Dear Reader, the man I love is trying to kill me...With shades of Daphne du Maurier, a mesmerising tale of secrets, entrapment and a dark obsession from the author of the BBC2 Between the Covers pick The Dictator's Wife.

'A delicious page-turning mystery within a mystery' LIZ HYDER
'A twisty treasure hunt of a novel... Utterly beguiling' LIZZIE POOK
'It glistens with a hint of the danger that lurks within' CHARLOTTE PHILBY
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1932. Emily Blackwood, adventuress and plant hunter, travels north for a curious new commission.

A gentleman has written to request she catalogue his vast collection of taxidermied creatures before sale. On arrival, Emily finds a ruined castle, its owner haunted by a woman who vanished five decades before. And when she discovers the ripped pages of a diary, crammed into the walls, she realises dark secrets lie here, waiting to entrap her too...

The Birdcage Library will hold you in its spell until the final page.