‘I’ve been telling everyone I know about Mary Lawson . . . Each of her novels is just a marvel’ Anne TylerClara’s rebellious older sister is missing. Grief-stricken and bewildered, she yearns to uncover the truth about what happened. Liam, newly divorced and newly unemployed, moves into the house next door and within hours gets a visit from the police. Elizabeth is thinking about a crime committed thirty years ago, one that had tragic consequences for two families. She desperately wants to make amends before she dies. *Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021*’Close to perfection’ The Times’Exquisitely poignant’ Liane Moriarty; 304 pages; Published: 17/03/2022