From the author of the world-wide bestseller,The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: ' A beautiful novel, a tonic for the soul and a complete joy to read.' Joanna Cannon, author ofThe Trouble with Goats and Sheep. 1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk as long as its vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need.

Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann.

Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ...

'Hits all the right notes...a love story thats as much about the silences between words as what is said the spaces between people that can be filled with mystery, confusion and misunderstanding as well as hope."Observer

A BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK AT BEDTIME'.

Rachel Joyce is the author of theSunday Timesand international bestsellersThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry,Perfect,The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy,The Music Shop,and a collection of interlinked short stories,A Snow Garden&Other Stories. Her work has been translated into thirty-six languages.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Frywas shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Rachel was awarded the Specsavers National Book Awards New Writer of the Year in December 2012 and shortlisted for the UK Author of the Year 2014.

Rachel is also the award-winning writer of over thirty original afternoon plays and adaptations of the classics for BBC Radio 4, including all the Bronte novels. She moved to writing after a long career as an actor, performing leading roles for the RSC, the National Theatre and Cheek by Jowl.