How it Was - Signed, Lined & DatedA new, darkly compelling novel from Janet Ellis, author of the highly acclaimed The Butcher's Hook. 'Janet Ellis writes with tenderness and wisdom . . . I veered between laughter and a lump in the throat, often on the same page. This book will sneak up behind you and break your heart.' Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said In a 1970s village in rural Kent, lives go on in an unremarkable way. But Marion Deacon, struggling with being a wife and mother,

The mystery deepens as Jacquot begins his investigation

in a desperate attempt to find the killer - before he finds them

as Claire learns someone has recently met an untimely end at the house

And is that a price he's willing to pay

I must be strong

refuses to testify until she is found and brought to join him in America

Troy Alleyn is to paint the man's portrait and

where a rock 'n' roll band came to symbolise resistance to the regime

Spendlove assumes he wants to ensure it is only the once

in the cathedral in Manchester and together they face married life under arms

of a long delayed reunion that takes place in the most surprising of circumstances

a sheet around her head