Who could have been so cruel as to do away with poor Vivian Lambert? And why oh why couldnt she just stay dead?In a rustic, idyllic English village, on a summers day, in the midst of a carefree tennis party, a fragile, needy child, left too much on her own, vanishes from her familys front garden. Years pass and the mystery persists an enduring torment for the teenage Christine Gray, the last person to see Vivian alive. Perhaps if shed shown the girl a little kindness, and seen her safely home, Vivian might still be with them? Yet when someone claiming to be a grownup Vivian returns to the land of the living, the enigma only deepens, threatening to consume the wicked and innocent alike.Equal parts The Turn of the Screw, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and gothic thriller, Twice Lost was admired by such authors as Elizabeth Bowen, Rebecca West, and John Cowper Powysyet the strange, haunting novels of Phyllis Paul are themselves a mystery with no simple solution. Virtually lost to time even before her death, her novels have been out of print for more than fifty years, and fetch fantastic prices in the rare book trade.

Binding: Paperback;272 pages; Publisher: McNally Editions; Classification: FA; Weight: 518 g; Dimensions: 128 x 216 x 20

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