Review
The man-hunt, the trial, the last terrible moments are unforgettable … I confess that it left me completely shaken. --Daily Mirror
I read this novel when it was first published and can remember clearly what an impression it left on me. It certainly deserves to be discovered by a modern readership. --P.D. James
Product Description
Paul Presset cannot resist an open opportunity to rid himself of his overbearing wife. This powerful and haunting novel traces the dawn of motive in his mind, the murder, the man-hunt across England, the arrest, trial and final terrible scene of culmination. It was made into a BBC television series starring Ian Holm in 1980.