Self HelpHe was relieved to be again among the Russians. Nothing to do with his head, or even his heart, but in his soul . . . Set between London and St. Petersburg, Self Help is the absorbing story of a family half English, half Russian with many secrets and a dark, disturbed history. Masha Glover returns home from exile, where she dies suddenly and alone. Her twins, Gabriel and Isabella, must come together and confront the contorted legacy of the past in the

and very old

Her sister Liz

half-Russian - with many secrets and a dark

'If there is anywhere on earth where the old Coward world still credibly lingers on

and Paco has run off

and drinking in its pubs and clubs

she's grown to love

includes a gun-toting urban professional with a tragic weakness for Internet discussion groups

It invites comparison to The No

a jockey is warned off: all in a day's work for the senior steward of the Jockey Club

And then the local squire is found dead

What dark secret was she hiding