Romilly lives in a ramshackle house with her eccentric artist father and her cat, Monty. She knows little about her past – but she knows that she is loved.\nWhen her father finds fame with a series of children’s books starring her as the main character, everything changes: exotic foods appear on the table, her father appears on TV, and strangers appear at their door, convinced the books contain a treasure hunt leading to a glittering prize.\nBut as time passes, Romilly’s father becomes increasingly suspicious of everything around him, until, before her eyes, he begins to disappear altogether.\nIn her increasingly isolated world, Romilly turns to the secrets her father has hidden in his illustrated books, realising that there is something far darker and more devastating locked within the pages…\nThe truth.\nThe Illustrated Child is the unforgettable, beguiling debut from Polly Crosby.

Illustrated Child

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Polly Crosby

Mystery

HQ Fiction

The Unravelling

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

A haunting mystery for fans of Eve Chase, Kate Morton and Kate Mosse. 
1938: Lady Vita Goldsborough lives in the shadow of her controlling older brother, Aubrey. Trapped and isolated on the East Anglian coast, Vita takes solace in watching the birds that fly over the marshes. But then she meets local artist Dodie Blakeney. The two women form a close bond, and Vita finally glimpses a chance to escape Aubrey’s grasp and be as free as the birds she loves.\n1997: Decades later and in the wake of her mother’s death, Eve Blakeney returns to the coast where she spent childhood summers with her beloved grandmother, Dodie. Eve hopes the visit will help make sense of her grief. The last thing she expects to find is a bundle of letters that hint at the heart-breaking story of Dodie’s relationship with a woman named Vita.\nEve and Vita’s stories are linked by a shattering secret that echoes through the decades, and when Eve discovers the truth, it will overturn everything she thought she knew about her family – and change her life forever.

Vita and the Birds

The House Of Fever

Harpercollins

This Tale Is Forbidden

scholastic

The Book of Hidden Wonders

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Harlequin Audio and Blackstone Publishing

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