This is a cruel, unforgettable tale of a man and a woman whose passion for each other drives them to murder the woman’s husband. The author has one aim in the telling of his story: to set down in the briefest most direct prose, with flashes of brilliant imagination, the planning, the accomplishment, and the sequel of the murder.

‘A finely dramatic tale told with a minimum of words: strong meat and rough but honest and blessedly direct. The brutal and shocking it is really exciting’-Sunday Times