The ultimate literary mystery writer. Faith's Severn tells the story of her aunt Vera, hanged for murder, the recounting prompted by a true-crime writer who is researching what happened. The family is so ashamed of what Vera did that they have never talked about it openly until now. During the war, Vera shares her home with her much younger sister Eden, whom she adores, and her son Francis. But while Vera's husband is away she becomes pregnant and gives birth to another boy, Jamie who usurps Eden in her affections. It's twisty, elegantly written, and the characterisation is wonderful. And not an ending I was expecting.