Ruth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside of town. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if she has been blown in from the sea. She claims to be a care-worker and Ruth lets her in. But who exactly is she letting in?
Ruth is widowed, her sons are grown, and she lives in an isolated beach house outside of town. One day a stranger arrives at her door, looking as if s...
'Clever and engrossing' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'This Möbius strip of linked stories bends and twists the crime genre until it is barely recognisable . . . The result is a riveting study of human nature' GERALDINE BROOKS, author of Horse 'Addictively engaging, profoundly serious fiction from an underappreciated master' KIRKUS, starred review 'A standout meditation on a community's legacy of violence' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY In 1998, an apparently ordinary Australian man is arrested and charged for a series of brutal murders. The news shocks the nation, bringing both horror and resolution to the...
'Clever and engrossing' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'This Möbius strip of linked stories bends and twists the crime genre until it is barely recognisable . . . T...
