Music in the Dark by Sally Magnusson

Music in the Dark by Sally Magnusson'A wonderful and moving story, beautifully told . . . an episode of history brought vividly to life' Clare Chambers, author of Small PleasuresJamesina Ross is long finished with men. But one night a stranger seeking lodgings knocks on the door of her tenement flat. He doesn't recognise her, but she remembers him at once. Not that she plans to mention it. She has no intention of trusting anyone enough to let herself be vulnerable again. A lifetime ago

Everyone is keeping secrets – but only one is a killer

Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister

and they all want a ride on the broom too

This authorised sequel has gentle rhyming verse by bestselling author Jeanne Willis

Yet from her accession as a young mother of two in 1952 to the age of Covid-19

Until she met Big Swiss

A compelling story that crackles with intrigue

shape who he would become'A book that swan-dives into the filthy waters of growing up and resurfaces clear-eyed

These three apparently unrelated tales come together with an unexpected twist

not to mention all the other friends and family - and life can be hard

and brimming with Sophy Henn’s distinctive illustrations and comic-book strips

a world of brooding danger