By the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lie. Forbidden love, intimate betrayal and the devastating power of exposure drive Helen Dunmore’s remarkable new novel.

______________________________ ‘A deceptively simple masterpiece’ Independent on Sunday ‘Will haunt you for months, if not years’ Guardian ‘Outstanding … if you only buy one book, make it this one’ Good Housekeeping

The Cold War is at its height, and a spy may be a friend or neighbour, colleague or lover.

At the end of a suburban garden, in the pouring rain, a woman buries a briefcase deep in the earth.

She believes that she is protecting her family.

What she will learn is that no one is immune from betrayal or the devastating consequences of exposure.