‘An absolute joy. No one sweeps you away like Maeve’ Veronica Henry

‘The perfect summer read’ Mail on Sunday

Maeve Binchy at her very best - the superb novel of one summer, and four people whose lives are irrevocably changed.

‘The setting is wonderfully seductive … Binchy weaves her usual magic … Binchy is degrees better than most other novelists and her storytelling ability is second to none’ Sunday Express

Four strangers, with nothing in common but a need to escape, meet in a Greek taverna high above the small village of Aghia Anna. From Ireland, America, Germany and England they have each left behind their homes and their old lives, when a shocking tragedy throws them unexpectedly together.

Nights of Rain and Stars is the story of one summer and four people, each with a life in turmoil - and Vonni, the Irish exile who would very much like to help them, but has demons of her own to battle …