“Bracing psychological suspense.”—The New York Times Book Review
Reading, England, 1964. Theo, a lonely university lecturer, is approached by an American girl named Alice who wants to learn more about her father, a GI hanged for murder in Somerset during World War II. As a boy, Theo was a principal witness for the prosecution. He has been haunted by the arrest and conviction ever since. As the pair tries to uncover the facts, the horrors of the past take on a frightening immediacy when another murder is committed.
- ISBN10 1569477361
- ISBN13 9781569477366
- Publish Date 1 July 2003 (first published 1 January 1900)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Soho Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 336
- Language English