The Rose Arbor: A Novel

London, 1968. Obituary writer Liz Houghton sees an opportunity to advance her journalism career when a young girl disappears and captivates the city. Her best friend Marisa, a police officer assigned to the case, becomes her connection to the investigation. When Liz follows Marisa to Dorset, they uncover a disturbing parallel: over twenty years earlier, three girls vanished during evacuation from London. One was found murdered in woods near a train line; the other two disappeared without trace. As Liz investigates further, she becomes drawn to the village of Tydeham, which the military requisitioned during World War II and left abandoned. She begins to search for connections between the missing girls and this desolate place, while puzzling over why a village she has never visited feels strangely familiar to her.