Harriet Tyce

And, you know, I just loved it.

And it made me laugh.

You know, my husband, I was reading next door to him and he's like, what?

And I said, it's this brilliant book.

And the ending is just perfection.

is all I will say about it.

But the ending is... And it was, to me, actually totally unexpected.

I didn't see it coming and I was delighted.

The balance of all three books.

Yeah, it balances out beautifully.

And of course, also the arrival of... And the presence, exactly that, the presence of Belinsky.

And all of those books in the 30s, it's sort of the death of the great stately home.

We know, reading it now, is on its way, that they're already having struggles getting staff and that all that way of living with these huge great hunting parties or, you know, that however it used to be done before the First World War, that this time is ticking down.

I can imagine.

I mean, I have to say writing a book with my best friend sounds like my idea of hell.

It's bad enough writing a book, honestly, let alone having to bring in anyone else's ideas.

But no, that's it.

But I mean, stately homes are fantastic settings for books precisely because you've got the entire hierarchy at play and the upstairs, downstairs aspect of it.

And it's fruitful.

I mean, you know, so many brilliant examples.