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There are a few other genuine friends on the list, but he definitely does not want to include his girlfriend, Claudia, as that might involve asking her husband.
The party will be one everyone remembers. But not for the right reasons. All the occupants of Lichfield House are about to experience a dramatic change in their lives...
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"Ruth Rendell keeps up an amazingly high standard . . . utterly gripping" (A.N. Wilson)
"Once her characters start twisting on ever-tightening tracks, their fates are brilliantly sealed, and it's never obvious who'll be the victim or the culprit. Rendell's greatest trick is making an unforeseen outcome feel predestined." (Financial Times)
"Throroughly gripping . . . As always with Rendell, it's the exquisite human and social minutiae that count" (The Times)
"Ruth Rendell has few rivals as a chronicler of everyday life" (Sunday Times)
The new psychological thriller from the reigning Queen of British Crime
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- EditoreArrow
- Data di pubblicazione2011
- ISBN 10 0099550644
- ISBN 13 9780099550648
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine352
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