Andrew Taylor

The nanny’s tale

Dawson draws heavily on the Lucan case for her grim, gripping novel about the violent death of a much-loved nanny

issue 20 April 2019

  • The Language of Birds

    Jill Dawson

    Sceptre, pp. 272

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