The Keeper of Lost Things

Author: Ruth Hogan
Format: Paperback
Length: 336 pages
Publisher: Two Roads
Publication date: 10 August 2017

THE PERFECT COSY UP-LIT READ, RECOMMENDED BY THOUSANDS OF READERS.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & WINNER OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB

'One of the most charming novels either of us has read. Don't lose it. Keep it' Richard & Judy

Meet the 'Keeper of Lost Things'... Once a celebrated author of short stories now in his twilight years, Anthony Peardew has spent half his life collecting lost objects, trying to atone for a promise broken many years before.

Realising he is running out of time, he leaves his house and all its lost treasures to his assistant Laura, the one person he can trust to fulfil his legacy and reunite the thousands of objects with their rightful owners. But the final wishes of the 'Keeper of Lost Things' have unforeseen repercussions which trigger a most serendipitous series of encounters...

'Touching, funny and romantic' Daily Mail

'A charming read, perfect for the holidays' The Lady

'A warm and heartfelt debut' Prima

And if you loved The Keeper of Lost Things, don't miss Ruth Hogan's other novels: Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel (2019) and The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes.

About the author

Ruth Hogan has now sold over a million books. Her first novel, The Keeper of Lost Things, was a Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard & Judy pick and is published in over 30 countries. Her next novels, The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes and Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel, helped establish her as one of the queens of uplifting fiction. 

Madame Burova, her fourth novel, is set in her beloved Brighton. Ruth lives in a chaotic Victorian house with an assortment of rescue dogs and her long suffering husband.