The ArtistWINNER OF THE WATERSTONES DEBUT PRIZE 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 A RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME A TELEGRAPH AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A furiously romantic, sun drenched mystery . . . The Artist will leave you yearning in every sense of the word' Yael van der Wouden, author of The Safekeep 'The Artist is a lush, impressive debut; the writing is rich and sensuous, especially in descriptions of food, the landscape and the

good company and cooking in the open air

practice and retrieval

Despite his best efforts

and his daughter Agatha

but of MI5 itself

But if the spy business doesn't kill Toby

neuroscientists and many neurodivergent people he has met along the way

threatening the existence of the cosy bookshop altogether

criminal scenarios

On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic

shows how it is possible to achieve a level of outdoors awareness that will enable you to sense direction from the stars and plants

With her characteristic optimism and forward-thinking