Set in the rural French town in Burgundy that would also form the backdrop to the bestselling Suite Francaise, Fire in the Blood is the story of Silvio, his cousin's wife Helene, her second husband Francoise, and of the truths, deaths, marriages, children, houses and mills that bind them with love and hatred, deception and betrayal. "Another masterpiece" Sunday Times "Mesmerising...another gem from a glittering career cut tragically short" Daily Express "A literary find of the same quality as Suite Francaise...it has a universal resonance by exhibiting not only what people do to each other but what the passing of time does to us all" -- Peter Kemp Sunday Times "Magnificently atmospheric... She is so clever, quick and observant, that every character in the story bounds into life" -- Carmen Callil Financial Times "Gripping and full of interest...it confirms Nemirovsky's brilliance as a storyteller with a deep understanding of the hidden flaws and cruelties in the human heart" Sunday Telegraph