
'Unnervingly cool prose...an entertainingly urbane thriller whose] suspense lies not in the whodunit, but in watching a perfect life unravel.' Daily Telegraph Matthew Bourne suspects his partner, Marianne, of having an affair - though he has just embarked on one himself...

"I should have left her as soon as I found out. If I'd left her then, she'd have come banging at my door. She'd have come back to me eventually and I could have made my choice. I couldn't contemplate her leaving me, though. I couldn't contemplate her being alive and...

Matthew Bourne -- very much the center of his own universe -- has a long-term partner, a mistress, and a successful career with a human rights agency, where he is campaigning to secure the release of a condemned African dissident. Then one day a colleague's wife dies in tragic...
