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The Sacred Combe

Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2017WANTED:Diligent volunteer to carry out two months`painstaking archival work for private library.Board and lodging provided; curiosity and imagination rewarded.When Samuel Browne`s wife unexpectedly leaves him, his world crumbles – until he spies this job advert hidden between the pages of a second-hand book. It leads him deep into the English countryside, to a new job in a cold and ancient house.Sam must find a lost letter, hidden in a library of eighteen thousand books. As he sets to work under the watchful eyes of the house`s eccentric inhabitants, he soon realises that this is not the only mystery that this strange, seductive place holds …

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