A new novel from the no.1 bestselling author of }The House At Riverton{ and }The Secret Keeper{, set between the 1930s and present day, and focused on a mysterious disappearance at a country house. In her Hampstead home, Alice Edevane leads a life as neatly plotted as one of her bestselling novels, until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family's past and seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape... Now in paperback.