Product Description

Since walking out on her life at sixteen, Lamb has lived alone in the gaps between other people's lives. Secretly inhabiting the cellar of an elderly man for whom she cleans, she keeps herself to herself, her life a precarious balancing act - until she meets Doggo, a young criminal on the run. Both strangers to the concept of truth, Doggo and Lamb are drawn together, glimpsing in one another the possibility of finding solace and maybe even love. But with secrets too dark to admit to even themselves, let alone someone else, first they must just learn to trust in each other.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #158937 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Review
'A beautiful bombshell of a story, a painful, gorgeous romance about self-preservation, trust and loss. Like love, it is glorious. And it will break your heart' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Daily Mail
"A Beautifully articulated and tender love story"

Guardian
"If only all fiction made us worry and care so hard, posed us such dreadfully difficult questions"

Customer Reviews

Gripping Psychological Thriller
Now You See Me is a beautifully written novel which keeps you absolutely captivated from the first page to the last. The plot is exciting and heartbreaking, with an ending that will leave you shocked but not completely crushed, as there is a spark of hope for the future. The characters are not stereotypical `lovable' people but are victims of circumstance and of their own destructive tendencies and this makes for a fascinating and gripping story.

The two main characters, Lamb and Doggo, are both hiding from things in their pasts and when their secrets are finally revealed you cannot help but feel desperately sorry for them. I read a review of this book which says that it is impossible to read it without completely immersing yourself in Lamb's world and seeing everything through her eyes and I totally agree with this. By the end of the novel I felt I knew her inside out.

The writing style of Lesley Glaister can only be admired and applauded. It has a lovely poetic quality to it that effortlessly keeps you turning pages. She can make anything seem possible (even spontaneous combustion!) and has a knack for making characters come alive no matter how bizarre they are.

Overall Now You See Me was a fantastic psychological thriller which was different from anything that I had read before in terms of style, plot and characters. I would recommend this to anyone who likes being kept in suspense by a really, really good writer. I am sure that readers who like books by Ruth Rendell / Barbara Vine will especially love this book.

JoAnne

Poignant tale of 2 vulnerable people learning to trust again
Lamb and Doggo, for different reasons, find themselves adrift from their families and from society. The book tells the story of their developing relationship as they explore each other's histories and their own ability to trust another human being. The two characters are very sympathetic and the book makes you both laugh and cry. This is the first book by Lesley Glaister that I have read and I will certainly look for others now.

You want to take them home
I loved this. Lamb is such an outsider, so careful and scared - but so brave and funny. And she lies all the time. And Doggo - yes, he has dogs! - is part-scary, part-genuine. Reading this story of their slow redemption and their crimes, you pray it's going to turn out right for them. That's how good this book is - you want them to be happy, and see why they may well not be. Lamb is in my head still - thank you Ms. Glaister!