<p><b>'Thrilling, haunting and darkly beautiful' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of <i>We Begin at the End</i></b><b><br><br>THREE WOMEN. AN ISOLATED TOWN. A DECADES-OLD MYSTERY . . . </b><br><br>1933. Cornelia Stover is not the kind of woman the men of Boldville, New Mexico, expect her to be. But, one day, she stumbles upon a secret hidden out in the hills . . . <br><br>1970. Decades later, Joanna Riley, a former cop, packs up her car in the middle of the night and drives west, fleeing an abusive marriage and a life she can no longer bear. Eventually, she runs out of gas and finds herself in Boldville.<br><br>Joanna was looking for somewhere to hide, but something is <i>off</i> about this place. In a commune on the outskirts a young man has been found dead and Joanna knows a cover up when she sees it. Soon, she and Glitter, a young, disaffected hippie, find themselves caught up in a dark mystery that goes to the very heart of Boldville. A mystery that leads them all the way back to the unexplained disappearance of Glitter's grandmother Cornelia forty years before . . .<br><br><b> A captivating, atmospheric new mystery from the lauded author of <i>The Long, Long Afternoon</i>, <i>This Wild Wild Country </i>simmers with secrets, lies and terrible betrayal, unravelling the lives of three women at the mercy of their times.</b><br><br>Praise for Inga Vesper<br><br><b>'Remarkably assured. A tale of inequality, broken dreams and quiet desperation behind a picture-perfect facade' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>'A clever and absorbing debut' <i>The Times<br></i><br>'Beguiling and evocative. This vivid and atmospheric pageturner will keep readers guessing all the way to its satisfying finale' <i>Sunday Express</i><br><br>'Beautifully crafted, claustrophobic and compelling. As delicious as a long drink on a hot day' Stacey Halls, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Familiars</i> and <i>The Foundling</i><br><br>'Such a vivid atmosphere of stifling LA heat and stifling 50s domesticity' Clare Chambers, author of <i>Small Pleasures</i><br><br>'Breathtakingly stylish, hypnotic and masterfully gripping' Chris Whitaker, author of <i>We Begin at the End</i>, Waterstones Thriller of the Month<br><br>'A triumph. What a pleasure to read something fresh and original. For once the hype is justified and Inga Vesper's gripping page turner must surely now be bound for Netflix' <i>Evening Standard</i><br><br>'A tasty, tense, page-turning combo of James Ellroy and Kate Atkinson with a bit of <i>Mad Men</i> thrown in'<br>Liz Hyder<br><br>'An atmospheric tale of repression and style at the heart of the American Dream' <i>Stylist</i></b></p>