"Beryl Bainbridge, Muriel Spark, and Graham Greene all come to mind, but
Azzopardi's style is all her own."--Chicago Tribune
New York Times Editors' Choice, the breathtaking third novel from
Booker Prize finalist and national best-selling author Trezza Azzopardi
is at once a powerful love story and an intricately plotted mystery that
explores the staying power of family and memory, and the pull of
unlikely but destined romance. For twenty years Lewis has been haunted
by his brother's death. Try as he might to escape this tragedy, the
ghost of Wayne confronts him at every turn. When he meets Anna, a young
woman who is also haunted--by her loud and carefree mother, Rita, who
just so happens to be very much alive--Lewis is pulled into a world of
carousing, music hall turns, and cocktails as he searches for the person
he believes responsible for the death of his brother. Against the
backdrop of the Norfolk coast with its massive skies and relentless
seas, Anna and Lewis slowly learn to trust each other and accept that an
uncertain future can be as wild and alluring as the landscape they have
grown to love.