The Birdcage Library: A spellbinding novel of a missing woman, a house of secrets and hidden clues to find Berry Freya (2024)

This English-language mystery novel follows Emily Blackwood, a young adventurer and plant hunter who travels north in 1932 to catalogue a gentlemans vast collection of taxidermied creatures before its sale. She arrives at a ruined castle whose owner is haunted by the memory of a woman who disappeared five decades earlier. When Emily discovers the torn pages of an old diary hidden in the walls, she realises that a dark secret lies within the house, waiting to entrap her too. A gothic, atmospheric tale of murder, obsession, hidden clues and a literary treasure hunt, filled with twists and a final revelation.