“Dazzlingly good, utterly engrossing . . . Without doubt one of the best novels of recent years”
Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail
The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller
Specsavers Book of the Year
A Richard and Judy Book Club Selection
An absorbing tale of secrets and discovery
One winter’s afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film. Elise follows Connie to LA, but in this city of strange dreams and razzle-dazzle, Elise feels even more out of her depth and makes an impulsive decision that will change her life forever.
Three decades later, Rose Simmons is trying to uncover the story of her mother, who disappeared when she was a baby. Having learned that the last person to see her was a now reclusive novelist, Rose finds herself at the door of Constance Holden’s house in search of a confession . . .
