping . . . I devoured it’ Naomi Alderman
‘Spellbinding and spooky . . . a dazzling high wire act, superbly absorbing’ Sunday Mirror
‘Enthralling . . . creepy and compelling’ The Times
‘Deliciously dark’ Alexandra Shulman
‘A gorgeously satisfying triumph’ Lucy Mangan
‘A rare thing . . . simply stunning’ Daily Express
‘I was gripped . . . highly original’ Alex Clark
‘Creepy, suspenseful’ Independent
‘One of the most intriguing narrators since Notes on a Scandal’ Sara Collins
‘Grown-up and cleverly written . . . a dizzying sense of uncertainty’ Literary Review
‘Keeps you guessing . . . a real sense of menace’ Good Housekeeping
‘Wholly beguiling’ Mick Herron
‘Dazzlingly good’ Diane Setterfield
‘Beautiful writing’ Polly Samson
‘Clever, tense and twisty’ Amanda Craig
‘Highly intelligent’ Sarah Vaughan
‘Simply brilliant!’ JP Delaney
‘Darkly atmospheric’ Jane Fallon
‘Clever and creepy’ Erin Kelly
‘Highly recommended’ Louise Candlish
ASIN : B085TR1GVB
Publisher : Quercus (February 1, 2020)
Publication date : February 1, 2020
Language : English
File size : 2037 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 354 pages
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