SALON EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Evans reads from 'The Beloved Girls'

We can’t wait for you to discover Harriet Evans’ gripping novel The Beloved Girls! Catherine, a successful barrister, vanishes from a London train station on the eve of her anniversary. But how and why? The answer lies buried in the past, in the events of the hot, seismic summer of 1989. At Vanes - a mysterious West Country manor house - a young girl, Jane Lestrange, arrives to stay with the gilded, grand Hunter family. She’s to take part in their curious ritual involving the bees kept in the crypts of a ruined chapel. As the day of the ritual looms closer, Janey falls for each member of the family in turn. She and Kitty, the eldest daughter of the house, will forge a bond that decades later, will haunt her waking life and lead to devastating consequences. 'A gorgeous epic . . . Wholly absorbing. I adored it' MARIAN KEYES Published by Headline and available 19th August, grab a copy of this page-turning summer read from your local indie or grab a copy from our shop. Podcast edited and produced by Megan Bay Dorman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices