As she sits in her Bloomsbury home, Harriet Baxter sets out to recount her acquaintance with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who never achieved the success she believes he deserved.

She met him in 1888 while visiting the International Exhibition in Glasgow, having befriended his family after a chance encounter.

But when tragedy strikes - leading to a notorious criminal trial - the promise and certainties of this world all to rapidly disintegrate into mystery and deception.

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Jane Harris was born in Belfast and grew up in Glasgow. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Observations, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, among other awards.

Jane studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, and then completed a PhD at the same university. After UEA came a two-year stint as the Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at Durham prison.

She lives in London with her husband, the film director Tom Shankland.

Jane will be on Drivetime from 1800 on Monday 23 May to talk to Simon about her book.

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