The Skull Beneath The Skin
Faber & Faber
www.faber.co.uk
Hired to protect a beautiful but neurotic actress, Cordelia Gray soon becomes embroiled in a case as dangerous to her own life as it is mysterious.
Clarissa Lisle hopes to make a spectacular comeback in a production of The Duchess of Malfi, to be played in Ambrose Gorringe's sinister castle at Courcy Island. Cordelia is there to ensure her safety following the appearance of a number of poison-pen letters. But it soon becomes clear that all are in danger. Trapped within the walls of the Gothic Castle, the treacherous past of the island re-emerges, and everyone seems to have a motive for sending Clarissa 'down, down the hell'.
Marking the return of Cordelia Gray, THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN is a complex mystery that more than lives up to its predecessor, AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN.
'A masterly version of the clue-and-alibi game... five-star' -- The Guardian
'James pulls out all the stops... combining the enclosed setting of the country-house murder with elements of the horror story; an overlay of lust; a collection of relics of Victorian murderers... midnight apparitions; hairbreath escapes' -- New York Magazine
Foreign Rights have been sold to the USA, Russia, the Czech Republic, Holland, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Brazil, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden and Thailand.
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