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ISBN: 9780349020198
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2026
Publisher: Little Brown
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'Vivid and entertaining, and powered by such a wonderfully dry wit' THE TIMES'A beautifully woven debut full of escalating secrets...hugely enjoyable' AJ PEARCE'An intriguingly tricksy story' DAILY MAIL'Intricate, compelling and intriguing . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. A triumph' KATE KEMP, author of The GrapevineIN A HOUSE BUILT ON LIES, THE TRUTH WILL GET YOU KILLED.London, 1953. One foggy night, in the dead of February, a diffident young man arrives unannounced at 42 Tregunter Road in Chelsea. Self-styled Bohemian Mrs Honor Wilson, who runs a minor literary journal and lodgings from this timeworn Victorian house, introduces him to her 'dear house guests': Robbie, the writer; Mina, the aspiring socialite; George, the debutante; and Saul, the refugee poet. Jimmy Sullivan is a family friend, Honor says - yet clearly, something is very amiss. Despite everyone's suspicions, she lets the stranger move into the attic. As they each try to disprove Jimmy's dubious account of himself, secrets, jealousies, and disturbing schemes come to light, fracturing the household's delicate allegiances and setting in motion, unstoppably, a tale of perilous self-invention, complicated love, and murderous revenge.'Twisty, fast-paced, brilliantly plotted and deliciously entertaining . . . an absolute must-read!' KRISTIN HARMEL, New York Times bestselling author'A rich labyrinth of a story filled with
ISBN: 9780349020198
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2026
Publisher: Little Brown
Description:
'Vivid and entertaining, and powered by such a wonderfully dry wit' THE TIMES'A beautifully woven debut full of escalating secrets...hugely enjoyable' AJ PEARCE'An intriguingly tricksy story' DAILY MAIL'Intricate, compelling and intriguing . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. A triumph' KATE KEMP, author of The GrapevineIN A HOUSE BUILT ON LIES, THE TRUTH WILL GET YOU KILLED.London, 1953. One foggy night, in the dead of February, a diffident young man arrives unannounced at 42 Tregunter Road in Chelsea. Self-styled Bohemian Mrs Honor Wilson, who runs a minor literary journal and lodgings from this timeworn Victorian house, introduces him to her 'dear house guests': Robbie, the writer; Mina, the aspiring socialite; George, the debutante; and Saul, the refugee poet. Jimmy Sullivan is a family friend, Honor says - yet clearly, something is very amiss. Despite everyone's suspicions, she lets the stranger move into the attic. As they each try to disprove Jimmy's dubious account of himself, secrets, jealousies, and disturbing schemes come to light, fracturing the household's delicate allegiances and setting in motion, unstoppably, a tale of perilous self-invention, complicated love, and murderous revenge.'Twisty, fast-paced, brilliantly plotted and deliciously entertaining . . . an absolute must-read!' KRISTIN HARMEL, New York Times bestselling author'A rich labyrinth of a story filled with