Episode 1

It's 1952 and an architect and his wife take a chance on two siblings, recently released from borstal.

But what starts out as a seemingly straightforward story of good intentions and opportunity rapidly turns into a darker story full of secrets and lies.

And yet through tragedy come lessons learnt and a determination to hold on to one’s dreams.

Benjamin Wood's unnerving fourth novel, first published in 2023.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes abridged by Sara Davies.

Read by Rupert Evans.

Producer: Celia de Wolff

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2023.

**** Benjamin Wood’s first novel, The Bellwether Revivals, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and won Le Prix du Roman Fnac.