The Puzzle Wood

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'A phenomenal new voice in historical fiction' Lizzie Pook Deep in the woods, something is stirring When Miss Catherine Symonds arrives to take up a position as governess at remote Locksley Abbey in the foothills of the Black Mountains, where England bleeds into Wales, she is apprehensive. It is not the echoing, near empty house with its skeleton staff that frightens her, nor the ancient woods that surround the Abbey or even the dogs that the owner, Sir Rowland, encourages to stalk the grounds, baying for blood. It is Catherine herself who fears scrutiny: her reference and very identity are fraudulent. She is travelling in disguise to investigate the fate of the last governess at the house, who took her own life out in the woods. For that governess was Catherines own sister, but until now she had believed Emily had died many years before, when they were just children In Rosie Andrews extraordinary follow up to the bestselling The Leviathan one of the biggest debuts of 2022 an isolated forest becomes the unsettling, beguiling backdrop to a tale of myths, memory and murder

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Praise for The Leviathan: Darkly compelling and dripping with atmosphere, The Leviathan is a bewitching tale of good, evil and all of the shades in-between' -- Stacey Halls
Praise for The Leviathan: Spectacular - deliciously creepy, immensely atmospheric and exquisitely written. Rosie Andrews is a phenomenal new voice in historical fiction -- Lizzie Pook
Praise for The Leviathan: It's hard to believe that such an accomplished novel could be a debut - The Leviathan is a gloriously dark story that sweeps you along to its harrowing yet satisfying conclusion. Superb -- Susan Stokes-Chapman

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Rosie Andrews was born and grew up in Liverpool, the third of twelve children. She studied History at Cambridge before becoming an English teacher. Her debut novel, The Leviathan, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller, going on to become one of the bestselling debut hardbacks of 2022, and has been shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, the HWA Debut Crown Award and the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction. She lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and daughter.