Description
When Minty’s boyfriend Jock is killed in the Paddington train disaster—after borrowing her savings—grief curdles into suspicion, and the past refuses to stay buried. As a hungry investigative reporter, a nosy cleaner, and persistent police officers close in, Minty’s story begins to shift, raising unsettling questions about what really happened and what she may have been trying to forget. With a show-stopping turn midway through the novel, the plot tests the reader’s sense of moral certainty, delivering punitive redress that feels both inevitable and disturbing. Ruth Rendell’s trademark psychological intensity—grounded in recognisable characters and the slow, chilling unraveling of a mind—makes this a page-turning thriller about guilt, memory, and the dangerous consequences of belief.
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paperback
Seal Books
Published Jan 1, 2003
441 pages
ISBN: 9780770428983
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First Published
2001
Language
eng
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