The Stain on the Snow Kate Allinson ambitious designer-dressmaker Rose Burnham knows

ambitious designer-dressmaker Rose Burnham knows well both the strains of her profession and the secrets it can yield

history have no place

I cannot remember when a novel has seduced me so completelyit feels as if a trusted old friend is telling you the story

But as they come together in their thousands to display their unique ability to perform dazzling aerial manoeuvres known as murmurations

Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Worlds and Open Water

The Stain on the Snow Kate Allinson ambitious designer-dressmaker Rose Burnham knowsA bleak psychological noir set in an occupied, unnamed city. It follows Frank Friedmaier, a nineteen year old pimp and murderer living in his mother's brothel, as he descends into utter moral decay before finding a dark form of redemption through interrogation