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WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTH BBC RADIO 4'S OPEN BOOK One family's
skeletons emerge on a 1950s seaside summer holiday in this classic mystery
from 'Britain's Patricia Highsmith' and 'grandmother of psycho-domestic noir'
(Sunday Times) 'Makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up .. Take it
on holiday with you.' Times 'Brilliant ... Such clever, witty writing.' Elly
Griffiths 'Fremlin packs a punch.' Ian Rankin 'Splendid ... Got me hooked.'
Ruth Rendell 'A slow-burning chill of a read by a master of suspense.' Janice
Hallett 'A dark delight. Witty, unsettling domestic noir. Imagine Barbara Pym
with arsenic.' Clare Chambers The holidays have begun. In a seaside caravan
resort, Isabel and her sister Meg build sandcastles with the children,
navigate deckchair politics, explore the pier's delights, gorge ice cream in
the sun. But their half-sister Mildred has returned to a nearby coastal
cottage where her husband - the mysterious Uncle Paul - was arrested for his
first wife's attempted murder: and family skeletons emerge. Now, on his
release from prison, is he returning for revenge, seeking who betrayed him? Or
are all three women letting their nerves get the better of them? Though who
really is Meg's new lover? And whose are those footsteps ...? 'Sinister, witty
and utterly compelling. A genius.' Nicola Upson Read more