Connie is riding high on the success of her book, but Elise is struggling in LA.

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.

Novel by Jessie Burton, the bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse.

Abridged by Eileen Horne.

Read by Rachel Shelley and Katherine Press.

Producer: Mair Bosworth

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019. Show less