I have been on nodding terms with death since age nineteen. Death holds precious little mystery for me. During the last sixteen years I have eaten death for breakfast . . .For accomplished writer and chef Clytie Churchill suffering and love come hand in hand. The life of each person she loves seems to come to a desperate end sickness, suicide, death by drowning, orphan and widower Clytie has grieved through it all. During a long night reminiscing in a remote French Chateau she resolves to throw out all this Foul Matter like the old proofs of a finished book.But there is still one mystery to solve when she learns there is a chance that little Finn, her dead husbands son, could have survived the sinking of his fathers boat Clytie seeks out lawyer and exlover Anthony to help her track him down.Awardwinning author Joan Aiken touches upon love and death with a thoughtfulness and courage that makes Foul Matter a romantic suspense novel like no other.

Binding: Paperback;344 pages; Publisher: Pan Macmillan; Classification: FF; Weight: 515 g; Dimensions: 203 x 133 x 20

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