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The Wych Elm pre CHARACTER NF He suffered during the 1917'One of the most compulsive psychological mysteries since Donna Tartt's The Secret History . . . impossible to put down' The Times One night changes everything for Toby. He's always led a charmed life until a brutal attack leaves him damaged and traumatised, unsure even of the person he used to be. He seeks refuge at his family's ancestral home, the Ivy House, filled with memories of wild strawberry summers and teenage parties with his cousins. But