''Surprising, chilling, and electric'' Alice Winn, bestselling author of IN MEMORIAM
''Moving, unnerving and deeply sexy'' Tracy Chevalier, bestselling author of GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
''A house is a precious thing...''
An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge - for readers of Patricia Highsmith, Sarah Waters and Ian McEwan''s Atonement
It''s 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is well and truly over. Living alone in her late mother''s country home, Isabel''s life is as it should be: led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis delivers his graceless new girlfriend, Eva, at Isabel''s doorstep-as a guest, there to stay for the season...
Eva is Isabel''s antithesis: sleeps late, wakes late, walks loudly through the house and touches things sh
