*LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION - 2023 NERO BOOK
AWARDS* After the death of a young girl the finger of suspicion is pointing at one reclusive
family... 'Ambitious and original' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Gripping... A triumph' SUNDAY TIMES It's
1990 in London and after the death of a young girl on an estate the finger of suspicion is
pointing at one reclusive Irish family: the Greens. At their heart sits Carmel: beautiful
other-worldly and once destined for a future beyond her circumstances until life - and love -
got in her way. Now as the scandal unfolds and the tabloids hunt their monster she must
confront the secrets and silences that have trapped her family for so many generations. A DAILY
TELEGRAPH TIMES NEW STATESMAN AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Daring brilliant... Bold
and beautiful' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A compulsive read' THE TIMES 'Heartbreaking' VOGUE
