The Given World Jonathan Cape vulnerable woman who calls herself

vulnerable woman who calls herself Eleanor Rigby

Former LA homicide detective John Zandt has an inside track on the perpetrator his own daughter was one of his victims two years ago

A gentleman has written to request she catalogue his vast collection of taxidermied creatures before sale

perhaps even more desperate than the man: they meet by chance in an all-night diner and are drawn to each other on the spot

The Given World Jonathan Cape vulnerable woman who calls herself'Wonderful an Under Milk Wood for the twenty first century' AMY LIPTROT 'Reminds us with every luminous sentence about the fragile grace of ordinary lives' EVIE WYLD 'Extraordinary The best serious fiction I've read this year' FRANCIS SPUFFORD 'Attuned, loving and thoughtful I loved its warmth and intricacy' SARAH MOSS 'Nobody does nature better than Melissa Harrison' TRISTAN GOOLEY A FINANCIAL TIMES AND OBSERVER BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 April