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When Imogen receives the news that she has inherited the crumbling mansion belonging to the late renowned artist, Dorothea Rowe, she is shocked. Apart from spending one summer as a teenager in Dorothea’s house, Imogen barely knew the reclusive elderly lady.

As Imogen begins to look into Dorothea’s past, she finds more questions than answers. There’s the stacks of letters that reveal the dark side of her first marriage, and the grotesque life-sized models in the basement – Dorothea’s final project – that someone is determined to stop from being revealed to the public.

Imogen soon realises that Dorothea’s sudden death might not be an accident and, if she wants to discover the truth, she risks exposing her own secrets, as well as Dorothea’s…

About Claire Douglas

Claire Douglas worked as a journalist for fifteen years, writing features for women's magazines and national newspapers, but had dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award with her first novel, The Sisters.
She is a Sunday Times bestseller and a frequent Richard & Judy Book Club pick. Her books have sold over two million copies in the UK alone.
She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781405978989
  • Length: 400 pages
  • Price: £8.99
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