Miranda Emmerson

A mystery, a love story and a darkly beguiling tale of secrets and reinvention set in 1960s London....

In this sparkling debut novel, a disparate group of Londoners plunge into a search for a missing American actress....

Nik felt the mistake in his bones. The man in the snakeskin suit reached down towards him and pulled Nik upright by the collar of his coat. Nik didn’t see what happened next, but he felt the wall. He cried out and then someone hit him; he closed his eyes and waited for it to be over....