I Died at Fallow Hall

I Died at Fallow Hall has been praised by the Guardian as "both a traditional country-house mystery and an examination of loneliness, the difficulty of making connections with others, and how hard it can be to escape the roles imposed on us by family and society".

Superbly and elegantly written: Irish Independent commends it as "executed with skill, finesse and considerable compassion", declaring it "a very impressive debut from a fully-formed writer".

Shortlisted for The Betty Trask, The Val McDermid Debut Award and The CWA Gold Dagger.

Anna Deerin moves to a remote Cotswold cottage to become a gardener, striving to discard the trappings she's spent her life pursuing as a woman. Craving anonymity and privacy, her new off-grid life seems perfect.

However, when she clears the last vegetable bed, she digs up not twigs but bones, inviting the outside world back into her life.

Enter Detective Inspector Hitesh Mistry, who has his own reasons for a new start in the village of Upper Magna.

Against her better judgement, Anna feels compelled by the mystery of this unknown woman from another time. She is determined to uncover the woman's identity and gain her the recognition she deserves, if not justice.

As threats to Anna and her new life grow, she and DI Mistry discover that this murder is deeply entwined with issues of gender, family, community, race, and British identity itself — themes as relevant in past decades as they are today.