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DATE OF RELEASE: 5 FEB 2026
‘Beguiling and elegiac’ Lucy Steeds, author of The Artist ‘A gritty tale of secrets, guilt and desire’ Observer ‘Completely enthralling’ Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb ‘An extraordinary sense of place and time, written by an exciting new voice’ Radio Times (Best Books 2025)
1915, the Cabrach. In the fierce, wild beauty of this remote corner of Scotland, an isolated community makes a discovery: a body in a peat bog, perfectly preserved. Two people haul the body from the ground: Lizzie, the wife of a wealthy local landowner, and Johnny, a nomadic singer and farm hand.
Suddenly, strange things begin to happen. At hearthside and inn, people whisper: what have we unearthed? Against the echoes of a distant war, tensions heighten. But can Lizzie and Johnny lay old fears and rivalries aside, or will the secrets of the past consume them?
‘A striking and atmospheric debut’ The Times ‘A striking debut, filled with folkloric mystery and yearning’ Amy Twigg, author of Spoilt Creatures ‘Scapegoats, suspicion and secrets…a haunting picture of a small, intense environment where isolation can breed solidarity and warmth as easily as superstition and exclusion’ Financial Times ‘A simmering tale of outcasts and buried secrets, love and redemption' Danielle Giles, author of Mere ‘Sets a beautifully atmospheric scene from its opening lines to its final moments’ PA MEDIA
Paperback, Publication: 5 Feb 2026, Transworld
ISBN: 9781804994214
Extent: 352 pages
