'Captivating' R. L. Killmore, author of A Cinnamon Falls Mystery'Smart, original and lively .. . I loved it' Gilly MacMillan, author of The Nanny'A slice of pure murder mystery joy' Kelly Mullen, author of This Is Not A Game'A mystery with razor-sharp stakes.I was enthralled . . .A total pageturner!' Emily Freud, author of The CliffhangerThe latest instalment in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Castle Knoll Murder Mystery series, in which Annie Adams and her Great Aunt Frances team up across decades to solve two interlocking murders ***************************************LAURA NEVER MEANT TO LIE. BUT OLD HABITS DIE HARD.When Annie Adams heads to London to visit her mother, Laura, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body. Least of all for it to be Fliss, the budding artist Laura had just taken under her wing.Annie is no stranger to murder - after all, she's solved a few cases already. And something about the way Fliss died feels familiar. She's seen a case like this before.Or read about it, rather, in the journals of her dead Great Aunt Frances, whose close friend was killed in the 1960s in the exact same way: with her heart surgically removed from her chest.As threats pile up on Laura's doorstep, it soon becomes clear that she's next, and that she's hiding something . . .With her mother's life on the line, can Annie find the killer before it's too late? From the gritty streets of 1960s Soho to the lofty galleries of present-day West London, follow Annie and Frances as they race to bring a killer to justice. *************************************** Praise for the Castle Knoll Files 'VERY funny' Jennie Godfrey'Plenty of twists and red herrings' Guardian'Smart, twisty, and original' Heat'Thrilling' G. T.Karber'Superb' Glamour'Wildly original' Elly Griffiths