A tour de force IRISH TIMESRiveting and moving NINA STIBBEGripping THE TIMESIt had me by the throat EMMA DONOGHUELONDON 1940. As enemy planes fly over the city twentyyearold Charlotte Richmond is trying to make the best of things. She has a dull but steady job at the Ministry of Information a friend to share gin and secrets with and an attic room of her own. All she has to do is keep her head down. She knows where her father will send her if she makes a nuisance of herself again.But amid the chaos of the Blitz Charlottes grip on reality starts slipping. Is someone following her in the blackouts or is her mind playing tricks on her In a city where nothing is safe its hard to know who to trust until she meets the boy who feeds the birds . . .A latenight pageturner that will keep you guessing till the end JOANNA QUINNGlorious REDExquisite DAILY TELEGRAPHI stayed up late reading and was glad SARAH MOSS