You are crossing the Atlantic on a liner with your boyfriend who may or may not be planning to propose.
You are fleeing the past - your ex-lover Arthur, the man who helped you dupe the vulnerable into believing loved ones were trying to make contact from beyond the grave.
But there's a secret you've kept from Arthur, a deception about the two of you that threatens to emerge when you discover Arthur's presence on the boat.
A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Grantas Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards including the Costa Book of the Year for her novelDay. She lives in London and is a part-time lecturer in creative writing at Warwick University.
An extraordinary story of love, loss and the act of deception from one of the finest novelists in contemporary British fiction.>
