'Prepare to lose yourself in a tale of love, loss and deceit' SARA COX, RADIO 2 DJ AND HOST OF BBC 2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS. 'I was hooked from the beginning' CLARE CHAMBERS, AUTHOR OF SMALL PLEASURES. 

'Broke me, put me back together and made me cry. Just buy this. You won't regret it' 5* READER Reviewer-order this immersive, emotionally gripping novel about jealousy, loyalty, and the secrets we keep to protect those we love...

1955: In an apartment on the Lower East Side, school teachers Dovie and Gillian live as lodgers. Dancing behind closed curtains, mixing cocktails for two, they guard their private lives fiercely. Until someone guesses the truth...

1975: Twenty years later in the same apartment, Ava Winters is keeping her own secret. Her mother has become erratic, haunted by something Ava doesn't understand - until one sweltering July morning, she disappears.

Soon after her mother's departure, Ava receives a parcel. Addressed simply to 'Apartment 3B', it contains a photo of a woman with the word 'LIAR' scrawled across it. Ava does not know what it means or who sent it. But if she can find out then perhaps she'll discover the answers she is seeking - and meet the woman at the heart of it all...

'Made me cry, took me to smoke-filled jazz bars, and made me want to dance. A brilliantly written, evocative and moving novel' ANNA MAZZOLA, AUTHOR OF THE CLOCKWORK GIRL. 'Sad, rage-inducing and uplifting - a very emotional read' HARRIET TYCE, AUTHOR OF BLOOD ORANGE. 'I will remember this book for a long time' LOUISE HARE, AUTHOR OF THIS LOVELY CITY.

'Not only assured, pacy and involving, but both heart-breaking and heart mending' HOPE ADAMS, AUTHOR OF DANGEROUS WOMENREADERS ARE FALLING IN LOVE WITH THAT GREEN EYED GIRL .