Simon Mawer eloquently blends romance and suspense in this thrilling tale.
Chatelaine
The wife of a wealthy Russian landowner, Antonina finds her world destroyed when bitter former servants kidnap her beloved son and seriously injure her husband.
At the turn of the 20th century, a family opens its country house to a group of stranded train-crash survivors amid preparations for daughter Emerald Torrington's 20th birthday.
