Description
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?
‘Enthralling…creepy and compelling’ – The Times
‘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
‘Riveting, twisty, page-turning stuff’ – Guardian
‘The page turner you’ve been looking for. Sly, witty and gripping…I devoured it’ – Naomi Alderman
‘An utter joy…wonderfully skilled’ – Sarah Perry
‘Beguiling, brilliantly creepy, and an utterly compelling read’ – Claire Fuller
‘Tender, creepy and gripping’ – Sunday Times
‘Spellbinding and spooky…a dazzling high wire act, superbly absorbing’ – Sunday Mirror