Windmill Hill (inbunden, eng)

''Rich in charm and surprises'' GUARDIAN
''A transporting and entertaining read'' THE TIMES
''A triumph. Funny, mysterious, moving and ingenious - a Shakespearian knot of happiness all round'' PHILIP PULLMAN

One night in a remote hunting lodge with a Hollywood director causes an international scandal that wrecks Astrid''s glittering stage career, and her marriageHer ex-husband, the charismatic Scottish actor Magnus Fellowes, goes on to find global fame, while Astrid retreats to a disintegrating Sussex windmill.

Now 82, she lives there still, with a troupe of dachshunds and her long-suffering friend, Mrs Baker, who came to clean twenty years ago and never leftBut the past is catching up with them. There has been an ''Awful Incident'' at the windmill; the women are in shock. Then Astrid hears that Magnus, now on his death bed, is writing a tell-all memoir. Outraged, she sets off for Scotland, determined to stop him.

Windmill Hill is the story of two very different women, both with painful pasts, and their eccentric friendship - deep, enduring, and loyal to the last.


Praise for Lucy Atkins:

''Brilliantly observedI loved it'' CLAIRE FULLER
''A truly memorable story, I loved it'' JOANNA CANNON
''An intriguing, brilliantly told story'' NINA STIBBE
''Charming and shocking . . . Never fails to delight'' MICK HERRON
''A deft display of Lucy Atkins''s talents as a delicate observer of human nature'' ARIFA AKBAR
''Compulsive and skilfully woven'' CLARE CHAMBERS
''Intelligent and gripping'' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
''Mesmerising . . beautifully written'' LITERARY REVIEW
''Cleverly constructed'' WOMAN & HOME
''It was an utter joy to relish Atkins''s wonderfully skilled and unobtrusive writing'' SARAH PERRY
''Sly, witty and gripping . . . I loved it'' NAOMI ALDERMAN
''A sinewy, supple and gorgeously satisfying triumph'' LUCY MANGAN