High And Low Maurier 'Eerie and gripping' Daily Mail

'Eerie and gripping' Daily Mail

David calls the only person he can trust in a moment of crisis - his literary agent

is also a city shrouded in shadows

stately - and in frightful need of repair

But when Emily Kane arrives at her sister Carrie's house

High And Low Maurier 'Eerie and gripping' Daily MailIn the worst day of the year, and on the twelfth day of Christmas, a group of people come under siege in Cross Street, North London. A gang is hunting for a child who has been drawn into crime with tragic results; there is a riot outside the church where asylum seekers have been sleeping, and many cities have descended into fierce protests. Inside the Literary Cafe, a group of writers, bakers and shopkeepers are sheltering. Their petty feuds and past