The Silent Tide

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When Emily Gordon, editor at a London publishing house, commissions an account of great English novelist Hugh Morton, she finds herself steering a tricky path between Morton's formidable widow, Jacqueline, who's determined to protect his secrets, and the biographer, charming and ambitious Joel Richards. But someone is sending Emily mysterious missives about Hugh Morton's past and she discovers a buried story that simply has to be told
One winter's day in 1948, nineteen year old Isabel Barber arrives at her Aunt Penelope's house in Earl's Court having run away from home to follow her star. A chance meeting with an East European refugee poet leads to a job with his publisher, McKinnon & Holt, and a fascinating career beckons. But when she develops a close editorial relationship with charismatic young debut novelist Hugh Morton and the professional becomes passionately personal, not only are all her plans put to flight, but she finds herself in a struggle for her very survival.
Rachel Hore's intriguing and suspenseful new novel magnificently evokes the milieux of London publishing past and present and connects the very different worlds of two young women, Emily and Isabel, who through their individual quests for truth, love and happiness become inextricably linked.

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Compelling, engrossing and moving; a perfect holiday indulgence -- Santa Montefiore on The Silent Tide
A tour de force. Rachels Paris is rich, romantic, exotic and mysterious -- Judy Finnigan on A Week in Paris
Engrossing and romantic, its a wonderful story of family secrets and the choices women make -- Jane Thynne on The Silent Tide
With a serious eye for exquisite detail, Hores latest, brilliantly crafted novel aptly follows a photographer, Lucy. She takes a journey to capture past, life-changing family secrets, embracing three generations along the way, across Cornwall, London East Anglia and Occupied France * Mirror on A Gathering Storm *
A fascinating, hugely readable book . . . Rachel Hores research and her mastery of the subject is deeply impressive -- Judy Finnigan on A Place of Secrets
Another of this years top offerings * Daily Mail on The Glass Painter's Daughter *
Pitched perfectly for a holiday read * Guardian on The Memory Garden *

Author Bio

Rachel Horeworked in London publishing for many years before moving with her family to Norwich, where she taught publishing and creative writing at the University of East Anglia until deciding to become a full-time writer.She is theSunday Times(London) bestselling author of ten novels, includingThe Love Child. She is married to the writer D.J. Taylor and they have three sons. Visit her atRachelHore.co.ukand connect with her on Twitter@RachelHore.