The Safekeep

About this book

Fifteen years after the Second World War, Isabel lives a solitary life of discipline and strict routine in her late mother's country home. Her carefully ordered world is disrupted when her brother Louis brings his new girlfriend, Eva, to stay for the season. In the sweltering heat of summer, Isabel's desperate need for control reaches boiling point. The escalating tension between the two women leads to a revelation that threatens to unravel everything Isabel has ever known.