Missing You

IIn 1937, with Britain preparing for war, eighteen-year-old Libby Shakespeare finds employment as a shorthand typist at the offices of a Black Country steelworks. There, she meets Bunty, the daughter of wealthy steel magnate Charles Burgayne, and they become best friends. When Libby is brought to Charles's attention, he comes to admire her competence, while his sons Edward and Hugh admire her vivacious looks and likeable personality. Despite her lowly background, both brothers vie for her attention, but using vastly different methods.

Edward Burgayne, a keen flier, is drafted into the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot, while Hugh remains in a reserved occupation. Libby grows to love one brother and despise the other, with disastrous consequences for her and the entire Burgayne family.

MISSING YOU is a compulsive tale of love, desire, treachery and tragedy, set against the backdrop of World War Two. Filled with the astonishing twists and turns enjoyed by fans of Nancy Carson - a born storyteller - the characters burst onto the page with gripping realism.