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Author: Fremlin, Celia

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 6 June 2024 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 272 pages
198 x 130 x 15 | 234g

A classic seaside psychological thriller from author of Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Uncle Paul: ‘Britain’s Patricia Highsmith’ and the ‘grandmother of psycho-domestic noir’ (Sunday Times)’Brilliant … So witty and clever.’ Elly Griffiths’Fremlin packs a punch.’ Ian Rankin’Splendid … Got me hooked.’ Ruth Rendell’A master of suspense.’ Janice HallettFOUND IN FLAT was all she could see of the headline, but it was enough: enough to freeze her hovering hand …

Milly Barnes has just arrived in the seaside town of Seacliffe. Between windswept walks on the beach, she settles into lodgings and finds work as a Daily Help. Except this isn’t her real name – ‘Milly’ is on the run from her past life, escaping a nightmare marriage. Abandoned by her first husband for another woman, she took revenge by marrying Gilbert: but this proved a terrible mistake. Trapped in a London basement flat, she became a victim of his increasingly paranoid delusions. But what really happened in that underground dungeon? And is somebody on her trail, the hunter in a game of cat-and-mouse …?