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From the best-selling author of The Legacy comes an unforgettable novel exploring guilt, love and confronting the truth.

April, 1942. Amid the chaos of a night of bombing in Bath, six-year-old Davy Noyle goes missing. Frances Parry, looking after him at the time, is tortured by guilt and refuses to believe that he's dead.

As quiet falls and the dust begins to settle on the damaged city, a body is found. But it's the body of a little girl, Frances' best friend, Wyn, who has been missing for over 20 years.

As Frances continues her search for Davy, this new discovery leads her back to her childhood and forces her to revisit a crime that has cast a shadow over her life. This time she vows to uncover the truth, however dark it might be.

©2018 Katherine Webb (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group Historical Mystery Romance Fiction

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"An enormously talented writer." (Santa Montefiore)

"I've loved all of Katherine Webb's books." (Kate Riordan)

"Katherine Webb's writing is beautiful." (Elizabeth Fremantle)
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sound was a little quiet on this one, and the Austrian accent was awful. otherwise good story, good ending.

over all, very good.

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I have really enjoyed all of Katherine Webb’s previous books and this one didn’t disappoint.

Great listen

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I've read and loved all of Katherine Webb's books. this one is definitely my leady favourite. the characters were fine, but no one really held my attention. I found the story a little dragged out and the plot was not as exciting as I expected from the book's blurb.

I gave this 3 stars instead of 2 because of the heart wrenching "what if", that all Webb books are characterised by.

Excellent narration. I think I would have like this story a lot less if I had have read it, rather than listened to it.

Excellent narration, but not a top notch Webb book

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This book had plot twists and kept me gripped until the end. Beautiful story telling.

One of the best books I've listened too

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A gentle moving story but beautifully narrated by Anna Bentinck who I'm starting to look for ..a safe pair of hands her narrative always consistently good

Beautifully narrated

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