One glorious gothic mansion - Garonlea - and two rather different ladies who would be Queen . . .
Lady Charlotte French-McGrath has successfully ruled over her family with a rod of iron until the arrival of Cynthia: beautiful, young, talented, selfish - and engaged to her son Desmond.
When Cynthia enters the Jazz Age, on the surface her life passes in a whirl of hunting, drinking and romance. But the ghosts of Garonlea are only biding their time: they know the source of their power, a secret handed on from one generation to the next.
Read MoreMolly Keane ... is robust about sinful human nature and the intrigues of the heart... - V.S. PritchettPsychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit - IRISH TIMESThe characterisation of women is first class - Sebastian FaulksShe is akin to Jane Austen in her feeling for the minutae of human behaviour - Polly DevlinMolly Keane ... is robust about sinful human nature and the intrigues of the heart... - V.S. PritchettPsychologically sharp, socially knowing and closely knit - IRISH TIMESThe characterisation of women is first class - Sebastian FaulksShe is akin to Jane Austen in her feeling for the minutae of human behaviour - Polly Devlin