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OverviewThe car shrieked and stopped. Around its red and white light a cloud of smoke rose and dissolved. A door opened. A man got out, stood at the edge of the shoulder, looked back, a shadow, indistinguishable. Fifteen years after their divorce, Susan Morrow receives a strange gift from her ex-husband: a manuscript that tells the story of a terrible crime, of an ambush on the highway, and of a secluded cabin in the woods. It is a thrilling chiller of death and corruption, written by the man she once loved. Why, after so long, has he sent her such a disturbing and personal message ...? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Austin Wright (Author)Publisher: Atlantic Books Imprint: Atlantic Books Edition: Main Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.371kg ISBN: 9781786495051ISBN 10: 1786495058 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 05 April 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAbsorbing, terrifying, beautiful and appalling. I loved it... Unforgettable. -- Ruth Rendell A f***king masterpiece. I wish that Wright was still alive so that I could tell him so... It's going to become a living, breathing, knock-out classic. Astonishing. -- M J Hyland Impressive, enigmatic, multi-layered... I want to read it all over again -- Sarah Waters Marvellously written - the last thing you would expect in a story of blood and revenge. Beautiful. -- Saul Bellow Absorbing, terrifying, beautiful and appalling. I loved it... Unforgettable. * Ruth Rendell * Marvellously written - the last thing you would expect in a story of blood and revenge. Beautiful. * Saul Bellow * A f***king masterpiece. I wish that Wright was still alive so that I could tell him so... It's going to become a living, breathing, knock-out classic. Astonishing. * M J Hyland * A masterful study of marriage, regret and the reader's role. * Financial Times * Astute, cunning and thrilling... This is one lost novel that deserves to be found by a whole new generation of readers * Independent on Sunday * Impressive, enigmatic, multi-layered * Sarah Waters * Tony and Susan is unbeatable * Observer * A superb and thrilling novel... Extraordinary * Ian McEwan * Author InformationAustin M. Wright was born in New York in 1922. He was a novelist and academic. He lived with his wife and daughters in Cincinnati, and died in 2003 at the age of eighty. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |