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'In 1961, the rural Dutch province of Overijssel was quiet. The bomb craters were filled in, the buildings were rebuilt, and the war was truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country house, Isabelle knows that her life is going well – routine and discipline. But everything turns upside down when her brother, Louis, brings his new girlfriend, the tactless Eva, and leaves her on Isabelle's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the entire season. Eva is the opposite of Isabelle: she sleeps late, walks around the house noisily, and touches things she shouldn't. In response, Isabelle descends into a manic, rage-driven state, and when objects begin to disappear from around the house—a spoon, a knife, a bowl—her suspicions mount. In the heat of summer, Isabel's paranoia turns to infatuation, leading her to a discovery that shakes everything she's ever known. The war may not really be over, nor is Eva - nor the house they live in - what it really is. “The Treasury” is mysterious, sophisticated, sensual, and full of suspense and excitement. It is a tightly plotted and thought-provoking first novel that you will not easily forget.