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By Jane Healey

In August 1939, 31-year-old Hetty Cartwright is tasked with the evacuation and safekeeping of the natural history museum’s collection of mammals. But when she and her exhibits arrive at Lockwood Manor, where they are to stay for the duration of the war, Hetty soon realises that she’s taken on more than she’d bargained for. Protecting her charges from the irascible Lord Lockwood and resentful servants is work enough, but then some of the animals go missing.And worse: Hetty begins to suspect someone – or something – is stalking her through the darkened corridors of the house. Part love story, part mystery, this is a gripping and atmospheric tale of family madness, long-buried secrets and hidden desires.