The Short Straw William Morrow The two men maintain the

The two men maintain the fiction that Basil is there as a guest

Totally gripping

Mich's granny

Peter Ho Davies's thought-provoking and profoundly moving first novel traces a perilous wartime romance as it explores the bonds of love and duty that hold us to family

The Short Straw William Morrow The two men maintain theLeaving isn't safe But staying would be deadly. 'An addictive read. . . Patricia Highsmith meets Shirley Jackson' GILLIAN MCALLISTER Three sisters find themselves lost in a storm at night, and seek safety at Moirthwaite Manor, where their mother once worked. They are shocked to find the isolated mansion that loomed so large through their troubled childhoods has long been abandoned. Drawing straws to decide who should get help, one sister heads back