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Miranda Rijks goes beyond penning a simple biography, and paints a vivid picture of life in upper-class Britain: a world of wealth and splendour that is barely conceivable today.
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Miranda Rijks is a bestselling author of psychological thrillers, including The Visitors, The Arrangement, and Roses Are Red. When she's not writing, she dreams about living in a chalet on a Swiss mountain, obsessively knitting and coming up with crazy business ideas. She lives with her husband, musician daughter, and black Labradors in West Sussex, England.
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