WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTHBBC RADIO 4S OPEN BOOKOne familys skeletons emerge on a 1950s seaside summer holiday in this classic mystery from Britains Patricia Highsmith and grandmother of psychodomestic noir (Sunday Times)Makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up .. Take it on holiday with you. TimesBrilliant ... Such clever, witty writing. Elly GriffithsFremlin packs a punch. Ian RankinSplendid ... Got me hooked. Ruth RendellA slowburning chill of a read by a master of suspense. Janice HallettA dark delight. Witty, unsettling domestic noir. Imagine Barbara Pym with arsenic. Clare ChambersThe holidays have begun. In a seaside caravan resort, Isabel and her sister Meg build sandcastles with the children, navigate deckchair politics, explore the piers delights, gorge ice cream in the sun. But their halfsister Mildred has returned to a nearby coastal cottage where her husband the mysterious Uncle Paul was arrested for his first wifes 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 Megs new lover? And whose are those footsteps ...?Sinister, witty and utterly compelling. A genius. Nicola Upson
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WATERSTONES THRILLER OF THE MONTHBBC RADIO 4S OPEN BOOKOne familys skeletons emerge on a 1950s seaside summer holiday in this classic mystery from Britains Patricia Highsmith and grandmother of psychodomestic noir (Sunday Times)Makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up .. Take it on holiday with you. TimesBrilliant ... Such clever, witty writing. Elly GriffithsFremlin packs a punch. Ian RankinSplendid ... Got me hooked. Ruth RendellA slowburning chill of a read by a master of suspense. Janice HallettA dark delight. Witty, unsettling domestic noir. Imagine Barbara Pym with arsenic. Clare ChambersThe holidays have begun. In a seaside caravan resort, Isabel and her sister Meg build sandcastles with the children, navigate deckchair politics, explore the piers delights, gorge ice cream in the sun. But their halfsister Mildred has returned to a nearby coastal cottage where her husband the mysterious Uncle Paul was arrested for his first wifes 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 Megs new lover? And whose are those footsteps ...?Sinister, witty and utterly compelling. A genius. Nicola Upson
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