Inis has run away from her husband and children. Her new neighbour Trixie is eighty-four years old and a hymn-singing Salvation Army veteran. Trixie’s life is one of apparent calm but beneath the surface lie not one but three different personalities. One of them is very private. And very dangerous.
‘A gripping read … Glaister is particularly brilliant at describing varieties of insanity that can afflict apparently normal woman’
– Sunday Telegraph
‘A successful thriller … the suspense level rises irresisibly, and you really want to turn the pages’
– Daily Telegraph
‘Glaister has the uncomfortable knack of putting her finger on things we most fear, of exposing the darkness within’
– Independent on Sunday
‘Sensuous and lyrical … a stream of consciousness thriller, well worth reading twice’
– Literary Review
