For fans of The Night Circus, comes a sweeping and captivating debut novel
about a young librarian who discovers that his family labours under a terrible
curse. Simon Watson lives alone on the Long Island Sound. On a day in late
June, Simon receives a mysterious book connected to his family. The book tells
the story of two doomed lovers, two hundred years ago. He is fascinated, yet
as he reads Simon becomes increasingly unnerved. Why do so many women in his
family drown on 24th July? And could his beloved sister risk the same terrible
fate? As 24th July draws ever closer, Simon must unlock the mysteries of the
book, and decode his family history, before it's too late.
For fans of The Night Circus, comes a sweeping and captivating debut novel
about a young librarian who discovers that his family labours under a terrible
curse. Simon Watson lives alone on the Long Island Sound. On a day in late
June, Simon receives a mysterious book connected to his family. The book tells
the story of two doomed lovers, two hundred years ago. He is fascinated, yet
as he reads Simon becomes increasingly unnerved. Why do so many women in his
family drown on 24th July? And could his beloved sister risk the same terrible
fate? As 24th July draws ever closer, Simon must unlock the mysteries of the
book, and decode his family history, before it's too late.
