First published 2017
Damian Baxter has amassed enormous wealth, but one problem haunts him: who will inherit his fortune? He contacts an old Cambridge acquaintance, now estranged after forty years of mutual hatred, with an unusual request for help. An anonymous letter from a former girlfriend suggests Baxter may have fathered a child decades ago. Despite their bitter history, the narrator agrees to track down this potential heir. The search pulls him back into the glittering world of 1960s London's social Season, when aristocratic families orchestrated elaborate matchmaking rituals for their daughters. It was an era of constant upheaval, where marijuana-laced brownies appeared at museum parties and social conventions crumbled around them. As the narrator investigates Baxter's romantic past, he must navigate both the changing times and his own complicated feelings about helping a man he despises.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Cambridge, London
Period: 1960s
568 pages · Paperback · Debolsillo