'Riveting, twisty, page-turning stuff' Guardian A 'best books of
2020' pick for BBC Radio 4 Open Book, the Guardian, the Telegraph
and Good Housekeeping 'The page turner you've been looking for.
Sly, witty and gripping . . . I devoured it' Naomi Alderman 'An
utter joy . . . wonderfully skilled' Sarah Perry 'Beguiling,
brilliantly creepy, and an utterly compelling read' Claire Fuller
'Tender, creepy and gripping' Sunday Times 'Spellbinding and spooky
. . . a dazzling high wire act, superbly absorbing' Sunday Mirror
When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master
vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish
nanny, Dee, for answers. As Dee looks back over her time in the
Master's Lodging - an eerie and ancient house - a picture of a high
achieving but dysfunctional family emerges: Nick, the fiercely
intelligent and powerful father; his beautiful Danish wife Mariah,
pregnant with their child; and the lost little girl, Felicity,
almost mute, seeing ghosts, grieving her dead mother. But is Dee
telling the whole story? Is her growing friendship with the
eccentric house historian, Linklater, any cause for concern? And
most of all, why is Felicity silent? Roaming Oxford's secret
passages and hidden graveyards, Magpie Lane explores the true
meaning of family - and what it is to be denied one. 'Enthralling .
. . creepy and compelling' The Times 'Deliciously dark' Alexandra
Shulman 'A gorgeously satisfying triumph' Lucy Mangan 'A rare thing
. . . simply stunning' Daily Express 'I was gripped . . . highly
original' Alex Clark 'Creepy, suspenseful' Independent 'One of the
most intriguing narrators since Notes on a Scandal' Sara Collins
'Grown-up and cleverly written . . . a dizzying sense of
uncertainty' Literary Review 'Keeps you guessing . . . a real sense
of menace' Good Housekeeping 'Wholly beguiling' Mick Herron
'Dazzlingly good' Diane Setterfield 'Beautiful writing' Polly
Samson 'Clever, tense and twisty' Amanda Craig 'Highly intelligent'
Sarah Vaughan 'Simply brilliant!' JP Delaney 'Darkly atmospheric'
Jane Fallon 'Clever and creepy' Erin Kelly 'Highly recommended'
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