After a catastrophic ending to a relationship some years ago, Dr Marjorie Wren has distanced herself from almost everything in her life apart from her work as the Pre-Raphaelite curator at Oxford's Tewman museum. When a painting is left on the steps of the museum, the search to find out where it's from and why it was left there leads Marjorie down dangerous paths, back to the past and into a future she never thought could be hers.



Born and raised in South Gloucestershire, Bonnie Burke-Patel studied History at Oxford. After working for half a decade in politics and policy, she changed careers and became a preschool teacher, before beginning to write full time. She lives with her husband, son, and dog in south east London.