Elanor Dymott
William Leith4 April 2013
This murder mystery, which gripped me with unusual force, starts on a summer evening at an Oxford college. Several years after graduating, Alex and Rachel have returned for a visit. He’s a lawyer. She’s an academic. They knew each other slightly when they were at the college, then they met again, years later, and had a very swift romance. Now they’re back. You’ll spend the whole novel wondering exactly why they have come to visit their old college. By the end of the evening, Rachel is dead — beaten to death with a rock. Horrible. Alex tries to find out why. Or is he the killer? This novel sucks you in beautifully, and will not let you go.
