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Spring 1937: Teresa, a young Basque girl, is evacuated to London in the wake of the Guernica bombing. She thinks she has reached safety in the lofty halls of Rochester Place and the soothing arms of Mary Davidson, but trouble seeks her out wherever she goes...

Autumn 2020: Corrine, an emergency services operator, receives a call from a distressed woman called Mary. But when the ambulance arrives at Rochester Place - the address the woman gave them - she is nowhere to be found. No matter how hard she tries to forget, memories of Mary's raw fear haunt Corinne and secrets, long-hidden in Corinne's family tree, begin to surface.

Is Mary calling from beyond the grave? And what actually happened at Rochester Place all those years ago?

Set between the dusty halls of Rochester Place and the bustling streets of modern-day Tooting, this emotive, intricately layered mystery tells the spellbinding story of two people, separated by time, yet mysteriously connected through an enchanting Georgian house and the secrets within its walls. The perfect escapist read for fans of Kate Morton, Eve Chase and Lulu Taylor.

©2022 Iris Costello (P)2022 Penguin Audio Historical Mystery Romance Suspense Feel-Good Fiction

Critic reviews

A treasure of a novel . . . The perfect winter read (Amanda Prowse, To Love and Be Loved)
An intriguing story which skilfully entwines the past and present (Heidi Swain, A Taste of Home)
Simply spellbinding, very addictive, and so beautifully written (Sophie Irwin, A Ladies Guide to Fortune Hunting)
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Performance was pretty good. Had to speed it up a bit though it was quite slow. as a history lover this was such a great steady paced story, some bits predicable but others not so much which is so good. It both broke my heart and put a plaster on it too. Loved it

Oh what a train of emotions

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Great story line and great narrator, who was easy to listen to. I was glued to it throughout.

Absolutely loved this story

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