Having loved 'Vita and the Birds', Polly's last novel, I couldn't wait to read this, her new title, and it is another brilliantly atmospheric book, depicting the style and glamour of the 1930s. The story is set in a sanatorium for people with TB and it's a place full of secrets.

It's 1935 and we're at Hedoné House in Norfolk. It's a luxurious sanatorium for the creative elite dedicated to the groundbreaking treatment of tuberculosis.

The doctor and founder of the establishment is newly married and his wife, Agnes Templeton has just moved in with her mother who is also ailing with TB.

As Agnes settles in to the very particular ways in which Hedoné House is run, she comes to hear rumours about past patients and even a cure. But who can be trusted and is her husband everything she believes he is?

I was completely gripped by this book. I couldn't read it quickly because of savouring the beautiful descriptions of the clothes, the food, and the luxurious setting of this country house in the 1930s. It's a fantastic story steeped in mystery and intrigue. Loved it!