<p><font><b>A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE <i>DAILY MAIL </i>AND <i>WOMAN AND HOME</i></b><br><b>A <i>New York Times</i> ''Editor''s Pick''<br>One of the <i>Observer</i>''s Ten Best Debut Novelists of 2020<br>Shortlisted for the Author''s Club First Novel Award<br>Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize<br></b><b>Longlisted for the CWA John Creasy New Blood Dagger</b></font><br><br><font>''Enrapturing... This richly imagined novel considers the many permutations of love and what we are capable of doing in its name'' <i><b>New York Times</b></i></font><br><br><font>''A brilliant debut'' <b>Louise Doughty, author of <i>Apple Tree Yard</i></b></font><br><br><font>''You''ll have the heart rate of an Olympic hurdler'' <b><i>Sunday Express</i></b></font><br><br><font>''I read it with my heart in my throat'' <b>Sara Collins, author of <i>The Confessions of Frannie Langton</i></b></font><br><br><font>''An exquisitely crafted masterpiece you''ll b