Dimensions
130 x 197 x 15mm
A thriller, a romance, a comedy and a tragedy, Elena Lappin's first novel is a varied and absorbing work of fiction. In this lively first novel Elena Lappin leads the reader through the often hilarious difficulties and complexities that riddle the life of one young woman in London. But at the heart of the book lies a mystery far darker and deeper than expected.
Natasha is a woman who has a lot to overcome: firstly, she is an American Jew in London, hard enough in itself. Then she has her parents to deal with, whose transatlantic escapades - for they are little more than fully grown children - are frequent cause for anxiety. At home she finds, as a talkative, outgoing woman, that her British husband's reticent manner is more than a little exasperating. And professionally speaking things are not much better, for she has to deal with "Sussmann's pets" . . .
When a lightly undertaken investigation of her enigmatic predecessor at work begins to lead her down some sinister paths, Natasha is suddenly forced to confront history in all its nightmarish reality. The dark shadow of the past begins to loom over her life, tainting and incriminating in unexpected ways, reaching even as far as the very people she most loves . . .
