No murder, only a plot that takes guts from the start ... On the death of a famous novelist, editor asks the girls of the latter (Hope and Sarah) who idolized their father to write his biography. This is Sarah decides to do it. Ursula, neglected wife-widow and little loved his daughters explained in parallel its own history. On the one hand, we then discover that this writer has stolen this name when he was young, and no one will be doubted anything. The search for Sarah will be terribly painful because through this love for his father ill, she will realize that she did not know who she loved. And on the other hand, there is the "liberation" of Ursula, after the death of her husband, gradually discovering what was his sad life with this selfish and sadistic husband. I do not want to reveal more, the end is known as the only complete Ruth Rendell: absolutely amazing, touching, just and unjust at a time.
