EAN: 9781781090831

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This first collection of stories by Lawrence Osborne perfectly showcases his talent for tension atmosphere - and characters out of their depth A naïve young linguist sent to the forests of Irian Jaya is manipulated into betraying her mission by a ruthless and disturbed pastor. A deaf girl hired as a maid by a wealthy New York couple turns the tables on her obliviously abusive employers and answers blackmail with blackmail. A psychiatrist treating a girl in rural England becomes ensnared in a love affair that threatens to destroy her career while a young couple on holiday in Oman accidentally witness a killing which leads to their being hunted as well. An entomologist at a remote hotel in the Andamans survives a tsunami and uses a dead body to further her study of ants. Collected here for the first time Lawrence Osborne's stories like his novels - 'elaborate and intricately plotted dances macabres' (The Times) - feel like nightmares set against calmly and meticulously observed backgrounds. With their nods to Daphne du Maurier and Roald Dahl these nine long-form stories explore characters lost in the shadowed borders between the mundane the fantastical and the violence of the natural world. PRAISE FOR LAWRENCE OSBORNE 'Osborne handles surface and depth with immense skill as only great writers can' Deborah Levy Financial Times 'Utterly compelling' Observer 'Menacing and engrossing' Sunday Times

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