Part of The Clifton Chronicles, book 7
First published 2016
A gunshot rings out, leaving questions of survival and guilt hanging over the Clifton and Barrington families. In Whitehall, Giles Barrington learns disturbing facts about his wife Karin's true allegiances from the Cabinet Secretary. Harry Clifton begins work on his greatest literary achievement while his wife Emma finishes her decade leading Bristol Royal Infirmary and considers an offer from Margaret Thatcher. Sebastian Clifton takes control of Farthings Kaufman bank after Hakim Bishara steps down. When Jessica Clifton faces expulsion from art school, her aunt Grace intervenes. Lady Virginia plots her escape from mounting debts until the Duchess of Hertford's death presents a final chance to destroy her enemies. Then a medical diagnosis strikes the heart of the Clifton family, threatening to unravel everything they have built together.
Genres: fiction, family, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: family-saga, found-family
Setting: Whitehall, Bristol, Farthings Kaufman
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
403 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press