Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award
Dr. Sarah Blakeney is one of very few mourners when her grumpy old patient, Mathilda Gillespie, dies at home in the bathtub, apparently of suicide. The old woman has taken barbiturates, slit her wrists, and bound her head in a rusted contraption called a scold's bridle, a cage with tongue clamps used to torture women in the Middle Ages. The police start to suspect homicide right around the time they learn that Sarah has been generously included in the... (show more)
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The first Minette Walters book I read, and still my absolute favorite. It really explores the dark and complicated nature of people to the point that all of their flaws show. A great story
One of my favorites despite the rather grim subject matter. I like how nobody in this book save the protagonist is exactly what they appear to be.
It is a great book. It isn't what it first seems. This books has a lot of depth in all the characters.
This is the first book I read by Minnette Walters and it is still one of my favorites.
fabulous twists and turns Minette at her best one of my top ten Gayle Gillespie
rather creepy, I was lent this book and am glad I didn't buy it myself
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