- A sharp, gripping literary thriller with a lean towards the uncanny and unsettling.
- Charles Lambert was shortlisted for the Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ writing in 2019 for his novel Prodigal, which also looks at the relationship between siblings.
- Charles Lambert is a British writer living in Rome, where the book is set.
- A focus on unlikeable female characters and dark themes in the vein of Lisa Taddeo's Animal or Annabel Lyon's Consent.- Charles Lambert has a literary fan club that includes Jenny Offill, author of Weather, Edward Carey, author of Little and Owen King.
- Lambert's novel The Bone Flower will be published in late 2022. This menacing Gothic masterpiece will delight his established fanbase and place him with readers of dark, literary fiction.
- Birthright will be a perfect pitch for crime and thriller outlets as well as literary fiction reviews and paperback slots.
- Will be supported by a strong media campaign and a focus on the flourishing 'literary crime' fanbase.
- An ideal title for book club picks.