Product description
A Times Best Book of the Year
From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII
"Ten out of ten" — The Times
"A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor's best" — Mick Herron
"A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant" — Laura Shepherd-Robinson
"As good as I'd expect from a master of the craft" — Val McDermid
"A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending" — Ann Cleeves
England, May 1945
In the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds.
Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she's run away, but in fact she has met a violent end.
Replacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved… and these echoing halls hide a killer.
Specifications
| Product ID / ISBN / EAN | 9780008494285 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format | Paperback |
| Condition | New |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 26 Feb 2026 |
| Number of Pages | 384 |
| Width | 13.0 cm |
| Height | 19.7 cm |
| Depth | 3.0 cm |