A darkly beautiful dual-timeline novel with a captivating mystery, for fans of Diane Setterfield, Kate Morton, Kate Mosse and Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'Like a surreal cabinet of curiosities – haunting, eerie, evocative' Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding 'This moving tale is set in a mesmerising world' Heat 'Polly Crosby whips up a lush, mythical world in this dream-like novel . . . A book worm's treat!' Eve Chase, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Glass House When Tartelin Brown accepts a job with the reclusive Marianne Stourbridge, she finds herself on a wild island with a mysterious history. Tartelin is tasked with hunting butterflies for Marianne's research. But she quickly uncovers something far more intriguing than the curious creatures that inhabit the landscape. Because the island and Marianne share a remarkable history, and what happened all those years ago has left its scars, and some terrible secrets. As Tartelin pieces together...
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A darkly beautiful dual-timeline novel with a captivating mystery, for fans of Diane Setterfield, Kate Morton, Kate Mosse and Kiran Millwood Hargrave 'Like a surreal cabinet of curiosities – haunting, eerie, evocative' Bridget Collins, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Binding 'This moving tale is set in a mesmerising world' Heat 'Polly Crosby whips up a lush, mythical world in this dream-like novel . . . A book worm's treat!' Eve Chase, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Glass House When Tartelin Brown accepts a job with the reclusive Marianne Stourbridge, she finds herself on a wild island with a mysterious history. Tartelin is tasked with hunting butterflies for Marianne's research. But she quickly uncovers something far more intriguing than the curious creatures that inhabit the landscape. Because the island and Marianne share a remarkable history, and what happened all those years ago has left its scars, and some terrible secrets. As Tartelin pieces together...