Book description
The remoter parts of the English Fens are forlorn, lost and damp even
in the height of summer. At Iyot Lock, a large decaying house, two young
cousins, Leonora and Edward are parked for the summer with their ageing
spinster aunt and her cruel housekeeper. At first the unpleasantness and
petty meannesses appear simply spiteful, calculated to destroy Edward's
equanimity. But when spoilt Leonora is not given the birthday present of
a specific dolly that she wants, affairs inexorably take a much darker
turn with terrifying, life destroying, consequences for everyone. The
remoter parts of the English Fens are forlorn, lost and damp even in the
height of summer. At Iyot Lock, a large decaying house, two young
cousins, Leonora and Edward are parked for the summer with their ageing
spinster aunt and her cruel housekeeper. At first the unpleasantness and
petty meannesses appear simply spiteful, calculated to destroy Edward's
equanimity. But when spoilt Leonora is not given the birthday present of
a specific dolly that she wants, affairs inexorably take a much darker
turn with terrifying, life destroying, consequences for everyone.
