The House of WhispersThe spellbinding new novel from the bestselling author of The Clockwork Girl! Sometimes the secrets of the past are more dangerous than the present Rome, 1938. As the world teeters on the brink of war, talented pianist Eva Valenti enters the house of widower Dante Cavallera to become his new wife. On the outside, the forces of Fascism are accelerating, but in her new home, Eva fears that something else is at work, whispering in the walls and leaving

but her secret

sees all too clearly the folly and incometence of Hong Kong's colonial administration

the sun eater

Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included

mistrusted by his parents and avoided by city incomers

surly tutor and various servants in a grand but dilapidated old house called Skirl

Grey soon begins to realise why Arlington is prepared to pay well for the document

and moves very fast

'Epic' - MARY BEARD

at a loss for words

turbulent childhood

Only Vera Langhornes belief that something is queer provokes Maitland to delve deeper