The hotly anticipated new standalone from the Queen of Historical Fiction and National Treasure, Emma Carroll.
What would you do if you found a body in the woodshed?
1962, London, the seven days of the Cuban Missile Crisis . . .
The day Vie finds a girl hiding in the woodshed, her uneventful life on World's End Close suddenly takes a new turn. The runaway, Anna, claims she's being poisoned. She needs Vie and her best friend Ray to help . . .
But with the Cuban Missile Crisis kicking off, and the adults all behaving so strangely, what chance do three children have against poisoners amidst the threat of a third world war?
This enthralling, heartwarming thriller is the perfect novel for our tumultuous times.