For several months Marnie, a middle-aged poet and mother, has experienced sightings of her long-dead identical twin sister, Perdita, across London. As a consequence, and due to her crippling writer's block, she has sought the help of octogenarian Harley Street shrink, Schlap, to work through her problems. Not least her repeated dreams of being a man.Schlap has problems of his own though, having recently suffered a silent stroke which has affected his memory. Or is he more aware of ...

What would you do to protect your family if the world stopped working?Not long from now, in a recognisable yet changed London, Signy and Matthew lead a dull, difficult life. They've only really stayed together for the sake of their six year old son, Jed. But they're surviving, just about. Until the day the technology that runs their world stops working. Unable to use their phones, pay for anything, even open the smart door to their flat, Matthew assumes that this i...

What would you do to protect your family if the world stopped working?Not long from now, in a recognisable yet changed London, Signy and Matthew lead a dull, difficult life. They've only really stayed together for the sake of their six year old son, Jed. But they're surviving, just about. Until the day the technology that runs their world stops working. Unable to use their phones, pay for anything, even open the smart door to their flat, Matthew assumes that this i...

"Brilliant. A gripping, contemporary page-turner with all the elements of classic 1970s horror. Couldn't put it down." —Indira VarmaSome moves are meant to bring you closer to family. Others uncover the truth you were never meant to know.After the death of her wife Issy, grief-stricken Annie Park uproots her London life to honour her final wish: raise Issy's teenage children in the wilds of rural Cumbria, in the shadow of the imposing Colth...

For several months Marnie, a middle-aged poet and mother, has experienced sightings of her long-dead identical twin sister, Perdita, across London. As a consequence, and due to her crippling writer's block, she has sought the help of octogenarian Harley Street shrink, Schlap, to work through her problems. Not least her repeated dreams of being a man.Schlap has problems of his own though, having recently suffered a silent stroke which has affected his memory. Or is he more aware of ...

Annie Park’s wife, Issy, a famous author, died twelve months ago. In her Will, she left instructions that Annie relocate with Issy’s teenage children from Hackney to her childhood home in the rural village of Colthwaite, Cumbria. Despite her misgivings, Annie complies because she loved her wife so deeply.A collection of motley villagers; a dilapidated Georgian manor; a locked library; hidden diaries; a missing relative; the creepy Fell with its strange pheasant enclosures and shephe...