From the bestselling author of Asylum, Trauma, and Spider, "The Wardrobe Mistress" is a wonderfully sinister and thrilling ride. It offers a brilliant evocation of the theatrical world's seedy glamour while portraying a woman struggling to make sense of her past and imagine a future. Ghosts of the theatre and the spectre of fascism haunt cold and grimy London in this atmospheric tale from a master of the grotesque. This rich and highly spiced novel builds to a classically gothic climax.

Set in January 1947, London is in ruins, there's nothing to eat, and it's the coldest winter in living memory. To make matters worse, Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow, Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is left to navigate this unsettling landscape.