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<p><b>A top ten <i>Red Magazine</i> book . . .</b><br>____________ <p><b>Cornwall, 1940.</b> <p> <b>In the hushed hours of deepest night a young woman is found washed up on the rocks.</b> <p> <b>Was it a tragic accident? Or should the residents of Penhallow have been more careful about whom they invited in?</b> <p> In the midst of war three women arrive seeking safety at Penhallow Hall. <p> Each is looking to escape her past. <p> But one of them is not there by choice. <p> As the threat of invasion mounts and the nightly blackouts feel longer and longer, tensions between the close-knit residents rise until dark secrets start to surface. <p> And no one can predict what their neighbour is capable of . . . <p> <b>In a house full of strangers, who do you trust?</b><br>____________ <p><b>'A beautiful and intriguing page-turner. Cornwall springs to life in vivid colour' Dinah Jefferies, author of <i>The</i> <i>Sapphire Widow</i></b> <p><b>'Wonderfully atmospheric and utterly engrossing. I hardly moved until I had read the very last word' AJ Pearce, author of <i>Dear Mrs Bird</i></b></p>