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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Publication date
July 17, 2007
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780739327241
ISBN-10
0739327240
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$28.95
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large print
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A decade after the killing of her stepfather, Ismay is still haunted by nightmares of his murder and of seeing his naked body floating in the bathtub and her sister, Heather, standing over him. (Suspense)
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The award-winning author of The Babes in the Wood and The Rottweiler brings us another terrifically paced, richly drawn novel of suspense and psychological intrigue.
Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all. Then something would bring it back or it would return in a dream. The dream always began in the same way.
She and her mother would be climbing the stairs, following Heatherâs lead through the bedroom to what was on the other side, not a bathroom in the dream but a chamber floored and walled in marble. In the middle of it was a glassy lake. The white thing in the water floated towards her, its face submerged, and her mother said, absurdly, âDonât look!â
The dead man was Ismayâs stepfather, Guy. Now, nine years on, she and her sister, Heather, still live in the same house in Clapham. But it has been divided into two self-contained flats. Their mother had lived upstairs with her sister, Pamela. And the bathroom, where Guy had drowned, had disappeared.
Ismay worked in public relations, and Heather in catering. They got on well. They always had. They never discussed the changes to the house, still less what had happened that August day. . .
But even lives as private as these, where secrets hang in the air like dust, intertwine with other worlds and other individuals. And, with painful inevitability, the truth will emerge.
From the Hardcover edition.
Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all. Then something would bring it back or it would return in a dream. The dream always began in the same way.
She and her mother would be climbing the stairs, following Heatherâs lead through the bedroom to what was on the other side, not a bathroom in the dream but a chamber floored and walled in marble. In the middle of it was a glassy lake. The white thing in the water floated towards her, its face submerged, and her mother said, absurdly, âDonât look!â
The dead man was Ismayâs stepfather, Guy. Now, nine years on, she and her sister, Heather, still live in the same house in Clapham. But it has been divided into two self-contained flats. Their mother had lived upstairs with her sister, Pamela. And the bathroom, where Guy had drowned, had disappeared.
Ismay worked in public relations, and Heather in catering. They got on well. They always had. They never discussed the changes to the house, still less what had happened that August day. . .
But even lives as private as these, where secrets hang in the air like dust, intertwine with other worlds and other individuals. And, with painful inevitability, the truth will emerge.
From the Hardcover edition.
Editions
Hardcover
from Crown Pub (July 17, 2007)
9780307381361 | details & prices | 340 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $25.95
About: A decade after the killing of her stepfather, Ismay is still haunted by nightmares of his murder and of seeing his naked body floating in the bathtub and her sister, Heather, standing over him.
About: A decade after the killing of her stepfather, Ismay is still haunted by nightmares of his murder and of seeing his naked body floating in the bathtub and her sister, Heather, standing over him.
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (July 17, 2007)
9780739327241 | details & prices | List price $28.95
About: A decade after the killing of her stepfather, Ismay is still haunted by nightmares of his murder and of seeing his naked body floating in the bathtub and her sister, Heather, standing over him.
About: A decade after the killing of her stepfather, Ismay is still haunted by nightmares of his murder and of seeing his naked body floating in the bathtub and her sister, Heather, standing over him.
from Gardners Books (October 4, 2006)
9780091797287 | details & prices | 304 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $30.60
This edition also contains The Water's Lovely
About: Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all.
This edition also contains The Water's Lovely
About: Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (August 12, 2008)
9780307388018 | details & prices | 356 pages | 5.00 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.95
This edition also contains The Water's Lovely
This edition also contains The Water's Lovely
CD/Spoken Word
With Rosalyn Landor (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Random House (July 17, 2007)
9780739342961 | details & prices | 5.75 × 6.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $29.95
About: A decade after the killing of her stepfather, Ismay is still haunted by nightmares of his murder and of seeing his naked body floating in the bathtub and her sister, Heather, standing over him.
About: A decade after the killing of her stepfather, Ismay is still haunted by nightmares of his murder and of seeing his naked body floating in the bathtub and her sister, Heather, standing over him.
Cassette/Spoken Word
from Gardners Books (October 4, 2006)
9781846570599 | details & prices | 4.25 × 5.75 × 1.25 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $22.85
This edition also contains The Water's Lovely
About: Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all.
This edition also contains The Water's Lovely
About: Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all.
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