by Alice Feeney
First published 2026
Eden Fox prepares for her first art exhibition when her world tilts off its axis. She goes for a run from Spyglass, the old house she just moved into in Hope Falls. When she returns, her key no longer works. A woman who looks startlingly like her opens the door. Eden's husband treats this stranger as his wife. Six months before Eden's crisis, Birdy lived as a recluse in London until a medical diagnosis changed everything. She inherits Spyglass from a grandmother she barely knew and travels to the coastal village of Hope Falls. Birdy discovers a clinic in London that claims it can predict when people will die. The clinic has calculated her death date. Two women now orbit the same house and the same man. One of them is lying about who she really is. The truth about Spyglass and its connection to both women will determine who gets to keep the life they claim.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, mistaken-identity, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Hope Falls, London, Spyglass
Period: 21st-century
310 pages · Hardcover · Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar
Content warnings: mental-illness