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.

Rose starts to make changes in her life as she gets closer to Connie, and the truth...

Omnibus of the last five of ten parts.

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

Read by Rachel Shelley and Katherine Press

Abridged by Eileen Horne

Producer: Mair Bosworth

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