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Published: 25th April 2023
The Key In The Lock: A haunting historical mystery steeped in explosive secrets and lost love
By (Author) Beth Underdown
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
25th April 2023
2nd February 2023
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
First World War fiction
823.92
Paperback
288
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 17mm
202g
The captivating new historical mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE WITCHFINDER'S SISTER The Great War is ending, but it has taken Ivy's son. Ivy is consumed by discovering what happened to her boy out there in the trenches, while her husband only wants to forget. Then a man comes back into Ivy's life who can help her find out. A man who once stole Ivy's heart. A man who also lost his son to a tragedy. A man whose name she hasn't spoken in thirty years. As Ivy questions her part in the fire at Polneath House, she unlocks a secret that's been burning ever since. But will the truth destroy her - or set her free
An intriguing, elegantly constructed gothic mystery * The Sunday Times *
Beth Underdown lectures in creative writing at the University of Manchester. Her debut, The Witchfinder's Sister, was a Richard & Judy pick, a Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the HWA Debut Crown Award in 2017. The Key in the Lock is her second book and was a Sunday Times historical fiction pick and received wide acclaim.