Shadows & Lies

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In 1910, the bloodstained body of an unknown woman is found on the grounds of Sir Henry Chetwynd's Shropshire estate. Sebastian Chetwynd, a reluctant heir, struggles with divided loyalties: his ambition for a career of his own versus his father's expectations, and his duty to marry for money while in love with Louisa, a student doctor and supporter of women's rights. Meanwhile, in London, Hannah, who has lost her memory due to a serious accident, attempts to piece together her past by writing down her life story. As she seeks to recover the fragments of her missing years, the ongoing murder investigation in Shropshire may hold the key. Switching between troubled South Africa in the late nineteenth century and the murder in England a decade later, Marjorie Eccles's narrative reveals the lies and deceptions beneath the veneer of polite Edwardian society.