<p><b>''Pure genius. Absolutely brilliant'' Shari Lapena</b><br><br><b>''A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith'' Ian Rankin</b><br><br><b>IBA Crime Fiction Book of the Year Winner 2018</b><br><br><b>___________<br><br>WINNER of the Dead Good Books Award for the Book That You Can''t Put Down!</b><br><br><br><b>She''s not who you think she is . . . </b><br><br><i>''I could probably have been an actress.</i><br><i>It is not difficult to pretend to be somebody else.</i><br><i>Isn''t that what I''ve been doing for most of my life?''</i><br><br>Cordelia Russell has been living on the French Riviera for twenty-five years, passing herself off as an English socialite. But her luck, and the kindness of strangers, have run out.<br><br>The arrival of a visitor from her distant past shocks Cordelia. She reacts violently to the intrusion and flees her flat to spend a drunken night at a glittering party. As dawn breaks she stumbles home through the back streets. Even before she opens