The death of lonely, ageing Ned Jones in his cousin's house is a matter of routine for the police, but Detective Inspector McKenna and his team are drawn into the extraordinary house of women Ned inhabited- Edith, hooked on tranquilisers, floating through life; Phoebe, her acutely intelligent and curious teenage daughter, Mina, Phoebe's beautiful, blank-faced older sister. Then post mortem findings reveal that it was not a natural death. As themes of family, frustration, manipulation and morality interweave, the past casts a shadow over the present in a novel which confirms Alison Taylor as an outstanding talent in psychological crime.
- ISBN10 0099272075
- ISBN13 9780099272076
- Publish Date 1 July 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 July 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 400
- Language English