The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge - Discover captivating new novel from million copy bestseller Rachel

Nancy Foster has harboured a devastating secret from the mid-1950s that shattered her professional and personal life. On meeting her, journalist Stef Lansdown realizes that she has the power to restore Nancy’s reputation and to heal the wounds, if only Nancy will trust her. But someone else wants to get to the bottom of the story first, someone who doesn’t want it to be told. Set in the beautiful environs of the Norfolk Broads in 2010, and in London in the 1940s and ‘50s, when life for career-driven women was so different, The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge is Sunday Times multi-million copy bestselling author Rachel Hore’s utterly compelling new novel, interweaving of the past and the present.

About the author

Rachel Hore worked in London publishing for many years before moving with her family to Norwich, where she taught publishing and creative writing at the University of East Anglia until deciding to become a full-time writer. The Secrets of Dragonfly Lodge is her fourteenth novel. She is married to the writer D.J. Taylor and they have three sons. Visit her at RachelHore.co.uk and connect with her on X @RachelHore and instagram @rachel.hore.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Hore, Hore Rachel
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781398518018
• ISBN: 978-1-398-51801-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical romance, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Adult & contemporary romance, Historical fiction, Norfolk, FICTION / Animals, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), FICTION / Feminist