Rose Simmons is adrift in her mid-30s and still trying to decide what to do with her life.

Her own mother disappeared when she was a baby and she's never known the truth of what happened to her.

When she learns that the last person to see her was Constance Holden, a reclusive novelist who withdrew from public life at the peak of her fame, Rose is drawn to the door of Connie's imposing house in search of a confession.

Jessie Burton's mystery novel, first published in 2019.

Abridged in ten parts by Eileen Horne

Read by Rachel Shelley and Katherine Press

Producer: Mair Bosworth

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.

*** Jessie Burton is the bestselling author of 'The Miniaturist' and 'The Muse'. Show less