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Product details
- ISBN 9781847560940
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 277g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 03 Mar 2011
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Language: English
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Eliza Benedict's past returns to haunt her when the serial killer she escaped from as a young girl walks back into her life. The new nail-shredding novel from New York Times bestseller, Laura Lippman. 25 years ago, he stole her innocence.
Now he wants to get in touch. Eliza Benedict cherishes her quiet existence with her successful husband and children in the leafy suburbs of suburban Washington. But her tranquillity is shattered when she receives a letter from the last person she ever expects -- or wants -- to hear from: Walter Bowman.
In the summer of 1985 when she was fifteen-years-old, Eliza was kidnapped by serial killer Walter Bowman, who targeted young girls like Eliza in a sexually motivated killing spree. Now facing lethal injection on death row, Walter is keen to make contact with Eliza, seemingly motivated by a desire to atone for his sins before he finally meets his maker...
Laura was a reported for twenty years, including twelve years at The Baltimore Sun. Her novels have won almost every prize given for crime fiction in the United States, including the Edgar, Anthony, Nero Wolfe and Agatha awards. To find out more about Laura Lippman visit www.lauralippman.com.
