AMY CROSS

The year is 1925. The Sirewell family of Pyn House live a quiet, dignified existence and eschew contact with the outside world. While locals share whispered rumours about the family, the Sirewells prefer to get on with their lives and pretend that nobody else exists.

But the Sirewells are hiding a dark secret. One that once threatened to explode and destroy their perfect existence.

While Perseus and his wife Elizabeth dote on their three children, everybody in the household lives under strict instructions. They're all to ignore the other presence, the young woman who lives with them yet who must never be acknowledged in any way. This nameless woman once committed the ultimate sin, one that saw her almost cast out of the family forever. And now she must live in silence, serving her family while never disturbing them.

She has no name. She is nobody.