Famous author Olive Wellwood writes a special private book, bound in different colours, for each of her children. In their rambling house near Romney Marsh they play in a story-book world - but their lives, and those of their rich cousins and their friends, the son and daughter of a curator at the new Victoria and Albert Museum, are already inscribed with mystery. Each family carries its own secrets.

They grow up in the golden summers of Edwardian times, but as the sons rebel against their parents and the girls dream of independent futures, they are unaware that in the darkness ahead they will be betrayed unintentionally by the adults who love them. This is the children's book.

Taking to the Leeds Unconvention, as it's on someone's wish list. Enjoy!

Another great surprise! Samrana and I have both been looking out for this. Again I believe I heard it discussed on radio 4. Thank you Retromonkey!

Guess what, I sneaked in again, and read this before Juliako.

I really enjoyed this one. There were lots of elements to the story yet the lives of the characters intertwined to make a cohesive narrative.