From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a gripping novel of one
young woman's unraveling during the Blitz--a story of World War II
intrigue, love, and danger - "[A] thrilling novel...atmospheric and
memorable." --Emma Donoghue, best-selling author of Haven
It is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic
window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved
brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself
out of trouble: holding down a typist job at the Ministry of
Information, sharing gin and confidences with her best friend, Elena,
and dodging her overbearing father.
On her way to work she often sees the boy who feeds the birds--a source
of unexpected joy amid the rubble of the Blitz. But every day brings new
scenes of devastation, and after yet another heartbreaking loss
Charlotte has an uncanny sense of foreboding. Someone is stalking the
darkness, targeting her friends. And now he's following her.
As grief and suspicion consume her, Charlotte's nerves become
increasingly frayed. She no longer knows whom to trust. She can't even
trust herself . . .
Utterly riveting and hypnotic, The Midnight News is a love story, a
war story, and an unforgettable journey into the fragile mind and fierce
heart of an extraordinary young woman.
