Diane Setterfield has another winning tale on her hands! Who is this little girl? Is she really dead? Mystery and intrigue are immediately present as the opening starts in an old inn on the Thames where storytelling is is the main event. It is late at night and an old man arrives who is on his last breath and a little girl who appears to be dead. She is put in a back room and the door is locked. This reader is intrigued and anxious to find out the rest of the story!