The Undoing of Violet Claybourne : The captivating, wintry gothic mystery of family secrets, lies and the darkest deception, with a devastating twist you won’t see coming

Published 06/11/2025 | Paperback / softback,
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‘An evocative mystery . . . atmospheric and gripping’ Good Housekeeping’A brilliant claustrophobic study of gaslighting and manipulation, as a family’s ambitions overwhelm their better impulses’ Daily Mail’Atmospheric and chilling, this is one to curl up with’ Heat Magazine, Book of the WeekTO BECOME ONE OF THEM, SHE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES…

1938. Gillian Larking is used to blending in and going unnoticed, until she is befriended by her new roommate at boarding school, the vibrant and spirited Violet Claybourne. As the Christmas holidays approach, Gilly can’t believe her luck when Violet invites her to spend them at her home, the crumbling Thornleigh Hall.

At Thornleigh, Gilly is dazzled by the family’s faded grandeur, and above all by Violet’s beguiling older sisters who seem to accept her as one of their own. But following a terrible incident in the house’s grounds, Gilly begins to realise the Claybourne sisters aren’t quite what she thought they were. And if she’s to survive in their world, she may have to become just like them . . .

*LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR**FROM THE AUTHOR OF INDIE BOOK OF THE MONTH ONE PUZZLING AFTERNOON*