Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to her hometown in England after living abroad for sixty years. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss, and she retreats from the world into a life of dull routine. Then one winter night, a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey.

"Harold Walker is desperately average and listless at mid-life, stemming in part from the abrupt death of his one-time best friend, Tom. Harold's wife Audrey, an increasingly frustrated housewife and mother to their two teenage sons, is a control freak silently harbouring an explosive secret. Things go flying in the Walker household when Harold's long-deceased mother comes back to haunt them. He finds he has her gift for opening the door to the past-and...

Hace años, un solitario y exitoso autor dejó de escribir bajo extrañas circunstancias. Pero, de repente, reaparece con un nuevo libro y un concurso único, cuyo premio cambiará la vida del ganador. PIDE UN DESEO. Lucy Hart sabe mejor que nadie lo que es crecer sin unos padres que la amen. Con una infancia marcada por el abandono y la soledad, encontró refugio en los libros, en concreto en la saga de La isla del reloj de Jack Masterson....