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Florence was declared insane after killing Oliver’s brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Oliver’s library. And the secret to how she came to be there is found in Oliver’s tête-bêche journal, where one side tells a very different story from the other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1930s California.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Celebrated author Oliver Tooke, the son of the state governor, is found dead in his writing hut off the coast of the family residence, Turnglass House. His friend Ken Kourian doesn’t believe that Oliver would take his own life. His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Oliver’s brother when they were children, and the subsequent secret incarceration of his mother, Florence, in an asylum. 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With clues leading them to a hotel in Switzerland and a conspiracy far greater than any of them expected, who can be trusted and will any of them survive?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Turnglass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Not just a book, but an experience - one in which twists and turns are both on the page and in the very act of reading itself. Two haunting narratives conspire to create a dark, menacing tale that spans half a century of secrets as they echo back and forth' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJanice Hallett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Turnglass\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a thrilling delight' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChris Whitaker \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Murder, mystery and secrets combine to create a dazzling achievement that will hook you in' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Your initial amazement at his ingenuity comes to sit alongside an appreciation of the heart and depth he brings to his stories. 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