A novel about ghosts, mental illness and sexual betrayal that confirms Louise Doughty as one of the most original and entertaining writers of today.
A man dies a week after re-writing his will. In it, he has left everything he owns to a woman he has known for only three weeks. As Bet investigates Peter's past, she discovers that her ex-lover was not all that he seemed...
In a crumbling office block, another woman has a different sort of ghost to confront. Iris runs her own business but strange things keep happening. Her phone rings and there's no one there. Somebody taps at her door. In the basement, something unpleasant is lurking...
Louise Doughty weaves supernatural suspense and sexual intrigue into a grippingly psychological thriller that probes deep into the female mind -- and leave the reader reeling from the consequences.
