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Winner of the UK's Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller Competition, this pause-resistant debut book comes after an orphan whose later, beloved closest friend bequeaths her a treasure hunt that leads her all over Victorian England and finally to the one secret her friend never shared. It really is 1831 when eight-year-old Aurelia Vennaway locates a naked baby girl empty in the snow on the grounds of her aristocratic family's superb mansion. Her parents are horrified that she's brought a bastard foundling in to the house, but Aurelia convinces those to keep the baby, whom she labels Amy Snow. Amy is brought up as a second-class citizen, despised by the Vennaways, but she and Aurelia are as close as sisters. When Aurelia dies at the age of 23, she leaves Amy 10 pounds, and the Vennaways immediately banish Amy from their house. But Aurelia left her much more. Amy soon receives a packet which has a rich inheritance and a notice from Aurelia revealing she had maintained secrets from Amy, secrets that she needs Amy to know. From your grave she sends Amy on the treasure hunt from one end of England to the other - a treasure hunt that only Amy can follow. Eventually, a life-changing breakthrough awaits...only if Amy can unlock the secret. In the long run Amy escapes the Vennaways, locates true love, and discovers her dearest friend's top secret - a top secret that she will protect for the others of her life. An empty baby, a treasure hunt, a top secret. As Amy sets forth on her behalf mission, listeners will be swept away by this engrossing gem of a book - the beautiful debut by newcomer Tracy Rees.
