The gripping historical novel from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies. The Dance Tree is the perfect book club read, as seen on BBC Two´s Between the Covers. ´I absolutely loved this book´ - Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den Lisbet is pregnant, and frightened she will lose this child, too, when the arrival of a stranger upends her world, and promises to change her understanding of love forever. Ida´s life seems simple - she is married, her family fully formed - but a buried secret threatens to destroy her peaceful existence. Nethe has just returned from years in exile, punishment for a crime no one will name. As a mysterious dance plague takes hold of the city of Strasbourg, all three women become entangled in a web of deceit and clandestine passion that has them dancing to a dangerous tune. ´Intriguing, haunting, beautiful´ - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne ´Exceptionally brilliant. Sensual, compelling´ - Marian Keyes, author Again, Rachel ´Extraordinary, enthralling´ - Sunday Times