Winner of the HWA Debut Crown Award 2020 Some secrets are unspoken. Others are unspeakable... August 1939. Thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum's collection of mammals. Once she and her exhibits arrive at Lockwood Manor, however, where...

A mother's secret past collides with her daughter's present in this intoxicating novel from Jane Healey, the author of The Animals at Lockwood Manor. In the summer of 1973, teenage Ruth and her four friends are obsessed with pre-Raphaelite paintings, and a little bit...

'An immersive, intoxicating summer read with the long-lasting feel of a classic' - Molly Aitken, author of The Island Child. 'A potent blend of art, beauty, awakening desire and mortality that seduces the reader' - Daily Mail Summer, 1973. Teenage Ruth and her four...