The Twilight Hour

Secrets and memories collide in The Twilight Hour the new novel from bestselling author Nicci Gerrard.’Be with me now at the twilight hour. When the light fails.’ ’I’m here.’ ’Tell me.’ ’What shall I tell you?’ ’Tell me about us when we were young. What was it like? What was I like then?’Eleanor Lee has lived a fiercely independent existence for over ninety years but now it’s time to tidy her life away - books photographs paintings letters - a lifetime of possessions all neatly boxed up for the last time. But amongst them there are some things that must be kept hidden. And nearing blindness Eleanor needs help to uncover them before her children and grandchildren do.Peter a young man with a broken heart who feels as lost as Eleanor’s past is employed to help with this task. And together they uncover traces of another life - words and photographs telling a story of forbidden love betrayal passion grief and self-sacrifice which Eleanor must visit one last time.By speaking her memories out loud and releasing the secrets of her past Eleanor can finally lay them to rest. To honour them at last and protect those who must never know.Praise for Nicci Gerrard:’Beguiling poignant wonderful’ Sunday Express’Acutely observed and beautifully written’ Woman and Home’Subtle poignant and tremendously skilful’ ObserverNicci Gerrard writes for the Observer and is the co-author with Sean French of the bestselling Nicci French thrillers. She lives in Suffolk with her husband and four children. Her novels Things We Knew Were True Solace The Moment You Were Gone The Winter House and Missing Persons are all published by Penguin and received rave reviews.