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Praise for Everything is Beautiful
âThis book quietly took hold of me and wouldnât let me go
until I turned the final page. I loved stepping into Amyâs world, with all its treasures, and it was a joy to see her beginning to make space for herselfâ
Beth OâLeary, author of The Flatshare
âMy book of the year! An absolute must read. Everything is Beautiful is everything youâll want in a book. I was pulled into this story from the very first page and didnât want it to endâ
Lauren North, author of The Perfect Betrayal
âHeart-warming and thought-provoking, a mystery with a difference. Itâs beautifully constructed around the everyday items its central character hoards, as she slowly uncovers the secrets of her past. I loved itâ
Andrea Mara, author of The Other Side of the Wall
âA truly remarkable book that had me hooked from the start and racing to the end. Beautifully writtenâ
Jenni Keer, author of The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker
âA gently absorbing entry into the mystery-uplit canonâ
Vaseem Khan, author of The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
âI loved this charming, endearing novel . . . it will melt even the hardest of hearts . . . If ever there was a time for a book like Everything is Beautiful to lift us above the everyday doom and gloom, it is nowâ
Joanna Nell, author of The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village
âA stunning book â intricate, beautifully written and thought-provoking. Packed with psychological realism, Eleanor Ray has perfectly captured how it feels to not quite fit in, to live with emotional baggage, to not know how to let go of the past. Itâs heart-breaking in parts but ultimately delivers one of the most poignant and heart-warming stories in recent years. Absolutely brilliant and a must-readâ
MW Craven, author of The Puppet Show,
CWA Gold Dagger winner
âThis book is a tonic for the soulâ
Lesley Kara, author of The Rumour
âI loved every bit of it. I think the term in book reviewer lingo is âutterly captivatedâ â and I was, as it was not only so beautifully written but the story was so good, tooâ
Fliss Chester, author of A Dangerous Goodbye
âBeautifully written and thought-provokingâ
Katie Fforde, author of A Rose Petal Summer
âA charming debut that glints in the sunshine just waiting to be found and cherished. A mystery that keeps you guessing until the end, a chocolate box of supporting characters, and a leading lady who youâre rooting for with every page. A joy to read, and very beautiful indeedâ
Lisa Dickenson, author of My Sisters and Me
PIATKUS
First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Piatkus
Copyright © Eleanor Ray, 2021
The moral right of the author has been asserted.
All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978-0-349-42740-9
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Contents
Chapter one
Chapter two
Chapter three
Chapter four
Chapter five
Chapter six
Chapter seven
Chapter eight
Chapter nine
Chapter ten
Chapter eleven
Chapter twelve
Chapter thirteen
Chapter fourteen
Chapter fifteen
Acknowledgement
For Susan, Teddy and Violet
It really was too much. Amyâs colleagues were nice enough, in their way, but sheâd spent all the working week with them. Surely on Friday evening she should be free to go home, take off her shoes and relax on her sofa. Alone.
But here she was. Standing in a cloud of cigarette smoke outside a crowded pub, shoes cutting into her feet, being jostled by people struggling to carry a round of three pints in two hands.
Something was bound to get broken. Amy felt her body tense in anticipation, and she clutched her warm glass of Prosecco closer to her chest.
âItâs a lovely change to have you out with us, Amy,â said Mr Trapper, one of the eponymous partners in Trapper, Lemon and Hughes, the medium and not-at-all-growing firm of financial advisers where Amy ran the admin team. âGood to let our hair down once in a while.â He laughed, tapping his balding head to signal it was a joke at his own expense. Amyâs dark hair stayed tightly pulled back in a ponytail. âBuilds morale,â he added. He had a Prosecco bottle in hand and proceeded to refill Amyâs glass.
âI couldnât miss Emmaâs leaving drinks,â said Amy. Sheâd tried. When five oâclock came sheâd stood up, shaken Emmaâs hand and wished her all the best for the future. Duty done. But Emma had clung to her, insisting that she come to the drinks. Amy couldnât for the life of her work out why Emma seemed to think they were friends; Amy had been nothing but businesslike. Sheâd given her adequate instruction on what her role was to be and what was expected of her. Sheâd declined all the meeting requests for awfulsounding âgirlsâ lunchesâ, and sheâd certainly ignored all of the little messages with smiley-face emojis on the office instant-messaging system that some of the team used to waste their time.
Thinking about it, she had made the mistake of once making Emma a cup of tea when she found her crying in the toilets, presumably the result of a boyfriendâs actions. Sheâd even patted her gently on the back. And now in return she could see her plans for a comfortable evening dissolving like the Alka-Seltzer poor Emma would need the next morning.
Mr Trapper moved on to refill more glasses, and Amy was left on her own for a moment. She glanced at her watch. Sheâd been here forty-five minutes. Now was
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