Claire McGlasson

'Original, intelligent and beautifully written... alive with period detail.'DAILY MAIL 'A gem of a book.'ELODIE HARPER, THE WOLF DEN TRILOGY 'Such a joy.'JO BROWNING WROE, A TERRIBLE KINDNESS 'Utterly transporting, piercingly honest and intimate.'INGRID PERSAUD, LOVE AFTER LOVE Blackpool, 1938. Miss Margaret Finch - a rather demure young woman - has just begun work in a position that relies on...

Claire McGlasson is a brave and brilliant new voice in fiction. - JESS KIDD Blackpool, 1938. Miss Margaret Finch - a rather demure young woman - has just begun work in a position that relies on her discretion and powers of observation, when her path is crossed by the disgraced Rector of Stiffkey (aka Harold Davidson) who is the subject...

Poignant - Sunday Times Gripping. - Metro Fascinating. - The Times Enrapturing. - Red Magazine Miss Dilys Barltrop is a devoted member of The Panacea Society, a cult populated almost entirely by virtuous single women. When she strikes up a friendship with Grace, a new recruit, God finally seems to be smiling upon her. But Dilys is wary of her...