The pitch-black rediscovered classic thriller from ''one of the greatest, darkest writers who ever lived'' (Virginia Feito, author of Mrs March ) - perfect for fans of Celia Dale, Shirley Jackson and Ottessa Moshfegh ''She was dead even before I became aware of her existence. . .'' When ten-year-old Maureen Sutton disappears from a sleepy village in Kent, the crime unleashes a wave of voyeuristic obsession and hysteria. With nerve, inspiration and deadpan brilliance Caroline Blackwood draws us into the village to witness the macabre and devastating effects of the story on the fragile world of Rowan Anderson, his inscrutable wife Cressida and their sickly daughter, as Cressida becomes increasingly desperate to save Mary Rose from the same fate - and perhaps even from Rowan himself. This is a mordant, skin-crawlingly unsettling - and utterly compulsive - story of repressed violence, female rage, and maternal obsession. ''Vibrates with a frenzied, manic menace'' Lucy Scholes ''A devastating investigation of neurosis, hysteria and cruelty'' Observer ''A winner . . . Guaranteed to disturb'' Sunday Times

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Caroline Blackwood

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*She was dead even before I became aware of her existence...[large quote, designed up]
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A child has been abducted from a sleepy Kent village, her face plastered across the media. As the crime unleashes a wave of hysteria, the claustrophobic world of Rowan Anderson and his inscrutable wife begins to disintegrate. Consumed by her macabre fixation, Cressida is determined to save their sickly daughter, Mary Rose, from the same fate - and perhaps even from Rowan himself.

With caustic wit and pitch-black brilliance, Caroline Blackwood creates a skin-crawling - and utterly compulsive - story of repressed violence, female rage, and maternal obsession.

'One of the greatest, darkest writers who ever lived' **Virginia Feito
****'**Caroline Blackwood sits firmly alongside the greats like Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith' **Araminta Hall
****'**A devastating investigation of neurosis, hysteria and cruelty' ***Observer
***'A winner . . . Guaranteed to disturb' ***Sunday Times

With a new introduction by Camilla Grudova
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Zusammenfassung
A pitch-black rediscovered classic about female rage and collective hysteria in the wake of a child's disappearance from a sleepy commuter town - perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith, Celia Dale and Ottessa Moshfegh - with a new introduction by Camilla Grudova.