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A pleasingly old-fashioned chiller, set in Normandy just before the second world war. Irene goes to stay in the Blue Bay when her mother becomes housekeeper to toymaker Lazarus Jann. A mystery filled with creepy automata and deadly secrets. (Summer Books Guide FT.COM)
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Very well-written, and full of suspense, it has all the appeal of an ancient story-book, with black and white line-drawings at the start of every chapter. (Alison A.Maxwell-Cox THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN)
A pleasingly old-fashioned thriller...A mystery filled with creepy automata and deadly secrets. (FINANCIAL TIMES)
An atmospheric, eerie and bewitching tale of what's lurking in the summer sun of northern France in 1937. (WANDERLUST)
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- PublisherWeidenfield & Nicolson
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 029785626X
- ISBN 13 9780297856269
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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