Jessica Fellowes

It's 1919, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London, and most of all her oppressive and dangerous uncle.

Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nursery maid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy - an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories.

But then a nurse - Florence Nightingale Shore, goddaughter of her famous namesake - is killed on a train in broad daylight, and Louisa and Nancy find themselves entangled in the crimes of a murderer who will do anything to hide their secret . . .

'A glorious indulgence. Dazzling'
- Daisy Goodwin

'Inventive, glittering, clever, ingenious'
- Susan Hill

'Fascinating, I loved it'
- Julian Fellowes

'An enthralling mystery'
- Juliet Nicolson

'Audacious, breathtaking'
- Alex Gray

Publisher:Sphere, London, 2018