Cape Fever

A cleverlytold and ultimately satisfying novel, by an author bold enough toreveal uncomfortable truths Claire Adam, Guardian

Efficient, and unsettling Davids assembles the requisite parts of a Gothic novel a hysterical woman, a haunted dwelling, a perverse family secret into an elegant narrative New York Times Book Review

An exhilarating tale of twisted desire and the unexpected shape of justice, for readers of The Safekeep

I come highly recommended to Mrs Hattingh through sentences I tell her I cannot read.

1920, a small, unnamed city in a colonial empire. Soraya Matas believes she has found the ideal job as a personal maid to the eccentric Mrs Hattingh, whose beautiful, decaying home is not far from the Muslim Quarter where Soraya lives with her parents. As Soraya settles into her new role, she discovers that the house is alive with spirits.

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