Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #348449 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 277 pages

Literary Review
'Jones has fashioned her most complex, involving heroine yet.'

Elle
'Exquisitely written yet utterly chilling, this will keep you
gripped from start to finish: a potential book-group classic.'

Easy Living
'An intriguing tale...this is a book that you won't be able to put
down.'

Customer Reviews

Almost loved it....
This is a beautifully written book that had me gripped from the start. On the surface of it, a disparate group of slightly odd people come together at a funeral to try to solve the mystery of what happened to a young girl who went missing years earlier. It all feels a litle strange, however, the writing is ephemereal, nothing feels quite real. This is because much more lies beneath and by the end of the story everything that went before must be viewed in a different light. It's one of those books that probably needs two reads to be fully appreciated. It left me feeling a little disturbed and haunted. Definitely worth a read (and a lot better than some of the Richard and Judy books this year!)

Please explain
I am a avid reader but did not find myself gripped by the characters and even found myself struggling to keep reading. Was Isabel dead and Julia the person who's life was in Istanbul. If she was dead how did all the conversations take place at the funeral. Somebody please explain. I have not read any of her books before so maybe I'm missing something. But I have read much better gripping books than this one.

Confusing and compelling
I read this over a weekend and it was one of those books I longed to have more time to go back to. Having read the blurb I was warned that things are not what they seem (this was a mistake as I think it lessened the impact of the ending) so, like other readers here, I forced myself to slow down and concentrate. The prose flows beautifully, with the occasional phrase that jumps out at you making you realise what a powerful writer Susanna Jones is. If you like a book which lingers on in the memory for days after its finished, this is for you. I can't wait for my husband to read it so we can discuss it! Unsettling and shocking, this is highly recommended.