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In the shadowy streets of Hull, Paige Carrigan forges a new life, haunted by a past that refuses to stay buried. Orphaned and once entrapped by an abusive ex, but now eerily close to freedom, she finds solace in her writing and in a local group filled with secrets of their own. As Paige’s first proofreading client draws her into an enthralling yet unsettling romance, a sinister text shatters her fragile peace: You can run but you can’t hide. With every new chapter she writes, the line between fiction and reality blurs, exposing a web of deceit spun by those she trusts most.

Poppy’s life has never been easy. Becoming a mom at sixteen, falling out with her family, and being abandoned by her boyfriend has left her feeling lost and alone, but her son is a ray of light in her life, and the pair form a strong bond: it’s the two of them against the world. Many years later, with her son grown up and away at university, Poppy arrives desperate, exhausted, and half-starved to a pretty doorstep, hoping to find sanctuary in the home of her old school friend Harriet—and it is clear things have gone horribly wrong.

When Edgar dies in a Far East prisoner-of-war camp, it breaks the heart of fellow prisoner Starling, the man who loved him. When he visits Edgar’s family after the war, Edgar's mother, Clementine, mistakes him for another man, and he fails to correct the mistake. Playing the role of someone else and being in Edgar’s home with those who loved him stirs powerful and disorientating emotions in Starling. Edgar’s loss has driven his sister, Aida, to seek solace in the arms of a series of men–but the meeting with Starling sparks a powerful and complex connection.