Readers of Lisa Jewell and Simone St. James will delight in this haunting, touching story of mothers, daughters, and belonging—and the devastating lies families tell themselves in order to survive.An isolated forest estate.A family with a terrible secret.The discovery that changes everything.England, 1970. On the one-year anniversary of the Harrington family's darkest night, their beautiful London home goes up in flames. Mrs. Harrington, the two children, and live-in nanny Rita relocate to Foxcote Manor, ostensibly to recuperate. But the creeping forest, where lost things have a way of coming back, is not as restful as it seems. When thirteen-year-old Hera discovers a baby girl abandoned just beyond their garden gate, this tiniest, most wondrous of secrets brings a much-needed sunlit peace, until a visitor detonates the family's tenuous happiness. All too soon a body lies dead in the woods.Forty years later, London-based Sylvie...

'An enthralling story of secrets, sisters and an unsolved mystery' Kate Morton, Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lake HouseIn the heatwave of 1959, four sisters arrive at Applecote Manor to relive their memories of hazy Cotswolds summers.But their uncle and aunt are still reeling from the disappearance of their only daughter, five years before.An undercurrent of dread runs through the house. Why did Audrey vanish? Who is keeping her fate secret?As the sisters are lured into their missing cousin, the stifling summer takes a shocking, deadly turn.One which will leave blood on their hands, and put another girl in danger decades later . . . Praise for The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde:'Evocative and filled with subtle intrigue. I so enjoyed it' Clare Mackintosh'The most beautiful book you will read this year' Lisa Jewell'Every now and then you read a special...