Requiem For A Nun Peter Swanson Sunday Times bestselling author of

Sunday Times bestselling author of THE WOLF DEN

The first in a series of contemporary crime novels featuring thirty-something North London antiquarian bookseller Dido Hoare who must work out why someone has tried to force her off the road whilst driving home

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Requiem For A Nun Peter Swanson Sunday Times bestselling author of'The past is never dead. It's not even past.' Nancy, a black nursemaid, is about to be hanged for killing her mistress's baby. The mother, Temple Drake, knows the reason why. The night before the execution, a lawyer pleads with Temple to intercede, but will the past allow for justice or absolution in the present? Switching between narrative prose and play script, this is Faulkner's haunting sequel to his earlier bestseller, Sanctuary.