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The Birdcage

The spellbinding new mystery from the author of Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy pick The Glass House

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The Birdcage

By: Eve Chase
Narrated by: Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Taj Atwall
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The new novel from the author of Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy Pick The Glass House

Some secrets need to be set free . . .

Lauren, Kat and Flora are half-sisters who share a famous artist father - and a terrible secret.

Over the years they've grown into wildly different lives. But an invitation to Rock Point, the Cornish cliff house where they once sat for their father's most celebrated painting, Girls and Birdcage, reunites them.

Rock Point is a beautiful, windswept place, thick with secrets, electrically charged with the events of the summer - twenty years before - that the family daren't discuss. And there is someone in the shadows watching their every move. Someone who remembers the girls in the painting - and what they did.

An emotional mystery full of dark secrets and twists, transporting the reader to the rugged remote landscape of north Cornwall.

'Eve Chase does it again! A bittersweet, beautifully written, slow burn family drama with a killer kick in the closing chapters. I loved every word of it' Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of The Night She Disappeared

'Gorgeously written, atmospheric and twisty . . . I devoured it!' Claire Douglas, bestselling author of The Couple at No. 9

'Immersive, tense and ultimately redemptive, while I was reading, it held me completely in its grip' Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal

'I loved it . . . engrossing, gripping and layered' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of That Night

© Eve Chase 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

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Critic Reviews

Eve Chase does it again! The Birdcage is glorious; a bittersweet, beautifully written, slow burn family drama with a killer kick in the closing chapters. I loved every word of it (Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of The Night She Disappeared)
Eve Chase is one of my favourite authors and I fell in love with The Birdcage. A gorgeously written, atmospheric and twisty story of sisters and secrets set on the Cornish coast. Eve Chase's books never fail to make me cry. I devoured it! (Claire Douglas, bestselling author of The Couple at No. 9)
Eve Chase never disappoints. The far west of Cornwall is evoked in all its wild and mystical glory in this lyrical and propulsive family drama about three sisters whose lives have been overshadowed by a tragic secret on the eve of the 1999 eclipse. Chase conjures up a bohemian, artistic world filled with damaged daughters and their charismatic, largely absent and narcissistic father. Immersive, tense and ultimately redemptive, while I was reading, it held me completely in its grip. (Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal)
Atmospheric and twisty: think Daphne Du Maurier for the modern day
I loved it . . . engrossing, gripping and layered (Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of That Night)
Atmospheric and beautifully written. I absolutely loved it. (Jane Fallon, bestselling author of Worst Idea Ever)
Beautiful, page-turning, with believable characters you root for, this will sweep you away. I loved it (Katie Fforde, bestselling author of Wedding Season)
I loved this atmospheric story about families and secrets
The Birdcage is a show-stopping novel - beautifully written and atmospheric, with a cast of fascinating, brilliantly realised characters whose story kept me absolutely gripped. Eve Chase has an extraordinary talent - she's one of the only writers I would drop anything for (Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Man Who Didn't Call)
A beautifully written-mystery in an evocative Cornish setting at the time of the eclipse. Stunning (Catherine Cooper, bestselling author of The Chalet)
All stars
Most relevant
I’m a huge fan of all of Eve’s books and this is one of my favourites. Lovey story!

Love this ♥️♥️

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It sounds strange to say a book was too wordy but that’s how I felt I wanted to shout “enough with descriptions and feelings and get on with the story which was good. I really enjoyed the ending.

Slow start but worth it

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I loved the narration and story of this book and would’ve given it a higher rating but something niggled at me throughout. Knowing African Grey parrots well it annoyed me where Bertha would say something after only hearing it once. Birds speak after repetitively hearing a word, phrase or sound and this irritated me each time he said something he’d only just heard. Aside from that I loved the book.

Very enjoyable but with a flaw.

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I rarely give up on a book but this is one of those rare times. Try as I may I could not get into it. I went back several times and listened again to the early chapters but no. On a positive, it did send me to sleep.

I rarely give up on a book

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