The Hiding Places

Rich in myth, mystery, warmth and wit — a touching novel about what it means to be alive.

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April Turner blames herself for her small son’s accidental death, and decides she is no longer entitled to love or pleasure or beauty. For five years, she lives a life stripped of everything good. But then a letter arrives, informing April that she is the last surviving heir to Empyrean, a long-abandoned country house.

At first, April resists. But with the letter comes a map full of tiny mysteries, and she is drawn all the way from New Zealand to the English countryside, and into a small but intriguing circle of people: musician Oran, who remains loyal to his faithless wife; solicitor Edward, who has given up on love; and Sunny, Lady Day, nearing ninety but more vital than others half her age.  

Sunny knew Empyrean in its prime, and her stories bring characters from the past to life. Rowan, the gamekeeper’s grandson, abandoned by his mother. Lily, the farmer’s beautiful daughter. And wealthy James, who drew April’s map, and died far too young.

April is also befriended by the mysterious Jack, who lives wild in the woods with his dog. Jack offers to help April restore Empyrean’s neglected garden, and is determined to reawaken April to the precious wonders of life – and love.  

Is Jack the one who can finally persuade April to give up her joyless existence, and start coming alive again?

For lovers of folklore and mythology, and unravelling mysteries from the past. 

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