The Enigmas

To save her sister, she’ll rewrite history…

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'A spectacular writer. Her unwavering command of voice, time, and place bring history to life with imagination and purpose, but it is her skill in illuminating the selfless bonds between women that gets me every time' Bonnie Garmus

'A luminous novel: richly imagined and full of characters you’ll root for until the end' Chloe Benjamin, author of THE IMMORTALISTS

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What would we risk to save the people we love?

It is 1940, and Beatrice Bone does not want to turn twenty-eight. Each passing year, her life feels further from the great novels she loves, locked away in her parents' house by a mother determined to keep her safe from the world.

Then her sister Clemmie gives her a birthday gift: a pocket watch, tarnished silver, inscribed with two words. Memento Mori. Remember you must die.

Days later, Clemmie is dead.

In her grief, Beatrice would do anything to wrench time backwards. And then, impossibly, she finds that she can.

What happens next will require bravery and love, sacrifice and hope. Each attempt to save Clemmie will uncover not only her sister’s secrets, but the devastating truth that time – and death – keep their own score.

The Enigmas is a novel about courage and grief, about the mysteries of time – and the far deeper mystery of love that endures beyond its reach.

Reviews

Praise for THE ENIGMAS:

'Hart is a spectacular writer. Her unwavering command of voice, time, and place bring history to life with imagination and purpose, but it is her skill in illuminating the selfless bonds between women that gets me every time. She's the real deal' Bonnie Garmus

'Emilia Hart's sensory prose is transporting, and she braids personal and historical threads so skillfully it feels effortless. The result is a luminous novel: richly imagined and full of characters you’ll root for until the end’ Chloe Benjamin, author of THE IMMORTALISTS

'Brilliantly imaginative and original… completely compelling and so moving at the same time. A gorgeous exploration of family dynamics, of how complicated and loving the relationships can be … It's a story of what it is to be truly heroic in the face of war and the threat of losing what is dearest to you. Emilia Hart is a must-read author for me, and The Enigmas is another triumph' Jennifer Saint

'No one writes about women and the magical, mysterious bonds between them the way Emilia Hart does. Whether she’s writing about wartime action or personal battles, her addictive, absorbing prose makes every moment feel epic and emotionally devastating. Like all her novels, The Enigmas feels both thrillingly fresh and like a timeless classic, and I can’t wait to see where she takes readers next' Layne Fargo, bestselling author of The Favourites

'History meets magic in THE ENIGMAS, a mesmerizing story… Emilia Hart masterfully blends war-time code-breaking with time travel in this fascinating new tale of sisters, mothers, daughters, and magic—I couldn't put it down!' Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author