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The Girl on the Stairs: A Masterful Psychological Thriller
Louise Welsh
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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. She also begins to suspect their neighbour, Alban Mann, of sexually assaulting his daughter, and places a phone call to the police which holds more significance than she can ever have known...
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Praise for The Girl on the Stairs: A Masterful Psychological Thriller
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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 - ObserverAn 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 Spectator
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