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WRAY DELANEY is the pen name of Sally Gardner, the award-winning children’s novelist, who has sold over 2 million books worldwide and been translated into 22 languages. She lives in East Sussex, and this is her second adult novel.
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2019
Copyright © Wray Delaney 2019
Wray Delaney asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Ebook Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008217389
‘Shades of Sarah Waters … irresistible’
Guardian
‘Compelling’
Sarra Manning, Red
‘A bawdy, romping affair’
The Times
‘This is one hell of a read’
Sun
‘A fun, explicit romp with real stakes that will have you trying to finish this book in one sitting’
Stylist
‘An irresistible world to drop into’
Emerald Street
‘An amazing book… like a box of treasures’
Meg Rosoff
To Julia, the wisest woman I know, whose love
and patience have been my greatest anchor.
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