The Girl on the Stairs
A Masterful Psychological Thriller
$34.48
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
10 June 2013
Summary
Jane and Petra have been together for six years and after deciding to have a child, they move to Petra’s hometown, Berlin. But things do not quite go according to plan. Jane, at six months pregnant, finds herself increasingly isolated and preoccupied with the monuments and reminders of the Holocaust which echo around the city - imagining the horrors that happened in the spaces around her. She becomes uneasy in the apartment and conceives a dread of the derelict backhouse across the courtyard.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848546509 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848546505 |
| Author: | Louise Welsh |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 10 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
| Series: | John Murray |
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‘Wonderfully atmospheric’
Louise Welsh’s taut new novel at times feels like a potent cross between The Yellow Wallpaper and Rear Window … Welsh expertly conveys the escalation of Jane’s suspicions to something approaching obsession - Observer
An impressive psychological chiller - Sunday TelegraphSharply rendered … The reader’s anxiety is heightened by a myriad of small tensions … Welsh keeps the reader turning to pursue the multiple stories threading through the pages … The writing of crime fiction is, after all, a sort of conjuring trick played on the reader, a welcome deception. Welsh has developed flashing fingers with cards, rabbits and hats - IndependentBuilds up atmosphere admirably - Sunday TimesBrilliantly atmospheric, the tension builds until you are chilled to the core - Good HousekeepingA taut narrative that plays with our sense of what’s real. Brilliant - RedA stylish and violent Berlin-set thriller - GuardianPowerful, impressive and as black as sin - The SpectatorAbout The Author
Louise Welsh
Louise Welsh holds a history degree from the University of Glasgow. She opened and ran a second-hand bookshop for several years before becoming a full-time author. She has written four novels and has received several awards, including The John Creasey Memorial Dagger, the Saltire First Book Award, the Glenfiddich/Scotland on Sunday Spirit of Scotland Writing Award, and the City of Glasgow Lord Provost’s Award for Literature. In 2007, she was named one of the twenty-five authors of the future by Waterstone’s. She is currently writer in residence for The University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art.
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