by Pat Barker
First published 2023
Widowed in the Blitz, Penny packs up her London life and boards a ship bound for her native Australia. But as the voyage unfolds, she's plagued by unsettling dreams and a growing sense of unease. When a fellow passenger's untimely death raises suspicions, Penny's search for answers threatens to upend everything she thought she knew about her past—and her future.
Genres: australia, 20th-century, adventure, suspense, mystery, contemporary
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Australia, London
Period: Blitz
291 pages · Hardcover · Penguin Books