A phone call from the dead. Lucid dreaming. A ghost manipulating the London stock exchange. Isa is not surprised by the late night telephone call from her cousin Alette - until she discovers the next morning that Alette has been dead for two days. Still grief-stricken by the death of her lover, Isa travels to her cousin s house in London where Alette has left behind three envelopes and a request. The envelopes contain instructions on how to bring about the financial downfall of Alette s former husband: a man who has made Alette s life a misery while she was still alive.
Unbeknownst to her, Alette was murdered, and now it is Isa s turn to be drawn into the killer s world of dark fantasy and lethal obsession.
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Bedtime reading for the brave . . . Mostert eschews the usual murder-mystery cliches in favour of murky, suspense, painting a picture of London that is as compelling as the unfolding drama. - The Times
A taut and disturbing story - Newcastle Evening Chronicle
A spooky read. - Fair Lady (South Africa)
A clever debut ghost story that starts with a phone call from a dead woman and keeps you guessing until the end. This South African author is one to watch - Daily Express
An intriguing thriller. - Elle
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Höhe: 111 mm
Breite: 178 mm
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978-0-340-76798-6 (9780340767986)
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Natasha Mostert is an Afrikaans-speaking South African. A former academic in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at the University of the Witwateeersrand in Johannesburg, she was educted in South Africa and at Columbia University, New York. Her political opinion pieces have appeared in the Independent, The Times, the op=ed page of the New York Times and Newsweek. The Midnight Side is her first novel. She lives with her husband, Frederick, in London.
