'Wrapped in the roots of the sycamore was a skeleton. The report would later declare it to be decades old; the remains of a woman, between twenty-five and thirty years of age. She had carried a child . . .' As the Second World War draws to a close, Intelligence Officer Gus Clifton surprises his sisters at their London home. But an even greater shock is the woman he brings with him, Krista - the German wife whom he has married secretly in Berlin. Krista is clearly devastated by her experiences at the hands of the British and their allies - all but broken by horrors she cannot share. But Gus's sisters can only see the enemy their brother has brought under their roof. And their friend Nella, Gus's beautiful, loyal fiancUe, cannot understand what made Gus change his mind about her. What hold does Krista have over their honourable Gus? And how can the three women get her out of their home, their future, their England? Praise for Elizabeth Buchan
Author Biography
Elizabeth Buchan's previous novels include Light of the Moon, the prize-winning Consider the Lily, The New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, and her most recent book,Daughters. As well as her novels, Elizabeth's short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in a range of magazines. Elizabeth reviews for the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail and is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and of the National Academy of Writing. She has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliott literary prizes, has been a judge for the Costa awards, and she sits on the authors' committee for the Reading Agency. She lives in London.
