An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise. A rebellious daughter 1925. Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer'e(tm)s job in the bohemian clubs deep in its winding streets. A sister with a secret 1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin faces a new life.

But her estranged mother makes a desperate request: to find her vanished sister, who went missing years before. A rift over generations Betrayals and secrets, lies and silence hang between the sisters. A faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence'e(tm)s only clue, the war an immovable barrier 'e" and time is running out'e¦ Praise for The Hidden Palace 'e~Completely swept me away to another place and time. Dinah is the queen of sumptuous settings, transporting the reader effortlessly from chocolate-box Devonshire to the cabaret clubs of 1920s Paris and war-torn Malta. A marvellous, multi-layered story, populated with characters to really care for'e(tm) HAZEL GAYNOR 'e~Dinah Jefferies wields her storytelling magic on the island of Malta . It'e(tm)s engrossing and sensual, full of the heat of the Mediterranean sun'e(tm) GILL PAUL 'e~Powerful, passionate and profoundly moving . this compelling mix of love and tragedy vibrates with warmth and pain, and captures the intense dislocation of war'e(tm) KATE FURNIVALL 'e~Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeous described sense of place. A marvellous adventure'e(tm) TRACY REES 'e~A richly atmospheric tale of grief, determination and hope'e(tm) Woman'e(tm)s Own 'e~True escapism'e(tm) Best Daughters of War hit #5 in the Sunday Times bestselling charts on 26th September 2021.