Description
Iris Costello's atmospheric, perfectly plotted mystery—set in the London literary world and building its suspense through the accumulation of secrets, old loyalties, and the specific menace of a community where everybody knows too much—is crime fiction of real quality from a writer who understands how to generate genuine dread from entirely ordinary situations. Written with the atmospheric precision and the formal control that make the best British mystery fiction so satisfying, this is essential reading for every fan of intelligent, character-driven crime fiction. An impressive debut.
